
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!


A Science Night for children ages 3-7 will be held at Central Elementary School in La Grande on Monday, January. 30th: https://tinyurl.com/bdhsm33w

January is School Board Recognition Month! Thank you to Board Member Steve Muller for all of the time, skill and service you provide to the IMESD Board of Directors.
We appreciate you!
