Schools

Proebstel: Madeline McMillen, 11, raised $1,500 by selling pies, cookies and cupcakes, and used the money to purchase more than 100 toys, which she donated to Toys for Tots.

Frontier Middle School student donates 100-plus toys to nonprofit

December 28, 2016, 6:02am Community

Madeline McMillen, an 11-year-old student at Frontier Middle School, purchased 87 toys on Dec. 11 and donated them to Toys for Tots a few days later. Read story

Kindergartners Cheyenne Hill, 6, left, and Corey Henderson, 5, look over their schoolwork at Tukes Valley Primary School on Nov. 30. Battle Ground Public Schools expanded full-day kindergarten at all of its campuses this year.

All-day kindergarten praised

December 27, 2016, 8:43pm Clark County News

Meadowlark Clark’s kindergarten classroom is a brightly colored temple of letters, numbers and play time. Read story

Javan Sheaves, 11, of Vancouver, center, pretends to be a robot while other students give him specific instructions during the Hour of Code event at Vancouver Community Library on Thursday afternoon. The internet was down at the library, meaning experiential learning librarian Jamie Bair created an activity to mimic basic programming.

Hour of Code at Vancouver Community Library hones tech skills

December 22, 2016, 8:08pm Clark County News

When the internet’s down, the programming must go on. Read story

Students of color changing the face of Washington schools — and the state, too

December 21, 2016, 9:27am Latest News

In Lake Washington schools, the student body is changing color. The same is true, to an even greater degree, for student populations in Bellevue, Mukilteo, Kent, Seattle, Renton and dozens of other districts where nonwhite youths now occupy a majority of classroom seats. Read story

Lincoln Elementary School building operator Gene Boyer clears the sidewalk outside the school on Dec. 15, one of four snow days already this school year.

Snow days will affect school year

December 20, 2016, 5:05pm Clark County News

Students in Clark County are in for a longer school year after this month’s flurry of snow days. Read story

State program helps put teen parents on path to success

From left to right, Stephanie Watson and her son, Zaine Post; Vanessa Toscano and her daughter, Jaylah Castro; and Fanny Lopez and her daughter, Alexandra Lopez, read together Dec. 13 during story time in the GRADS program at Evergreen High School. A recent state study found that for every dollar invested in the program, students benefit by three times as much.

December 19, 2016, 6:05am Clark County News

Evergreen High School teacher Peggy McNabb didn’t need a study to know the class she teaches to teen parents is a success. After all, she hears from students who have gone on to graduate, gone to college and live successfully every week. Read story