Vancouver youth and community leaders behind the 4/20 launch of “Weed Can Wait” campaign
Over a thousand Vancouver teens and tweens supplied the voice and direction for Youth Now, a youth-focused marijuana prevention campaign that's launching on 4/20, a day normally synonymous with the code for smoking cannabis. The campaign's main message, Weed Can [...]
First job interviews empower Battle Ground students with life skills
Sitting around tables in the school library, students nervously smoothed the skirts of their dresses and straightened the collars that hung over the buttons on their dress shirts. The Battle Ground High School students chatted and exchanged a few grins, [...]
ESD 112 replaces professional development enrollment system
For 10 years ESD 112 licensed software to manage all of the agency’s courses and events. This software was accessed from the ESD 112 public website and provided registration services for over 15,000 users attending over 7,000 classes that were held in [...]
Gene Sharratt selected as AESD/OSPI Executive Director of Statewide Initiatives
Educational Service District 112 and the other eight ESDs across the state have a new leader to help guide the work of the state’s Association of Educational Service Districts (AESD). Dr. Gene Sharratt has been selected to serve as Executive [...]
Battle Ground alternative learning program receives STEM lighthouse grant from state
The Center for Agriculture, Science and Environmental Education (CASEE) has been hailed as a guiding light among Washington's STEM programs and been given a $20,000 grant to mentor other schools that are developing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education [...]
Woodland High School receives $10,000 grant for AP class assistance
Students at Woodland High School can receive financial assistance to take advanced courses which earn college credits thanks to a $10,000 grant the school received from Washington State. Woodland High School Principal John Shoup applied to Washington State to receive [...]
Hockinson penny drive sets record
For the second year in a row, Hockinson Middle School students have soared past their goal in the Pennies for Patients drive for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This year, with $6,228 raised, they set a record among southwest Washington [...]
Evergreen Public Schools employee is ESD 112 Region Classified School Employee of the Year
An Evergreen Public Schools employee has been named 2016 Classified School Employee of the Year for the ESD 112 region. The award is given by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and recognizes an outstanding classified school [...]
ESD 112 celebrates high school art with regional art show
MARCH 17, 2016, VANCOUVER, WA – Educational Service District 112 filled its halls with student artists, families, teachers, and art lovers for the 43rd Annual Regional High School Art Show on Tuesday evening. The gallery opening and awards ceremony was [...]
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