Merced County Office of Education

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…

Parents, students, educators and the community celebrated with educators, school employees and school administrators from across the county at the annual…

Dennis Haines wants people undergoing severe life challenges to know there’s hope at the end of the tunnel. Haines is a family social services supervisor…

The El Nido community and its school are an incredible gem to Lori Gonzalez, the new superintendent-principal of the El Nido School District. Gonzalez took on her new role Aug. 13, replacing Rae Ann Jimenez as superintendent. The El Nido district has 159 students from transitional kindergarten through eighth grade and 26 staff members,…