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.”
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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
Coaches throughout Eastern Oregon can share their knowledge and collaborate with colleagues at an upcoming free symposium offered by IMESD on Thursday, August 10th at Pendleton High School: https://tinyurl.com/bdhw5mnm
On Monday, August 7th, the Pendleton Convention Center filled with attendees for the IMESD Safety Summit, including leadership from area school districts and local law enforcement from across multiple agencies. Read more here: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/o/imesd/article/1194093
Pendleton Parks and Recreation Department announced that it has received a $220,000 state Youth Promise grant to support its after-school program.: https://tinyurl.com/yuknda4f
Two local J.D.s team up again in a benefit at the Pendleton Center for the Arts for a graduating HS music student; this year in support of WMHS graduate McIntyre: https://tinyurl.com/4st8ykzk
The Athena and Hermiston branches of the Bank of Eastern Oregon are holding school supply drives for local elementary students: https://tinyurl.com/38924xt5
Ukiah School District forges ahead without foreign exchange students: https://tinyurl.com/3erm2thr
An 86-year-old building of the La Grande School District was a bridge into a new era: https://tinyurl.com/yck6wnkn