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
Year 2 Novice Teachers attended Day 2 of Kagan Cooperative Learning Training
OUR Education Service Co-op is partnering with the other Arkansas education service co-ops to provide our administrators with a virtual professional learning opportunity, The Restorative Practices Playbook presented by Dominique Smith at no charge to our districts. This session is scheduled for April 20, 2022 from 9:00—10:30. Registration is availabe on ESC Works and within the session description is a link to register to receive the Zoom meeting link.
K-2 Literacy is excited and getting ready for the summer! There are lots of professional opportunities available! Here is a link to a Google document that has all the sessions and ESCWorks numbers. I look forward to seeing you this summer as we continue to deepen your knowledge in the Science of Reading!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yq7yi1fBm_CaqQYtDD5kxM8yI_vsYiZd-ad6U4SBgeo/edit
Feel free to contact Pattie Wheeler for any questions you may have about your K-2 Literacy needs.
#RISEArkansas
ESOL Institute Information
The application deadline for priority consideration is Friday, April 15, 2022.
Mr. Bryan Pruitt-Superintendent of the Eureka Springs School District (left) and Mr. Jeff Cantrell-Director of the O.U.R. Education Service Co-op (right) are pictured. Mr. Pruitt has been selected as the OURESC nominee for the Arkansas Rural Education Association Superintendent of the Year. He was selected for this honor by his fellow superintendents in the co-op area.
Congratulations Mr. Pruitt!
This past week, OURESC personnel--Monica Springfield and Kim Fowler-- attended the The Teaching and Learning Collaborative (TLC), a statewide network of curriculum leaders that fosters collaboration and support with emphasis on effective teaching in every classroom and providing a guaranteed and viable curriculum. The focus of the day was "Building Pathways to HQIM" (High-Quality Instructional Materials). Visit adereports.ade.arkansas.gov to learn more about #HQIM and why #MaterialsMatterAR.
Project CAVES is still accepting applications for Summer 2022! The registration deadline is approaching fast--April 8. You can find more details here: https://www.oursc.k12.ar.us/page/project-caves
Questions? Email nwindel@oursc.k12.ar.us
The April RISE Newsletter is now available!! April is also National Poetry Month and this newsletter has some great information on poetry!
