BLS Nurse Blog
FROM YOUR TEAM
Describe something positive about our team:
We are very supportive of each other (always willing to offer support)
We have fun together
Our strengths are different and equally valuable
We have a strong sense of duty to serve our students and schools
How can you continue contributing to this positivity?
Continuing to be empathetic and encouraging
Appreciating and valuing everyone’s unique gifts
Going to nurse meetings and meet ups
Continue to collaborate
Paying it forward
Being a good communicator
Continue being someone others can depend on to help
ATTENDANCE FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL
From IT
Attendance is turned on in the Health Log Student screen. That is the only screen attendance will be accessible for Nurses and the Health module. Teachers and attendance will see the code “OFF” which would mean that the student could be meeting with the principal, counselor, health office, etc. It will not specifically indicate that the student was in the health office. Instruction document can be found here. *The instructions indicate to select “Add” in the Health Log Student. You actually need to select “Add Wizard“.
CAPSTONE
Looking for 1-2 nurses to host a COCC Capstone student this spring.
Monday, May 5th – Monday, June 3rd
1 nurse could be the sole preceptor for 4 weeks or 2 nurses can split the time into 2 weeks each.
Let Tami know asap. (It looks good on your resume.)
DEI
From Kinsey Martin – Policy, Advocacy, and Office of DEI:
Family Liaisons and Translation/Interpretation:
Remember that our Family Liaisons are not translators/interpreters–these are distinct positions with different functions, required skills, and pay rates. Here are details about how to effectively engage Family Liaisons to support our work. If you need someone to translate or interpret a family communication (including for time-sensitive requests) please review the various options available to you here.
Immigration information:
Staff are prohibited from asking about or documenting students’ or families’ immigration status, even when doing so might be well-intentioned.
If staff want to coordinate extra support for students or families who might be undocumented, it should be organized based on an educational purpose, not based on immigration status. Sttudents/families themselves then choose to opt into or access these, without needing to disclose their status or without staff needing to know it. Examples:
- A counseling group for students with anxiety (rather than a counseling group for undocumented students),
- flyers for local Know Your Rights workshops made available to all parents or via PTA group lists (rather than sent home with families we believe are undocumented), etc.
Title IX and gender support protocols:
I have received several questions about the status of our gender support protocol. Yes, our procedures for supporting gender-expansive students are still in place. Thank you for initiating this process when a student indicates a need for support.
Regarding Title IX more generally, while the national landscape is bringing some policy-based changes to our Title IX procedures (generally reverting back to our procedures from a few years ago–more on that later), please continue to contact me for any concerns or complaints related to Title IX, which includes:
- discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity;
- sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking;
- athletics, academics, and activities;
- admissions, hiring, access;
- pregnant and parenting students
PURPLE UP DAY!
Oregon National Guard Child & Youth Program/Oregon Military Teen Panel
Hello! We are Lorene Moore, Lead Child & Youth Coordinator for the Oregon National Guard Child & Youth Program, and Barret Grimm, Senior Ambassador on the Oregon Military Teen Panel. The Oregon Military Teen Panel is composed of twenty-one National Guard Youth who strive to be an active part of their community. Current members reside in Salem, Sublimity, Albany, Portland, Estacada, Sherwood, Klamath Falls and Happy Valley.
In Oregon, many families are going through a service member being gone for deployment. We are here to support Oregon’s military youth as they go through military life challenges and face occurring obstacles.
We are reaching out to you today to request that you show your support for military kids in your school district by participating in PurpleUp Day! this April, which is recognized nation-wide as Month of the Military Child. Creating a spirit day on April 10th in schools across the state where students and staff wear purple would provide a visual way to recognize and celebrate military youth, especially National Guard youth here in Oregon.
On April 10th, local groups and communities are encouraged to take part in PurpleUp Day! by wearing or displaying purple. The goal is for military kids to SEE that they are supported and loved by their local communities.
According to Military OneSource, in 2023 there were 8,259 National Guard Members in Oregon. That includes 4,713 Army Guard and 2,159 Air Guard Members, most of whom have families and children.
Attached is a flier promoting PurpleUp Day! Please consider taking part in this annual display of support. Your participation matters!
Here is some more information regarding Month of the Military Child: Please let me know what other questions you may have!
SAFETY
AED Signage
Over the next week, you will be receiving laminated AED operation instructions. One should be placed on the wall next to your AED. The other should be placed with the AED itself.
For middle and high school athletic back packs, you will be receiving 1 laminated AED operation instructions (see below) to be placed with your AED.
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SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE
All-staff update and Q&A with Superintendent Cook
Please make sure that on March 13, you do not have anything scheduled at 3:05, so that staff can have the option to attend one of the sessions below.
With K-12 school funding a big topic in the Oregon Legislature right now, and everything we’re hearing from Washington, D.C., on education and federal funding for schools, we understand that many employees wonder what all this means for us in Bend-La Pine Schools.
Superintendent Steven Cook will address these issues and answer your questions during two back-to-back virtual meetings with District staff on Thursday, March 13. Everyone is invited to join us for one of these 30-minute virtual meetings: The first will be 3:05 to 3:35 p.m., accommodating staff in our elementary schools. The second will be 3:50 to 4:20 p.m. to align with secondary schedules.
The intent is to provide you a quick update on state and federal actions pertinent to our work, and how we can remain focused on teaching students in our communities and serving their needs. The second half of each meeting will be set aside for staff to ask Dr. Cook questions. We will solicit written questions during the meeting and answer as many as time permits.
We will provide meeting links closet to the date. Attendance is optional, and we will provide recordings of both meetings afterward.
WIFI
Wi-Fi in School Buildings
The best way for nurses to connect to the Wi-Fi in school buildings:
If using a personal device:
- Forget any connections to visitor or anything else.
- Connect to BYOD using the network password “knowledge”.
- Use your own district credentials.
CALENDAR
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | INFO |
| 3/12/25 | 2-330 | Nurse Meeting | Location TBD |
| 3/24-3/28 | SPRING BREAK! |
LINKS
Quick links page.
Let Tami know if you would like links added to the page.