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December 23, 2021
Washougal students receive’Blessing Boxes’
It was December 2020 and Washougal resident Tara Poulsen wanted to lift local students’ spirits.
It was December 2020 and Washougal resident Tara Poulsen wanted to lift local students’ spirits.
Washougal Learning Academy Principal Jason Foster says he can already see the impacts of the Washougal School District’s outreach efforts to engage more Spanish-speaking families.
The Unite! Washougal Community Coalition has named Lisa Bennett as the 2021 recipient of its “Heart of a Volunteer” Excellence Award.
If the Washougal High School girls basketball team needs Savea Mansfield to score, she’ll score. If it needs her to rebound, she’ll rebound. If it needs her to pass, she’ll pass. If it needs her to shut down the opponent’s best player, she’ll shut down the opponent’s best player.
Todd Perkins became interested in dinosaurs after visiting a natural history museum with his family when he was 5 years old. Soon after, the movie “Jurassic Park” was released into theaters and became a worldwide phenomenon that turned Perkins’ interest into a borderline obsession.
David Hurt started to reevaluate his outdoor gear after watching a 2018 PBS documentary called “Into the Amazon” shortly before embarking on a multi-day wilderness excursion with friends.
The Washougal Police Department (WPD) is investigating the origins of a fake Washougal High School Instagram page that contained inappropriate material encouraging unsafe behavior and specific acts of vandalism before being deleted.
City of Washougal leaders are optimistic that they can achieve most or all of their primary objectives in 2022 as they continue to embrace “the new normal” created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the Washougal Learning Academy (WLA) leaders decided to select a school mascot and logo last summer, they wanted the chosen symbol to represent more than the WLA itself. They wanted it to be, in their words, “something special.”
The Washougal School District Soundstage performing arts club put on three three radio plays during the 2020-21 school year, performances that received praise from parents, district employees and other community members. The club’s production of “A Christmas Carol” was especially popular, garnering more than 1,000 clicks on the district website.
