Merced County Office of Education

“Schools are the best and safest place for students to learn, succeed and thrive.” If this message wasn’t clear before, it should be in the coming days leading up to Wednesday, Aug. 11, when about 60,000 local students will be back in the classroom at K-12 schools throughout the county. The Merced County Office of Education just…

The Merced County Speech Festival competition was held virtually last week for fourth- through eighth-grade students and six schools from five school districts…

About 900 entries from students throughout Merced County were received for the Merced County Writing Festival this spring. Students submitted entries virtually…

Merced County schools have transitioned from in-person instruction at school sites to distance learning to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and the Merced County Office of Education has launched a Distance Learning platform to assist educators, students and families. By accessing mcoe.org/distancelearning, academic resources are…

Due to the spread of the coronavirus, 4 million students statewide are staying home from school. Locally, all 20 school districts in Merced County have…

Merced County Parent Institute held its seventh annual “Dream Big” conference last Saturday, March 7th at Golden Valley High School. The event…

Merced County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steve Tietjen unveiled the annual Merced County Schools Annual Education Report last week during a luncheon event at the new MCOE Downtown Professional Development Center. “We started this event nearly a decade ago to give the public a better understanding of how our public schools…

More than 1,200 students from about 17 local schools spent about 3-1/2 hours at Career Industry Day, which was hosted by the Merced County Office of…

Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in Merced County for about a month and the commemoration will continue through the end of October. Leading…

The Excellence in Education Awards ceremony, held on Oct. 3 at the Merced Theatre in Merced, recognized Rosbelina Ward, a fourth grade teacher at Farmdale Elementary, as Teacher of the Year, Lance Brewster, a custodian/bus driver, as Employee of the Year, and Stacy Shasky, the Teacher Induction Program coordinator at Merced County Office of…