From the Superintendent
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Safe Schools Alliance Celebrates 20 Years of Partnership
Students, police chiefs and sheriffs, district attorneys, school superintendents, mental health professionals and many other regional leaders will gather at the High Desert Education Service District on Wednesday, December 19 at 8 a.m. to celebrate the 20th...
$300K grant funds Crook County school counselors
Better Together Central Oregon announced this week it has received a two-year, $300,000 grant from the newly launched, national Every School Healthy Campaign that is being used to fund two new counselors in the Crook County School District and to train district staff...
Students attend Central Oregon Skilled Trades Fair
Over 550 high school students attended the Central Oregon Skilled Trades Fair in Redmond today. There were approximately 120 industry partners and community volunteers representing construction, engineering, hospitality, public works, and manufacturing to name a few....
Making new friends at the Central Oregon Pumpkin Patch
A tradition for many children is visiting the Central Oregon Pumpkin Patch. The Early Childhood program in Redmond spent a couple of hours there feeding the animals, riding the train, exploring the corn maze and of course, selecting a pumpkin from the pumpkin...
Breakfast of Champions
We were thrilled to celebrate with Redmond School District's Dusty Porter, this year's Healthy Beginnings Champion for Children. Congratulations and thank you to Dusty, the principal at John Tuck Elementary, for your support of the children of Central Oregon. And a...
Suicide Prevention Training
A QPR Suicide Prevention training took place at the High Desert Regional Education Center on Tuesday, September 25th. QPR stands for – Question, Persuade, and Refer – the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Facilitators, or also...
Summer Learning is more than a Classroom Experience
The Migrant Education program celebrated their second year of Summer Learning thanks to a variety of community partners and programs. Hands-on activities were provided by the Deschutes Public Library, OSU Nutrition, Wildfire Comics, OSU Open Campus, the Redmond Fire...
Vision Day Camp
HDESD teachers of the visually impaired held their first, and hopefully annual, Vision Day Camp in June for students who experience visual impairments. Some of the activities included white water rafting, kayaking, and tandem biking. While at the park, they created...
Geometry in Construction
Hammers, saws and dust were present as twenty-four math and Career Technical Education (CTE) teachers worked together at Redmond High School this past week. The goal was how to teach high school students geometry while building a play house. Participants were from...
Congratulations Bend Senior High Unified Basketball Team
Congratulations to the Bend Senior High Unified Basketball Team
Help Raise Awareness About Developmental Disabilities
Help Raise Awareness About Developmental Disabilities
Legal Notice – Notice of Budget Committee Meeting
A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the High Desert Education Service District, Deschutes County, State of Oregon, will be held at 2804 SW Sixth Street, Redmond, Oregon. The meeting will take place on the 16th day of April, 2018 at 5:30 P.M. The purpose of...
Coming Together to Serve Migrant Students and their Families
During the months of April and May, Migrant Education Program, CTE, Plaza Comunitaria, STEM and School Improvement partnered to serve migrant students and their families. The program reached out to Pre-K through 8th grade students. The event was held at Obsidian...
Students and their families attend the 24th Annual BVIS Track and Field Event
HDESD Vision Services team applied and received a grant from the Blind and Visually Impaired Student (BVIS) fund so that students and their families could attend the 24th Annual BVIS Track and Field Event at Ackerman Middle School in Canby, OR on May 4th. We were able...
Should you start a Jobs Club? Four steps to making it happen
Should you start a Jobs Club? Four steps to making it happen
Turning a love of helping others into steady employment
A Bend High student’s success story Liam Stidd has always loved lending a hand to others, especially elderly people. He’s spent many years with his grandmother, helping her clean and take care of her home. Now he’s found a way to help others and to make life easier...
Listen Up! Oregon Transition Podcast Launches in January, 2019.
For young adults with diverse abilities and their families, many support systems can be found in Central Oregon. At the same time, finding your way through the options can be a real challenge! There’s a lot to learn about life after high school. For those of us who...
7 College Questions for Young Adults with Diversabilities
... and some resources to help find the answers! As the New Year begins, we all start thinking about goals for the year ahead. Young adults start making plans for after high school. Should they go on for more education? What options are close to home? Or, are they...