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June 16, 2022
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 A group of graduates poses for a selfie at the conclusion of their commencement ceremony at Fishback Stadium on Saturday, June 11. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

‘We are the class that never lost hope’

While driving into work one morning several weeks ago, Washougal High School principal Sheree Gomez-Clark began to think about the speech she’d be delivering at the school’s upcoming graduation ceremony. She wondered how she could possibly sum up the character and grit of the class of 2022 and its accomplishments in a few sentences, and how she could say something to inspire a group of people that had inspired her for the past four years.

June 9, 2022

Camas-Washougal school leaders honored

Two East Clark County school district administrators have been recognized by the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) for their “extraordinary contributions to K-12 education.” Camas…

May 19, 2022
Washougal High School senior Victoria Leavitt will participate in the commercial baking competition at the SkillsUSA National Conference in Atlanta on June 23, 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of Victoria Leavitt)

Washougal High baker heads to national competition

Victoria Leavitt learned to bake when she was a little girl, inspired by the tutelage of her grandmother and aunt, who owns a bakery in Utah. Just as importantly, she also learned about all of the good things that food can bring to people other than nutritional value.

May 12, 2022

Registration open for Washougal Stride run/walk

Registration is now open for the Washougal Schools Foundation’s 18th Annual Student Stride for Education run/walk event, which will take place on Saturday, May 21, at Washougal High School’s Fishback…

May 12, 2022

Washougal High to host drama camp May 16-20

  Washougal High School will host a drama camp for elementary school students Monday through Friday, May 16-20. The camp offers for students in grades 1-5 an “opportunity to come…

April 28, 2022
Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton (left) talks with Kent School Board member Michele Bettinger during a town hall event in Kent, Wash., on Thursday, April 7, 2022. (Screenshot by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Templeton passed over in bid for Kent superintendent job

Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton will remain in Washougal for now. The superintendent, who has twice been named one of three finalists in the running for a superintendent position near Seattle – first in Issaquah, Washington in March and then, earlier this month in Kent, Washington — but has failed to make the final cut both times.

April 21, 2022

Washougal students on bus that left road

An Educational Service District 112 (ESD) bus carrying four Washougal School District students left Washougal River Road and skidded into a ditch on Tuesday, April 12.