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January 4, 2011

School notes for Jan. 4, 2011

School board seeking applicants The Washougal School Board is seeking applicants to fill two vacancies that will be left when longtime members Orlan Gessford and Tom Huffman retire Jan. 31. Qualified applicants must be U.S. citizens, registered voters and reside in the appropriate director district. The open positions will be in districts one and four. Employees and immediate family members of district employees are not allowed to serve on the board.

December 28, 2010

Number of homeless students climbs

They sleep in cars. In parks. In shelters. On the sofas of generous relatives or friends. They are the more than 1.3 million homeless children nationwide. Of that total, more than 21,000 live in Washington state, according to numbers submitted to the federal government last week. Collected by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, the numbers show that during 2009-10, the state reported 21,826 homeless students, up 5 percent from the previous year and up 56.5 percent from 2005-06.

December 28, 2010

Jemtegaard Middle School honor roll

4.0 GPA Eighth-grade: Anderson, Samantha; Braun, Madeline; Carstens, Alexandra; Kaml, Kaila; Krout, Adam; Miller, Karina; Odenthal, Kayla; Oviatt, Matthew; Scheldorf, Sabine; Steffanson, Jacueline; Zieman, Kaycee.

December 22, 2010

School Notes

Hathaway Elementary School Principal Laura Bolt was recently recognized as a "State Principal of Distinction," for the Columbia River region on Oct. 4 at the state principal's conference in Bellevue, Wash.

December 21, 2010

Schools face yet another financial crisis

Local school districts are feeling the pinch after the state Legislature made yet another round of reductions to kindergarten through 12th grade education in an emergency budget cutting session recently. House Bill 3225 includes $39.4 million in cuts to K-12 education. The funding was originally intended to lower class sizes in kindergarten through fourth-grade.

December 14, 2010
Advanced Placement world history teacher Sam Greene engages students in a lively discussion on Friday. Camas High School's AP program has grown significantly in recent years. In 2010, 298 students took a total of 512 AP tests. Four-hundred-twelve had a score of 3 or better. That is in comparison to 2003, when only 60 students took the AP tests with 64.6 percent scoring a 3 or better.

Advanced Placement: More than just a test

"New perspectives on a diverse and complicated world." For veteran Camas High School teacher Hannelore Tweed, these are the opportunities she is passionate about providing to her students. Her ability to do this was expanded this year as Tweed was offered the chance to become the instructor of a new Advanced Placement class called "human geography."

December 14, 2010

School notes for Dec. 14

Knowledge Bowl team fares well CHS Knowledge Bowl students recently opened their 2010 season with a dominating performance against schools from throughout the region.

December 7, 2010
Camas High School seniors Sara Slayton and Evan Klein are teaching a finacial literacy course to fellow students, hoping to give them the tools they need to be credit savvy when they graduate. The two are spearheading the project for DECA.

Dollars and $ense

With the average college graduate leaving school with more than $4,000 in credit card debt, it is clear that a greater understanding of finances is needed. However, for most high school students, it's not something to which they give much thought, beyond filling out applications for college financial aid and scholarships. Camas High School seniors Sara Slayton and Evan Klein are determined to change this.

December 7, 2010

School notes for Dec. 7, 2010

Free community dinner set Dec. 15 There will be a holiday celebration and dinner at the Jack, Will and Rob Boys & Girls Club Wednesday, Dec. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. The event is open to all and will include family activities and information about the club, as well as dinner.