For one principal, an ‘Odyssey’ leads to ‘Discovery’

Aaron Smith, the Odyssey Middle School principal who helped guide the Camas School District through the sometimes complicated ins-and-outs of project based learning (PBL) since 2015, has been named the new principal of the district’s newest PBL school, Discovery High School, which opens next fall.

“Mr. Smith was a distinguished principal at Skyridge Middle School,” Camas School District Superintendent Jeff Snell told The Post-Record. “His experience in the design process and passion for thinking differently about the way we engage secondary students made him perfect for the planning principal. He served in that role the past year and a half, and then was selected as the principal last month.”