Oregon-Davis School Corporation and PTA officials will be cutting the ribbon tonight to celebrate the completion of the installation of the new playground equipment at the Elementary School.
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The Oregon-Davis School Board got an update on the Elementary School playground project.
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A new book vending machine was unveiled and dedicated Monday night at the Oregon-Davis Elementary School.
Continue readingThe USDA Summer Feeding program at Oregon-Davis Elementary School will be from Monday, June 6 to Thursday, June 30.
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Oregon-Davis Elementary School could be getting some new playground equipment in the coming years.
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Oregon-Davis Elementary School was briefly evacuated Monday, after a smoke alarm went off in one of the classrooms. In a Facebook post, school officials say it happened around noon CDT.
Continue readingOregon-Davis Elementary School has some new leadership. Longtime teacher Heather Quinn was appointed to a newly-created dean of students position during last month’s school board meeting, following Principal Bill Bennett’s promotion to superintendent.
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Oregon-Davis Elementary School’s new secure entrance is almost complete. Once visitors enter the building, a set of doors restricts access to each hallway, forcing them to check in at the main office. Principal Bill Bennett says the school was able to make the upgrades thanks to a Secured School Safety matching grant from the state.
Continue readingOregon-Davis Elementary School has updated its grading system for first graders. Superintendent Dr. Don Harman says the new grade card is designed to let parents know where their children are, when it comes to meeting state standards.
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Oregon-Davis Elementary School will be able to move forward with the installation of a secure entrance, thanks to this year’s round of Secured School Safety matching grants.
Continue readingOregon-Davis Elementary School’s kindergarten enrollment turned out to be higher than expected. Now, school officials say they’re taking applications for another kindergarten teacher, so they can add a third section.
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Upgraded heating and cooling systems, a new secure entrance, and some athletic facility improvements are some of the needs that the Oregon-Davis School Corporation will have to address in the coming years. Superintendent Dr. Don Harman and Head of Maintenance Scott Taylor led the school board on a facilities tour Wednesday.
Continue readingAfter leading Knox High School’s alternative school program for its first year, Rhonda Cavinder is leaving the school corporation for Oregon-Davis. O-D Superintendent Dr. Don Harman says Cavinder has been hired as a junior/senior high school special education teacher.
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The Oregon-Davis School Corporation is offering two modular buildings to anyone who’d be willing to remove them from the school’s campus. The school board officially declared the structures surplus Monday, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman.
Continue readingOregon-Davis Elementary School is holding its kindergarten roundup next week. Families with kids who’ll be five years old on or before August 1 are invited to stop by and register on Tuesday, March 12 between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. CDT.
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Oregon-Davis school administrators are planning their response to the latest round of school letter grades. O-D Elementary School got an A for the 2017-2018 school year. The junior/senior high school and the corporation as a whole received C’s.
The Oregon-Davis School Board got an update Monday on school improvement plans. Superintendent Dr. Don Harman says the overall goals are pretty similar to what they’ve been in the past. “Obviously, we want to improve our school achievement with Mathematics and Language Arts and obviously address our attendance,” he says. “At the high school level, obviously, we want to address our graduation rate.”
A couple student organizations at Oregon-Davis Junior/Senior High School got a financial boost this week. Superintendent Dr. Don Harman says the school board accepted a donation from the Oregon-Davis Young Farmers organization. “That donation was $700 to the Oregon-Davis Junior/Senior High School FFA and another $700 to the Oregon-Davis Junior/Senior High School National Honor Society,” Harman says.
The USDA Summer Food Program helped feed children all over the Kankakee Valley, including the Oregon-Davis School Corporation.
The Oregon-Davis School Board learned about a physical education initiative taking place at the elementary school. Board members got an update Monday on the school’s Minds in Motion program, according to Superintendent Dr. Don Harman. “It really is what the title means, ‘Minds in Motion,'” Harman says. “The students do different activities before they go into their PE class. It’s how they start the PE class, is doing different activities related to balance, coordination, and things like that.”
