Pendleton High School student Faith Olson, 15, won top honors at the District FFA Sophomore Prepared Public Speaking competition. https://tinyurl.com/3p27h6e4
Don't forget to nominate your favorite teacher for Oregon's Teacher of the Year Awards! Nominations are open statewide through February 28, 2023.
Anyone can nominate a teacher at this link:
🍏--> https://oregonteacheroftheyear.org/nominate/
#OregonTeacheroftheYear
February is National CTE Month! We are highlighting educators who work in Career Technical Education in Eastern Oregon school districts. Meet Marianne Smith, CTE Art & Design Teacher in Milton-Freewater Unified School District: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1000806
The new Pilot Rock High School athletics website is up and running! Read more about it here:
https://tinyurl.com/2mu7rjrh
February 12-18 is Random Acts of Kindness Week! Here are some simple ideas to promote kindness across all grade levels in your classroom. https://www.edutopia.org/article/simple-ways-encourage-kindness-students-all-ages
Nearly 250 area middle and high school students congregated at Eastern Oregon University to participate in the Future Business Leaders of America Blue Mountain Region Skills Conference: https://tinyurl.com/4fwjehbr
Pendleton High School hosts FIRST Tech Challenge robotics competition this weekend: https://tinyurl.com/3bhty9nh
Students breathe life back into Weston-McEwen High School pipe and drum tradition: https://tinyurl.com/y7yavv6e
Nixyaawii students begin CAT simulator training:
https://tinyurl.com/2p9dkmck
February is National CTE Month! We are highlighting educators who work in Career Technical Education in Eastern Oregon school districts.
Meet Patty Olson Lindsey, Career Connection Coordinator for InterMountain ESD: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/991834
Weston-McEwen High School TigerScots Hall of Fame honors new inductees: John Huntsman, Chuck Price, Dennis Dauble, Doug Winn, Deb Glover, and the 1973-74 and 1974-75 girls’ basketball teams.: https://tinyurl.com/4wbjpvkp
National School Counseling Week is February 6-10 and highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for careers.
THANK YOU to all the counselors in our Eastern Oregon schools for all they do for students!
Alzheimer’s foundation seeks scholarship applicants:
https://tinyurl.com/3wuejd5n
The NIH High School STEP-UP Program is a nationally recognized program that connects underrepresented HS junior & senior students with local institution and mentors to gain firsthand research experience. Deadline to apply is February 15th, 2023.
Video contest offers scholarships for high school students:
https://tinyurl.com/umce8b3r
Nominations are underway for Oregon Teacher of the Year:
https://tinyurl.com/5hxv9vf8
Every school district in Umatilla and Morrow counties save one had a higher graduation rate than the state average of 81.3% in the 2021-22 school year, according to data from the Oregon Department of Education: https://tinyurl.com/zuskzsj4
Umatilla School District celebrates recent Think Big Space opening and robotics challenge:
https://tinyurl.com/yhh5kk7a
Schools to Careers provides Pendleton students with opportunities:
https://tinyurl.com/bdh328m8
January is School Board Recognition Month! Thank you to Board Member Kelly Bissinger for all of the time, skill and service you provide to the IMESD Board of Directors.
We appreciate you!
