Merced County Office of Education

The Merced County Speech Festival competition was held virtually last week for fourth- through eighth-grade students and six schools from five school districts in Merced County participated in the event with 44 students competing. Awards for the top three students in each grade and honorable mentions were announced to the participating schools…

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…

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 made the decision together to close campus sites from March 19 through April 17. That’s about 11,500 students heading home and remaining away until classes reopen on April 20, after Spring…

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…

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 Education (MCOE) and held at the Merced County Fairgrounds on the morning of Oct. 17. Janice Rogge, MCOE Program Specialist, explained, “We have an event we host every year at the Merced County…

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…

Parents, students, educators and the community celebrated with educators, school employees and school administrators from across the county at the annual Excellence in Education awards on Oct. 3 at the Merced Theatre. Lance Brewster, a custodian/bus driver with the McSwain Union Elementary School District, was named school employee of the…