Stories about the employees of Vancouver Public Schools.
John Zingale’s passion for history/social studies, technology and project-based learning have enabled students to experience hands-on, individualized, project-based history.
Skyview High School teacher Dave Armstrong recently received one of the University of Washington’s most prestigious history awards.
Eide provides learning support to students at Skyview High School who work best in environments outside of general education classrooms.
Dreaming big is the Vancouver way.
Felida Elementary achieved platinum status for conserving resources and implementing environment-friendly practices.
State Recognized Schools represent the top 20% in Washington for school improvement.
Nearly 40 students from Gaiser Middle School descended on Tenny Creek Neighborhood Park on an overcast June morning.
Congratulations to the student-athletes and their coaches!
Ninth and eighth graders from Vancouver iTech Preparatory took first and third place, respectively.
The details were still there: colors, intricate designs, contours and even flaws and cracks in the 150-year-old items.
Tori Sharpe inspires learning and creativity through her teaching.
Robotics team harnesses diversity, collaboration to engineer results on the field and in their community.
Almost 60 students from Vancouver Public Schools medaled in the state competition.
Four teachers and a paraeducator received Excellence Awards this month.
Fifteen Vancouver students qualified for the National History Bee. Seven also qualified for the U.S. Geography Olympiad.
The following changes in administration will take place in August for the 2019-20 school year. These changes do not increase costs in the district’s administrative budget. Five central office administrative positions have been eliminated [...]
All the honorees are students in Skyview High School’s Science, Math and Technology magnet program.
VPS is the third recipient of the award, and the first recipient from Washington state.
This month's awardees include a secretary, paraeducator, teacher, occupational therapist and mental health specialist.
Every Friday before school begins, students at Ogden Elementary meet for Kindness Club.
By the time she was in eighth grade, Kara Hecker had identified her dream job: school counseling.
Two teachers, a building operator, a secretary and a paraeducator are this month's winners.
This is VSAA’s first yearbook award from the American Scholastic Press Association.
It’s a new way of asking students to flex their social and soft skills as they do independent and collaborative work.
The two-story L-shaped building is projected to open in fall 2020.
This month's winners include two teachers, a school psychologist, FCRC coordinator and secretary.
The entire Felida Elementary student body and staff recently worked to polish a skill that, like playing the piano or cooking the perfect pizza, requires practice.
With this certification, these educators have demonstrated that they have reached the highest levels of the profession.
This is where PE gets high tech.
Fourteen student-musicians were selected for the Washington Music Educators Association's bands, choirs and orchestras.
Said her nominator, "She creates projects and activities that make learning exciting and engaging for her students."
At the time of the partial announcement, VPS and iTech were the only district and school on the West Coast featured in the resulting series of case studies.
This month's winners include two teachers, two custodians and an associate principal.
Both teams won their respective district championships before advancing to state.
Hudson's Bay High School competed against 41 other state champion programs in the National FFA Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event.
Luke Glassett teaches history at Skyview High School.
This month's winners are a bus driver, clerk, secretary, teacher and school psychologist.
Vancouver School of Arts and Academics teacher Margaret Green was featured in Leaders in Learning.
Fourteen members of Vancouver Public Schools' facility support services department, which maintains school buildings and grounds, were honored at the department's annual seminar on June 29.
Communicators from around the district earned Publications and Digital Media Awards in six categories.
