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July 17, 2012
School notes for July 17, 2012
EWU announces spring dean's list Several local students were named to the dean's list at Eastern Washington University.
EWU announces spring dean's list Several local students were named to the dean's list at Eastern Washington University.
Camas student lands on dean's list Mackenzie G. Tipton of Camas was named to the dean’s list at Boston University for the spring semester. Boston University is the fourth largest independent university in the United States, with an enrollment of more than 29,000 students in its 17 schools and colleges.
What do you do with 1,400 teens when school is out? On Friday, June 29 this question was answered when youth from the greater Vancouver and Portland areas came to Clark County to participate in a mass service project that included parks, homes. These young people provided more than 5,500 hours of service, fanning out in groups of 50-300 to pre-assigned locations across the county, where they painted, weeded, sorted, cleaned, raked, planted, mowed and hammered.
Camas resident lands on dean's list
How do we best serve the public? The City of Camas Parks and Recreation Department and the Camas School District Community Education program are considering that question with the help of an advisory committee, which is exploring new partnership options for recreation services. "We have excellent partnerships in the school and the city that did not come about by accident," Mayor Scott Higgins said at a recent School Board meeting. "We are constantly looking for ways to make it even better. I felt there were some things parks and recreation were doing that community ed was also doing. Why not combine services?"
Since Rosemary Knapp announced her retirement earlier this year, she's been asked the following question more times then she can remember:"What are you going to do when you retire?" And her answer? "Whatever I want to: Travel, spend more time taking care of my grandson, exercise more regularly and read more grown-up books," Knapp said. "About 80 percent of my reading for the last several years has been young adult books. I'm looking forward to more grown-up books."
Local students make president's list at Gonzaga Local students earned placement on the Gonzaga University president’s list for spring semester 2012. Students must earn a 3.7 to 4.0 GPA to make the list.
School District serving free summer lunches The Washougal School District will serve free lunches to all children living in the district boundary who are younger than 18 years old, regardless of family income.
When Camas resident April Sutherland found out the special needs camp her autistic son attends would be eliminated due to budget cuts, she and other moms rallied to save it.They went to Vancouver City Hall and gave officials a proposal: They'd provide the funding for staff and make reductions, such as eliminating field trips, and volunteering to set up and clean up, if the camp could be saved. The city agreed with a few conditions, including one that seemed quite daunting: Raise $25,000 in 30 days. Undeterred, Sutherland and other moms did what seemed almost insurmountable. They raised $27,411 in 26 days. "It was a huge collaboration," she said.
Three Papermakers will trade in their red-and-black uniforms for Husky purple and gold this fall. Camas High School seniors Paul Cooper, Sam Svilar and Annie Kanicki are taking their musical talents to the next level by marching in the Husky Band at the University of Washington. Sam Svilar, a drum major, said that stepping onto the field for his first halftime show as a Husky will be the fulfillment of a long-standing dream.