Kamryn Palomo, a student from Deb Ayers’ phlebotomy class at Ontario High School, is one of four students to pass her Certified Phlebotomy Technician exam in May 2021. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – Normally, blood is not good in the classroom. But in Deb Ayers’ phlebotomy class at Ontario High School,[Read More…]
Tag: EDUCATION
Ontario School Board censures Draper – again
Derrick Draper speaking at a board meeting. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – The Ontario School Board for the second time has censured Derrick Draper for his conduct, this time for violating its nondiscrimination clause. Ontario Middle School Principal Lisa Longoria filed the complaint which triggered the censure vote by the board[Read More…]
Student leaders take reins in Vale
The Vale High School Associated Student Body leadership class. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) VALE – A new student body leadership is taking the reins at Vale High School. The group consists of Tanner Steele, president; Ali Aldred, first vice president; and Wienna Cooke, second vice president. Other new student leaders include[Read More…]
Three TVCC students selected for All-Oregon Academic Team
TVCC president and All-Oregon Academic Team member Hannah Berger. (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel) TVCC student and All-Oregon Academic Team member Chase Wilcox. (Submitted photo) TVCC student and All-Oregon Academic Team member Maria Montes. (Submitted photo) ONTARIO – Three students from Treasure Valley Community College have been selected for the All-Oregon Academic Team,[Read More…]
Harper students dominate at CTE conference
Harper CTE students show off the medals they won at the 2021 Oregon SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference. (Submitted photo) HARPER – Harper students recently took top honors at the virtual Oregon SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference, a career and technical education competition geared toward developing “world-class workers,[Read More…]
Young gets extension on contract at TVCC
Dana Young, president of Treasure Valley Community College, stands in front of heavy machinery during a groudbreaking ceremony for the Career and Technical Education Center last year. (The Enterprise/Joe Siess) ONTARIO – The Treasure Valley Community College Board has extended President Dana Young’s contract through June 2026 and raised her[Read More…]
Equal vs. equitable: Candidates in Malheur County mull ways to help marginalized students
Anabel Ortiz Chavolla, the federal programs director for Ontario School District, said that she “very much agreed” with the Oregon Department of Education’s Education Equity stance, which “means the restructuring and dismantling of systems and institutions that create the dichotomy of beneficiaries and the oppressed and marginalized.” (The Enterprise/Liliana Frankel)[Read More…]
Voters may decide fate of Ontario schools director who resigned as censure loomed
Draper, second from right, speaks at a board meeting. (The Enterprise/File) ONTARIO – Voters may end up sending Derrick Draper back to the Ontario School Board despite his surprise resignation last week. Draper quit the board during an executive session of the school board, ahead of a vote that censured[Read More…]
SOLUCIONES: Las escuelas de Ontario buscan superar los retos de la pandemia para sus estudiantes de inglés
Ashely Anahitzy Vega Maldonado, 13, posa con un retrato que le hizo a una bailarina de ballet. A la estudiante de Ontario Middle School le encantan la pintura y el ballet, y sueña con convertirse en actriz y modelo cuando esté grande. (Liliana Frankel/The Enterprise) Read in English here. ONTARIO[Read More…]
Classes to Career Profile: Sara Stephen finds success with ag leadership
(Malheur Enterprise graphic) Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of articles introducing local students pursuing vocations such as welding and certified nursing assistant through Career Technical Education courses in Malheur County. Watch for more profiles from local schools in the Malheur Enterprise. Meet: Sara Stephen, grade 12, Nyssa[Read More…]