Drug take-back event collects 2,811 pounds of unused medications
More than 1,075 residents in Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties safely dropped off a total of 2,811 pounds of unused medications and 728 pounds of [...]
Prevent Coalition urges community to “Secure Your Cannabis”
On the heels of April 20 (4/20), a date commonly associated with cannabis, Prevent Coalition is reminding adults in Southwest Washington who have cannabis in [...]
Prevent Coalition announces second phase of Locks Save Lives campaign
Vancouver’s Prevent Coalition has initiated the development of a second phase of its Locks Saves Lives campaign, which encourages families in Clark, Skamania and Klickitat [...]
Flipped internships – Looking for the learning
Three interns and their mentors at Washougal-based Advanced Drainage Systems (ADS). Upon completion of the flipped internship and graduation from Hayes Freedom High [...]
Prevent Coalition Releases Groundbreaking Rural Healthy Youth Survey Data
The Prevent Coalition Rural Network has published a first-of-its-kind report identifying the unique factors that influence youth substance use in rural communities across the state. [...]
Three students named Regional Champions for Poetry Out Loud
Three students representing schools in Clark and Pierce counties have advanced from the SW WA Regional Final to the State Final for Poetry Out Loud [...]
ClimeTime cited in leading science journal
The Washington state program ClimeTime, which is facilitated by the state’s nine Education Service Districts (ESDs) and community partners, was recently cited as a popular [...]
Math Anywhere program gains national attention
Math Anywhere, a community-based project from ESD 112 designed to build positive math experiences for students outside of school, is getting national attention thanks to [...]
Regional, state efforts underway to improve classroom inclusion
Currently, the state of Washington is ranked as one of the nation’s least inclusive states (44 out of 50), but educators from across Southwest Washington [...]
REACH Provides Summer Activities in Lyle and Wishram School Districts
The spring of 2020 brought unexpected changes to all of our lives. The REACH program was one of many Teaching & Learning Division programs that [...]
Prevent Coalition: “Honest conversations” key to preventing prescription opioid misuse
Vancouver’s Prevent Coalition, in partnership with other prevention coalitions in SW Washington, is launching an ad campaign based on Washington State Health Care Authority’s (HCA) [...]
SummerWorks Internship Program Goes Virtual
When the school closures and work from home orders came into effect the SummerWorks team pivoted to virtual outreach and enrollment, connecting with school teams [...]
