The Migrant Education Program and the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides partnered to host a Multicultural Kermes, or food fair, at the BMCC Parking Lot on October 12th
¡La cuarta parte de la videoserie Lee Conmigo ya está disponible! Nuestra lectora hoy es Xenia Velasco del Distrito de Servicios Educativos InterMountain.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/7PKA1oosrRs
¡La tercer parte de la videoserie Lee Conmigo ya está disponible! Nuestra lectora hoy es Xiomara Garcia. Part 3 of the Read With Me video series is now available! Our reader today is Xiomara Garcia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQzhgHaA-Zo
This year, the IMESD was invited to document the Professional Development Summit, held at Pendleton High School on October 11th.
Read the full story: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1821940
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/-Y1nVHTAxDg
¡La segunda parte de la videoserie Lee Conmigo ya está disponible! Nuestra lectora hoy es Johana Sepulveda-Vieyra. Part 2 of the Read With Me video series is now available! Our reader today is Johana Sepulveda-Vieyra
https://youtu.be/P1rovPWp6SQ
High School leaders from around the region recently explored new opportunities for student success at a training at IMESD.
High School Success, a fund initiated by Oregon ballot measure 98, is intended to improve student progress toward graduation beginning with grade 9, increase graduation rates and improve high school graduates’ readiness for college and career.
Read the entire article about what they learned: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1817121
Oregon celebrates National School Lunch Week October 14-18! Oregon Department of Education (ODE) and the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) are teaming up to raise awareness of the importance of child nutrition programs in schools.
School board members are encouraged to eat with students during the week to learn about the healthy and tasty options and experience the social benefits of public school lunches.
Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/yn22y99k
PERS rates for some school districts could increase dramatically next year: https://tinyurl.com/yxr5es85
Check out this NBC news story about Umatilla School District's roaming substitute teachers: https://tinyurl.com/36b6hd42
The first Eastern Oregon forum is on Tuesday, October 8th at 5:30 PM at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton. The topic is Civil Discourse.
Register now to attend the October 11th Professional Development Summit, hosted by the Oregon Trail REN & IMESD in partnership with the Pendleton School District.
*professional learning sessions for everyone on your staff!
*8-3 pm @ Pendleton High School
School board members and superintendents learned more about developing their skills at IMESD's Regional Board Conference in September. Thank you to all of those who participated!
Read the article: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1789803
Nixya'awii Community School teacher Nicci Harrison reflects on being named InterMountain Regional Teacher of the Year by IMESD: https://tinyurl.com/5ckkst5j
IMESD and one of its employees, Donna Lowry, recently received the Resiliency Award at the 2024 Annual Vocational Rehabilitation In-Service from the Oregon Department of Human Services.
Read the entire article: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1782389
Regional high school sports get coverage through IMESD consortium: https://tinyurl.com/k4n9mzwp
Congratulations to our 24-25 InterMountain Regional Teacher of the Year, Nicci Harrison at Nixya'awii Community School! Harrison was surprised with her award on September 19th at the school.
Read the article: https://www.imesd.k12.or.us/article/1777788
IMESD's Instructional Services Department and Oregon Trail Regional Educator Network (REN) have been busy with the start of the 24-25 school year.
See all of the highlights for the month of September at this link: https://tinyurl.com/5cersmy7
We had a blast at the Children's Rodeo this year! Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2k0npi-veU
About 50 students had a great time participating in IMESD's annual Children's Rodeo on September 12: https://tinyurl.com/uw8y8d5x
Attention all data teams, interventionists, & school administrators! Register for our 2-day Multi-Tiered Systems of Support training occurring on October 29 & 30th @ BMCC.
Identify strengths and areas of improvement for your MTSS, examine the problem-solving model for data-based decision making, learn how to collect data to evaluate instruction, and explore how to intensify supports at Tier 3 for students with the most intensive needs.
*Personalized consultation for teams available throughout the year
*Register here: https://events.imesd.k12.or.us/event/Multi-Tiered-Systems-of-Support-2-Day-Training/334
