Camas-Washougal Post-Record

November 4, 2014

Camas High School English teacher Ruhiyyih Wittwer shows ninth grade students in the Integrated Arts and Academics magnet program how to create a map using text evidence from a short story they had read earlier. The students incorporated art into the project by shading the map using only primary color pencils.

Connecting arts and academics

Lydia Ross-Macleod has always been passionate about art in all of its forms.

October 28, 2014

Ryan Burden (third from left, clockwise), a senior at Washougal High School, works with other students at the Clark County Skills Center aviation program. Burden wants to be a pilot and is hoping this program helps prepare him for the future.

Unique educational opportunities

Ryan Burden has always dreamed of becoming a pilot.

October 28, 2014

Wanda Miller and Ryan Dickerson are leading the charge for the Camas Athletic Boosters brick fundraising campaign. Miller serves as president and Dickerson as vice-president. Proceeds from the brick sale will benefit student athletic programs at the middle- and high-school level.

Boosting school athletic programs

Ever wonder what helps fund the purchase of uniforms, helmets, computers and other technology for Camas school athletic programs?

October 21, 2014

Jennifer McDaniel, who is battling breast cancer, exchanges a hug with friend and seven-year breast cancer survivor Janet James at the Columbia Ridge Senior Living Pink Tea Party last week. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

A celebration of survival

Breast cancer is beatable. There are scores of women who not only survive, but thrive after diagnosis and treatment.

October 15, 2014

Baby Boot Camp attendees incorporate their children into many components of the exercise routine. Here, local franchise co-owner Mignon Cejalvo (back) and Lana Gensitskiy do planks with the help of Cejalvo's triplets.

Like many first-time moms, Jenn Prettyman felt overwhelmed, isolated and unsure of herself following the birth of her daughter, Alyssa. After seeing a flyer at a mom's group about Baby Boot Camp, Prettyman decided to give it a try in the hopes it would lift her spirits. She took one class with her infant in tow, and was hooked.

October 15, 2014

Dawn Tarzian, Washougal School Board superintendent, administers the oath of office to new School Board member Teresa Lees on Tuesday evening. Lees will represent district one, which has been vacant since last spring.

Lees joins WSD board of directors

After several months with a vacant seat, the Washougal School Board welcomed its newest member Tuesday evening. Teresa Lees, a mother of six Washougal students, will represent the patrons in district one, which was vacated by Jocelyn Lindsay last spring when she moved out of town.

October 15, 2014