Families can learn more about Bend-La Pine Schools Online program — including details about new supports, staffing and instruction options to improve the learning experience for online learners — during two upcoming virtual information sessions Thursday, Aug. 26, and Monday, Aug. 30, at 5:30 p.m.
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Elementary school students in the Bend-La Pine Schools again will be starting school earlier than middle and high schoolers this fall — and this year, a bit earlier than before, prompting issues for some parents trying to coordinate schedules.
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The Culver School District superintendent informed families Friday that the district will reluctantly implement the state mask mandate for students and staff, and also will delay the start of school by nine days to prepare for the state’s vaccine mandate.
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Portland Public Schools will require all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before the start of the 2021-22 school year, the district announced Wednesday.
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Gov. Kate Brown issued a stern open letter Tuesday to Oregon superintendents, school board members and education leaders, warning them that the state can and will enforce the mandate that school students and staff wear masks indoors this fall to curb the rapid spread of the COVID-19 delta variant.
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After being shutdown due to “more than one case” of COVID-19, both Bend and Mountain View High School football teams are allowed to resume limited team activities, a Bend-La Pine Schools spokesperson confirmed to NewsChannel 21.
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A team of Central Oregon high school students led by an Oregon State University–Cascades computer science junior are building sensors that Oregon firms can use to advance manufacturing processes and extend the life of their equipment.
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A $9,000 grant from the University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Middle East Center, was awarded to Central Oregon Community College and associate professor of history Jessica Hammerman, Ph.D., with the goal of strengthening education about the Middle East in the United States.
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In addition to being visually stunning, schools of herring, herds of wildebeest and countless other groups of organisms that act in concert can help complex ecosystems maintain their diversity and stability, new research by Oregon State University shows.
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Hundreds gathered at Bend Senior High School for a tension-filled Bend-La Pine School Board meeting Tuesday evening, as many showed up in opposition to state mask mandates in the schools, while others wore masks in the school’s auditorium.
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Last fall, Redmond School District voters approved a $27.5 million bond measure, with the goal of improving school facilities and making them safer for the community. The renovations are planned to cover the district’s 13 school facilities.
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Kids Inc., the popular Bend after-school program, is hoping to find more workers to serve kindergartners through fifth-graders.
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The Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission Office of Student Access and Completion announced to announce that the recent approval of an additional $28.8 million to the state’s need-based college financial aid program, the Oregon Opportunity Grant, will allow the agency to immediately begin awarding more financial aid to current and future Oregon students to support college affordability statewide.
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A new program at Oregon State University-Cascades is aiding first-generation students and students with financial need or documented disabilities to earn a bachelor’s degree.
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The group Supporters of Literacy in Deschutes County, also known SOLID, held their second book sale over the weekend to fund child literacy programs.
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More than 250 area community members and others beyond Central Oregon have been served over the past year by telehealth services offered by Oregon State University – Cascades Community Counseling Clinic in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To encourage more students and employees to get their COVID-19 vaccines, Central Oregon Community College announced Wednesday it is offering the chance to win one of over 100 gift cards, valued at $500, $250 and $100.
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Some parents in Central Oregon and elsewhere are threatening to, or actually pulling their children out of public schools until masks are not required.
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Award-winning author and poet Ellen Waterston has joined the faculty of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Oregon State University–Cascades.
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The new requirement for students and staff at K-12 schools statewide to again wear masks indoors has stirred a lot of public controversy.
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