Three Camas High School sophomores are spreading their secondary school experiences and love for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to the middle school level with the creation of the Youth Research Scholars Club (YRS).
Camas School District’s new Lacamas Lake Elementary school building is on track to open for the 2018-19 school year, and the district plans to repurpose the former Lacamas Heights Elementary building off Northeast Garfield Street for continued use.
The Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce has named its Teachers of the Year for 2018, and will honor Camas High School photography/graphic arts teacher Doug Huegli and Cape Horn-Skye Elementary first-grade teacher Darcy Hickey at an upcoming awards ceremony at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 6, at Camas Meadows Golf Club.
National Teacher Appreciation Day fell on May 8 this year, the same day as a regularly scheduled Washougal School Board meeting, and dozens of Washougal teachers showed up with an idea for how district leaders could really show their appreciation — increasing teacher salaries to match compensation packages offered by surrounding school districts.
A Camas High forensic science class is giving students a chance to learn about crime scene observations, blood spatter, fingerprinting and ballistics.
Hathaway Elementary School students planted seeds that will develop into green beans while also growing their knowledge about nutrition and the food cycle during the first Student Well-Being Fair.
Kindergarten registration for the 2018-19 school year is now open, and school leaders have set “kindergarten round-up” dates to help incoming students and their families tour their new school, meet kindergarten teachers and, hopefully, ease any first-day-of-school jitters.
The Washougal School District has a new superintendent.
The Washougal School District Board of Directors unanimously passed a motion to hire Dr. Mary Templeton as the next Superintendent of the district during a special meeting, Friday, April 27.
The Washougal School District board of directors will likely hire the district’s next superintendent Friday, after four final candidates were interviewed, Wednesday, April 25, in Columbia River Gorge Elementary and Jemtegaard Middle School commons, in Washougal.
