Good News Report

November 18, 2025

The Good News highlights uplifting and inspiring stories of the students and staff in Evergreen Public Schools

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Sunset Elementary School - Covington Middle School

Harmony Elementary School - Veterans Celebration

Orchards Elementary School - Veterans Day Assembly

Cascade Middle School - Veterans Day Assembly

Pioneer Elementary School - Veterans Assembly

Pacific Middle School - Veterans Assembly

Sifton Elementary School & Heritage High School Choir- Veterans Assembly

Columbia Valley Elementary School - Paying Tribute To Our Veterans

Heritage High School - Navy Veteran Ray Lough

Hearthwood Elementary School - Veterans Day Assembly

Learning To Ride, Right At School - Let's Go Bicycle Education Program

Heritage High School - Teaching Academy

Riverview Elementary School - Pumpkins on Parade

Silver Star Trunk or Treat

Youth Leadership Gathering

RECOGNITION

Union High School - Signing Day

Burton Elementary School - Student Award Assembly

Pioneer Elementary School - Attendance Award

COMMUNITY BUILDING

Sunset Elementary School - Covington Middle School

The Sunset Sharks Choir and the Covington Colts Band helped to honor veterans at an assembly.

Harmony Elementary School - Veterans Celebration

Each grade level at Harmony made a special effort to thank veterans with badges, door decorations, poems, or thank-you messages.

Orchards Elementary School - Veterans Day Assembly

Students said thank you to veterans at their Veterans Day Assembly.

Cascade Middle School - Veterans Day Assembly

Cougars took time to honor our veterans during an assembly featuring music performances and student read letters from service members.

Pioneer Elementary School - Veterans Assembly

Kicking Things Off With Kindness. Pioneer held a Shining with Kindness and Honoring Our Veterans assembly. Students leaders modeled the importance of kindness and hope to the whole school.

Pacific Middle School - Veterans Assembly

Pacific gave tribute to the bravery and sacrifice or our veterans during an all school assembly featuring speeches, music performances, and a slide show displaying the many service members who are part of the Viking community.

Sifton Elementary School & Heritage High School Choir- Veterans Assembly

Sifton showed their appreciation for our veterans at the assembly, which featured both the Sifton Choir and the Heritage High School Choir.

Columbia Valley Elementary School - Paying Tribute To Our Veterans

Navigators started the day by paying tribute to our veterans.

Heritage High School - Navy Veteran Ray Lough

Students participated in a breakfast with Navy veteran Ray Lough and listened to his inspiring stories of incredible bravery and heroism.

Hearthwood Elementary School - Veterans Day Assembly

Hearthwood Student Council did an amazing job leading a Veterans Day Celebration Assembly.

Learning To Ride, Right At School - Let's Go Bicycle Education Program

Not every child knows how to ride a bicycle and even more don't know how to ride one safely. Now thanks to the grant funded, Let's Go Bicycle Education Program, some EPS elementary school students are learning how to ride the correct way, right at school. The grant funding for this program comes courtesy of the WSDOT through the Climate Commitment Act and a partnership with the Cascade Bicycle Club. EPS plans on reapplying for the grant so that more schools can take part in the future.

Heritage High School - Teaching Academy

Special thanks to Dr. Moloney for being a guest speaker to our future teachers in Teaching Academy at Heritage High School.

Riverview Elementary School - Pumpkins on Parade

We loved seeing all the creative pumpkins this year - great job, Roadrunners!

Click on the video and enjoy the parade!

Silver Star Trunk or Treat

Silver Star Elementary School had an amazing turnout for their after-school event.

Youth Leadership Gathering

Leading the Way at EPS! Student leaders from high schools throughout the district gathered for this year's Youth Leadership Conference. The hands-on leadership training featured interactive workshops on subjects like conflict resolution, wellness, and even a "Shark Tank" workshop where students designed and pitched ideas to improve their student experience. The conference was lead and designed by the Connect Evergreen intern team.

RECOGNITION

Union High School - Signing Day

Union held a signing day celebration to honor three athletes who have committed to compete as student athletes at the college level. Congratulations to to Ella Koch, who is headed to Oregon State to compete in track and cross county, Brooklyn Haywood, who will play basketball at Oregon and Haliegh Miller who signed to play soccer at Western Washington.

Burton Elementary School - Student Award Assembly

October's character trait of the month was responsibility. Congratulations to all the students and classes who were recognized for their October success.