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Families can find free food at several locations.
Families can find free food at several locations.
Students at VPS elementary schools are participating in Read Across America, the nation's largest celebration of reading.
Students at VPS elementary schools are participating in Read Across America, the nation's largest celebration of reading.
Families can find free food at several locations.
Learn how the partnership with the Council for the Homeless serves students and families.
An agreement among Vancouver Public Schools and 13 local organizations to establish full-service community schools recently received a boost.
For the 25th year, Beaches Restaurant will return to Vancouver Public Schools to serve green eggs and ham to every first-grader to promote literacy.
Clark County Public Health was selected for its work to safeguard the community, including several Vancouver schools.
Elisa Iraheta and Viktoriya Krasovskaya and Sandy and Ken Turney received honors for their contributions to education in Clark County.
The money from an anonymous donor will benefit early learning programs.
The nearly $150,000 award will enable the district and community partners to plan ways to provide extra support to families.
Real-world experiences extend learning beyond the classroom.
The Youth Opportunity Pass isn’t meant to replace the school district’s buses, but rather expands transportation options for families.
PTA and community partners make new Salmon Creek Elementary path a dream come true.
The organizations have collaborated to offer after-school soccer and basketball programs in both school districts.
For many students' families, new school supplies are difficult or impossible to afford.
This year was full of wonder, respect and gratitude.
“The first thing I do is check in with the parent to address their basic needs,” said Nicole Loran-Graham, coordinator of the mobile FCRC. “‘How are you doing? Have you eaten? How are you staying warm? Have you slept?’"
Vancouver Public Schools partners with WSU Vancouver and Clark College to provide a science, technology, engineering and math pathway from K-12 to higher education.
Washington State University Vancouver student Adriana Benitez stood in front of teacher Katherine Howard’s fifth-grade class at King Elementary. “How many of you are excited to go to college?” she asked.
Fourth-grade teacher Bernardo Rodriguez didn't mind getting a little wet at the Harney Elementary School carnival. He willingly sat under a dangling water balloon while students lined up for a chance to hit a [...]
Get ready to observe, wonder and learn with your child! You are your child’s first and most important teacher.
Educators and volunteers are being recognized from throughout the county by the local non-profit group Identity Clark County (ICC). The Real Heroes program honors exemplary educators as part of its Land Here, Live Here, Learn Here [...]
First-graders from all over Clark County and their parents and guardians will be dining on green eggs and ham at school this week.
A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education today released a case study about Vancouver Public Schools. Developed over the past year, the case study highlights the district's Family-Community Resource Centers, known as FCRCs, and work with local partners to remove poverty-created barriers to learning among more than half of VPS' 23,500 students.
More than 170 students, siblings and parents attended a math night at Washington Elementary School on Jan. 20.
Students and staff members donated record amounts to the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools in the nonprofit’s annual campaign.
Three community organizations joined Gaiser Middle School, Peter S. Ogden Elementary School and the VPS mobile FCRC to feed hungry families on Dec. 11.
Community patron Leslie Durst was honored at the Nov. 10 school board meeting for her generous donation to purchase new seating for the Royal Durst Theatre at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Durst is a [...]
Original source: The Columbian, October 2015 We believe all students deserve the opportunity to be successful. As Superintendent Steve Webb writes in this op-ed, our supportive community is critical in helping with this work. As a result, [...]
Nearly 1,750 kids and adults attended the second annual Go Ready, a free festival designed to help VPS families with their back-to-school needs so that all students are prepared to begin learning on the first day of school.
When Roosevelt Elementary School Principal Karrie Yank received a call from Dick Hannah Subaru in late September, she was both surprised and curious. The representative told her that Roosevelt would be the recipient of the [...]
Author-illustrator Tom Angleberger visited Lake Shore Elementary School on Oct. 2. The self-proclaimed nerd told students about growing up in Virginia, displayed an origami technique and discussed his book The Strange Case of Origami Yoda. [...]
The Fort Vancouver High School Center for International Studies has a strong base of supporters in a group that knows the school well: its alumni.
For the first time, the foundations for the Vancouver and Evergreen school districts paired up to collect supplies for students who can't afford to purchase their own.
More than 1,700 students and families attended our second annual Go Ready! Back-to-School-Readiness Festival.
Vancouver iTech Preparatory has received the Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Student Engagement Award for 2015.
Some things change. Isaiah Ephraim, Nathan Harris and Seth Hunt are no longer the third-graders that found in businessman Steve Runyan a friend, mentor and weekly lunch buddy for three years.
On May 29, Scott Driscoll presented a check for $16,500 to Mick Hoffman, executive director of safety, transportation and athletics at Vancouver Public Schools. The money, from the Quinn Driscoll Foundation, will purchase 10 portable [...]
Since 1988, the Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools has been helping students come to school healthy, happy and ready to learn. FVPS serves all 37 district schools and programs. This year, the foundation’s theme is [...]