Please join Renton community and business leaders in welcoming new teachers and administrators to the Renton School District for the 2008-09 school year.
The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Terry Bergeson, Superintendent of Washington State Public Instruction. In 1996 Dr Bergeson was elected to the office of Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She was re-elected in 2000 and 2004 and became a three term Superintendent. As superintendent Dr. Bergeson led further development of statewide standards and standardized tests, particularly after the Commission on Student Learning was dissolved in 1999. She continues her pledge to transform the teaching profession in Washington State and to ensure all students achieve a diploma that prepares them for success in the 21st Century.