ESD leadership shares priorities with federal lawmakers
Five leaders from ESD 112 represented Southwest Washington at the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESD) Call to Action Legislative Conference in late September. While in Washington D.C., Tim Merlino, Loy Dale, Mike Nerland and board members Anne Campbell and [...]
Stevenson-Carson students respond to community need during Gorge fires
With wildfire threatening neighbors’ homes and communities during the September Columbia River Gorge fires, over 70 students in the Stevenson-Carson School District worked with community volunteers to care for more than 200 evacuated pets. On September 5, 2017, an ember [...]
Teacher Feature: Prairie High School’s Claire Verity
Claire Verity didn't plan to be a teacher. A trained theater professional and designer, she moved to Washington State when her three children were young to be a stay-at-home mom. Then a fellow soccer mom recommended her for a [...]
Washougal Middle School students enter gateway to possibilities
Jemtegaard Middle School students build towers of spaghetti noodles in Katie Beaty's Design and Modeling class. Washougal, WA - Towers of raw spaghetti noodles rise from the desks in Katie Beaty’s Design and Modeling class at Jemtegaard Middle [...]
CWU Special Ed Tech Center Funded to Continue Statewide Support
Kristin Leslie, Director, CWU Special Education Technology Center ELLENSBURG, Wash. — As the 2017-18 school year got underway, so did the work of Central Washington University’s Special Education Technology Center (SETC). The only assistive technology resource in Washington [...]
Battle Ground school psychologists play crucial role
The kindergartners in teacher Kristen Barton's class are sitting in a circle on the brightly colored carpet, thinking hard and taking turns offering suggestions about how they can recognize and take control of their emotions when they begin feeling frustrated [...]
Prevent Coalition awarded $100,000 Opioid Prevention Grant
In the midst of what many are calling a national crisis, Vancouver-based Prevent Coalition was awarded a $100,000 Opioid Prevention Grant from the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR). The one-year grant will provide funding for opioid prevention in [...]
Students get their hands on heavy machinery at Apprenticeship and Trades Fair
On Friday, September 22nd, roughly 750 high school juniors from at least 11 schools in SW Washington will take part in the 7th annual Apprenticeship and Trades Fair at the Cowlitz County Expo Center. The Expo Center will be filled [...]
White Salmon Valley receives grant to continue after school and summer enrichment
The White Salmon Valley School District was awarded another five year 21st Century Community Learning Center grant that provides after school and summer school programs to students at Whitson Elementary, Wallace & Priscilla Stevenson Intermediate and Henkle Middle School. The [...]
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