Prevention & Youth Services to facilitate Parent Project in Clark & Cowlitz counties
Prevention & Youth Services staff, Becky Mohagen, Regina Frazier, Taya Sanders, Margrit Lovell, Vicki Wood and Nathan Choules attended the Parent Project Facilitators Training in Mission Viejo, California this spring. They joined other youth services professionals from across Washington, California [...]
Community leaders and organizations honored at annual ceremony
The regional meeting of Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) this month was made merry with the distribution of several awards for community members and organizations as well as school administrators. Hosted by Educational Service District 112, the ceremony recognized [...]
Southwest Washington high school artists recognized across the state
The results of three high school art competitions from around the state have been announced this May, and Southwest Washington art teachers and their students have a lot to be proud of. The Superintendent's High School Art Show Now in [...]
Videos highlighting the impact of educational programs and communications win awards for ESD 112
Videos highlighting programs and creative communications from the Teaching and Learning division of Educational Service District 112 (ESD 112) were recently honored with Merit Awards from the Washington School Public Relations Association. Entries were judged by a panel of communications [...]
Drug Take Back event collects 4,683 pounds of pills
On Saturday, 1,451 Clark and Skamania County residents dropped off a total of 4,683 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications with local law enforcement officers, pharmacists, coalition staff and community volunteers. The medication disposal event was held [...]
Identifying Potential Threats
The United States Secret Service in their report Safe School Initiative states, “most attackers engaged in some behavior, prior to the incident that caused concern or indicated a need for help.” This suggests that some acts of school violence could [...]
Prevent Coalition hosts public forum on youth opioid use
The Prevent Coalition made youth opioid use the focus of its spring meeting, and hosted a free public forum on the topic on April 19, 2018. Community members and a panel of experts from public health, neuroscience, prevention, intervention and [...]
Diversity class creates positive change at Kelso High
“There’s stuff going on and we can’t ignore it,” said Zoe when asked why the diversity class she’s in at Kelso High School is important. Andrew Gragg, dean of students and facilitator of the class, agrees. He’s been troubled by [...]
Hough Elementary staff and students collaborate with ESD 112 for fun academic testing video
As students enter a season of state-mandated testing, Educational Service District 112 has released a catchy music video that takes some of the mystery out of the process. “Teacher’s got SBAC”—pronounced “S-BAC”—is a rap performed by staff and students at [...]
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