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December 19, 2019
Jim Cooper (center) is sworn in to his Washougal School District No. 1 director position at a Dec. 9 meeting at Gause Elementary School. Later in the meeting, the board members voted for Cory Chase (left) to retain his board president position, and voted Angela Hancock (right) as board vice president.

Washougal school board greets newest member

As a former math and science professor and researcher, Jim Cooper is pretty good with numbers. But he wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of letters that he faced during his first meeting as a member of the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors, held Dec. 10 at Gause Elementary School.

December 5, 2019
Washougal High School librarian Hillary Marshall assists sophomore Jennifer Trask (left) and freshman Erica Allen with a project. (Contributed photos courtesy of Washougal School District)

WHS librarian leading ‘makerspace’ movement

Hillary Marshall, who has worked as an educator for the past 24 years, mostly as a library scientist, knows better than most about how emerging technologies have vastly changed the role of school libraries and school librarians.

November 21, 2019
Gause Elementary School booster Rona Ager (left), Washougal School District superintendent Mary Templeton (middle) and Jemtegaard Middle School art teacher Dani Allen pose for a photograph during an Oct. 17 reception to honor the Learn Here Project's "Real Heroes of Clark County." (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

Washougal teacher, volunteer named heroes

Dani Allen and Rona Ager have different roles and responsibilities within the Washougal School District (WSD), but they both want the same thing: to see students flourish.

November 7, 2019
The Club 8 Soundstage group (above) will join Portland-based pianist and vocalist Michael Allen Harrison and former "American Idol" contestant Mac Potts of Vancouver for "An Evening of Music" on Thursday, Nov. 14, at Washougal High School. (Contributed photo courtesy of Dani Allen)

Students, local musicians to share stage

Through her decades of experience as a professional singer and dancer, voice and theater coach and troubled youth mentor, Diana Larson has seen how lives can be changed for the better through exposure to performing arts.

October 17, 2019
Jemtegaard Middle School Club 8 art student Abby Picho paints a section of a mural in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 12. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal students create mural

The 10 words at the bottom of Washougal’s newest public mural encapsulate the essence of the artwork: “I am unique. I am not you. I am me.”