SEL Concerns Ticket Please use this if you have concerns with a student’s lagging SEL skills and you would like to do some collaboration with us (Heidi T. and/or Brian) to problem solve. Thanks!
FYI Ticket Please use this if you have an incident or recurring incidents with a student. This helps us with follow through, communication and data. Thank you!!!!!
Info from Heidi and the Highland Culture of Care Team: Our character trait for the month of April is honesty/trust. This falls under the SEL competencies of Self-Awareness and Responsible Decision-Making.
April 27th we will have our final Classroom 180 SIW at 1:45 in the library. Thank you to the Culture of Care Team for helping to lead this work.
April 29th is Super Hero Day! Please share this with your class. Thank you!
Stage – I will be clearing the stage of all the extra furniture over the next week or so and I need your help. If you have the space for a table, desks, and/or chairs please let me know how many of each you can fit in your room without impacting your ability to operate. I’ve identified a few areas around the building where I can stash furniture until it’s returned to its original place but it will be a challenge to fit it so every item that can be returned to a classroom will be helpful.
OSAS Testing: our state testing window is approaching soon. We will post some “Testing in Progress” signs along the hallways of testing rooms, so we can provide some cues to keep the halls quieter than usual. That vast majority of the testing blocks will be in the morning. I do not want to create a stressful environment but I would like to limit distractions for our test-takers. I will provide more heads up as we get closer to the start date.
Staffing: No new news on staffing plans as of this week – all plans are still under review.
Sub shortage (again): we are encountering sub shortages again across the district. Unfortunately this means we may be forced to cancel the half-day EBISS on Tuesday. I will make the final call by the end of Friday afternoon and send an email to all involved, but I just want to prep you, just in case.
Summer School: I have some candidates for K and 1, but I have not heard much about upper grades. Please let me know if you have a family wanting to attend.
Nutrition News!
Regulations for summer lunch and next school year have changed significantly. All waivers extended during the pandemic emergency will end on the last day of the 2021-2022 school year.
For summer lunch meals will continue to be free to all children 18 years and under but now the meal will have to be eaten on site and grab and go or parent pick up is no longer an option.
For next school year, school meals will be paid, free, or reduced price which will require an application to be completed after Aug 1st, except for students attending community eligibility provision (CEP) schools. The CEP schools for 2022-2023 are: Bear Creek Elementary, Ensworth Elementary, Pilot Butte Middle, Bend Tech Academy at Marshall High, Three Rivers, La Pine Elementary, La Pine Middle, La Pine High, and Rosland Elementary.
More people may qualify for the meals program due to the Student Success Act. The State of Oregon supports students who do not qualify for free and reduced meal benefits using federal income guidelines. It provides meal benefits to households with incomes above 185% but not exceeding 300% of the federal poverty guidelines. This means that a family of 4 with an annual income of $79,500 could qualify for meals at no cost. Families are encouraged to apply if they think they may qualify.
Thanks, Garra
Culmination Planning: I need to start moving forward with culmination plans, so the following are going to be calendared;
- 6/2 Reisinger Culmination – Classroom, Library, Ct Yard
- 6/7 Glogau Culmination – Gym
- 6/8 Fetrow Culmination – Gym
- 6/8 Eriksson/Greene & Hildebrand Culmination – Classroom & Hallway
- 6/9 Howard Culmination – Gym/Stage
- 6/9 4/5 Culmination – Playground/Field
- 6/13 Variety Show
- 6/15 5th grade graduation – gym
I need to submit event requests for each of these, so if you could provide me a paragraph description for your event it would be extremely helpful for the process. You can email or write it out – whichever is easiest. My hope is to have everything submitted by the end of the day on Monday.
Parent Newsletter Link – linked here is the parent newsletter. If you ever need to find it, it’s always on the school website each Friday.
High Leverage Teaching Strategies
Week Preview:
- Monday 4/25
- Tuesday 4/26
- EBISS/MTSS for Kindergarten & First Grade (Might be canceled due to sub shortages)
- 8:00-9:30 = 2nd/3rd grade
- 9:45-11:15 = 4th/5th grade
- Culture of Care Team Meeting 2:30-3:15
- EBISS/MTSS for Kindergarten & First Grade (Might be canceled due to sub shortages)
- Wednesday 4/27
- Staff Meeting 1:15-1:45
- SIW – Culture of Care Work 1:45-3:15
- Thursday 4/28
- Friday 4/29