Schools

Eisenhower Elementary School kindergarten teacher Lisa Nazareno leads students as they practice their letters and numbers (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)

Clark County school districts dip into federal funds to offset pandemic costs

November 30, 2021, 6:33pm Clark County News

Clark County’s three largest school districts received the third batch of federal relief money to alleviate financial and staffing pressure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

Tumwater Middle School in the Beaverton (Ore.) School District (Courtesy photo)

As Oregon outfits its schools for seismic safety, many in Washington remain highly vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis

November 28, 2021, 12:44pm Latest News

ON THE SURFACE, there’s not much to distinguish Tumwater Middle School from any other modern campus. The two-story building is boxy, with a faux-brick facade in shades of ocher and tan. Blond wood brightens the corridors, and concrete floors are polished to a shine. Read story

Hazel Dell Elementary principal Lisa Reed helps incoming kindergartener Raylynn Collins off of the jungle gym during recess at Jump Start, Vancouver Public Schools' program for incoming kindergartners, on Wednesday. All of Clark County school districts saw enrollment declines in 2020-21 because of COVID-19 concerns and are hoping for enrollment rebounds when school begins Aug. 31. Reed said about 20 percent of kindergartners get registered for enrollment by their families the final week of summer.

Enrollment drop could cost Washington schools $500M in state funding

November 26, 2021, 9:16am Latest News

New state data shows school systems in Washington still have not recovered their enrollment losses from pandemic. Read story

The Traveling Day Society plays a song Tuesday at Lincoln Elementary School. The intertribal Native American group performed as part of a virtual assembly for Lincoln students in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Vancouver students learn about Native American cultures during drum-circle assembly

November 24, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

and then louder and louder — the rumbling beat of animal skin drums began to reverberate through the halls of Lincoln Elementary School on Tuesday. Read story

From left: Firefighter-paramedic Tucker Reynolds, chef Earl Frederick, Hope Bereavement Hospice Outreach Supervisor Colleen Storey, Fire Capt. Tom Schell and firefighter Andrey Yelizavetskiy pose for a photo Monday outside of Clark College shortly after cooking meals for 17 hospice families.

Volunteers prepare Thanksgiving meals for hospice families in Clark, Cowlitz counties

November 23, 2021, 6:03am Clark County Health

On Monday morning, firefighters, students and volunteers bustled about in the Clark College cafeteria and kitchen. The smell of home cooking and fresh coffee hung in the air. Read story

Washougal High School students learn body systems, job skills

Students at Washougal High School learn about systems of the human body while simultaneously learning interview skills for future employment.

November 20, 2021, 6:05am Community

When Washougal High School’s new CTE Health Sciences teacher Mel Horton asked herself, “how do I create meaning and creative approaches to something like learning human body systems while incorporating essential 21st-century skills?,” she came up with the perfect solution. What better than to have students “assume” the role of… Read story