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 [...]
Friction is our friend when walking
Friction can be a bad thing, or it can be a good thing. Excessive friction generated when two surfaces rub against one another could create excessive heat, and that could lead to heat-related damage or even a fire. But when [...]
Poetry Out Loud Regional Champions to be announced during virtual ceremony Feb. 10
This week, nine students representing schools from across Southwest Washington and the state’s capital region are participating in a Regional Final for Poetry Out Loud (POL). Presented in partnership with ESD 112, ArtsWA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and [...]
3D Printing Safety
3D printing, sometimes known as additive manufacturing, has experienced widespread growth across numerous industries in recent years. It is used in a wide variety of settings, including laboratories, factories, hospitals and in K-12 schools. Still, despite its popularity, users may [...]
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