Nurse news!
We are working with Clark County Public Health to control the spread of illness within our school. Although we don’t know the specific cause of illness, we are following the following public health guidelines that [...]
Building up: Levies and bonds support our students, staff and schools
In February 2016, you may see information about a levy on the ballot: Levy Vancouver Public Schools must consider a replacement maintenance and operations levy this school year. If approved by the superintendent and the board [...]
News from the library
Currently, students in Mrs. Coleman's 5th grade class are taking the 50 States Challenge. Students take a quiz where they must label each state in the correct place and spell each state's name correctly. Mrs. [...]
Message from the principal, December 11
Dear Families ‘Tis the season… to depart from regular schedules. Please make your best attempt to keep your students eating healthy foods, sleeping adequate hours, and coming to school dressed to battle the cold and wet weather. We [...]
#TeamVPS: Wen-Shun Chen
Franklin Elementary second-grade teacher Years with VPS: 2 Most memorable career experience: Useful and appropriate Mandarin materials are hard to find. Last year, I decided to create a Chinese Pinyin dictionary with high-frequency words. On [...]
From baby steps to big strides: Language programs are off and running
Wen-Shun Chen’s Franklin Elementary classroom looks like many other elementary classrooms in Vancouver Public Schools.
December 2014 Employee Excellence Awards
Four employees were selected for the December 2014 recognition. They were honored at the Dec. 9 school board meeting. Pictured from left to right are: Bill Link, manager, special services department Betty Krauter, registrar, Discovery Middle School [...]
March 2014 Employee Excellence Awards
Four employees were selected for the March 2014 recognition. They were honored at the March 25 school board meeting. Pictured left to right are: • Cindy Dosier, learning support teacher, Franklin Elementary School • Steffanie [...]