Subscribe

Schools

April 25, 2019
From left to right, Washougal School District business services director Kristine Grindy, superintendent Mary Templeton and technology director Les Brown discuss the district's budget during a community forum April 17 at the district office.

District may use reserves on deficit

Washougal School District superintendent Mary Templeton doesn’t mince words when talking about Washington’s new funding model for education.

April 25, 2019
Tiffany Jones (left) introduces Hayes Freedom High School senior Maggie Mack to insurance concepts April 18 at Nathan Loren State Farm Insurance in Washougal. Mack began an internship at State Farm earlier this month.

Hayes Freedom students get to work

Hayes Freedom High School senior Mitch McKowan couldn’t figure it out, and he couldn’t figure out why he couldn’t figure it out.

April 18, 2019
The cast of the Washougal High School advanced acting class production of "The Awesome '80s Prom" strikes a post at the school theater on April 11.

‘Awesome ’80s Prom’ coming to Washougal High

For its final production of the 2018-19 school year, the Washougal High School advanced acting class wanted to challenge itself. The students wanted to test the limits of their abilities while learning new skills at the same time. They just simply weren’t interested in doing what they had done in the past.

April 18, 2019

Board adds 2nd chance to speak up

Visitors to the Washougal School District’s school board meetings will soon have more chances to voice their opinions.

April 12, 2019

Washougal School District to host budget conversations

The Washougal School District will host two conversations to present information on the district’s budget, help patrons learn about budget development and answer questions about school finances. The conversations will…

April 11, 2019
Reed Ebeling (left), Erin Ebeling and Susan Bennett of General Federation of Women's Clubs Camas-Washougal during a recent 1,2,3 Grow and Learn session at Hathaway Elementary School. (Photo submitted by Rene Carroll)

Building a solid foundation

As a Washougal School District board director, Teresa Lees has high praise for Educational Services District 112’s 1,2,3 Grow and Learn program, which purports to provide growth and learning skills to young children in Clark County.

April 4, 2019
Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton (left) swears in Washougal School Board Director Angela Hancock (center) while board director Donna Sinclair (right) looks on, during a September 2018 school board meeting. (Post-Record file photo)

Amplifying student voices

Earlier this year Washougal School District superintendent Mary Templeton and Washougal High School principal Aaron Hansen had a conversation about the role of the high school’s student representatives to the district’s board of directors.

March 28, 2019
Camas School District superintendent Jeff Snell announces that Hellen Baller Elementary School teacher Amy Campbell (right) is the district's nominee for the 2020 Washington Teacher of the Year award at the district's board of directors meeting March 25.

Camas names its nominee

Amy Campbell is passionate about helping her students succeed, and sometimes she has trouble containing that passion. But that’s OK with her; she tries to foster as many ‘celebration moments’ in her classroom as possible.

March 28, 2019
Washougal Community Library's Rachael Ries works with Columbia River Gorge Elementary School students Lauren Byrne, Aubrey Timmons and Bailey Wright during a coding club session last month. (Contributed photo courtesy of Rene Carroll)

STEM lessons expanding in Washougal

Earlier this month, fourth-grade students at Gause Elementary School participated in an activity in which they were asked to build ‘scribble bots.’

March 21, 2019

Mount Pleasant to modernize facilities

After the Mount Pleasant School District’s Tuesday, March 19 board meeting, superintendent Vicki Prendergast and board president Karl Kanthak sat around a table nestled in a corner of a classroom at Mount Pleasant Elementary School and talked about some of the challenges that come with supervising a small, rural school district.