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May 19, 2022
Washougal High School senior Victoria Leavitt will participate in the commercial baking competition at the SkillsUSA National Conference in Atlanta on June 23, 2022. (Contributed photo courtesy of Victoria Leavitt)

Washougal High baker heads to national competition

Victoria Leavitt learned to bake when she was a little girl, inspired by the tutelage of her grandmother and aunt, who owns a bakery in Utah. Just as importantly, she also learned about all of the good things that food can bring to people other than nutritional value.

May 12, 2022

Registration open for Washougal Stride run/walk

Registration is now open for the Washougal Schools Foundation’s 18th Annual Student Stride for Education run/walk event, which will take place on Saturday, May 21, at Washougal High School’s Fishback…

May 12, 2022

Washougal High to host drama camp May 16-20

  Washougal High School will host a drama camp for elementary school students Monday through Friday, May 16-20. The camp offers for students in grades 1-5 an “opportunity to come…

May 12, 2022
Washougal High School drama students (from left to right) Bailey Cole, Adyson Dahl, Shelby Rappe and Lana White perform during a rehearsal session at Washburn Theater on Monday, May 9, 2022. The Washougal High drama department will present its spring musical, "Once Upon a Mattress," Thursday through Saturday,  May 12-14, 2022. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal High theater students to present ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

The Washougal High School drama department usually forgoes a full-fledged production in favor of smaller class shows in the spring, but teacher Kelly Gregersen wanted to do something different this year to reward his students for persevering through a pandemic which took away a lot of their opportunities to perform in front of live audiences.

May 5, 2022
Washougal School District professional technical assistant Alex Yost (left) talks to Washougal High School student Shannon Brennan about the school cafeteria's new sorting tables in 2021. (Contributed photo courtesy of the Washougal School District)

Washougal School District’s Alex Yost wins Green Apple Award

Clark County Public Health recently named Alex Yost, a Washougal High School professional technical assistant and substitute teacher, as the 2022 recipient of its Green Apple Award, given annually to a school employee who works to reduce harmful environmental impacts.

April 28, 2022
Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton (left) talks with Kent School Board member Michele Bettinger during a town hall event in Kent, Wash., on Thursday, April 7, 2022. (Screenshot by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Templeton passed over in bid for Kent superintendent job

Washougal School District Superintendent Mary Templeton will remain in Washougal for now. The superintendent, who has twice been named one of three finalists in the running for a superintendent position near Seattle – first in Issaquah, Washington in March and then, earlier this month in Kent, Washington — but has failed to make the final cut both times.

April 28, 2022
Camas School District's incoming superintendent, John Anzalone, tours Hayes Freedom High School on Monday, March 28, 2022. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas School District tackles future building needs

It has been six years since Camas School District voters passed a $120 million capital facilities bond to improve capacity and safety throughout the school district, built Discovery High School and Lacamas Lake Elementary School and purchased property to accommodate future schools.