Home office ergonomic tips
Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic? Staying healthy and productive when working from home starts with a good set-up of your main work area. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries offers tips on how to best set [...]
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 quickly shifted to virtual services to continue providing academic support to students in the Lyle [...]
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) opioid awareness effort, Starts with One. Approaching its fourth year, the grant-funded campaign is designed [...]
Too Much Screen Time?
Whether it is a work computer, a home laptop or our ever-present smartphones, chances are you stare at some type of screen for hours each day. This can lead to vision problems. “Focusing on tiny type for hours on end [...]
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 and families across Clark and Cowlitz counties to enroll 64 students in the virtual SummerWorks [...]
ECE & SaSS Partner to Provide Paraeducator Training
As part of the General Paraeducator Certificate, paraeducators must complete the Fundamental Course of Study (FCS), which is a series of professional development courses covering many domains of learning to be completed in one year. ESD 112's Student and School [...]
ESD 112 facilitates purchase of PPE for Washington schools
ESD 112 is helping schools across the state of Washington get the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need in advance of a return to in-person education. Late last month, truckloads of face shields, cloth face coverings, gloves, N95 masks and [...]
Prevention coalitions recognize Outstanding Volunteers of the Year
More than a dozen volunteers and community groups have been recognized by the region’s prevention coalitions for their efforts over the 2019-2020 school year to prevent youth substance use in Southwest Washington. Each year, the coalitions honor volunteers from across [...]
Construction Services Group provides safe school reopening guidance
Most people spend around 90 percent of their lives in the built environment, i.e., some sort of building or structure. Unfortunately, current science suggests that being within a built environment can propagate the spread of COVID-19. This is especially true [...]
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