CSD Newsroom

At the June 8 regular board meeting held via Zoom:

Superintendent's Report

Reopening Schools - Imagine Camas

Thank you to the 500 plus participants in our first virtual Town Hall Meeting last Thursday and the more than 1,000 of you who watched the Town Hall through https://youtu.be/ogqZs7APT2A. We compiled our conversation for your review at Virtual Town Hall, June 4, 2020. You can see each thought that was contributed through themes and its rating. We encourage you to explore the results using the interactive tools. There is diversity in the ideas shared and competing priorities. Reviewing will allow you to see how your ideas compare to others in the community and give you more context about decision-making moving forward.

The state task force for reopening schools released REOPENING WASHINGTON SCHOOLS 2020: DISTRICT PLANNING GUIDE on 6/11/20. General principles in the guidance include a strong push for in-person instruction in the fall if health department guidelines can be met, and the need to be prepared with a hybrid learning model involving a rotating schedule and/or an enhanced form of distance learning. The OSPI guidance also instructs districts to promote social distancing, screen for illness, wear face coverings and promote good hygiene practices in order to limit the spread of the virus, along with the canceling or modifying activities that call for large group gatherings.

We have our structures in place to do the work necessary to prepare for the fall. Thank you to the hundreds who reached out to help in our effort. We will thoroughly review the guidelines, engage our staff and community in discussions about reopening plans, and work with our leadership team to develop a local plan for our schools based on the state’s recommendations. Information about opportunities to weigh in on the school reopening conversation will be forthcoming.

Please know that our number one priority is always the health and safety of our students and staff. This priority will be at the heart of every decision we make. This is uncharted territory and there will be some elements of the plan that will need to be worked out along the way. We appreciate your patience as we navigate this process and promise to stay in close communication with you moving forward. We also appreciate your response to the surveys we are sending out. We will be sending out another one next week specifically focused on the state guidelines. Your ideas are important to us.

Capital Programs Report– Heidi Rosenberg, our Capital Programs Director, gave us a peek into the work scheduled for this summer. At Camas High School, turf will be installed and improvements made to a baseball field and a softball field and groundwork for the new fieldhouse will begin. We expect the construction of the fieldhouse to start in September (the photo above is an example of what our fieldhouse could look like). Over at Woodburn, a double, two-classroom, portable building will be installed at the north end of the building near the staff parking lot to accommodate growing enrollment.

Cascadia Tech Academy awarded its highest honor to CHS senior Caden Koranda: Distinguished Graduate. This award highlights one student from each program area who exemplifies the technical, academic, 21st Century, and employability skills at the highest level. The winner of this award represents the most accomplished youth at Cascadia Tech Academy and their achievements are notable beyond that of their peers. Congratulations to Caden for this award in Diesel Technology.

Jocelyn Mercado Flores was nominated by one of her teachers at CHS for exhibiting resilience and responsiveness during our school closure. Her teacher writes, “Jocelyn consistently does more than what is required- everything from watching double the number of assigned EdPuzzles, and detailed answers on case studies, to her latest video of her testing a sibling's 12 cranial nerves!” Great work, Jocelyn!

Would you like to see more? Agendas, supporting documents, and minutes are always posted here.

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Join us for our virtual commencements! Links will go live at 7 PM tonight for CHS and 2 PM tomorrow for HFHS. If you click on the images below, you will go to the ceremony page.

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CHS student Athena DeWitt performs an original piece about her senior year. Take a listen!

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Each spring, our union groups award scholarships to students seeking training for careers in educational, clerical, or skilled labor arenas. Thanks so much to our gracious union groups: Camas Association of Office Professionals, Camas Education Association, and Public School Employees.

CAEOP Scholarship Awards

CEA Scholarship Awards

PSE Scholarship Awards

Yes, this not an error, Zachary was awarded scholarships from CAEOP and PSE!

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If you missed our Town Hall on re-opening schools last week, you can view it here!

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Well, now is time to register for fall! We are so very sad that we're not having our normal Kindergarten Roundup events in our schools this month. However, we're tentatively planning for kindergarten orientation in August where families will meet teachers and staff, learn about the curriculum, and take a ride on a real school bus!

To get started, visit http://bit.ly/CamasReg to register online. Questions? Contact our district registrars at CSD.Registrar@camas.wednet.edu or at 360-833-5410.

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