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 [...]
Be Smart with Sharps
Sharps are medical devices like needles, lancets, syringes, auto injectors and other tools that cut or go into the skin. The Washington Administration Code (WAC) 296-823-14010 mandates that contaminated sharps are handled properly and safely and placed immediately, or as soon [...]
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 and effective model for educator education in climate science. The Journal of Science Policy and [...]
Spero Center putting emphasis on students’ mental health
ESD 112’s new Spero Center program, which serves middle and high school-aged youth in Clark and Cowlitz counties who are struggling with mental health issues and participation in school, has been in the media spotlight recently. KPTV Fox 12 featured [...]
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