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

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

An 86-year-old building of the La Grande School District was a bridge into a new era: https://tinyurl.com/yck6wnkn
Space is still available at the Coaching Symposium on 8/10 for Grade 6-12 athletic Coaches in IMESD school districts.
Agenda: https://tinyurl.com/524pez5k

La Grande High School students will start building their own home this fall: https://tinyurl.com/yckdnvrc
The completion of a five-year broadband fiber project means reliable, high-speed internet for students in the small, rural Ukiah School District. Read more about this collaboration of IMESD, Ukiah SD and Inland Development Corporation: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1184722

Helix School District becomes a charter school: https://tinyurl.com/yzxamjpv
Are you a coach in a school district in eastern Oregon? Would you like to connect with others who coach your sport? IMESD will have a FREE Coaching Symposium Thursday 8/10 at Pendleton High School.
For more info and registration: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1170332

