Attention Senior Families: Senior Sexual Health Education

In accordance with Washington state law, seniors will soon begin the FLASH sexual health curriculum. FLASH is a medically accurate, age-appropriate comprehensive sexual health education curriculum. The goals of the curriculum are to prevent teen pregnancy, STDs and sexual violence, and to increase family communication about sexual health related topics such as dating, sex and abstinence.

FLASH builds skills to support young people in remaining abstinent, as well as teaching about other methods of disease and pregnancy prevention. It promotes respectful communication and builds skills for healthy relationships. FLASH also contains family homework assignments in which students talk with a family member about the topics covered in class via a prescribed set of questions. Students are encouraged to speak with a trusted adult about the content of the daily lessons.

FLASH provides a protocol for teachers when answering student questions about values that includes referring student back to families to learn their specific values. As a result, students may come home with questions about the values and expectations you have for them regarding these topics. We hope this will provide a meaningful opportunity for you to talk about these important topics together. A list of the High School FLASH lessons covered is provided below. If you would like to preview a lesson, please visit FLASH preview materials - King County.

Lessons

1. Introduction
2. Healthy Relationships
3. Coercion and Consent
4. Pregnancy
5. Abstinence
6. Birth Control Methods
7. Condoms to Prevent Pregnancy, HIV and STD’s

If you would prefer your child not receive some or all of this instruction, please email principal Tonja Reischl (reischlt@issaquah.wednet.edu).

Gibson Ek High School Instruction Dates

• May 11, 2026
• May 15, 2026