BLS Nurse Blog
HEAD SCRATCHER
DEI
From Kinsey Martin:
Linguist Link
If you are experiencing issues with Linguist Link services (interpreters not showing up, no responses to your messages, poor quality of linguist services), please A) send a note via the “message all” feature of your project/request in the LL system, and/or B) shoot me an email to let me know.
There are some transitions going on within those contracted services, but I have been reassured this should not impact the quality of service you receive. As a reminder if you’re ever in a pinch, here are the various resources and levels of support available to you for translation/interpretation.
504 REFRESHER
Section 504 Civil Rights Training
2023 Slide show from Marinda Peters, PhD, Civil Rights Specialist – ODE
OPERATIONS
From Paul Dean:
We want to take a moment to clarify differing practices in our district with regards to animals on school grounds. We have many playgrounds with this sign:
However, we do not have any district policy that prohibits dogs outside of school hours on our property. ING-AR: Animal Visitors under Owner Responsibility reads:
- Owners walking animals on school grounds must follow city or county ordinances regarding leashing and sanitation.
- Principals and their designees have the authority to exclude persons and their animals from play fields when he/she determines that there are associated health and/or safety concerns.
In order to align our signage with our policy, we will be removing all fence signage pertaining to animals. In place of those signs, our maintenance department will install one of the signs below. They will communicate with the head engineer and building principal regarding where you want the new sign placed.
Building leaders have the authority to temporarily close school playgrounds in accordance with Facility, Playgrounds, Fields & Property Community Use Guidelines [here is a Spanish Version]. We have created this Community Use Violation Notice [and here is a Spanish Version] that you may copy, edit, print, laminate and zip tie to your gate(s) when you are restricting public access by locking your gates.
SAFETY
AED
HeartSafe
Bend-La Pine Schools is supporting Bend Fire & Rescue’s efforts to earn HeartSafe recognition for the City of Bend.
The first step is for all BLS nurses to upload the AED information (photograph, GPS location, and written location description) for their assigned schools to the PulsePoint AED app.
This can be done during your monthly AED check, but ideally by February 14. Reach out to Oliver with any questions.
Pulse Point Tip Sheet on how to upload your school AED.
SRO APPRECIATION WEEK
Help celebrate our SROs! SRO Appreciation Day is Saturday, February 15 but we want to celebrate them all week long. Beginning Monday, February 11, do something special for your SRO. Please pick the day of the week that works best for your school.
Help us share the love on social media. Send your imagery to Becca Burda, Assistant Director of Communications, and we’ll keep the gratitude flowing online.
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS
NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK
National School Counseling Week (NCSW) 2025 is Feb. 3-7, 2025, to focus attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within our schools. The theme this year is: School Counseling: Helping Students Thrive. The special week honoring school counselors provides recognition for school counselors who “implement comprehensive school counseling programs, a vital part of the educational process for all students as they meet the challenges of the 21st century”.
NCSW is always celebrated the first full week in February and there are multiple resources available below to help you celebrate school counselors next week at your school site. We will celebrate our student success staff the week of March 3rd during school social worker week.Here is a “Certificate of Appreciation” that you can use for your counselors and click on link above for some resources to help your school celebrate this week with your counselor(s)😊
CALENDAR
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | INFO |
| 2/3-2/7 | National School Counseling Week | ||
| 2/10-2/14 | SRO Appreciation Week | (Actual appreciation day is 2/15/25) | |
| 2/12/25 | 2-330 | All Nurse Meeting | Location TBD |
| 2/17/25 | President’s Day | NO SCHOOL | |
| 2/19/25 | Immunization Exclusion Day |