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May 30, 2019
Team Ember, a group of 52 Discovery High School students, recently built a model of the Columbia River Gorge, currently displayed at Two Rivers Heritage Museum.

Students build exhibit for museum

The 52 Discovery High School (DHS) Ember Team students learned a lot of things from their recent project, which involved creating an educational exhibit for display at Two Rivers Heritage Museum.

May 23, 2019
Camas High School (CHS) students Sage Emberlin (left), Simranjit Bhella (middle) and Conner Brown play "Brawlhalla" at CHS on May 16.

Camas High students create esports club

Tomer Dagan has been playing video games for most of his life. He specialized in single-player affairs such as “Minecraft” until he got into middle school, at which point he started to learn more about the competitive gaming scene.

May 16, 2019
Camas High School senior Rachel Blair (left), co-founder of TEDxYouth@Camas, talks with speaker Adam Lewis during a workshop May 11 at Camas Public Library.

Camas high school students talk TED

For years, Camas High School seniors Monica Chang, Rachel Blair and Abby Jiang have been listening to TED Talks, influential videos from expert speakers on a variety of topics such as education, business, science, technology and creativity curated by the TED Conferences media organization.

May 16, 2019
Washougal School District human resources director Marian Young is retiring at the end of this school year. Young has worked for 39 years as a teacher, principal and human resources director at several school districts.

Washougal schools HR director retiring

After nearly 40 years in education, the Washougal School District’s human resources director is ready to say goodbye to work, but not to learning.

May 2, 2019
Washougal High School students Emmy Campen (left) and Shane Fussell rehearse a scene from "The Mousetrap" at the school's theater on April 26.

Whodunit at Washougal High School

About six years ago, Washougal High senior Tori Corkum attended a community theater production of “The Mousetrap” in Portland and became enamored with the play’s visual style and “whodunit” dramatic structure.

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.