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Happy Holidays, and AWSP Office Closure

Awards & Recognition, News & Announcements

Author: Caroline Brumfield • Date: December 16, 2025
As the calendar year comes to a close, we want to send our warmest wishes to each of you and express our sincerest hope for...

An Update on Our National Alignment — and What It Means for You

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: November 21, 2025
One Torch, One Voice At AWSP, our mission has always been simple and unwavering: we exist to support every school leader (principals and assistant principals) and...

Free Water Safe Washington K-8 Lesson

News & Announcements, Partners

Author: Theresa Wood • Date: November 6, 2025
Empower your students to make water safe decisions by registering your school for the free Water Safe Washington K-8 lesson! Drowning is the second leading...

DOH COVID-19 Protocol Updates

News & Announcements

Author: Roz Thompson • Date: March 8, 2022
The state DOH published an update to the Requirements and Guidance to Mitigate COVID–19 Transmission in K–12 Schools, Child Care, Early Learning, Youth Development, and...

HELP WANTED: Principal Vacancies Coming Soon

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: February 10, 2022
Before the pandemic, addressing principal turnover across the state and country was a top priority for us at AWSP. It was an epidemic before the...

Grace is Gone; Our School Leaders Might Be Next

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: December 10, 2021
Schools used to be a place where students and adults would use the lessons learned from mistakes or failure to move forward and improve, but...

A Letter to Principals from WSSDA Executive Director Tim Garchow

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Author: Tim Garchow • Date: October 25, 2021
Tim Garchow, Executive Director of the Washington State School Directors'  Association, thanks principals for the enormous amount of work and dedication displayed while navigating the...

TikTok Got You Ticked?

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Author: Dr. Scott Seaman • Date: September 28, 2021
Believe me, we understand. The last thing you need right now is to deal with a destructive and disappointing trend among students across the country....

Survey for the Return to Learn COVID-19 Testing Program

News & Announcements

Author: Sarah Sutton • Date: May 19, 2021
The Learn to Return COVID-19 testing program is a FREE and voluntary service to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in schools. Over 100 school...