Mar 13, 2020 | Health & Safety, School News, Superintendent News
Dear Parents and Guardians, To help our state and nation combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Skamania School District is closing Monday, March 16, through Friday, April 24. This was an order from Washington State’s Governor Inslee for schools across the...
Feb 13, 2020 | School News, Superintendent News
Dear Skamania Families, I am excited to report that Skamania voters have approved the replacement levy that was on the February 11, 2020 ballot. A preliminary ballot count shows 61.47 percent of Skamania voters voted in favor of the levy, which supports critical...
Feb 10, 2020 | School News, Superintendent News
Remember to Vote – Replacement Levy – February 11 As many of you already know, Skamania School has an important measure on the ballot that will be voted on tomorrow, February 11. This is not a new tax, but simply the continuation of an existing tax. The...
Dec 17, 2019 | School News, Superintendent News
Dear Parents, I am pleased to announce that the Skamania School Board approved a new pilot preschool program. This preschool program is called transitional kindergarten (TK) and is for children who are four and/or five years old, who may not have access to...
Aug 20, 2019 | School News, Superintendent News
The beginning of the 2019-20 school year is quickly approaching! I hope everyone has been enjoying the summer. Our school staff is looking forward to a new school year filled with opportunities to learn, grow, and have fun. Last year we said good-bye to Mrs. Miller...
Jun 28, 2019 | School News, STEM News
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.” —British horticulturist, Gertrude Jekyll Now in its second year, the Skamania School garden—a joint project with the PTO—has...
Jun 26, 2019 | School News
For 36 years, Barbara Miller commuted from Portland to teach at Skamania School. “It’s 35 miles, door to door,” she says. “Forty minutes.” Certainly there were closer schools, but Skamania is special. “I like the community, the small school, the feeling of family,”...
Apr 9, 2019 | School News
Spring brought a Blue Bird to Skamania—a brand-new 48-passenger Blue Bird bus, that is! The new bus replaced the district’s 35-year-old bus, which had 203,000 miles on its odometer. It was partially funded with a $35,000 grant from the state Department of Ecology....
