Volunteer Spotlight: Hough Early Learning Center welcomes the Music Man!
For over 3 years now, the infamous Music Man Steve has been visiting Hough Early Learning Center weekly to play music and lead interactive songs and dances from a variety of cultures! Pictured, we see Music Man Steve drumming with [...]
New website, tools and resources available for educators to address vaping
2018 Healthy Youth Survey: Vaping among teens dramatically rising School administrators, counselors, and health care professionals are encouraged to visit a new website that contains valuable information and tools to help open conversations with teens about the effects of vaping. [...]
Ridgefield fifth graders pay kindness forward
Mention “act of kindness” to any of the students in Laura Gosnell’s fifth grade class at Sunset Ridge Intermediate School in Ridgefield, and they will tell you about the recent project they just completed together as a class—a baby blanket [...]
ESD Superintendent busy advocating for the state’s ESDs and school districts
ESD Superintendent Tim Merlino visits with Senator Lisa Wellman in the Senate Caucus Room. The road between Vancouver and Olympia is a familiar one to ESD 112 Superintendent Tim Merlino this legislative session because several critical education bills [...]
1-2-3 Grow and Learn program featured in Camas Washougal Post Record
Reed Ebeling (left), Erin Ebeling and Susan Bennett of General Federation of Women's Clubs Camas-Washougal during a recent 1,2,3 Grow and Learn session at Hathaway Elementary School. (Photo submitted by Rene Carroll and photographed by Doug Flanagan) Our [...]
Evergreen Public Schools breaks ground on new Sifton Elementary on 60th anniversary
Sixty years ago, the Sifton neighborhood celebrated the opening of a new school for its students. On April 24,, the neighborhood will have a new reason to celebrate, as Evergreen Public Schools breaks ground on a new school building on [...]
Prevent Coalition partners with retailers to launch Secure Your Cannabis campaign on 4/20
Prevent Coalition has partnered with cannabis retailers, prevention coalitions in the southwest region and numerous community organizations to develop a point of purchase campaign called Secure Your Cannabis. The committee guiding this project has developed reminder cards to distribute to [...]
Hockinson High School bands win multiple awards at Columbia Basin festival
The Hockinson High School musicians had a stellar weekend at the 2019 Columbia Basin College Band Festival. The HHS Jazz Band placed in the top three bands, regardless of school size and took first in the AA division. The Wind [...]
Elizabeth Vallaire selected as Teacher of the Year by WALA
Elizabeth “Liz” Vallaire, TEAM High School’s Math and Science Teacher, was selected as Teacher of the Year for the state of Washington by the Washington Association for Learning Alternatives (WALA). TEAM High School, Woodland Public Schools’ alternative high school, offers [...]
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