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December 5, 2019
Washougal High School librarian Hillary Marshall assists sophomore Jennifer Trask (left) and freshman Erica Allen with a project. (Contributed photos courtesy of Washougal School District)

WHS librarian leading ‘makerspace’ movement

Hillary Marshall, who has worked as an educator for the past 24 years, mostly as a library scientist, knows better than most about how emerging technologies have vastly changed the role of school libraries and school librarians.

November 21, 2019
Gause Elementary School booster Rona Ager (left), Washougal School District superintendent Mary Templeton (middle) and Jemtegaard Middle School art teacher Dani Allen pose for a photograph during an Oct. 17 reception to honor the Learn Here Project's "Real Heroes of Clark County." (Contributed photo courtesy of Washougal School District)

Washougal teacher, volunteer named heroes

Dani Allen and Rona Ager have different roles and responsibilities within the Washougal School District (WSD), but they both want the same thing: to see students flourish.

November 7, 2019
The Club 8 Soundstage group (above) will join Portland-based pianist and vocalist Michael Allen Harrison and former "American Idol" contestant Mac Potts of Vancouver for "An Evening of Music" on Thursday, Nov. 14, at Washougal High School. (Contributed photo courtesy of Dani Allen)

Students, local musicians to share stage

Through her decades of experience as a professional singer and dancer, voice and theater coach and troubled youth mentor, Diana Larson has seen how lives can be changed for the better through exposure to performing arts.

October 17, 2019
Jemtegaard Middle School Club 8 art student Abby Picho paints a section of a mural in Washougal on Saturday, Oct. 12. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal students create mural

The 10 words at the bottom of Washougal’s newest public mural encapsulate the essence of the artwork: “I am unique. I am not you. I am me.”

October 3, 2019
Columbia Gorge Elementary School teacher Sydney Termini holds a check for $2,000, which she received Sept. 14 at Husky Stadium in Seattle. Termini was one of five Washington teachers selected for recognition by the Extra Yard for Teachers program. (Contributed photo courtesy of University of Washington)

Local STEM teacher goes extra yard

Sydney Termini, a first-grade teacher at Columbia Gorge Elementary School (CRGE), generally prefers to labor in semi-obscurity, but on Sept. 14, everyone who watched the University of Washington (UW) football team’s game against the University of Hawaii at Husky Stadium in Seattle found out just how good Termini is at her job.

September 19, 2019

Washougal schools mull later start times

During his time as Washougal High School’s principal, Aaron Hansen liked to stand in front of the school’s front entrance to greet students as they entered the building in the morning. Every so often a student running a few minutes late would ask Hansen, “Why are we starting school so early?”