School personnel from OUR Co-op districts had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Ruby Payne regarding Emotional Poverty over the past two days. She provided many practical strategies that can be used to meet the needs of students. A special shout out to Harrison School District for allowing us to use the Performing Arts Center at Harrison High School and Dr. Betsy Kindall and Nicole Fairchild with Arkansas AWARE for collaborating with the co-op on the conference.
K-2 RISE Academy Days 1-3 are complete!!! What a wonderful group of Educators!! I'm so excited to see the great things that are going to happen!!
#RISEArkansas
K-2 Literacy kicked off Summer PD with the Harrison District! A great day of learning with the K-2 teachers increasing their knowledge with sound wall instruction!!
#RISEArkansas
K-2 Literacy kicked off Summer PD with the Harrison District! A great day of learning with the K-2 teachers increasing their knowledge with sound wall instruction!!
#RISEArkansas
Science Specialist Opening at O.U.R. Education Service Co-op
OUR Cooperative Math Carnival 2022 : See Awards at the following link, https://5il.co/1avki
Thank you to all participating schools! (Note: the picture is blurred to protect our kids.)
OUR schools (Omaha Elementary, Berryville Middle and High Schools, Forest Heights Elementary, Harrison High School, Oark Schools, Amanda Gist Elementary, Western Grove High School, Searcy County Schools, and Lead Hill High School) were highlighted in the spring Mashburn Voice publication for their implementation of the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Sentence Writing strategy. Keep searching for interventions that close the gap for all of our kids!
To read the full publication: smore.com/p5vua
Additional SIM sessions are available for summer through ESC Works or contact Merica Howie, mhowie@oursc.k12.ar.us
Congratulations to all our Elementary Chess Tournament Day 2 winners! Thank you to all who participated and we hope to see you next year!
Congratulations to all our Elementary Chess Tournament Day 1 winners! And thank you to all who participated!
Congratulations to all who participated in the OUR K-6 Regional Science Fair on Wednesday, May 11, 2022! Thank you to judges from North Arkansas College, North Central ESC, DESE, Newton County Library, OUR Coop, and others for their invaluable support of this year's Fair.
Special congratulations to the overall award winners: Hadley Moore, Cotter, Let’s Ditch Erosion; Veda Rowe, Cotter, What Type of Water Helps Plants Grow Best?; Jaxon Backs, Berryville, How Mag-nificent is Your Cereal?; Reece Lawrence, Cotter, Soil Erosion; Westin Knapp, St. Joe, Bridges; and team winners Kason Keenom and Audie Robbins, Soda Cans Go Solar; and Addison Teigen and Zoe Guhr, Liquid Air.
Jasper School District coming together to work on their curriculum to ensure that reading and writing are aligning. We are so proud of their hard work and so glad to be able to be a part of the process!
OUR Math Carnival 2022
Friday, May 13th at North Arkansas College
A day of Math Competition & Math Celebration!
We hope to see everyone there!
Interested students can register at this link: bit.ly/3E6stgg
OUR CTE Coordinator, Emilee Tucker, helped the Boone County Leadership Institute host a mock interview session for 26 students at Harrison Senior High School.
Emilee is a member of the 9-month BCLI leadership program hosted by the Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce. BCLI requires members to complete a group project and this year's group created a video that prepares students for interviews and conducted mock interviews at HHS.
Check out the interview prep video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLAilkKo3Hg
Huge THANK YOU to Ms. Rebeca Crow at HHS for helping make the mock interviews possible!!
OUR CTE Coordinator, Emilee Tucker, helped the Boone County Leadership Institute host a mock interview session for 26 students at Harrison Senior High School.
Emilee is a member of the 9-month BCLI leadership program hosted by the Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce. BCLI requires members to complete a group project and this year's group created a video that prepares students for interviews and conducted mock interviews at HHS.
Check out the interview prep video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLAilkKo3Hg
Huge THANK YOU to Ms. Rebeca Crow at HHS for helping make the mock interviews possible!!
Dana Dickard - EC Administrative Assistant, Cindy Lambe – EC/HIPPY Coordinator, Gayle Slape – Assistant HIPPY Coordinator, and Terina Lee – EC Administrative Assistant are wearing their t-shirts representing Arkansas Children’s Week 2022. The theme this year is “Humor and Happiness,” running from April 2 – April 8, 2022. The four positive habits promoting humor and happiness are playfulness, kindness, noticing good stuff and appreciating one another. Early Childhood staff with the ABC Preschool and HIPPY programs help children recognize their power to be kind and enjoy playfulness.
The lineup for the HSTI (Hot Springs Technology Institute) Conference looks pretty strong this year.
I would label this as a "Must Attend Event"!
Congratulations to Harrison GT Teacher, Becca Jackson, for being recognized at the Arkansas State University's Convocation of Scholars 2022 Banquet for outstanding achievement in the field of gifted and talented education.
Interested students can register at this link: bit.ly/3E6stgg
