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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Shasta Elementary School fourth-graders chatted live with U.S. Olympic nordic skier Rosie Brennan on Monday, asking her questions about competing, maintaining friendships, and confronting challenges.
Read MoreStudents at Shasta Elementary School can now communicate with their deaf and hard of hearing classmates on the playground – asking them to play, be their friend, or for help.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The pile of socks in Dena Morosin’s fourth-grade classroom keeps growing. There are girl socks and boy socks. White socks and black socks. Socks for runners. Socks for cold feet.
Read MoreDena Morosin a 4th grade teacher at Shasta Elementary School and Ambassador to Donors Choose is our guest on the Season 4, Episode 2 of Ask Klamath. In this episode we chat with Dena about education, classroom funding, technology in classrooms and answer your questions live.
Read MoreIt was an evening to celebrate Klamath County educators who inspire and go above and beyond to positively impact the lives of students.
“For every one of us there is some teacher, some coach, a choir director, a librarian, a school secretary, a cook, a janitor, a bus driver who made a huge, positive impact on our lives,” said David Wehr, master of ceremonies for Klamath County School District’s seventh annual Crystal Apple Awards Gala. “This auditorium is full of educators, and almost every one of us could immediately name the teacher that changed our lives, that inspired us to want to inspire the kids that are in our class- rooms every day.”
Read MoreKlamath County School District’s 2019 Crystal Apple Awardees personify the highest example of educators who go above and beyond to inspire, educate and help students.
Five teachers and three classified staff were nominated and awarded the top honor this year and will be recognized Tuesday at the KCSD’s annual Crystal Apple Awards Gala.
Read MoreOlympic bobsledder Carlo Valdes smiled from the screen at the front of Dena Morosin’s fourth-grade classroom, answering thoughtfully as students asked him questions ranging from his favorite position on the bobsled to what he struggled with when he was as student in school.
Read MoreAt Shasta Elementary School, the countdown was done over the intercom. Students throughout the school were ready to simultaneously bite into their Oregon-grown apples Tuesday as part of the first-ever Crunch at Once event.
“Three, two, one … crunch!”
Read MoreFor the past three weeks, fourth-graders in Dena Morosin’s Shasta Elementary School class have been trying to guess the name of their “classroom champion.”
They’ve had some clues: He is a hardcore fantasy football fan. He is good at kung fu and has a bachelor’s of arts degree in history from UCLA.
Morosin gave students one last chance to guess last week before she announced, “Our mentor has sent us a video. Are you ready?”
Read MoreFourth-grade students from Dena Morosin’s class at Shasta Elementary and Kasey Bird’s class at Conger Elementary recently paired up on a goal to fill a Honda Fit and a Subaru with food for the Klamath Lake Counties Food Bank.
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