Dayton ESA students compete in track and field event
On May 22nd, the ESA's Dayton School District Life Skills class took part in the First Annual Walla Walla Day of Champions alongside other special [...]
Videos highlighting the impact of educational programs and communications win awards for ESD 112
Videos highlighting programs and creative communications from the Teaching and Learning division of Educational Service District 112 (ESD 112) were recently honored with Merit Awards [...]
CWU Special Ed Tech Center Funded to Continue Statewide Support
Kristin Leslie, Director, CWU Special Education Technology Center ELLENSBURG, Wash. — As the 2017-18 school year got underway, so did the work of [...]
Alternative Routes program helps alleviate teacher shortage
ESD 112 Becomes Certification Provider Finding teachers is becoming especially difficult. It's a challenging job, and with the demand for teachers in general increasing by [...]
Quest Academy provides extra support to Cowlitz County students
In late 2016, the long-awaited Quest Academy opened its doors to a handful of students in a newly renovated building in Longview. Several months later, [...]
Quest facility ready to welcome Cowlitz students
The new home of Quest Academy is finished and ready to welcome students from Cowlitz County beginning December 1. Quest staff, superintendents, board members and [...]
ESD 112 Teaching & Learning leaders come together to connect and collaborate
Front: Teaching and Learning Assistant Superintendent Mike Nerland.Back (L-R): Executive Directors Kathy Whitlock, Jodi Wall and Mary Mertz In August ESD 112’s Teaching [...]
A year of growth and change for ESD 112
We’re mid-way through 2016 and already ESD 112 has seen growth and change as well as some key successes with our partners in education. Early [...]
Dayton students learn about wind energy
After learning about various renewable energy sources in their Unique Learning Systems lesson, students from Dayton Elementary and Junior High’s Life Skills class got to [...]
ESD 112 to open new Quest Academy in Cowlitz County
A vacant Longview building previously used as both a skating rink and a fitness center, will soon become the new home of Quest Academy, a [...]
Cheryl Cochran named to advisory board for educational magazine
Cheryl Cochran, Special Ed. Teacher in Ocean Beach School District, has been named to the advisory board for the Time/EDGE magazine and classroom tool, which features news written [...]
ESD 112 videographer creates Washington School for the Deaf video
ESD 112 videographer for TV ETC, Rose Yandell just finished a video for the Washington School for the Deaf on the school's ASL English Bilingual program. "Rose [...]
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