By Andrea Goss Tillamook School District #9 board met last night January 10, 2020. There were four board members present, two masked, two unmasked (in spite of the sign on the door…
Category: Education Talks
Tillamook School Board Workshop Dec. 21st Reviews “Resolution for Local Control”, Mask Mandate
By Andrea Goss*, for the Tillamook County Pioneer The Tillamook School Board Workshop was quiet and not very well attended by the community. Three of the board members wore masks, two did…
Help Shape the Next Seven Years of Tillamook Bay Community College; Community invited to take 15-minute survey to give feedback on future of TBCC
Tillamook Bay Community College (TBCC) is in the process of developing a new strategic plan that will carry the college forward for the next seven years. Over the next several months, the…
National Association of Agricultural Educators Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award: Tillamook’s Hayden Bush 2021 Recipient
Our first honoree is Hayden Bush, who teaches at Tillamook High School in Oregon. The Tillamook Agricultural Education program offers 24 different agriculture courses for students to take, and graduated 45 program…
Tillamook County 2022 Calendar Contest for Middle School Students (Grades 6, 7 & 8): “We’re All in this Together”
SOS Tillamook—the Prevention Program of Tillamook Family Counseling Center, is excited to once again be gathering artwork from local students to be featured in the 2022 Tillamook County Calendar. The 2021 calendar…
Local Vaccine Mandate Impact – Fire Services; Healthcare; Education – Some impact to fire services, volunteers needed; No impact for healthcare services
With the state and federal mandates requiring vaccinations of government workers, healthcare workers and teachers by Monday October 18th. There’s been a lot in the news about healthcare service, fire departments and…
TBCC Foundation Awarded Grant to Support Career-Technical Education Students
This fall, the Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation was awarded a $15,000 grant from The Roundhouse Foundation to support students enrolled in a Career-Technical Education (CTE) Program. The grant helps cover costs…
Neah-Kah-Nie and Nestucca School Districts to begin school year with distance learning; Tillamook slated to begin in-person education
By Chelsea Yarnell On August 31, Neah-Kah-Nie School District Superintendent Paul Erlebach announced in a letter to the community that their District would begin the school year with Comprehensive Distance Learning (CDL)….
TBCC’s Truck Driving School is Cruising Along – Helping to Fill Critical Jobs with Trained Drivers
EDITOR’S NOTE: In honor of Labor day, we want to highlight the role of truck drivers that are crucial to our distribution systems. There is a nationwide shortage of licensed commercial truck…
Sitka Center Youth Arts Program – Summer Workshops “What We Do Matters!” Combine Science, Art, Outdoors & More
By Leeauna Perry, Youth Program Coordinator, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology OTIS, OR – August 13, 2021 – Beginning in early July nearly 110 Pre-K through 8th grade students engaged in…