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The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics is pictured May 1, 2020.

Vancouver Schools of Arts and Academics will limit cellphones in classrooms; district could follow suit as it looks at issue this summer

The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics is pictured May 1, 2020.

June 19, 2024, 2:55pm Clark County News

The Vancouver School of Arts and Academics sent out a notice to families last week that it will adopt a new policy to limit classroom cellphone use next school year. Read story

Burton Elementary School students wave goodbye at faculty and staff Tuesday in Vancouver on the last day of school in Evergreen Public Schools.

Out for summer: Elated students celebrate end to the school year in Clark County

Burton Elementary School students wave goodbye at faculty and staff Tuesday in Vancouver on the last day of school in Evergreen Public Schools.

June 18, 2024, 5:55pm Clark County News

“There’s no rules anymore!” screamed an excited young student who made a beeline for his school bus. Read story

Clark College’s main campus went into lockdown after reports of a stabbing on May 14.

Clark College faculty expressed concerns over campus safety before May stabbing

Clark College’s main campus went into lockdown after reports of a stabbing on May 14.

June 15, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

Clark College faculty leaders had repeatedly expressed concerns to school administration about campus safety issues months before a college employee was stabbed in the neck in May. Read story

At right, Cheyenne and Lakota artist and activist Roben White and Portland State University Indigenous traditional ecological and cultural knowledge coordinator Emma Johnson stick shovels in the ground Wednesday during a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge Garden at Washington State University Vancouver. The garden is intended to link education in agriculture with lessons in the history of Southwest Washington.

WSU Vancouver students to cultivate indigenous plants in garden for ‘all the tomorrows’

At right, Cheyenne and Lakota artist and activist Roben White and Portland State University Indigenous traditional ecological and cultural knowledge coordinator Emma Johnson stick shovels in the ground Wednesday during a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge Garden at Washington State University Vancouver. The garden is intended to link education in agriculture with lessons in the history of Southwest Washington.

June 13, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

A large, new garden space for both student and community use is coming to Washington State University Vancouver’s campus. Read story

Share is mixing up the menu for its summer meal program based on surveys given to kids.

Clark County children can get free breakfast and lunch this summer

Share is mixing up the menu for its summer meal program based on surveys given to kids.

June 12, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News Free

Schools across Clark County will close their doors for summer break this week, but there are still several locations where children can access free daily breakfasts and lunches. Read story

While still lagging behind state averages by about 10 percentage points, student math performance in both Vancouver and Evergreen has improved slightly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Data also shows that local students are still reaching proficiency at rates lower than before the pandemic in 2019.

Evergreen, Vancouver district eighth-graders lag behind state in math scores

While still lagging behind state averages by about 10 percentage points, student math performance in both Vancouver and Evergreen has improved slightly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Data also shows that local students are still reaching proficiency at rates lower than before the pandemic in 2019.

June 11, 2024, 2:53pm Clark County News

The latest standardized testing data available for Clark County’s students reveals eighth graders are struggling at similar rates in both English and math. Read story

Young innovators: No challenge is too big for Clark County grads

June 8, 2024, 6:14am Clark County News

Amid the chaotic balancing act of being a high-schooler — passing classes, making friends, keeping those friends, having a job and figuring out what comes next — there’s often not a lot of time to keep a passion project on the side. Read story

WSU College of Medicine to move to downtown Vancouver

June 6, 2024, 6:31pm Clark County News Free

The Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is relocating to office space in the 805 Broadway building in downtown Vancouver. Read story

From left to right: Staff member Kristin Sharber watches on as third grader Mathilda Kanyid gives a speech. Second grader Alexia Vazquez Gutierrez, fourth grader Heartlee Butler, fourth grader Alejandra Mendez Rodriquez, first grader Scout Sorvald, kindergartner Scarlett Garrot and fifth grader Dylan Richmond also all prepared speeches for Leadership Day at Hazel Dell Elementary School on Wednesday morning.

‘Everyone has genius’: Hazel Dell Elementary celebrates success of leadership program for all its students

From left to right: Staff member Kristin Sharber watches on as third grader Mathilda Kanyid gives a speech. Second grader Alexia Vazquez Gutierrez, fourth grader Heartlee Butler, fourth grader Alejandra Mendez Rodriquez, first grader Scout Sorvald, kindergartner Scarlett Garrot and fifth grader Dylan Richmond also all prepared speeches for Leadership Day at Hazel Dell Elementary School on Wednesday morning.

June 5, 2024, 5:58pm Clark County News

Ben Barnes Silva’s song of choice: Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.” Read story

North Clark County school districts have received an EPA grant to help them purchase electric school buses but it may be a few years before they can get on the road.

EPA grants Woodland Public Schools $2.8M to buy electric school buses

North Clark County school districts have received an EPA grant to help them purchase electric school buses but it may be a few years before they can get on the road.

May 31, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News Updated 2 days ago

Woodland Public Schools received a $2.8 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to replace 14 aging diesel school buses with electric school buses, according to a news release from Sen. Patty Murray’s office. Read story