First day of school photos 2022
See first day of school pictures from around the district!
Sep
2022
Jul
2022
Team VPS expands
Vancouver Public Schools welcomes new staff members.
Jun
2022
Sharing gratitude as we end the 2021-22 school year | Español | Русский | Fóósun Chuuk
Thank you to our students, families and staff for your collaboration and contributions to a successful school year!
Jun
2022
New staff members join VPS
See some of the professionals joining schools across the district.
May
2022
Radon testing results | Español | Русский | Fósun Chuuk
Results showed that radon levels are below the Environmental Protection Agency’s limit.
Mar
2022
Apply now for Spanish/English dual language program | Español | Русский
Do you want your child to learn to speak and read in Spanish and English? If your child will be in kindergarten in the 2022-23 school year, enroll them in the Spanish/English dual language program.
Jan
2022
VPS en Español – Episodio 6
En este episodio usted sabrá a donde puede encontrar información actualizada sobre el COVID. Además, conocerá sobre el Programa Dual en nuestro distrito con el maestro Mario Barba. Y sabrá como los estudiantes de la Primaria King celebraron el legado del Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Así como también, conocerá a Marisol Garcia, Coordinadora de Recursos para la Family y la Comunidad en la escuela secundaria McLoughlin.
Jan
2022
Middle and high schools temporarily moving to remote learning days | Español | Русский | Fóósun Chuuk
It is necessary to implement a temporary schedule in which some of our schools will switch to four days of remote learning over the next three weeks.
Oct
2021
October 2021 Employee Excellence Awards
This month's recipients include a paraeducator, family-community resource coordinator, teachers and a data strategist.
Sep
2021
VPS will hold public dedication ceremonies for replacement schools
Please join us as we celebrate our newest schools!
Aug
2021
New educators join team VPS
VPS welcomed 17 new educators to the district this month.
Jul
2021
Welcome, new hires
Welcome to some of the newest members of #TeamVPS!
Mar
2021
Educators earn professional designation
This certification signifies that these educators have met the highest standards in their profession.
Jan
2020
January 2020 Employee Excellence Awards
A nurse, teacher, family-community resource coordinator, theater manager and principal are this month's Excellence Awardees.
Oct
2019
October 2019 Employee Excellence Awards
Two clerks, two teachers and a teacher-librarian are this month's winners.
May
2019
Apr
2019
Families invited to participate in travel survey | Encuesta de Viajes Estudiantiles
Families of students from 11 schools may be contacted.
Feb
2019
February 2019 Employee Excellence Awards
Two teachers, a building operator, a secretary and a paraeducator are this month's winners.
Jan
2019
Musicians named to prestigious performing groups
Fourteen student-musicians were selected for the Washington Music Educators Association's bands, choirs and orchestras.
Oct
2018
October 2018 Employee Excellence Awards
This month's winners are a bus driver, clerk, secretary, teacher and school psychologist.
Jul
2018
Groundbreaking for Marshall and McLoughlin
Find out what the staff and students had to say about the future of their schools!
Jun
2018
You’re invited: Groundbreaking for the new Marshall and McLoughlin
Both schools will be completely rebuilt in the next few years.
May
2018
Designs finalized for Marshall, McLoughlin
Take a virtual tour of the new schools!
May
2018
Students display historical knowledge
Approximately 60 elementary and middle school students from Vancouver Public Schools made the cut for the National History Bee.
Feb
2018
Twenty-seven teachers receive leading certification
This year's group of National Board-certified teachers is the district's largest.
Feb
2018
School designs support learning communities
First photo: Preliminary rendering of McLoughlin Middle School Second photo: Preliminary rendering of Marshall Elementary School School designs support culturally relevant and engaging learning experiences Final designs are now in sight for [...]
Jan
2018
Exploring new technology to support students | Español | Русский | Chuukese
Fruit Valley Community Learning Center, Washington Elementary, McLoughlin and Discovery middle schools and Vancouver iTech Preparatory will pilot new software.
Jan
2018
Preview plans for new Marshall Elementary, McLoughlin Middle School and Lieser Campus
The public is invited to preview the preliminary architectural designs of Marshall Elementary, McLoughlin Middle School and Lieser Campus at an open house on Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Attendees will be [...]
Dec
2017
Student musicians named to top performance groups
Students were selected from McLoughlin and Thomas Jefferson middle schools; Columbia River, Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay and Skyview high schools; and Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.
Nov
2017
November 2017 Employee Excellence Awards
Three teachers, a registrar and an associate principal are this month's winners.
Jun
2017
Goodbye, 2016-17: The school year that was #VPSAmazing
This year was full of wonder, respect and gratitude.
Nov
2016
November 2016 Employee Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the November 2016 Employee Excellence Awards!
Nov
2016
Hudson’s Bay students pilot leadership cycle
Students from Hudson's Bay High School recently completed a pilot program that positions them as leaders in the cycling community.
Oct
2016
With a little bit of luck and a lot of hard work, Mac students claim silver medal
Two McLoughlin Middle School seventh-graders nabbed the silver medal in the BitOlympics, an international electronic building block competition.
Apr
2016
Episode 50: Re: Schools
Let’s go back to the year 1956. Eisenhower was in the White House. “Heartbreak Hotel” topped the charts. America’s Oldest Teenager Dick Clark picked up a gig hosting “American Bandstand.” A loaf of bread cost about 18 cents.
Apr
2016
Reimagining McLoughlin Middle School
Following an April 13 symposium to gather ideas for a new McLoughlin Middle School that would help the school overcome its facility-related challenges, planning teams of staff members and architects translated the key themes into architectural concepts and designs.
Apr
2016
Apr
2016
Re: McLoughlin Middle School
Today, McLoughlin Middle School is a diverse, vibrant school. But the school faces significant challenges in its facility.
Apr
2016
Students qualify for national history, geography competitions
They came, they saw, they conquered history and geography—the History Bee and U.S. Geography Olympiad, that is.
Mar
2016
Young dancers leap into 19th annual Dance Festival
With a flick of a scarf and a do-si-do, hundreds of elementary and middle school students took the stage on Feb. 16 for Vancouver Public Schools' 19th annual Dance Festival.