Providing ongoing TPEP support for educators
Educators are becoming increasingly fluent in the requirements of TPEP, the Teacher Principal Evaluation system now in its first full year of implementation by all districts across the state. And as teachers and principals become more skilled in navigating these [...]
School of Distinction Awards announced for 2016
ESD 112 region schools make the list of most improved Six schools in the ESD 112 region have been named School of Distinction for sustained improvement in English language arts and math over a five-year period. The schools are among [...]
Camp turns new students into Longview ‘Jacks
Remember those first weeks of your freshman year in high school? For many, it’s time spent getting the lay of the land, forming that circle of best friends and adjusting to the expectations of new courses. Longview's R.A. Long students [...]
Free preschool from ESD 112 changed this single mom’s life
Ashley Horn is a young, single mother of four kids under the age of 12 living in Vancouver. In the last year she's gone from struggling financially and living in transitional housing to having a part-time job, being enrolled in [...]
Volunteer musicians help pep up the Woodland High School Pep Band
Community members and students not currently enrolled in band classes volunteer to help fill out the sound in Woodland High School's Pep Band by playing during football games throughout the season. The volunteers bring their instruments and a heaping helping [...]
Ridgefield School District to host Experience Ridgefield
Get ready for some old-fashioned, small-town fun as the Ridgefield School District prepares to host Experience Ridgefield on Saturday, September 24. The community carnival, set to take place at Ridgefield High School from 3:00 -- 8:00 p.m., celebrates Ridgefield's proud [...]
1-2-3 Grow and Learn does some growing of its own
The ESD 112 1-2-3 Grow and Learn program did some growing over the 2015-16 school year, and has continued to grow this fall, adding several new group locations in Vancouver as well as a new district. The free program [...]
Battle Ground teacher wins highest national recognition in teaching
Battle Ground Public Schools’ Instructional Coach Meredith Gannon has won the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The award, which is administered by the National Science Foundation, is the highest national honor that a teacher [...]
ESD’s specialized transportation program makes big difference for homeless students
For the 52 bus drivers in ESD 112’s Specialized Transportation Department, the 2015-16 school year was a busy one! Drivers logged more than one million miles on their bus routes, serving students across more than 20 cooperative member districts, as [...]
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