Math Anywhere project promotes math fun in the community
Pop quiz: Look at the above picture and answer “How many?” Your first response is probably: “How many what?” And that’s the point. ESD 112 Math Coordinator Molly Daley is on a mission to engage young kids and their grownups with open-ended games [...]
CNN anchor and VPS graduate returns to Vancouver to talk journalism with WSU students
Ana Cabrera, a CNN anchor, started her journalism career as a Skyview High School student in the late 1990s, working with the Vancouver Public Schools communications team and interviewing dignitaries such as George W. Bush and Tom Brokaw. She returned [...]
Long-running Pen Pal Project continues, thanks to additional volunteer fundraising and inspiring video
Thanks to the Evergreen Public Schools Video Services teams video production of the 'Pen Pal's Project' and the support of the Human Service Council, the Volunteer Connections Pen Pal program will continue to serve hundreds of students in Clark County. Because of recent budget cuts, [...]
Union High School CSO Jamal McKenzie receives state award for safety
Shane Gardner (left), Manager of School Safety and Security, congratulates Jamal McKenzie (right) on being chosen Security Officer of the Year from among 3,000 candidates statewide. Congratulations to Jamal McKenzie, Campus Security Officer for Union High School, in Evergreen Public [...]
Educators, community partners provide valuable training at 2018 Safety Summit
More than 450 educators and community partners attended the 2018 Annual Safety Summit, sponsored by the Clark County Safe Schools Task Force. Attendees represented 13 school districts from throughout the ESD 112 region, including two private schools and the Washington state schools for the [...]
ESD-U kicks off classes this summer to train and certify teachers in shortage areas
July 16, 2018 marked the beginning of classes for ESD-U’s first cohort; teachers and future educators dedicated four weeks of their summer to attending classes in their chosen endorsement area, led by 10 highly skilled instructors. ESD-U offers an alternative [...]
Teachers receive free professional learning during STEM-tastic Summer Symposium
Teachers experiment with whirly-gigs and then build this simple activity into an integrated STEM unit on transportation. For three learning-packed days in August, the classrooms of La Center High School were filled with a different kind of student: [...]
nPower Girls STEM program changes name to reflect expanded focus
nPower Teachers hear from Tetra Pak in Vancouver about how they utilize air scrubbers to prevent pollutants from entering the air around their plant. ESD 112’s nPower Girls is beginning the 2018-19 school year with an expanded focus and a [...]
VPS Superintendent Webb receives national award for communications
Dr. Steve Webb, superintendent of Vancouver Public Schools, received the 2018 Bob Grossman Leadership in School Communications Award. The award, given by the National School Public Relations Association, was presented July 17 at the annual seminar in Anaheim, California. Webb [...]
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