Top teachers named in Camas, Washougal

The Camas-Washougal Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Riverview Community Bank, has named the teachers of the year for Camas and Washougal.

Eric Johnson, a language arts teacher at Jemtegaard Middle School, was named Washougal’s teacher of the year. Candy Michener, a teacher at Helen Baller Elementary School, was named Camas’ teacher of the year.

Johnson was honored for his innovative use of technology in the classroom and for using student achievement data to reinvent his classroom based on the needs of his students.

Michener, a Camas High School graduate, has taught at Helen Baller Elementary School since 1972. In 2010, she traveled to Poland to teach English to teens through Camas’ sister city program.

Along with businesses of the year, Lone Wolf Development and Big Foot Inn, and citizen of the year, Norm Paulson, the two teachers will be honored at a June 4 banquet at Fairgate Inn in Camas. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and tickets cost $35.