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 [...]
CASEE students contribute to ongoing Mount St. Helens research study
It’s been nearly four decades since Mount St. Helens violently erupted on May 18, 1980, sending a massive plume of ash 80,000 feet into the atmosphere. The ensuing landslide transformed the landscape, reducing hundreds of square miles around the mountain [...]
Grant to help ESD 112 enhance supports for young children with behavior challenges
Educational Service District is the recipient of a $132,073 grant to pilot a multi-tiered system of support for young learners. As one of the largest early learning providers in Southwest Washington for the past 30 years, ESD 112 will partner [...]
ESDs, superintendents, state legislators and students push for additional support to address student safety and mental health
Leaders from the state’s Educational Service Districts (ESDs) joined legislators, school staff and student representatives on September 22, for a news conference urging broader support and additional funding for school safety and student mental health services. During the news conference, [...]
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