The Snohomish School District Traffic Safety Education course is approved by the Washington State Office of the superintendent of Public Instruction and includes both classroom and behind-the-wheel experience. The goal and purpose of the course is to help the new driver become precise, efficient, knowledgeable and responsible. We provide the opportunity for all students to gain knowledge about the driving task, the rules of the road, driver responsibilities and how to make reduced-risk decisions while driving. Students practice basic driving skills and defensive driving strategies in a variety of traffic situations. In addition, they are expected to practice between driving sessions with a licensed driver who has at least five years of driving experience.

Snohomish School district offers a quality traffic safety education program featuring highly trained and skilled teachers. The teaches are committed to providing a good defensive driving course geared to meet the needs of all students. The classes are scheduled over eight or more school weeks (except for the 5 week summer quarter) so the students have time to learn the information and practice the skills needed

to be safe drivers. Students who have completed our course have been very successful on the DOL licensing tests.

Traffic Education Fee - $425.00

Registration forms are available approximately two weeks before the starting date of each session in the GPHS main office. There is no reduced fee or scholarships for low-income students because Washington State no longer provides funding for Traffic Education programs. Full tuition is due at the time of registration. Class enrollment will be on a first come first served basis.

If a student misses a drive session without a 24 hour advance notice or does not bring his/her permit to class and cannot drive, he/she may be charged an additional $50 fee to make up the missed session. Additional driving sessions (outside of the usual instruction time) are available for $50 an hour.

Students 15 years or older may enroll. Each student will be issued a waiver to receive a learner’s permit without taking the DOL written exam. The $425 fee is due along with the completed registration papers to the bookkeeper in the GPHS Main office by the registration dead line for each quarter. There are new registration forms for each quarter.

During the school year, there are two classroom sessions and one on-street driving day each week. Classes are held at GPHS from 2:45-4:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Driving days will be chosen the first day of class and be held after school or on Saturdays. The summer driving class is taught during five weeks with the classes meeting three days each week for the classroom sessions and 2 days a week for the driving sessions.

Traffic Safety Education 2009-2010 Schedule

(Class dates are approximate-changes in the school calendar will cause changes in our schedule) 

FALL SESSION 1 – Class dates: September 14^th – November 10^th 2009.

            Registration dates: August 25^th – September 11^th, 2009.         

WINTER SESSION 2 -Class dates: November 9^th – January 27^th 2010.

            Registration dates: October 26^th – November 6^th, 2009. 

EARLY SPRING SESSION 3 –Class dates: January 27^th – March 24^th 2010.

            Registration dates: January 13^th – January 22^nd 2010. 

LATE SPRING SESSION 4 –Class dates: April 7^th – June 2^nd 2010.

            Registration Dates: March 15^th – April 5^th 2010.