This year, all second through fifth grade students will have an opportunity to visit this new school and learn more about the community they live in.
Vancouver Public Schools welcomes new staff members.
Thank you to our students, families and staff for your collaboration and contributions to a successful school year!
Results showed that radon levels are below the Environmental Protection Agency’s limit.
This month's recipients include three teachers, a paraeducator, clerk, Family-Community Resource Center coordinator and principal.
VPS has been testing for and lowering lead levels in school water since 2016 following Environmental Protection Agency standards. Now, the state of Washington has set a new standard.
Meet this month's recipients.
Beginning in fall 2020, this new preschool at Ogden Elementary will serve students of all abilities. Apply by July 10!
Work continues on school bond projects. Here's the latest on all of the projects to date.
Seven Vancouver schools are among 24 honored schools from Southwest Washington and 391 statewide.
This month's winners are members of the warehouse team and a principal, paraeducator, teacher and secretary.
The number of National Board–certified educators in VPS is now 148.
Singer Kat Perkins visited students at Minnehaha Elementary and shared an important message.
Find out who the 2019 "Real Heroes" are in Vancouver Public Schools
Based on feedback, the meet will be moved to Tuesday, May 28. This date applies only to the eight schools affected by the postponed May 20 meet.
This year's group of National Board-certified teachers is the district's largest.
High school senior and Careers in Education student Scully Falcon-Rosas, center, reads to students in Carol Patrick's class at Ogden Elementary. “She’s really nice and she knows how to work with kids," said [...]
This year was full of wonder, respect and gratitude.
Construction and repair projects for summer 2017 have been scheduled, with funding provided by the bond measure that local voters approved in February 2017.
Find out how Minnehaha Elementary will benefit from a bond measure.
Minnehaha Elementary teacher Amy Cameron was named K103 Portland's Educator of the Week!
How a casual summer afternoon became a day that third-grade teacher Scott Van House and his sister—or the child whose life they saved—would never forget.
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.
VPS’ elementary schools have partnered with the district’s communications office to embark on a redesign of all elementary school websites.
As a result of Vancouver Public Schools’ weather-related closure on Jan. 4, the following changes are in effect for the current school year: June 16 has been designated as a makeup day and now is [...]
Minnehaha Elementary School counselor Years with VPS: 13 Most memorable career experience: A couple of years ago, a former student came back to visit. He was going to graduate and wanted to make sure that [...]
You can find a bully anywhere. It’s hard to stop them. It’s even harder to change a school’s culture. But students and staff members at Minnehaha Elementary School are working to do both. Helping set [...]
Six employees were selected for the January 2015 recognition. They were honored at the Jan. 27 school board meeting. Pictured from left to right are: Stephanie Kennedy, teacher, Minnehaha and Lake Shore elementary schools Stephanie Jakubek, counselor, [...]
Four employees were selected for the May 2014 recognition. They were honored at the May 27 school board meeting. Pictured left to right are: RoseMary Marek, literacy specialist, Hazel Dell Elementary School Bekah Raymond, teacher, [...]
Nine Vancouver schools earned the Energy Star for their contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency.
