Camas-Washougal Post-Record

April 7, 2020

(Post-Record file photo) Washougal students line up for their school buses in 2018.

Washington schools will not reopen this school year

Washington students will not return to school this school year, but will still be learning online. Governor Jay Inslee and Washington’s superintendent of public instruction, Chris…

March 31, 2020

Medical providers at PeaceHealth in Vancouver are grateful after receiving a shipment of goggles from two Camas High School clubs, which are manufaturing personal protective equipment with laser cutters and 3D printers. (Contributed photo courtesy of Camas School District)

Camas-Washougal educators, students get PPE to health care workers

While watching news reports about the COVID-19 outbreak during the last couple of weeks, Washougal School District (WSD) career and technical education (CTE) director Margaret Rice was struck…

March 30, 2020

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A member of the Youth Research Scholars club, hosted by Camas High School students for Liberty Middle School students, discusses STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) concepts at a club meeting in 2018. Students in Camas and Washougal will begin remote classes on Monday, April 6.

Camas-Washougal students return to virtual classrooms next week

Today marks the first day of Spring Break in the Camas and Washougal school districts — a fact that may have been lost amidst a statewide, six-week school…

March 26, 2020

Washougal High students celebrate virtual ‘Spirit Week’

Washougal High School students are putting their spirit on display this week, even though they can’t physically go to school. The school’s Associated Student Body (ASB)…

March 26, 2020

Washougal elementary school student donates birthday money to help others

During dinner one night last month, Washougal resident Nikki Adler asked her son, Jordan, what he wanted for his upcoming ninth birthday. His response surprised her — in…

March 5, 2020

(Photo courtesy of Rene Carroll, Washougal School District) Visitors to the 2019 student art gallery in downtown Washougal browse artwork created by local youth. This year's student art gallery opens tonight, from 5 to 7 p.m., and will run Thursday through Saturday, March 5-7.

Washougal’s ‘Youth Art Month’ kicks off with student art gallery

The Washougal School District (WSD) and Washougal Arts and Culture Alliance (WACE) have joined forces again to shine a spotlight on student art throughout March, which is recognized nationally as Youth Art Month.

February 6, 2020

Students walk into Washougal High School before the start of classes on Feb. 4. A committee recommended against changing Washougal School District's start times at a Jan. 28 meeting. (Wayne Havrelly/Post-Record)

Washougal school leaders nix possibility of later start times

A committee studying possible changes to school start times in Washougal is unanimous in its recommendation: don’t change a thing.

January 2, 2020

Sheryl Obegi, Tommy Kelly and Karen Gibson show off some of the Camas football shirts available at Obegi and Gibson's new business, Papermaker Pride. Kelly, a senior at Camas High School, is working at the new downtown Camas business as part of his senior project on marketing research. (Photos by Kelly Moyer/Post-Record)

New business lets fans celebrate Camas

Fans of Camas hoping to wear their hometown pride on their sleeve won’t have to look too far, thanks to the opening of a new business, Papermaker Pride, in downtown Camas.

December 19, 2019

Jemtegaard Middle School sixth-graders Paige Prynn (left), Samantha Gifford (center) and Taylor Cotton (right) work on a candy cane "crime scene" for their school's candy display competition. (Photo courtesy of WSD)

School Briefs for Dec. 19, 2019

‘Sock campaign’ to help Camas schools wraps up Friday, Dec. 20

December 19, 2019

Jim Cooper (center) is sworn in to his Washougal School District No. 1 director position at a Dec. 9 meeting at Gause Elementary School. Later in the meeting, the board members voted for Cory Chase (left) to retain his board president position, and voted Angela Hancock (right) as board vice president.

Washougal school board greets newest member

As a former math and science professor and researcher, Jim Cooper is pretty good with numbers. But he wasn’t prepared for the onslaught of letters that he faced during his first meeting as a member of the Washougal School District (WSD) board of directors, held Dec. 10 at Gause Elementary School.