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 [...]
STEPS Program provides special ed students a bridge from high school graduation to working world
For 21-year-old Hunter Olin, traditional public school was challenging. As a child, she was diagnosed with a developmental disability, making routine school activities like classroom learning and social situations difficult. Throughout her years at public school in Kelso, Washington, Olin [...]
Kids are authors at Union Ridge Elementary School library
Shelved between I Spy and Spiderman are some very special books. The “Kids Are Authors” section only has books that are written by kids. Some of them are written by classes at Union Ridge Elementary School, and some are from [...]
ESD 112 launches exciting new STEM initiatives for the 2019-20 school year
It’s an exciting time in Washington for STEM educators and learners! The ESD 112 has long been hard at work developing programs to support children in our school districts, from our youngest learners to high school graduates, to provide them [...]
Woodland High School students pledge to help stop distracted driving
After the presentation, WHS students lined up to sign a banner pledging not to drive distracted. Students at Woodland High School learned the dangers of distracted driving and how they could help prevent fatal accidents for both themselves [...]
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