Skamania School District News
The 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...
Skamania 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...
STEM 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...
Skamania 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...
Surplus 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...
School 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...
Health and Safety – NEWSBRIEF
By Dr. Ralph Pruitt Health and safety is a high priority for Skamania School. Here is a brief outline of some of the current projects and programs. General health Water: We are taking precautions to address elevated lead levels in our water including daily flushing,...
From the Superintendent about Lead in Water
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 our aging pipes and fixtures. These appear to be causing the recent elevated levels of lead in some locations of our water system....
School Owned Property Update
Dear Parents and Community Members, Thank you for attending the January 18th special community/parent meeting at Skamania School. The purpose of this meeting was to generate ideas that will help us take advantage of our school owned property. It was also a chance to...