5.12.23

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Results Reports

PLC/Planning Day

Message shared with administrators:

As part of a Comprehensive School Counseling Program (CSPC), it is best practice for school counselors to meet as a department at the end of the year.   This practice allows time for the school counseling group to come together to reflect on the year, review data and begin planning for next year. During the counselors last PLC meeting, we went over some best practices for these opportunities for program planning (listed below).   

We value your collaboration to support the work of counselors as we develop a comprehensive school counseling program.  We hope that you can support them in this planning work!

Note: Please invite Jess to your meetings if you want any of her support/collaboration. She is happy to attend part or all of as many planning days as possible!

Opportunity for Feedback on Supplemental Health Curricula

Between today and June 9, you have the opportunity to provide feedback on Bend-La Pine Schools’ supplemental Health curricula. 

These are programs that the district approves that allows teachers to use these programs to supplement the district’s adopted Health textbook in order to fulfill state Health Education requirements. The textbook is out of date and is not aligned with some state laws and Health standards so these supplemental curricula are important for our students’ health and development. 

Some of these programs were previously approved by the district in the 2010s and may not be the best programs to keep on the district’s approved list. Some are newly recommended for approval. 

Click on this link to see the list of curricula, browse their digital resources, and submit your feedback in the forms linked in the right-hand column for each section. Programs with an asterisk (*) have some physical samples available at the Education Center on Wall Street.

Please forward this email to others, such as professionals with experience in these subjects, students, and families.

Here’s some of the programs on the list for consideration: 

  • Mental Health
    • Wayfinder 
    • Michigan Model Social and Emotional Health
    • Common Sense Digital Citizenship (online behavior and safety)
    • Confident Me (body image)
    • Body Kind (body image)
    • Suicide Prevention programs: RESPONSE; Signs of Suicide; Look, Listen, Link; Red Flags; A Promise for Tomorrow
  • Substance Use Prevention
    • Clear Alliance
    • Michigan Model ATOD Prevention
    • CATCH My Breath
    • Project ALERT
  • Healthy Relationships, Violence Prevention, and Sex Ed
    • Safe Dates
    • ODE’s Sex Ed Open Learning
    • Rights, Responsibilities, and Respect
    • Second Step: Bullying Prevention
    • Child Sexual Abuse Prev: Safe Touch; Safety Matters; Safer, Smarter Teens
    • Michigan Model Sex Ed module
    • FLASH
    • My Future My Choice
  • Other Learning Materials
    • Scholastic Health Choices magazine
    • Amaze videos
    • Birth Control Effectiveness poster

Medstars Summer Camp

MedStars is a multi-day summer camp in Bend, Oregon for Central Oregon students entering their senior year of high school who are interested in pursuing a career in health care. Sponsored by Cascades East Area Health Education Center and camp tuition is free.

JULY 23- 27th, 2023

Join us in exploring the many career opportunities available in health care.

  *   Experience dorm living while staying in Wickiup Hall on COCC’s campus
  *   Learn about COCC’s health care career programs with hands on activities
  *   Explore a university science lab
  *   Learn important medical basics such as stopping bleeds, first aid, and CPR
  *   Explore advancing medical technology
  *   Understand the importance of rural medicine
  *   Participate in career-related activities at St. Charles, Bend
  *   Build new connections to help your career pathway

Apply by May 19th:: https://www.cascadeseast.org/summer-camps

Live Vape Free Teen Program

Deschutes County now has a new text-to-quit line available for teens (ages 13-17).  Please share this with admin and staff who may be able to share this information with teens who vape.  More promo materials are being developed, but may not be available for some time.  There will also be an adult program coming too. 

Here’s the promo content to share while we wait for more visual promotional materials: 

The Live Vape Free Teen Program, is a FREE interactive texting program that offers personalized support, texting with a coach, messages from peers, and robust tools and resources to help teens successfully quit vaping. Teens just text VAPEFREE to 873373 to get started.

LGBTQ+ Youth Group at Rimrock

We have in-person meetings for 14–17-year-olds with non-hetero, non-cisgender identities, and strong allies every Monday night at 6pm at the Bend office. Right now, it is only open to Rimrock clients. However, this is pretty simple. They would just need to call the front desk at (541) 388-8459 and let them know that you would like schedule an assessment and that the client is interested in attending the queer teen group. They don’t have to have any specific insurance; however, they will have to pay whatever their copay is for an outpatient service. We accept Oregon Medicaid, Pacific Source, Regence Blue Cross, Providence, MODA, First Choice Health, and United.

Educator Externship Opportunity

A quick reminder about the Educator Externship happening June 20-23.  We’d love to have you join us for a week of industry tours and hands-on learning about manufacturing and construction industries.  You will leave with a better understanding of how we can support students in CTE.   In addition to a great experience, we feed you and pay you for your time!  

The flyer with registration information is attached.  Please reach out to Lisa Meredith if you have any questions.

FAFSA Delayed In Fall of 2023

You may have received notification from CCR partners that the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), scheduled to open on October 1, 2023, will most likely be delayed due to the US Department of Education’s FAFSA Simplification process. The absolute latest the FAFSA can open is January 1, 2024, but we’ve been hearing that the FAFSA should still open up in the fall of 2023.


This delay is a change from normal messaging that goes out to students and families in the fall; however, it provides additional time for training needs before the revised FAFSA is released. ECMC, Oregon Goes to College, HECC, The Ford Family Foundation, and Oregon Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) will be sharing available updates. Sign up for Listservs and visit the websites of these organizations to stay connected.

New update to the Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA) for Undocumented and DACA Students

The Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC) is launching a new update on the Oregon Student Aid Application (ORSAA) for undocumented and DACA students to access state, institutional, and local financial aid opportunities. OSAC is offering webinars/trainings/etc. to demo the new look and feel of the ORSAA application. There is no functionality that is changing with this update, only an easier experience for students and families to complete the ORSAA application.

Here are some of the items that are changing:

  • Account set up process – no more secret answers for password reset
  • New look
  • Mobile-friendly
  • Spanish translation for each question

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

School Mental Health Virtual Learning Series

The National Center for School Mental Health hosted the following webinar series:

Individual Well-being: School Staff Wellness and Self-care – Webinar recording, slide deck

Trauma-informed Organizations and Language: Cultural Responsiveness, Anti-racism and Equity in School Mental Health – Webinar recording, slide deck

Promoting Family and Community Empowerment to Strengthen Positive School Climate – Webinar recording, slide deck

Webinar Series Objectives:

  • Gain increased awareness of school well-being within a multi-tiered system of school mental health supports and services
  • Support trauma-informed systems in schools
  • Increase understanding of strength-based practices that promote student academic and social-emotional-behavioral success
  • Learn to provide more culturally responsive and equitable services and supports
  • Hear perspectives on school mental health from school, district and state levels
  • Obtain insight into how youth, families, schools and communities can best work together to address student mental health needs