Evergreen Public Schools breaks ground on new Sifton Elementary on 60th anniversary
Sixty years ago, the Sifton neighborhood celebrated the opening of a new school for its students. On April 24,, the neighborhood will have a new reason to celebrate, as Evergreen Public Schools breaks ground on a new school building on [...]
Prevent Coalition partners with retailers to launch Secure Your Cannabis campaign on 4/20
Prevent Coalition has partnered with cannabis retailers, prevention coalitions in the southwest region and numerous community organizations to develop a point of purchase campaign called Secure Your Cannabis. The committee guiding this project has developed reminder cards to distribute to [...]
Hockinson High School bands win multiple awards at Columbia Basin festival
The Hockinson High School musicians had a stellar weekend at the 2019 Columbia Basin College Band Festival. The HHS Jazz Band placed in the top three bands, regardless of school size and took first in the AA division. The Wind [...]
Local groups to collect unwanted meds, offer lock boxes
The No. 1 reason youth misuse prescription drugs is that they are easy to get—often from family and friends’ medicine cabinets. In Washington state, 7 percent of teens are misusing prescription drugs not prescribed to them, according to the 2018 [...]
Elizabeth Vallaire Selected as Teacher of the Year by WALA
Elizabeth “Liz” Vallaire, TEAM High School’s Math and Science Teacher, was selected as Teacher of the Year for the state of Washington by the Washington Association for Learning Alternatives (WALA). TEAM High School, Woodland Public Schools’ alternative high school, offers [...]
Distinguished Board Leader Steps Down
Kellogg’s notable service on the ESD 112 board spanned years of major growth and change for the organization Patricia C. “Trish” Kellogg, who was appointed to the ESD 112 Board of Directors in 2011, resigned her position this [...]
Evergreen’s Stalsberg named ESD 112 classified employee of the year
Marie Stalsberg of Evergreen School District has been named ESD 112’s 2019 classified employee of the year. She is coordinator of Thunder Academy, a program at Mountain View High School that works with at-risk students to help them recover credits [...]
Preschoolers at Burton Early Learning Center Have Fun with Hygiene
Last week we had a guest volunteer come visit one of our preschool classrooms at Burton Early Learning Center. She is a local RN who came to lead an activity on hand washing and hygiene. The preschoolers were so excited [...]
Students in ESD 112: Art Can Change Lives
“Through photography, I can just look through a lens and capture the moment right there and save that moment for life.” For some students, art is more than a fun class or a casual pastime. It’s a way to build [...]