Mobile Maker Lab sparks STEM enthusiasm across Eastern Oregon:
https://tinyurl.com/uw7dj7n6
In the spirit of yesterday's In-Service program, we're celebrating the Power of Positivity today! You can revisit the video of our wonderful IMESD staff sharing what they love about their work here: https://youtu.be/962HjEl2GP0
All of IMESD’s 270 employees gathered on Thursday, August 17th for the agency’s annual All Staff In-Service. This year’s theme was the Power of Positivity. Read the full article on our website: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1207435
Pendleton's Sister City exchange program is running for the first time in four years. Students from Minamisoma, Japan, are currently visiting Pendleton and participating in many cultural activities including trying out Halloween and Thanksgiving: https://tinyurl.com/yszt26kn
$515,000 Coming to La Grande School District to Address Regional Housing Needs, Promote Technical Education: https://tinyurl.com/mr3yw2jr
IMESD offices will be closed from 7:30 AM to 11:45 AM on Thursday, August 17, 2023, for our annual All Staff In-Service.
Pendleton graduate operates own welding business: https://tinyurl.com/yu435z4n
The Athena-Weston School District will receive a $27,000 federal nutrition grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative: https://tinyurl.com/bdzjpc74
AgWest Farm Credit awards scholarships to several local recipients:
https://tinyurl.com/32jm32k7
Threemile Canyon Farms offers paid summer internships, and scholarships: https://tinyurl.com/4wbj2wc8
We're getting ready for the 2023 Children's Rodeo! We hope to see you on Thursday, September 14th at 10:30 am in the Pendleton Round-Up Arena. 🥰
The Children’s Rodeo offers children with special needs the opportunity to be cowboys and cowgirls inside the famous Round-Up Arena.
When school resumes later this month, La Grande High School will have a new face at the helm with Chelsea Hurliman moving into the Principal position: https://tinyurl.com/2uhzpmcz
The Milton-Freewater Area Foundation recently announced the award of $22,400 in scholarships to several area high school seniors and college students for the 2023-24 school year:
https://tinyurl.com/2yt4m3r6
Stanfield Public Library is running a summer reading program, including a daily craft activity, Story Walk Thursdays, and free lunch: https://tinyurl.com/ypmtv4px
The Oregon Community Foundation recently announced that more than $100,000 was awarded through nearly a dozen scholarship programs to students from throughout the region. Read more here: https://tinyurl.com/rw4nk823
Almost 100 athletic coaches from school districts across eastern Oregon gathered in Pendleton on August 10th to learn about resources and collaborate at IMESD's Coaching Symposium.
Read the article: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1199682
Proponents of school safety bill urge rural counties to install an alarm system for medical and other emergencies: https://tinyurl.com/3m54c9jv
New Pendleton SD board member Ryan Lehnert says, “It takes a team to raise and educate kids. It shouldn’t be one person versus another. Education is about helping kids figure out which way to fly in their life and pursue goals.”
https://tinyurl.com/bdf2te96
School Safety Summit in Pendleton focuses on what happens after a crisis: https://tinyurl.com/yc7r688m
Our IMESD Library & Media Specialist, Christie Boen, has been hard at work redesigning the Library Hub website for the new year! Check it out here: https://intermountainesdor.sites.thrillshare.com/o/library
