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January 6, 2022
Washougal High school senior Marcus Bennett controls a soundboard during a  rehearsal for the school's production of "Annie Get Your Gun" in 2018. (Post-Record file photo)

‘That’s Emma!’ gets movie treatment

For the past seven years, Marcus Bennett has diligently worked to develop his skills as a video producer and editor, sound engineer, and camera operator. But earlier this year, he took advantage of an opportunity to use all of his talents at once to create something entirely new, both for him and the Washougal High School drama department.

December 30, 2021
Washougal students show shoes they created for the "Roots and Wings" art project, which asked students to depict where they came from and where they hope to be, in December 2021. (Contriuted photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Finding their ‘roots and wings’

When their teacher asked them to design images that symbolized where they came from – and where they hoped to go – to paint on shoes, many of the Jemtegaard Middle School students in art teacher Dani Allen’s class struggled with the assignment.

December 9, 2021

Police investigating fake Washougal High Instagram account

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.