Robotics teams bring home trophies
Thousands of teams from more than 40 countries showcased their technical, teamwork and critical thinking skills as they put their creations through a series of challenging tasks.
May
2022
Apr
2022
Students receive Aspirations in Computing awards
Eleven Skyview High School students were named recipients of the awards that celebrate high school students’ aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing.
Oct
2020
Researching the research
How one Columbia River High School student turned her longstanding interest in medicine, pathology and anatomy into a project that is now drawing attention from the scientific community.
Sep
2020
How stories and connections inspire an award-winning educator
While science is her discipline, she is like every great storyteller unbound by the constraints of a single genre.
Jun
2020
How particle physics could preserve marine ecosystems
A team from Skyview High School was shortlisted for an international physics competition that could give them the opportunity to conduct leading research.
Jan
2020
Bay student wins app challenge
Jump Quest is based on parkour, and Christopher Gilbert turned to his fellow students for beta testing.
May
2019
The X factor
Robotics team harnesses diversity, collaboration to engineer results on the field and in their community.
Nov
2018
Skyview goes to the Dark Ages for annual SMT Tech Day
Skyview High School's annual SMT (Science, Math, and Technology) Tech Day challenge took students to the Dark Ages, and sent them off to Thanksgiving break on a high note. In the annual event, students [...]
Sep
2018
Ceremony kicks off construction of Vancouver iTech Preparatory
“I think it’s a great day, to be honest. Our school is starting to come true,” said junior Fahad Hamad, who started at iTech in 2013 as a sixth-grader.
Dec
2017
Tranquility garden coming to Fort Vancouver High School
Horticulture students at the Center for International Studies and teacher Toree Hiebert are working to create a garden that will reflect the student body's many cultures.
Nov
2017
Solving the puzzle
Sasha Thomas, a senior at Vancouver iTech Preparatory, and Carson Mowrer, a senior at Skyview High School, want to bring the pastime to people with visual impairments.
Jun
2017
Lessons in empathy through a study of hate
How does hate manifest and spread? What are the implications of vitriol? In answering these questions, students work toward becoming leaders in a more compassionate future.
Jun
2017
Young women honored for excellence in science, math and tech
The honorees were selected based on their performance and promise in the fields of science, math and technology.
Mar
2017
VPS students dominate science and engineering fair
Students from Vancouver Public Schools were awarded first place in three of the four overall categories.
Mar
2017
Robotics team earns highest tournament honors
Atomic Raven Force bested 50 competitors and took home the Excellence Award.
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.
Jul
2016
Gaiser Middle School honored by Department of Education
Gaiser Middle School was one of 47 schools and 15 districts honored by the U.S. Department of Education at a ceremony on July 20.
Jun
2016
Free Wind and Oar boat school summer program
Vancouver Public Schools is offering a free program designed to introduce students to the craft of boat building!
Jun
2016
VPS teams imagine the future
Teams from Skyview High School and Vancouver iTech Preparatory received a slew of awards at the 2016 Imagine Tomorrow competition.
Jun
2016
Middle-schoolers monitor Salmon Creek Watershed
Two eighth-grade environmental science classes at Thomas Jefferson Middle School have made water quality monitoring and education a priority.
Jun
2016
Skyview teams take the app challenge
Two student teams from Skyview High School participated in the Youth Apps Challenge on June 4.
May
2016
StormBots earn awards in eighth season
Skyview High School's FIRST Robotics Team, the StormBots, received several awards and one win in its eighth season.
Feb
2016
7 innovations from the iTech Demonstration of Learning
What do robots, Thanksgiving, bottle rockets and philosophy have in common? They’re all subjects that Vancouver iTech Preparatory students showcased at their Demonstration of Learning on Jan. 21.
Dec
2015
VPS featured in U.S. Department of Education professional learning videos
Vancouver Public Schools is one of eight Future Ready districts featured in a set of professional learning resources recently released by the U.S. Department of Education.
Nov
2015
STEM school lands national award for Vancouver Public Schools
Vancouver Public Schools is one of 30 districts nationwide and one of just three Washington districts to receive District Administration magazine’s District of Distinction award.
Oct
2015
Rowing together
Captain Ahab had the Pequod. Santiago had his skiff. The Goonies had the Inferno. A group of 16 students from Vancouver Flex Academy and iTech Preparatory had their wooden drift boat.
Jul
2015
Jason Lee MESA team sweeps national competition
In their third year of dominating the competition at local and state Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement events, the MESA team from Jason Lee Middle School ended another successful season with a win at the national competition in Ogden, [...]
Jul
2015
Student engagement at iTech Prep earns state award
Vancouver iTech Preparatory has received the Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development's Student Engagement Award for 2015.
Jun
2015
Recycling reimagined: Project mushrooms into national win
First photo above, from left: Brittney Hauff, Cedric Hitzeman and Kasandra Wielenbeck show their mushrooms. Second photo: Wielenbeck, Hitzeman, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, teacher Steve Lorenz and Hauff receive their award in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy [...]
Jun
2015
Gaiser gets even greener
With apologies to Kermit the Frog: It’s not easy being green.
Jun
2015
Students sail into lessons on solar power
Ethan danced as an overcast morning gave way to just enough light to allow the solar-powered boat he’d built with his classmate Brandy to pull ahead in the race.
Jun
2015
VPS schools win prizes at Imagine Tomorrow
By imagining ways to transition to alternative energy sources tomorrow, students from three VPS schools have won prizes today. Teams from Vancouver iTech Preparatory, Hudson’s Bay High School and Skyview High School went head to [...]
Jun
2015
Beyond STEM: iTech Prep students’ artwork on display
Science, technology, engineering and math are prominent at Vancouver iTech Preparatory, but the students there also have opportunities to pursue non-STEM interests. This Thursday, their work in the arts will be on display in a [...]
Jun
2015
Design with a mission: Students create plan for affordable housing
It doesn’t exist, at least not yet, but it reads like the dream rental listing for anyone seeking affordable housing.
May
2015
‘Things are a little different here’: Students imagine a new iTech Prep
Pictured above, from left: Gabrielle Karber, Sophia Zabell, Zamantha Guevara and Ricardo Acevedo-Alonso If Zamantha Guevara, Ricardo Acevedo-Alonso, Gabrielle Karber and Sophia Zabell had it their way, Vancouver iTech Preparatory would have a two-level, octogonal [...]
Apr
2015
Vancouver Hosts National Educator Visit [VIDEO]
Top educators from across the nation visited Vancouver Public Schools from April 19-21, during the spring meeting of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. The focus of the visit was implementing digital tools in [...]
Apr
2015
Brains, brains everywhere—and lots of thoughts to think [VIDEO]
A current of excitement hummed in the Skyview High School biology lab on April 16. Visitors from NW Noggin unloaded real sheep’s brains, about the size of an apple and the color of clay, into [...]
Apr
2015
Hudson’s Bay High School is one of five Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national winners
Pictured above, from left: Kassie Wielenback, Cedric Hitzeman, Brittney Hauff and teacher Steve Lorenz. After rising above their Washington state competitors and 14 other schools from across the country, Hudson’s Bay High School recently clinched one [...]