BLS College Information Night
Here are the Slide Decks in Spanish and English. Please share on your website.
Thanks to all of you who came and were a part of this event. The feedback from families was a resounding positive!
Future Center Visitor Policy
Hi all,
Based on some recent conversations, I wanted to provide you in writing a protocol for visitors in the future center. This has mainly been standard practice, but we are formalizing it in writing to ensure we are all on the same page. Please see the attached memo.
Related, you may be contacted by The Office Group soon about coming in to speak with students. This group recently let us know that they would prefer not to sign a MOU for student information and would instead prefer to be treated as a guest speaker in our future centers. This is allowed and you are approved to have them in as they are not selling a product or service. However, please adhere to the attached memo.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Stephen DuVal
Director of College and Career Readiness
Bend-La Pine Schools
SBHC Memo from Sean
This is a memo on how to handle confidentiality of students accessing the SBHC. Admin and front office staff will want to read. This has come up again and this time it was a middle school student. From Sean Reinhart
Best Practice for 8th Grade Future Self Assignment
From Jennifer
It has been brought to my attention that a few of our 8th grade teachers may have an end-of-the-year writing lesson for students that involves students writing letters to their “future selves.” At the end of the activity, students address the letter to themselves and the teachers either volunteer to mail the letters to the student/family in four years or they will pass the letters onto HS counselors to be handed out at the end of the student’s senior year.
A family recently received a letter from their son, who passed away a year and a half ago. As you can imagine, this was a traumatic experience for this family, and they were very upset and questioned how we allowed this to happen.
While this activity has some value for students, there are many uncontrolled variables that could impact the success of this activity and we believe the impact can be just as effective with a student choosing to open the letter after graduation on their own. If a teacher chooses to do this letter writing activity in 8th grade (or at any time), we would like students take the letter home or give it to the families upon completion of the school year. There are also digital platforms that allow an email to be sent to the student’s email.
Again, our preference is that a student/family have the option to choose to open the letter upon graduation without facilitation from the HS counselors or mailed by the school/district at a later time. We have had several students pass away in the past few years which raises concerns about whether those students have written letters that are now sitting and waiting to be mailed home to their families. If you have had a student pass away who attended your school in the last four years, please confirm with your staff that they do not send a letter to these student’s homes.
Upcoming PLCs Next Week!
Middle School PLC: Tuesday March 19, 2024 from 8:00-9:30 am in room 312 at Ed Center
Elementary School PLC: Wednesday March 20, 2024 from 1:45-3:15 pm in room 312 at Ed Center
High School PLC: Thursday March 21, 2024 from 8:00-9:30 am in room 210 at Caldera High School