Hundreds of local students from Camas and Washougal schools joined the youth-led National School Walkout on March 14, to honor the 17 victims of a Feb. 14 mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and call for changes inside their own schools as well as on a national level.
In the midst of the chaos called “growing up,” teenagers at Washougal High School could always find solitude and safety inside teacher Jennifer Mahorney’s choir room.
A retired Camas High School teacher who has taught about the Holocaust since 1985 will lead a series of six discussions titled the “Holocaust Studies,” beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, March 16, at the Camas Public Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave.
Camas High School junior Monica Chang is only six months into her junior year and has managed to take first place at the Oregon Bioscience Showcase, write a first-place, award-winning essay for The Fort Vancouver Sons of the American Revolution and help organize a school walkout honoring Parkland shooting victims — all on top of a class schedule filled with Advanced Placement (AP) classes and after-school clubs, including “Girls Who Code”, DECA and the Southwest Washington Red Cross Youth Council.
After a surprise storm in February, the snow days seem to be over for the 2017-18 school year.
Washougal High School and Jemtegaard Middle School students will show off their knowledge on how to use iPads and Chromebooks, provided to them through their schools to further their learning, during a free Tech Talk event from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 8, at Washougal High School.
It’s almost time for Camas High School theater students to showcase vocalists, actors and a giant human-eating plant in their debut of “Little Shop of Horrors,” featuring music by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, at 7 p.m., Friday, March 16, at Camas High.
John Furniss and his wife, Anni Becker Furniss, live with their rescue dog, Pickle, in Washougal. John spends much of his time creating woodwork in their shed, and Anni is…
The Camas School District Board of Directors is seeking applicants to fill the District 1 and District 5 positions on the board.
Camas High School students will join the National School Walkout, a youth-led movement calling on government leaders to enact common sense gun control legislation, at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 14.
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