Regional News
Southwest Washington ESD employment cooperative helps districts fill jobs in high-demand fields
TREC program ready to connect forthcoming college grads with careers Washington state school districts struggling to fill jobs in critical shortage areas may soon be getting the qualified staff and teachers they need, thanks to Educational Service District 112’s newly...
AESD Conference Recap
A few weeks ago, on April 20-22, 2017 the NWESD 189 hosted the 2017 AESD Conference in Lynnwood, WA at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The conference theme “Oceans of Change; Waves of Opportunity” resonated nicely with the messages from the keynote speakers and breakout...
STEM Educators are finding support to take solar power into their classrooms through a local collaboration with the Apple STEM Network
On January 12th, 8 local middle school teachers from Cashmere, Cascade, Chelan, Entiat, Eastmont, and Quincy schools attended a training to learn about taking solar energy and constructing solar cars into their classrooms through a program called Junior Solar Sprint...
ESD 123 Grand Opening Brings 12,000 Square Feet of Educational Opportunities
On Thursday, January 12, Educational Service District (ESD) 123 will invite educational partners, neighboring businesses, and community members from across Southeast Washington to the grand opening of its newly-expanded Professional Development Center. The Grand...
How One Child’s Passion for Octopuses Shaped a Curriculum
How do octopuses eat? This simple question, and the unceasing inquisitiveness of a four-year-old boy, created a fascination that spread throughout the classroom at Friendly Grove Head Start/ECEAP Center in Olympia.
ESD 105 HU105 Program
A couple of expansions are coming to the innovative teacher preparation partnership that ESD 105 and Toppenish’s Heritage University have been coordinating since the fall of 2010.
ESD 105 Opens Blossoms Early Learning Center in Yakima
Going beyond our usual operations of providing services for area schools, ESD 105 is now actually running a school with the opening this September of the new Blossoms Early Learning Center in Yakima. ESD 105 was awarded a grant in April from a private donor to manage...
Farewell to Capital ESD 113 Region’s Dr. Howard Coble
On September 22, Capital Region ESD 113 lost a board member and dear friend, Dr. Howard Coble. He was 91 years old. Howard was a dedicated man with boundless energy and unstoppable curiosity. He was dedicated to his country, so he enlisted in the Army shortly after...
Capital Region ESD 113 Welcomes Matthew Solomon
Matthew Solomon joined the ESD team in July as our Assistant Superintendent for Early Learning. He has an extensive early childhood education non-profit background. “We have a strong early learning program across our ESD region,” said ESD Superintendent Dana Anderson....
Child care consortium named best in Clark County
The Southwest Washington Child Care Consortium (SWCCC) has been named BEST Child CARE Center in Clark County by The Columbian.