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May 15, 2012

Parents speak out on boundary changes

Citing an inequitable socioeconomic balance and the unnecessary splitting of neighborhoods, several parents voiced their concerns regarding the Camas School District's proposed boundary changes at a meeting last night. "Really, what we want for our district is to have everyone be treated fairly," said Emily Gillespie, a Helen Baller parent. "My children attend the fourth closest school to our house. All the surrounding neighbors attend other schools. Our neighborhood is being used to socioeconomically balance Baller. There's a bus that goes by my house that drops kids off at Grass Valley."

May 8, 2012

School notes for May 8, 2012

Active youth contest seeks entrants Youth 18 and younger who enjoy exercising and eating healthy are encouraged to enter a contest sponsored by Clark County Public Health.

May 8, 2012
From left, Kamryn Wilson, Devyn Wilson and Maddie Scott, all students at Pacific Crest Academy, organized a craft drive for seriously ill children as a part of their Girl Scout troop community service project. Not pictured are troop members Evie Yoshimura, Emily Silva, Brianna Cloutier, Georgina George and Olivia Doumitt.

Local Girl Scout troop collecting crafts for seriously ill children

When her local Girl Scout troop needed to plan a community service project to earn a merit badge, 14-year-old Devyn Wilson knew exactly what she wanted to do."My friend, Brooke Mosier, has a cousin named Hope, who has cancer," she said. "Her story was really inspiring." After sharing the story of the Vancouver 10-year-old's battle with the disease and radiation treatment, she and the members of Camas Cadette Troop No. 41864 decided to do something to help the young patients at Randall Children's Hospital in Portland. "When asked what we could do to help, she suggested we help the children find something to do to pass the time and keep their minds occupied," Devyn said.

May 8, 2012
Contributed photo WHS students Andrew Bastian, Melissa Cain, Danielle Crowley and Jess Kraff made award-winning beef kabobs, rice and a pineapple/coconut slushy during the Clark County Culinary Competition.

Local students cook it up

Students from Washougal High School participated in a culinary competition against three schools and came away winners. They competed against students from Woodland, Prairie and Battle Ground high schools in the fourth annual Clark County Culinary Competition April 21. The event was held at Battle Ground High School and was sponsored by Sodexo Food Services.

May 1, 2012

School notes for May 1, 2012

River HomeLink parent informational meeting set Parents of present and prospective students in the River HomeLink program of the Battle Ground School District are invited to an upcoming meeting to learn about programs that will be offered in the 2012-13 school year.

May 1, 2012
The ExCEL Academic League Science Olympiad team won the middle school division of the state competition. They will travel to nationals in Orlando, Fla., later this month.

ExCEL scores a ‘three-peat’ at state Science Olympiad

ExCEL Academic League is living up to its name by winning the statewide middle school Science Olympiad for the third year in a row.The team of 14 homeschoolers from the Camas and Washougal "Alpha" team, beat the second-place team by 41 points to secure a spot at nationals in Orlando, Fla., in May. In addition to the winning team, ExCEL had another team, "Beta," compete at the state tournament, placing 11th overall.

April 24, 2012
The Camas High School Science Olympiad Team celebrates after winning its third consecutive state championship. The event also included teams from Liberty and Skyridge middle schools, pictured here. State was held at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash.

Science Olympiad takes state

Knowledge Bowl. DECA. And now Science Olympiad.Camas High School students continue to bring home the honors. The most recent one was when the Science Olympiad team competed and won the state championship at Eastern Washington University for the second year in a row. The Papermakers sacked the competition with a 40 point lead over second place team Union High School. Bothell High School, near Seattle, came in third. "This was quite a team effort, and a very well-fought tournament by many good teams," advisor Ron Wright said. "Twenty-nine students medaled at this tournament, the most we have ever had bring home individual medals from state."

April 24, 2012

School notes for April 24, 2012

Cape Horn-Skye names Super Citizens Super Citizens for the month of March at Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School included the following:

April 17, 2012
Peter Echevario, reigning Camas Iron Chef for the past two years, is back to defend his title in this year's cooking competition, which raises money for local schools.

Iron Chef returns for a third round

After two years of success, the Camas Iron Chef contest is returning for a third time.Hosted by the Camas Educational Foundation, last year it raised $2,200 for local students. Organizers are hoping to exceed that amount this time around. They are also changing the event's location from Camas Meadows to Journey Community Church in downtown Camas.

April 17, 2012

School notes for April 17, 2012

Spring community ed catalogs available The Washougal Community Education and Camas Community Education catalogs are now available online. The catalogs contain information about spring classes and activities.