Next generation protection…what do you think??
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!!!!!
YouthTruth Survey – The YouthTruth survey is open until 1/28. Here’s the link to the staff survey.
Highland Culture of Care: Our character trait for the month of January is kindness. Thank you to the kindergarten team for signing up to make a video for the January assembly on the 28th Here is the link to our year long assembly plan with a few kindness resources. I also have some great books on kindness in my office.
As a team, we are continuing to read Classroom 180. Our next SIW will be on February 2nd and we plan on discussing domains 2 and 3. We also want to hear from YOU! The plan is to hold another “Fishbowl” to discuss regulation and using the language of trauma. You can also bring your wonderings and problems that need solving! Thanks! ~Heidi Thomas
SEL Lessons: Reminder, I (Heidi) am ALWAYS happy to come in and teach what I call an anchor SEL lesson! I also love helping teachers brainstorm ways to integrate SEL into their day. I have a lot of resources to share with you, just let me know what you need. This is the time of year when we start to see behaviors showing up more frequently and at higher rates. Class meetings, restorative circles and targeted lessons are just a few ways we can help mitigate them.
Inside Lunch: While our temps are still so low, please assume we are eating inside unless we announce otherwise. When we do make a last minute change, we will do our best to get the word around, but even with email and PA announcements it seems like somebody always misses it – so we apologize up front. Thanks for your flexibility.
Plumbing Construction: So far so good. The problem areas were identified and fixed. Unfortunately we won’t be able to repave the areas for a while as the winter weather is not ideal for paving. We may have to deal with a gravel patch for several weeks before that can be fixed, but we should not have to deal with the flooding into the basement any longer.
Remote Learning Preparation – The following is the gist of what I attempted to share on Wednesday last week – this is just keeping the information fresh and available – nothing has changed since last week, except we are covering the staff absences at a much better rate than those first couple days;
Here in Bend-La Pine we are committed to in-person instruction and currently have no intention of moving to this delivery model. However, with this new Omicron Covid strain spreading rapidly we need to be prepared. Here are resources to help prepare…
- Targeted Remote Learning (Ready, Set, Go) document in case a specific class had to be quarantined. This document has helpful information that should be reviewed. Focus . It would be a good idea to review this document again and specifically focus on these things…
- Ready set Go information from TLC along with a Ready, Set, Go checklist.
- Remote Learning Schedules – These are schedules teachers can use or if last year’s schedule worked well for them and their students they can resurrect those.
- iPads – how would you deploy these and send them home with kids [if they are already kept at school]?
- Hot Spots – if you have a family who needs access to these, please let Brian/Ashley know – we will take it from there.
- SeeSaw, Google classroom, Google Docs, Gmail, and WebEx – Are your teachers and your students familiar with these systems and programs?
Again, we don’t have any intention of transitioning to remote learning. But if we’re using the “Ready, Set, Go” model this is our time to review our “Ready” status. As Steve Austin said, “If it looks like it might rain, you’d bring your umbrella with you.” Find your umbrella.
From Julie: Report Cards- Report Cards are done and loaded into Synergy. Teachers can now access them. The techs are still making some corrections to the template, so I would advise against inputting data directly into the report card until the end of next week. Here is information regarding changes to the 21-22 report card and a possible parent letter.
5-day return – be sure to check out the district update from January 13th to see information regarding new quarantine rules for staff. This should help tremendously with staffing shortages across the district.
Just another follow up/reminder on some topics from Alandra and Tami that were sent our way later in the day yesterday. Please communicate these things to your staff in your newsletters.
From Skip: All staff received the Staff COVID-19 Response & Recovery Update email. This is a new regular communication to help keep staff members up-to-date about COVID-19 in Bend-La Pine Schools and address frequently asked questions. You can find a copy of the message sent here: https://bls.fyi/covidjan13 .
As a reminder, all staff should be advised to contact their supervisor for any COVID related questions/concerns outside of school hours. It is important for nurses and contact tracers to have personal time during non-school hours. When supervisors/administrators are contacted by school staff, administrators should refer to the Staff COVID-19 Response and Recovery Newsletter to help answer questions. After reviewing the Staff COVID-19 Response and Recovery Newsletter, if principals/administrators still have questions and it is an urgent matter, please reach out to nurse Michelle Spetic AND Tami Pike via email.
Just a reminder my number is 760-500-4847.
PLC week
Week Preview:
- Monday 1/17
- MLK Jr. Day – No School
- Tuesday 1/18
- 2:30-3:15 Storyline Team
- Wednesday 1/19
- SIW – Team Time
- Thursday 1/20
- Friday 1/21