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Hood River’s Roots School opens Makery
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Hood River’s Roots School opens Makery

  • By Alana Lackner, Columbia Gorge News

HOOD RIVER — Hood River’s Roots School and Makery is officially kicking the “makery” part into gear. Starting this summer, the preschool and c…

Major donations launch fundraising campaign
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Major donations launch fundraising campaign

  • By Dan Spatz. Columbia Gorge Community College

Long-time community volunteer Corliss Marsh is a successful entrepreneur who loves teaching and helping others discover the importance of education.

Nature’s Greatest Strength camp wraps up
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Nature’s Greatest Strength camp wraps up

  • By Julio Cobb-Hernandez
  • Updated

This summer, The Next Door’s (TNDI) Youth Services Department hosted a summer camp called Nature’s Greatest Strength (NGS) in collaboration wi…

Learning to Make Choices
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Learning to Make Choices

  • By Scott Smith Doctor of Education
  • Updated

Learning to make choices in life can be difficult for all of us but even harder for children. Have you ever asked a child what kind of ice cream they would like, and they are unable to make a choice? Children develop an understanding of making choices through experiences. As adults, we have metacognition of what is happening around us or what will happen with our options in different situations. Guiding your child in this process should lessen the frustration when a choice doesn’t turn out how they thought it should.