HOCKINSON SCHOOL DISTRICT

This past weekend, the HHS Jazz Band was crowned the 3A Division Champion at the 2026 Clark College Jazz Festival. Why is that such a remarkable achievement? To answer that questi...

The Hockinson High School Band turned the Dec. 19 home basketball game into a celebration of music, memories, and school spirit with its annual Band Alumni Night. This beloved tr...

Current HHES Nurse - and former HHES student - Shing Burkhardt was profiled in the Dec. 15, 2025 edition of The Columbian . In the article, "From student to school nurse," Bur...

What a holiday scene: This past Friday, the cast of Elf The Musical Jr. was on hand to help celebrate the Hockinson's 7th annual tree lighting when the guest of honor arrived. ...

If the proposed renewal levy is approved by voters in February 2026, the estimated local school tax cost for the owner of a $800,000 home in Hockinson will be about $35 less...

STEM Ambassadors at Hockinson Middle School meet after school to create engineering projects and blueprints that are presented in the community each year. The STEM Ambassadors pro...

Michelle Jacobs-Brown, who coaches the seven-school Hockinson Swim Cooperative for both Girls Swim and Boys Swim, was named the 1A/2A Coach of the Year by the Washington Interscho...

Twelve HHS Band students played beautifully in last month’s LCRMEA High School Honor Band performance at Union High School. Led by Paul Bain, conductor at Western Washington Unive...

Football returned to Hockinson Middle School this season after a three-decade hiatus, and Evan Foerstner led the team in the huddle as its quarterback. Evan developed invaluable...

Students in AP Biology at Hockinson High School recently turned their classroom into a working lab to study the process of photosynthesis. Using baking soda, spinach leaves, CO2 a...

When the HHS Threatre Company takes the stage for its upcoming fall play they'll be enacting over 200 of The Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Or more accurately, parts of these fairy t...

High school students in Hockinson have more ways than ever to earn college credit while in high school. Hockinson High School will offer five new College in the High School (CiHS...

Since 2019, Hockinson School District has saved approximately 1.35 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy through participation in the Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program ...

🔨Project: 30 yards of new cedar chips added to the HHES Playground in Summer 2025. 👐 Benefit: With over 900 students using our play areas, we must replace lost cedar chips at le...

HHES has a new K-5 math curriculum. It's Amplify Desmos and school and district leaders think it could be a gamechanger in terms of mathematics instruction and student learning. ...

The Hockinson High School Marching Band lit up downtown Portland on Saturday night, earning top honors at the Portland Rose Festival’s iconic Starlight Parade. This achievement ma...

The Hockinson Heights Elementary Student Leadership Team (SLT) capped off a successful year of service with a well-deserved celebration. On their final day, SLT members enjoyed i...

Congratulations to three Hockinson Theatre students who took the lead on Sound of Music tech production behind the scenes and delivered stellar performances! Stage Manager Ava Hal...

Beyond the classroom, nearly 100 HMS students traveled to Long Beach, WA on Sunday, May 4 to participate in the Loyalty Day Parade. Following the parade, teams from around the reg...

The HSD has an incredible nursing team consisting of Kat Young (HHES), Shawn Cass (HMS), and the combo of Shing Burkhart and Molly Scott at HHS. These nurses provide an array of ...