Celebrating Our 2020-21 Years of Service Awards and Retirees
Melissa Burt2021-09-17T11:34:21-07:00For those who were not able to join us for the virtual End of Year Celebration on Friday, June 18, below is the video for [...]
Locks Save Lives campaign featured on KATU news
Melissa Burt2021-04-16T13:09:36-07:00Prevention & Youth Services Specialist Kelley Groen was recently interviewed by KATU news for her work on the Locks Save Lives campaign. Locks Save Lives is [...]
Aprille McMillan shares early learning curriculum implementation with national audience
Melissa Burt2021-03-22T14:06:17-07:00Aprille McMillan was recently invited to be part of a panel presentation at the Sanford Harmony “Power of Engagement Summit” in February to share ESD 112’s [...]
End of year celebration 2020 re-cap
Melissa Burt2021-05-06T13:48:30-07:00The ESD Connects committee had this message for ESD staff at the end of year celebration. While we couldn't be together in-person for [...]
ECE Policy Council parent featured as “Unsung Hero”
Melissa Burt2020-03-04T15:07:20-08:00Megan and her two children at the awards night A member of the ECE Policy Council was featured on Seattle'sChild as an "Unsung [...]
Sarah Coomber’s memoir, Same Moon, now in print!
Melissa Burt2019-05-29T11:49:26-07:00Before she starting working at the ESD over four years ago, Sarah Coomber of Communications wrote a memoir of a time “when she ran far, far [...]
Kevin’s (Natasha Benitez’s) Famous Chili wins big at cook off
Melissa Burt2019-03-13T15:11:34-07:00A big thank you to all the chili cooks, chili tasters and voters who make our 2nd Annual Chili Cookoff a smokin' hot success! We [...]
Lucas Glassett honored by K103 and Concordia University as an outstanding educator
Melissa Burt2018-11-13T11:27:45-08:00Lucas Glassett, Vancouver Public Schools teacher and step-son of Kim Glassett in Accounting was recognized this November on the K103 Honor Roll. Each month during the [...]
Vickei Hrdina featured as a Notable Woman in STEM
Melissa Burt2018-09-25T10:26:22-07:00Washington STEM just launched a cool feature on their website called "Notable Women in STEM," and it features our own STEM Director Vickei Hrdina! The visual [...]
Michele Larsen invited to join national kindness organization
Melissa Burt2018-04-24T16:25:23-07:00Michele in San Francisco with the Kindness Collective ESD 112’s Michele Larsen was part of a national think tank on Kindness over the weekend [...]
Chilly outside, chili inside
Melissa Burt2018-02-28T08:42:29-08:00It was a cold, snowy day, but that didn't stop seven awesome chili chefs from bringing their comforting culinary creations to the ESD Connects Chili Cookoff! [...]
Guess who got KUDOS this month?
Melissa Burt2018-02-06T07:45:31-08:00Can you guess who these four fabulous ladies are who received KUDOS from their coworkers? The three administrative heroes were obviously feeling the grayscale stripes thing, [...]