Skamania School District News
Blue Bird arrives in Skamania
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....
read more$200,000 Urgent Repair Grant from Washington State to take care of the lead issue
Skamania School, built in 1946, is an aging building with few upgrades in the last 50 years. One of the challenges of an old building is the aging pipes and fixtures. These pipes appear to be causing elevated levels of lead in some locations of our water system. We...
read moreScience learning planned for 38-acre parcel
Community well will be maintained A $20,000 STEM Lighthouse grant awarded to Skamania School District for the 2018-19 school year will support outdoor learning and teaching plans for its long-held 38-acre piece of property. “Our idea is to develop it into an outdoor...
read moreThe Gorge truly is our classroom
When you go to school in a National Scenic Area, the opportunities for field study are endless. In addition to our efforts to establish an outdoor education lab on district property (cover), Skamania’s students and teachers are taking this year’s motto—“The Gorge is...
read moreSkamania School celebrates state award, presents student STEM activities Feb. 22, 2019
Skamania is a small school with a big vision: to integrate STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—studies throughout its curriculum and to share strategies to support other small, rural schools statewide. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction...
read moreSTEM Lighthouse award ceremony presented by Dan Tedor, OSPI STEM K-12/Career and Technical Education
On behalf of Skamania School I would like to invite you to our STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Lighthouse award ceremony scheduled for the following date and time. What: STEM Lighthouse award ceremony presented by Dan Tedor, OSPI STEM K-12/Career and...
read moreSkamania School District Receives Over $350,000 in Grant Funds
Skamania School is fortunate to be receiving over $350,000 in competitive grant funds for the 2018-19 School year. This will help us make some critical building repairs, develop our STEM project, and provide enrichment activities. Urgent Repair Grant - $200,000...
read moreSurplus Sale Notice
The Skamania School District is giving notice according to RCW 28A.335.180, of property declared surplus/obsolete by the Board of Directors. The surplus property will be available for purchase by public schools, private schools and general public in the state of...
read moreSchool Owned Property May Update
Dear Parents and Community Members, In January we started the process for gathering community input and information concerning the Skamania School owned property on Butler Loop Rd. It is my pleasure to give you a brief update on what we have been working on these past...
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