Find Your Passion: ESA Specialized Education at ESD 112
Meet three ESD 112 employees who found their passion in ESA. Find out if working in rural communities with special needs kids is your calling [...]
Quest facility ready to welcome Cowlitz students
The new home of Quest Academy is finished and ready to welcome students from Cowlitz County beginning December 1. Quest staff, superintendents, board members and [...]
ESD 112 Teaching & Learning leaders come together to connect and collaborate
Front: Teaching and Learning Assistant Superintendent Mike Nerland.Back (L-R): Executive Directors Kathy Whitlock, Jodi Wall and Mary Mertz In August ESD 112’s Teaching [...]
Welcome back message from Superintendent Merlino
Welcome to the 2016-17 school year! On behalf of our seven-member Board of Directors and our 600+ ESD employees, we wish you a year full [...]
A year of growth and change for ESD 112
We’re mid-way through 2016 and already ESD 112 has seen growth and change as well as some key successes with our partners in education. Early [...]
Dayton students learn about wind energy
After learning about various renewable energy sources in their Unique Learning Systems lesson, students from Dayton Elementary and Junior High’s Life Skills class got to [...]
ESD 112 to open new Quest Academy in Cowlitz County
A vacant Longview building previously used as both a skating rink and a fitness center, will soon become the new home of Quest Academy, a [...]
Cheryl Cochran named to advisory board for educational magazine
Cheryl Cochran, Special Ed. Teacher in Ocean Beach School District, has been named to the advisory board for the Time/EDGE magazine and classroom tool, which features news written [...]
ESD 112 videographer creates Washington School for the Deaf video
ESD 112 videographer for TV ETC, Rose Yandell just finished a video for the Washington School for the Deaf on the school's ASL English Bilingual program. "Rose [...]
Local businesses make a difference by funding early childhood needs
A huge thank you to the H.B. Fuller Company for supporting local Early Head Start and Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) programs by [...]
STEPS is Growing!
STEPS, Student Transition Educational Program Services, is a community based program supported by the ESD 112. STEPS opened its doors beginning with the 2011-2012 school [...]
Becoming strong and connected through ESA
Providing the best education and support systems to students with special needs, while staying within budget and complying with state and federal regulations, is a [...]
