Washougal students explore human hands
Columbia River Gorge Elementary first graders are getting a helping hand from Jemtegaard Middle School students to practice problem solving and engineering skills as they explore how the human hand works. “We are currently studying the whole human body which [...]
ESD 112 joins national network dedicated to growing STEM teacher workforce
The ESD 112 Student and School Success division is excited to announce its role as a new program partner for 100Kin10, a national initiative launched in 2011 to recruit and train 100,000 new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) teachers [...]
Woodland Public Schools receives $60,000 grant for dual language program
Washington State’s Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) awarded Columbia Elementary School a two-year grant worth $60,000 as the school embarks on its second year of offering its Dual Language Program teaching interested Woodland Public Schools students in [...]
New national study shows VPS outperforms most comparable districts
Vancouver schools provide better educational opportunities, faster growth in learning According to a recently released national study, Vancouver Public Schools provides higher than average educational opportunities while children are in school and higher rates of student learning growth in a [...]
Prairie High School’s Crimson Crew continues campaign of kindness
A new student group at Prairie High School is helping to transform the school’s culture, one act of kindness at a time. The PHS “Crimson Crew” is a student-led school spirit group that organizes a wide variety of activities intended [...]
ESD 112 welcomes new ESD-U cohort & celebrates new participant scholarship funds
Educational Service District 112 is proud to announce that significant state funding has been made available to provide 50 new scholarships to Washington State educators participating in the ESD’s ESD-University (ESD-U) alternative route to teacher certification program. The funding approved [...]
Two ESD 112 teachers among five honored for teacher excellence at UW football game
Two local teachers were recently recognized in a big way for their extraordinary contributions to teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Ashley Shanteau of Vancouver Public Schools and Sydney Termini of Washougal School District were among five regional [...]
Ridgefield Band Class Hits The Right Notes
Take a room full of fifth grade students who have never played an instrument. Now turn them into a band. Sounds pretty challenging, right? Not for Stephanie Bloom, the band teacher at Sunset Ridge Intermediate School and View Ridge Middle [...]
Student education is key to Battle Ground’s bullying prevention efforts
When Captain Strong Primary School health and fitness teacher Melanie Walter asked her class how to be assertive and stand up to bullying behavior, third grader Joseph knew exactly what he’d do. “Stand up straight, make good eye contact, and [...]
