In this issue: SRO Spotlight, Apps to be aware of, School Emergency Drills, Volunteer Opportunities
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Spotlight - SRO Druktenis Stephanie Druktenis is our school district SRO (School Resource Officer). Stephanie is a 12 year veteran of the Ellensburg Police Department, and is serving in her 3rd year as the SRO. Stephanie serves as an informal counselor/mentor, teacher, and law enforcement officer in our schools. An SRO is a career law enforcement officer with sworn authority, employed by a police department and assigned to work in schools. Our SRO's have at least 40 hours of additional training in school-related policing through NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers). This training covers topics such as mentoring, counseling, de-escalation, special needs students, guest speaking, social media/cybersafety, teen brain development, and much more. For more information on the training that our SRO's complete, you can visit the NASRO website: https://www.nasro.org/clientuploads/Course%20Agendas/NASRO_Basic_Course_Description_and_Outline.pdf | Volunteer OpportunitiesInterested in becoming a volunteer for the Ellensburg School District? If so, please contact the school or department/program that you are interested in volunteering for to request a Volunteer Form. Once you have completed and signed the Volunteer Form, please return it, along with a copy of your current Driver's License, to the school or department/program that you obtained the Form from. Please Note: The information in the database for our Volunteer Program is distributed to all of the schools and departments/programs within the Ellensburg School District. Once your completed Volunteer Form is received by the Personnel Office, we will complete the required background check, and notify the school or department/program of the results. You can visit our school district volunteer site here. | Fifteen Apps parents should know about Technology can be an amazing tool for students, however there are potential dangers if access to certain websites and apps are not monitored frequently. Take a look at the link found here to read more about these apps. |
Spotlight - SRO Druktenis
An SRO is a career law enforcement officer with sworn authority, employed by a police department and assigned to work in schools.
Our SRO's have at least 40 hours of additional training in school-related policing through NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers). This training covers topics such as mentoring, counseling, de-escalation, special needs students, guest speaking, social media/cybersafety, teen brain development, and much more.
For more information on the training that our SRO's complete, you can visit the NASRO website: https://www.nasro.org/clientuploads/Course%20Agendas/NASRO_Basic_Course_Description_and_Outline.pdf
Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in becoming a volunteer for the Ellensburg School District?
If so, please contact the school or department/program that you are interested in volunteering for to request a Volunteer Form. Once you have completed and signed the Volunteer Form, please return it, along with a copy of your current Driver's License, to the school or department/program that you obtained the Form from.
Please Note: The information in the database for our Volunteer Program is distributed to all of the schools and departments/programs within the Ellensburg School District.
Once your completed Volunteer Form is received by the Personnel Office, we will complete the required background check, and notify the school or department/program of the results.
You can visit our school district volunteer site here.
Fifteen Apps parents should know about
For more information: Neil Musser - Security & Safety Director