Skills Center students compete for state After capturing regional titles, sixteen students from the Clark County Skills Center will compete in the State SkillsUSA competition next month in Renton, Wash. There, they will vie for state championships and trips to the national SkillsUSA this June in Kansas City, Mo.
Ask students in Shoko Fuchigami's class about the best part of the upcoming Japanese Cultural Festival, and their response is likely to be, "The food!" "The food is so good," said Tess Russell, a second-year Japanese student. "You get a little taste of Japan right here in Washougal." Noelle Schmidt, a first-year student, is looking forward to cooking and selling items such as curry and rice, udon noodle soup, yakisoba noodles and green tea ice cream. "I'm expecting to sample a few things, too," she said. "I'm looking forward to the whole experience of being in a Japanese festival. I've always wanted to experience that."
Special education resource fair set There will be a Southwest Washington Special Education and Resource Fair at Prairie High School, 11500 N.E. 117th Ave., Vancouver, on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
There will be a number of camps for Camas-Washogual area children, who will be on spring break starting Monday.
When Cassie Holcombe discovered that Washougal High School was far behind other Clark County schools for recycling, she decided to make a change.It became the basis of her senior project, Save Our Scraps. "I want to leave the school with something lasting," she said. "And I wanted to educate people on what their decisions mean. I basically want people to learn to compost more." Until her project, WHS recycling efforts were limited to bottles and paper. "I've always recycled at home," Holcombe said. "I think a lot of people don't realize the impact our behavior has on the environment. If they think about their actions, they could really make a difference."
CHS musicians head to state
Students at Jemtegaard Middle School in Washougal garnered several awards at the Future Business Leaders of America 2013 Winter Business Leadership Conference recently. It is the only middle school chapter in the region, so the wins came against high school competitors. According to JMS advisor Susan Nesmith, the mission of the FBLA is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs and prepare students for careers in business and business-related fields. "This is the fourth year of FBLA at JMS and we have placed in regionals every year," Nesmith said. "I am so proud of my kids. They worked really hard to compete against high schools students."
WSD boundary requests due May 17 The Washougal School District is accepting applications for in-district boundary exceptions for 2013-14. All families making the request to have their child attend a Washougal school other than their designated neighborhood school must complete a new transfer request every year.
Festival poster contest set All youth are invited to participate in the Camtown Youth Festival poster contest.
A Chinese proverb says that 'A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.' And planting those love-of-reading seeds is the goal of librarians at Washougal elementary schools. Recently, they got together in a Professional Learning Community meeting to discuss streamlining teacher book needs to support common core curriculum, managing and maintaining the volumes of books on their shelves, the emergence of e-books and e-readers, and ways to engage young students while nurturing a love of books and reading. Marlene Leifsen, Gause Elementary librarian, has always loved books. When her young children became school-aged, she found work at the Washougal High School library so their schedules would align. That was nearly 30 years ago.
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