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Loss of a Wonderful Man
With great sadness we share the news of the passing of a loved and dear associate in TSE, Chuck Filippini. Chuck has taught TSE in Spokane and been a member of WTSEA for about 40-years. At one time he served as WTSEA President, and in the early 1990’s was selected a the ADTSEA National Teacher of the Year. Chuck had also been selected National Student Safety Program Advisor of the year. Until his death, he was serving as ESD 101 Representative on our Board of Directors. Our sincere prayers go out to his family. Obituary Left to right: Chuck Filippini, Derek Hahn and Linda West
DEREK HAHN RECEIVES MEMORIAL AWARD
by Gerry Apple Derek Hahn was awarded the Joe West Memorial Award at the ADTSEA conference in July in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Convention Center. There were approximately three hundred people in attendance at this annual conference. One of the members, Derek Hahn, of the Washington Host Committee received an award at the banquet. He teaches math and traffic safety education at Sehome High School in the Bellingham School District. The Bellingham School District is the only school district in the state of Washington that has their TSE classes held during the in-day program. This is due to the great vision of Dr. Baker who is the superintendent of the Bellingham School District. The cost per student is zero. This allows many high school students to take this important life skill class who otherwise might not be able to take the course and would have to wait until turning eighteen to get their driver's license without the proper training. It has been shown that when a student takes TSE and meet the eight restrictions of the Graduated Driver’s License, the state of Washington has been able to reduce the number of deaths on our roads by over twenty percent. Derek received his traffic safety education endorsement in 2018 from CWU adjunct professor Alex Hansen. Derek is the treasurer and budget director of WTSEA. He did an excellent job facilitating the last two WTSEA fall TSE conferences virtually thru ZOOM. He is an up and coming TSE teacher who believes strongly in implementing an integration of the classroom and behind-the-wheel lessons. He provided a lot of technical equipment for this national conference. He certainly exemplifies the passion that Joe West had for saving teenagers from horrific collisions due to alcohol and other drugs, texting, drowsy driving and other distractions. Joe West passed away last September at the age of 82. Joe served over fifty years at the Thurston county coroner's office and investigated all the traffic fatalities. He was an excellent photographer who provided many photos that would help to convict many traffic offenders of terrible crimes. He would travel throughout the South Puget Sound area to high schools to present his program in the driver's education classes. The evaluations of his presentations were consistently outstanding. He was always assisted by his wife Linda West who also worked for the Thurston County Coroner's Office. He presented several times at the fall WTSEA TSE conference and was the recipient of the Distinguish Service award presented by WTSEA. Joe never received compensation for his dedication in talking to students and teachers. It was his passion. MIKE HAHN WINS CLIFF BOYCE AWARD
by Gerald Apple Mike Hahn received the Cliff Boyce award at a National American Diver and Traffic Safety Education Association (ADTSEA) Conference held in Vancouver, Washington at the Hilton Convention Center at the end of July. Mike has been the President of Washington Traffic Safety Education Association (WTSEA) for the past two years. He is the traffic Safety Education Coordinator for the Granite Falls School District. He teaches physical education at the high school. This award goes each year to an outstanding traffic safety education teacher in the state of Washington. The WTSEA board members hosted the national ADTSEA conference. There were approximately three hundred people in attendance at this annual conference which lasted five days. Left to right: Mike Hahn and Chuck Filippini
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During the 2022 ADTSEA Conference in Vancouver, Washington, our own Alex Hansen received the 2022 ADTSEA Teacher Excellence Award. This event was particularly noteworthy in that a teacher from our state was recognized upon the rare occasion of our state's hosting of the conference. Not only has Alex taught TSE for many years in his Eatonville classroom, but he has also served as a TSE teacher trainer at Western Washington University. He has also served in several positions on the WTSEA Board of Directors, including the last 3-years, as well as current WTSEA President. Congratulations Alex, and sincere thanks for all your years of service to Washington State Traffic Safety Education.
ALEX HANSEN RECEIVES AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION AND AMERICAN DRIVER & TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Alexander Hansen has been teaching driver education in Washington public schools including at the Eatonville Public Schools for 20 years and at Defensive Driving School in Seattle for more than 30 years. He also has spent summers since 2008 teaching courses for driver education certification at Central Washington University. He is a past president of the Washington Traffic Safety Education Association. One of his passions is getting parents involved in the traffic safety education process. He's developed a parent handbook, a parental involvement guide for teachers, a behind-the-wheel parent practice guide and a Powerpoint presentation that traffic safety educators use in parent involvement sessions. For the full article click HERE **************
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