EDITOR’S NOTE: All Tillamook County schools have extended distance learning through December; and will evaluate metrics, county cases, etc. to determine transitions to hybrid model and/or continuing distance learning. Go to the…
Category: Education Talks
Tillamook County Receives a $349,800 Grant for School Broadband; Matches with CARES Act Funds
Tillamook County schools are opening with remote learning this year. Unfortunately, many of our youth do not have internet access. To address this issue, Tillamook County applied for and was awarded $349,800…
TILLAMOOK WORKS: Internship Opportunity for Local Students Helps Create ‘Build-your-own’ Workforce
A brand-new internship opportunity for high school and college students is helping local businesses meet short- and long-term workforce needs and giving students hands-on work experience. Tillamook Works is a career readiness…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: The Parents are NOT OK
By Karen Olson Did you hear that? That was the sound of rising panic as parents everywhere contemplate the beginning of comprehensive distance learning in just a few weeks. This is not…
Fall Term Registration is Open at Tillamook Bay Community College, Scholarships Available
Registration is now open for fall term classes at Tillamook Bay Community College. Fall term begins Sept. 21. If this is your first time enrolling at TBCC as a degree-seeking student, you…
TBCC Offers Free College Courses to Local High School Students this Fall
Last Spring, Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC) rolled out a new plan to help juniors and seniors currently enrolled at a Tillamook County high school the opportunity to take courses at TBCC…
Revised Rural Health Metrics Highlight Planned Updates to Ready Schools, Safe Learners
The planned updates to 2020-21 school year guidance include more flexibility for rural and remote schools to offer in-person instruction, protocols for COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, supports for special populations, athletics, and…
All Tillamook County Schools to be on Distant Learning for Start of 2020-21 School Year
EDITOR’S NOTE: All three Tillamook County school districts – Nestucca and Neah-Kah-Nie – have announced starting the school year with distant learning. Here is Tillamook School District’s letter to families; see end…
TBCC’s Career-to-Career Tuition Scholarship Application is Open for Fall Term
Tillamook, OR – Tillamook Bay Community College’s (TBCC) Career-to-Career Scholarship program is accepting applications through Sept. 9, 2020 for students entering TBCC for Fall Term. The scholarship, which provides eligible students free…
Governor Releases School Health and Safety Metrics
Metrics set strict health and safety standards for in-person instruction, with accommodations for young learners, remote and rural schools (Portland, OR) — Given the reality that COVID-19 will continue to impact Oregon…