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Apply for scholarships through Community Foundation for Southwest Washington

February 26, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News

The Community Foundation for Southwest Washington is accepting applications for dozens of local scholarships through March. Read story

From left, fifth-graders Harlem Hotchkins, 10, Jonathon Yost, 10, Emma Mosbrucker, 11, and Arwa Al Robiai, 10, join in discussion during the Columbia Valley Elementary School Civil Rights Book Club. Students Beth Petrie&#039;s and Kari McArthur&#039;s classes read books about the civil rights movement of the 1960s and kept diaries written in the voices of the books&#039; main characters.

Vancouver students celebrate Black History Month with Civil Rights Book Club

From left, fifth-graders Harlem Hotchkins, 10, Jonathon Yost, 10, Emma Mosbrucker, 11, and Arwa Al Robiai, 10, join in discussion during the Columbia Valley Elementary School Civil Rights Book Club. Students Beth Petrie&#039;s and Kari McArthur&#039;s classes read books about the civil rights movement of the 1960s and kept diaries written in the voices of the books&#039; main characters.

February 26, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Walk into the fifth-grade wing of Columbia Valley Elementary School this month, and you’ll find a celebration of Black History Month. Read story

Black students are more likely to enroll in honors courses if they’re taught by a Black teacher

February 24, 2020, 11:32am Northwest

Black high school students are more likely to enroll in advanced coursework when their schools employ at least one Black instructor to teach such classes, new research suggests. Read story

Battle Ground students compete, perform at concerts

February 22, 2020, 6:02am Community

Students from several Battle Ground Public Schools were recently selected for the Washington Music Educators Association’s All-State Honor Bands and performed in the All-State Bands concerts Feb. 14-16 in Yakima. Read story

Parents join Ridgefield students for day of school

February 22, 2020, 6:01am Community

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is a popular annual day on the fourth Thursday each April, this year on April 23. But Ridgefield School District flipped that around for the second year in a row, allowing parents to come to school with their child. Students at all… Read story

Karin Edwards

Clark College names new president

Karin Edwards

February 21, 2020, 2:11pm Clark County News

Clark College has its next president: Karin Edwards, currently president at Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus. Read story

The Ridgefield School District&#039;s $107 million school bond appears to have failed, pending certification of the election, raising continued concerns about space at schools. One option may be to add more portables, such as the ones here at Union Ridge Elementary School.

Ridgefield school bond failure paints picture of stark divide

The Ridgefield School District&#039;s $107 million school bond appears to have failed, pending certification of the election, raising continued concerns about space at schools. One option may be to add more portables, such as the ones here at Union Ridge Elementary School.

February 19, 2020, 6:03am Clark County News

Look at the Ridgefield School District as a whole, and you’ll see a squeaker of a failing bond election, with 59.15 percent of voters backing the measure. Drill deeper into the results, however, and the division in the district is more stark. Read story

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Vancouver lawmaker’s bill looks to bolster child abuse hotline

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February 18, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

State Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, has proposed legislation intended to improve Washington’s dysfunctional hotline for reporting child abuse. Read story