Birth-3 Intervention Services Adapt to a Virtual Structure
As with many programs and services over the past year, ESD 112’s Birth to Three Early Intervention program made the switch from an in-person structure to a completely virtual one. And while that challenge may not have been unique across [...]
SafeSchools brand is changing
Most of our region’s school employees are familiar with the SafeSchools on-line training platform. In fact, our region’s employees completed over 213,000 courses during the last school year alone. The next time you login for training you may notice [...]
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 School, Haley (center in white shirt) was hired to perform production planning at ADS. [...]
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. The authors of the Rural Healthy Youth Survey Data Report analyzed survey input from young [...]
1-2-3 Grow & Learn gets creative
ESD 112’s 1-2-3 Grow & Learn program, which prepares young learners for kindergarten at no cost to families, hasn’t missed a beat over the past year despite not being able to hold in-person sessions. Team members have redesigned their program [...]
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 (POL). The top scorers were announced during a virtual live recognition ceremony on Zoom, hosted [...]
Protect Yourself with Safety Data Sheets
The chemical you used to clean your desk made your skin turn a different color. A student sprayed window cleaner into the face of another student. A chemical was accidentally spilled during chemistry lab. While changing the toner on the [...]
Loy Dale retires after 25 years of dedicated service
Assistant Superintendent of School and Agency Operations, Loy Dale Assistant Superintendent of School and Agency Operations, Loy Dale, will retire effective February 19, 2021, ending a 25-year tenure of significant advancement in Insurance Programs for ESD 112. For [...]
Preventing house fires
Of all the risks your home faces, fire is perhaps the cruelest. Fire destroys everything in its path – valuables, family mementos and, tragically, it claims about 100 lives every year across Washington and Oregon. House fires have the potential [...]
