Regional News
OESD and Chimacum Celebrate 2018 Regional Teacher of the Year, Gary Coyan
Gary Coyan, Arts/CTE Teacher at Chimacum High School, is definitely a teacher to celebrate! On September 13, 2017, Olympic ESD Superintendent Greg Lynch visited the Chimacum School Board Meeting to present Gary Coyan with his Regional Teacher of the Year Award. Since...
ESD 112 Helps Communicate Impact of New School Property Tax
The job of communicating school finances to local taxpayers became even more daunting when in 2017 the Washington State Legislature made changes to school property taxes. Anticipating the public concern when tax statements arrived in the hands of property owners, the...
Race to the Top Leaves a Legacy of Regional Collaboration
The $40 million was an unprecedented regional investment in South King County. Awarded in 2012, the grant launched a wide range of innovations in early learning, STEM education and college and career readiness systems. RTT aimed to impact students across a consortium...
A Letter from Rick Anthony, AESD President
I want to welcome each of you to a new year and the beginning of another year for ESDs to work together, help and support our districts as well as grow our network. As you may know, our strategic plan has been completed for the next three plus years. Our goals are:...
ESD 105 Helps Students Prepare for Washington’s STEM Careers
To help students gain early preparation and interested in Washington's high-market STEM career areas, ESD 105 started up a new computer science initiative this past fall ...one in which some of the expertise is coming directly from both Facebook and Microsoft. The...
NEWESD 101 Preparing for a Dust-Up of the Good Kind
Please excuse the dust. We are under construction. Those may be the most common heard words at NEWESD in 2018. Yes, the dawn of a new year brings exciting change in Spokane, as work will soon commence on a 7,000-square-foot conference center addition. The addition,...
AESD Network News from across the State
Success in life is not accidental: Planning works! We often hear the phrase, “The best way to prepare for the future is to plan for it.” Operating from that belief, the AESD Executive Committee recently approved the 2018-2021, AESD Network Strategic Plan with updated...
Capital Region ESD 113 Welcomes Bill Williams and Dale McDaniel to their Board of Directors
Mr. Williams replaces Rex Comstock, representing District 5 (North Thurston A) and Dr. McDaniel replaces Diana Goldy, representing District 3 (Elma, Grapeview, Hood Canal, Mary M. Knight, McCleary, Montesano, Pioneer, Satsop, Shelton, and Southside). We are thankful...
NWESD 189 Highlights – Grants, Board Elections & News
Westside ESDs received a $98,000 Computer Science Grant The NWESD in cooperation with the four other westside ESDs applied for and received a $98,000 computer science grant. The goal of this project is to provide K-12 students equitable access to high-quality computer...
20 Years and 228 Educators: Crystal Apple Awards Scheduled for March 15th
On Thursday, March 15, the Crystal Apple Awards will celebrate its 20th anniversary recognizing excellence in education. Nine outstanding educators from local public school districts will join the ranks of the prestigious Crystal Apple winners during the ceremony,...