School safety and security a top priority for ESD 112 and CSG
Over the past 25 years, ESD 112’s Construction Services Group (CSG) has assisted more than 150 Washington school districts. CSG is widely acknowledged by state agencies, local school districts, the state Legislature, and the state’s Office of the Superintendent of [...]
Tips to keep our children safe at the bus stop
School bus transportation plays a critical role in the education of our nation's students, and is the direct link between a neighborhood and the classroom. More than 25 million children ride the yellow bus every school day, and National School [...]
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 [...]
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