Building a new community foundation for Mill A School
The efforts of Superintendent Benton Dorman and his staff at Mill A school district were recently featured in a great article in The Enterprise newspaper. Read all about what they’ve been up to this school year here. Photo above by Michelle Scott.
R.A. Long High School receives national fitness award
R.A. Long is being recognized for its commitment to health and fitness with a 2015 Let’s Move!Active Schools National Award. Part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign, the program is aimed at inspiring increased physical education and physical [...]
ESD 112 videographer creates Washington School for the Deaf video
ESD 112 videographer for TV ETC, Rose Yandell just finished a video for the Washington School for the Deaf on the school's ASL English Bilingual program. "Rose and her staff have been patient beyond belief, insightful, creative and responsive to our needs," [...]
Local businesses make a difference by funding early childhood needs
A huge thank you to the H.B. Fuller Company for supporting local Early Head Start and Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) programs by donating learning materials and toys for centers where Play Groups are offered to children and [...]
Teachers exercise spatial skills in science kit packing contest
Science Materials Center Specialist Serena Williams challenged teachers in the nPower Girls program to exercise their spatial skills by staging a science kit packing contest. The teachers were asked to incorporate organizational skills in this engineering challenge. Using the supplies [...]
Grant helps districts prepare for emergency situations
Thirty-nine K-12 facilities started classes this fall with greatly enhanced active shooter panic alarm security systems, thanks to ESD 112’s Construction Services Group/Security & Tech Team, including CSG Security Staffers: Jay Garthwaite, Program Manager; Rod Roduin, Project Manager/Analyst; Arik Garthwaite, Assistant Project Manager [...]
STEPS is Growing!
STEPS, Student Transition Educational Program Services, is a community based program supported by the ESD 112. STEPS opened its doors beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. STEPS is a program designed for 18-21 year old students from the districts of [...]
Classified School Employee of the Year
Eddie Sawyer, an Instructional Technology Facilitator for Vancouver Public Schools has been named 2015 Classified School Employee of the Year for the ESD 112 region. Eddie began his career with VPS as a high school summer intern. In his work [...]
Inspiring girls to pursue STEM dreams
Research shows that future jobs in the area of STEM will grow faster than jobs in other areas, yet women make up just 23% of the current STEM workforce. But girls in seven school districts will receive the encouragement they [...]
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