Highland Updates

PE Outside

FYI – Scott will be outside for PE on the following dates;

• Monday 6/3
• Wednesday 6/5
• Thursday 6/6
• Tuesday 6/11 after 1:15

Teacher iPads

Sorry but your teacher iPads must be turned in before Friday 6/14.   Before you turn it in you need to wipe it or reset it. Details regarding a replacement will come later.  Thank you to Marina for making the rounds to each of you to prep for this task.

2019-2020 Master Schedule

I just wanted to let you know that leadership spent the morning examining some different options for scheduling.  There’s nothing I can share as of yet, but I just want to express my appreciation to this team for putting in the thought and effort on this task.

All School BBQ

Thank you to Nutrition Services, especially Meg and Karen for a great BBQ this year!  That was a super smooth event!

Choir Concert

Kudos to Rob and the choir for a great inaugural concert on Wednesday.  With only 12 or 13 practices they sounded great.

Easy CBM – Window closes Monday 6/10

Jesse Rasmusen (assistant principal at Jewell) shared this document of instructions for determining whether or not a student is done with Easy CBM, so I thought I would pass it along.

Checking Easy CBM

Message from Julie Walker re: EBISS

Dear Highland Staff,

As part of the RTI process, it is important to get your input on the current status of implementation at our school. The Oregon RTIi Staff Implementation Survey (ORSIS) will provide valuable data that will be used to improve education for all students in our district. Please go to (http://www.orrti.net/orsis_responses/add0)and complete this short, 5-10 minute survey. Please complete your survey by Friday 6/7. The data will then be analyzed and shared with you via this weekly update as it’s available.

Thank you in advance for completing the survey.

Sincerely,

Julie Walker

Effective Behavior and Instructional Support Systems Coordinator

Bend-La Pine Schools

541-355-1062

[email protected]

End Of Year Meetings

For those of you in your evaluation year, please remember to complete and submit your self-reflection by May 24th.  To access your self-reflection in TalentEd, go to the portal and look at the bottom of the list of Quick Links.  SLGGs are required for everyone, so even if you are not in an evaluation year, please be sure to sign up for an EOY meeting to review SLGGs.  To be prepared for that meeting please have your fall data and spring data to review. I have the hard copies of your SLGGs for just about all of you on file, if you need to see them.  I have minis done for just about everyone and for those of you who have one left, your end-of-year meeting can count as the last one.

EOY Meeting Schedule

Library and iPad Roll In

iPad roll in June 11th all day.  

Since they have done this a few times now it should be easier.  We have many student iPad airs that will be retired, not sure what that process will be yet.

Reminder to teachers before roll in

1. Have student CLEAN the iPad
2. 5th graders need to clean brick and cord, get their names off
3. Verify iOS is 12.2 or higher
4. Make sure iPad is charged
5. Erase all content and settings.
6. Make sure students have brick, cord and iPad on roll in day.
7. Be sure student has signed out of iCloud account and backed up info they want to save

End of Year EBISS

• Monday 6/3 – Kinder
• Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of a staff meeting)
• Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
• Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; see EBISS meeting schedule

SIWs

• This week – Placements
• No SIW on Wednesday / SIW schedule on Friday 6/14

Upcoming Field Trips –

Chambers – Science Station – Monday, June 3⋅9:10 – 11:20am

Striegel –  Science Station – Monday, June 3⋅12:10 – 2:20pm

Hildebrand – Science Station – Tuesday, June 4⋅9:10 – 11:20am

Therrian – Sunriver Fitness & Aquatic – Tuesday, June 4⋅9:15am – 1:30pm

Reisinger – Sunriver Fitness & Aquatic – Wednesday, June 5⋅9:15am – 1:30pm

Greene – Lake Billy Chinook – Friday, June 7⋅10:00am – 3:15pm

Sharc 4/5 – Monday, June 10⋅10:00am – 3:15pm

1st Aid/CPR –

To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.

Date	Day	Time	Type	Min	Max	Instructor(s)	Location
6/4/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom(room 314)

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2019-2020 Master Schedule

Houston we have a problem…or opportunity.

As mentioned in an earlier post, our leadership team decided to move forward into next year using our current schedule, moved forward by an hour, with only a few minor tweaks.  Unfortunately (or fortunately if we choose to view this an opportunity), a couple of monkey wrenches were thrown into this plan after that decision;

1. We are required to provide at least 75 minutes of PE with a certified PE teacher each week.
2. Nutrition services is asking for lunch to be served no earlier than 11:15.

Our current schedule won’t meet either of these requirements so we will need to revise it.  It’s not going to be possible to pull a team together to rebuild the schedule before we leave for summer but I have some thoughts/plans for how to handle this which I will share with leadership next week.  There’s a good chance I will put out a survey to gather some specific information to use, so watch for that survey in a separate email.

All School BBQ

It looks like we have no rain on the radar for Wednesday, so I am looking forward to a fun and dry BBQ.  Don’t forget your lunch is already covered by PTO. Please take a moment to know your selected time and encourage everyone to be patient.  There will be lines, but we will move things as quickly as we can. It will also be important to let kids know their recess won’t look the same as a typical day, so their space for playing games will be limited and we expect them to be careful of everyone picnicking on the field.

End Of Year Meetings

For those of you in your evaluation year, please remember to complete and submit your self-reflection by May 24th.  To access your self-reflection in TalentEd, go to the portal and look at the bottom of the list of Quick Links.  SLGGs are required for everyone, so even if you are not in an evaluation year, please be sure to sign up for an EOY meeting to review SLGGs.  To be prepared for that meeting please have your fall data and spring data to review. I have the hard copies of your SLGGs for just about all of you on file, if you need to see them.  I have minis done for just about everyone and for those of you who have one left, your end-of-year meeting can count as the last one.

EOY Meeting Schedule

Library and iPad Roll In

iPad roll in June 11th all day.  

Since they have done this a few times now it should be easier.  We have many student iPad airs that will be retired, not sure what that process will be yet.

Reminder to teachers before roll in

1. Have student CLEAN the iPad
2. 5th graders need to clean brick and cord, get their names off
3. Verify iOS is 12.2 or higher
4. Make sure iPad is charged
5. Erase all content and settings.
6. Make sure students have brick, cord and iPad on roll in day.
7. Be sure student has signed out of iCloud account and backed up info they want to save

SBAC 2019

Almost there; only a handful of stragglers!!  Please take a look back at your calendar and pat yourself on the back for all the different things you accomplished while getting this testing done.  Thank you – I appreciate the time and thought each of you put into this task.

Child Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM)

Thank you for adding another thing to the plate and handling it with ease.  Our younger students received quite a bit of praise for their behavior and ability to work with the volunteer team.  

End of Year EBISS

• Thursday 5/30 – 1st grade
• Monday 6/3 – Kinder
• Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of a staff meeting)
• Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
• Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross

TAG Update

• TAG list
• Teacher Referral Document
• Below are three different versions of a PEP provided by our district.
• PEP
• PEP 2
• PEP 3

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; No Meeting – Day after Memorial Day
• Next week: see EBISS meeting schedule

SIWs

• This week – Future Ready
• Next Week – Placements

Upcoming Field Trips –

• Therrian Science Station – Thursday, May 30⋅9:10 – 11:20am
• Reisinger Science Station – Thursday, May 30⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
• Howard Science Station – Friday, May 31⋅9:10 – 11:20am
• Cross Science Station – Friday, May 31⋅12:10 – 2:20pm

ICCLs 2019-2021

Deadline; May 31st, 2019.    A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th (this was recently changed to the 20th, 8:00-4:00).

1st Aid/CPR –

To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.

Date	Day	Time	Type	Min	Max	Instructor(s)	Location
5/29/2019	Wednesday	3:00-7:00	Initial	8	20	Michelle Spetic	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
6/4/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom(room 314)

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“Teaching students to meditate will help manage their anger or frustration, but it won’t remove a system that mass incarcerates their neighbors and family members. Giving students skills in socioemotional learning can help students better process and express their opinions, but it won’t erase a system that was built not only to their disadvantage but also sometimes actively set up to see them fail. Yoga can help a child feel present in their body, but it won’t change the fact that our society places different values on different bodies.”

           Christina Torres in “Mindfulness Won’t Save Us. Fixing the System Will” in Education Update, May 2019 (Vol. 61, #5), https://bit.ly/2VSZp8v

        

“Everything works somewhere. Nothing works everywhere,”

           Dylan Wiliam

End Of Year Meetings

For those of you in your evaluation year, please remember to complete and submit your self-reflection by May 24th (earlier would be even better ).  To access your self-reflection in TalentEd, go to the portal and look at the bottom of the list of Quick Links.  SLGGs are required for everyone, so even if you are not in an evaluation year, please be sure to sign up for an EOY meeting to review SLGGs.  To be prepared for that meeting please have your fall data and spring data to review. I have the hard copies of your SLGGs for just about all of you on file, if you need to see them.  I have minis done for just about everyone and for those of you who have one left, your end-of-year meeting can count as the last one.

EOY Meeting Schedule

Battle of the Books

The book list for next year is out and looks to be less divisive than this year’s list. That being said, the process we used this year will remain the same moving forward. It is not a school-sponsored event, permission slips can be made available for students wanting to take one, only students returning the permission slips should participate in any related activity and activities should not be during class time.

Library and iPad Roll In

Last week for library checkout is the week of May 20th

Start collecting books the week of May 27th,  first class to get all their books back get the ice cream party.

iPad roll in June 11th all day.  

Since they have done this a few times now it should be easier.  We have many student iPad airs that will be retired, not sure what that process will be yet.

Reminder to teachers before roll in

1. Have student CLEAN the iPad
2. 5th graders need to clean brick and cord, get their names off
3. Verify iOS is 12.2 or higher
4. Make sure iPad is charged
5. Erase all content and settings.
6. Make sure students have brick, cord and iPad on roll in day.
7. Be sure student has signed out of iCloud account and backed up info they want to save

Site Council Survey

Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey for site council.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5KQ39DR

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SBAC 2019

Week 2 is done and so is the majority of our testing.  Well done!

Child Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM)

On Monday, May 20th we will be administering the Child and Youth Resilience Survey with support from Better Together.

Linked below is a schedule; I made a few changes to the original emailed earlier this week.

Survey Schedule

End of Year EBISS

• DIBELS day, 5/22
• Thursday 5/30 – 1st grade
• Monday 6/3 – Kinder
• Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of a staff meeting)
• Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
• Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross

TAG Update

• TAG list
• Teacher Referral Document
• Below are three different versions of a PEP provided by our district.
• PEP
• PEP 2
• PEP 3

Placements

• First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
• The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Staff Meeting – BrainPOP – bring laptops and/or iPads
• Next week; No Meeting – Day after Memorial Day

SIWs

• This week – Placements
• Next week – Future Ready

Upcoming Field Trips –

• Middle School Move Up Day – Tuesday, May 21
• Greene Science Station – Friday, May 24⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
• Therrian Science Station – Thursday, May 30⋅9:10 – 11:20am
• Reisinger Science Station – Thursday, May 30⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
• Howard Science Station – Friday, May 31⋅9:10 – 11:20am
• Cross Science Station – Friday, May 31⋅12:10 – 2:20pm

ICCLs 2019-2021

Deadline; May 31st, 2019.    A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th (this was recently changed to the 20th, 8:00-4:00).

1st Aid/CPR –

To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Date	Day	Time	Type	Min	Max	Instructor(s)	Location
5/21/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Shanon Bryant	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/29/2019	Wednesday	3:00-7:00	Initial	8	20	Michelle Spetic	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
6/4/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom(room 314)

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“It’s not uncommon for students to graduate from high school believing that every math problem can be solved in 30 seconds or less. And if they don’t know the answer, they’re just not a math person. This is a failure of education.”

Dan Finkel, quoted in “Why Normalizing Struggle Can Create a Better Math

Experience for Kids” by Ki Sung in MindShift, May 1, 2019, https://bit.ly/2LlQ7h4

SBAC 2019

Great first week of testing (and rehearsals, and science station, and marching for students, and teacher appreciation week, and field trips, and…you get the picture!!)  Thank you for your thought, time, flexibility and energy making it happen. For the rest of the school; please continue to minimize noise in the hallways, especially during the morning for another week as we move into the math testing.

Child Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM)

On Monday, May 20th we will be administering the Child and Youth Resilience Survey with support from Better Together. This survey is part of the regional Culture of Care Initiative that the Bend-La Pine School District is participating. The survey asks about positive things in the lives of our students and is an opportunity to learn more about how we can foster the best environment for kids to learn and thrive. The survey will take approximately 30 minutes per classroom. I appreciate your support in helping us complete this.

The survey administration varies by grade level. You can access the Child Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM) Guide here; there is a page per survey version: Kindergarten, 1st-2nd Grade, 3rd-4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6-8th Grade, and 9th-12 Grade.

This is a summary of how survey administration will occur for elementary school classrooms:

Kindergarten:

A team of 4-5 data collection volunteers will come to your classroom as scheduled. Please instruct the volunteers to conduct interviews in the classroom or in the hallway. Volunteers will then pull students one by one to complete the survey. Please let students know that someone will be asking them questions about the good things happening in their lives. Volunteers will attempt to cause the least amount of disruption possible.

1st-grade classrooms will complete a paper survey.

At your scheduled survey time, a small team of data collection volunteers will come to your classroom with the survey materials. You may administer the survey as a whole class or in small groups. Volunteers can sit with students who need extra help, or with a small group of students. The volunteers will look to you to lead the administration of the survey for your classroom, they are there available to provide extra assistance as needed.

2nd-5th-grade classrooms will complete a digital survey.

Please set aside 30 minutes during the school day for students to complete the survey. Students will use their iPads to select a QR code to access the survey. Please post or project the QR code for students to access when you are ready to administer the survey. Please read the questions aloud to the group. If students have questions, please help

End of Year EBISS

Lorin and I were working on some meeting dates and times for the end of the year and this is what we need for EBISS:

• DIBELS day, 5/22
• Thursday 5/30 – 1st grade
• Monday 6/3 – Kinder
• Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of a staff meeting)
• Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
• Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross

TAG Update

• TAG list
• Teacher Referral Document
• Below are three different versions of a PEP provided by our district.
• PEP
• PEP 2
• PEP 3

Placements

• First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
• The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Design Teams
• Next week; Staff Meeting

SIWs

• This week –  Academic Excellence & Kinder Team to Lava Ridge
• Next week – Placements

Upcoming Field Trips –

• Eriksson Science Station – Tuesday, May 14⋅9:10 – 11:20am
• Fetrow Science Station – Tuesday, May 14⋅12:10 – 2:20pm
• Gross Science Station – Thursday, May 16⋅9:10 – 11:20am
• Middle School Move Up Day – Tuesday, May 21
• Greene Science Station – Friday, May 24⋅12:10 – 2:20pm

Math Fun

Here’s a quick read on making math “emotional”.

Article Summary

ICCLs 2019-2021

Deadline; May 31st, 2019.  The job description for this position has not been updated in a long while, so I would advise you not to get caught up on the details of the description.  Your job as an ICCL is to work with your colleagues to move our school forward in the School Design Process. We have three main areas (academic excellence, thriving citizen, and future ready) but we choose our more specific goals, work and measures within those areas.   A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy. If you are giving this any thought, please talk to me.

1st Aid/CPR –

To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Date	Day	Time	Type	Min	Max	Instructor(s)	Location
5/2/2019	Thursday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Michelle Spetic	Bob will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/8/2019	Wednesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Shanon Bryant	Bob will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/7/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Bob will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/21/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Shanon Bryant	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/29/2019	Wednesday	3:00-7:00	Initial	8	20	Michelle Spetic	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
6/4/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom(room 314)

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“Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads you to wisdom.” – Buddha

Out Tomorrow (or today when you read this)

I will be heading to Jesuit High School tomorrow morning.  Mason qualified for the Twilight Relays which apparently is a really big deal in the high school track world.  He will be running in the 3000-meter race against 70ish of the fastest runners in high school.  He is looking to shave around 10-15 seconds off his PR and running in this field gives him a great opportunity to go sub 9:30 (a pace that really makes me hurt just to think about!).  Anyway, it’s a big deal for me to support him and I appreciate your support in letting me go cheer my head off for 8 laps.

PE/Music Transitions

Our leadership team discussed some concerns about the transitions to and from PE/Music and we decided we need to ask everyone to pitch in and help with this situation.  Rob and Scott are doing their best to line up the outgoing classes before they leave, however, the moment they are outside they tend to take off running in multiple directions.  They cannot follow every class out as they usually have classes coming in right away and their 30 minutes of class time is already ticking down. If we could get a little help managing the timing, the direction and pace of both the incoming classes and the outgoing classes then things would feel less chaotic during these exchanges.

Some key points to work on;

• Please try to meet your class at the landing between the buildings.
• Remind students to always walk in the spaces between the buildings.
• Share the pathway (stairs, ramp) for both directions.  Typically we try to have the outgoing classes go down the ramp and the incoming classes go up the stairs.
• Arrive and leave as a whole group.

If for some reason, meeting your class at the exchange time is problematic, please let me know so we can work on a solution.

SBAC 2019

• Message to all school – please keep hallway work and traffic to a minimum, especially during the morning when the bulk of the testing is occurring.  We don’t need silence, just a nice work atmosphere of low background noise.
• Earbuds or Earphones – we have extras in room 14 if needed.  Please encourage students to use their own if at all possible.
• Air Secure – app needed on the iPad to run the test.
• Keyboards – please use 2nd grade keyboards to replace any needed keyboards for those students testing.
• Please see Marina’s email regarding iPad stuff just to be aware.  I expect these issues may cause some bumps in the road as we get started.  I will do my best to roam and resolve issues with you.
• Accommodations are entered into TIDE.
• Opt-Outs are blocked and entered into district tracking sheet.  (We will share our own google sheet with you as well).
• If there is something else you need from me – please let me know.
• This test cannot hurt anyone!  Our best effort is always good enough regardless of the outcomes.

2019-2020 Meeting Schedule Input

Please click below to provide your input on our meeting schedule for next year.  Disregard if you already responded but last chance if you have not.

Survey

End of Year EBISS

Lorin and I were working on some meeting dates and times for the end of the year and this is what we need for EBISS:

• Thursday 5/30 – 1st grade
• Monday 6/3 – Kinder
• Tuesday 6/4 – 4/5 Team (in place of staff meeting)
• Wednesday 6/5 – 2/3 Howard, Therrian
• Thursday 6/6 – 2/3 Greene, Reisinger, Cross

TAG Update

TAG list

Teacher Referral Document

Below are three different versions of a PEP provided by our district.

PEP

PEP 2

PEP 3

Placements

• Cards are in my office, please pick them up when you are ready.
• Parent Input (Student Profiles) deadline was Friday 4/19.
• First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
• The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.

Culture of Care Project

Resilience Survey to be completed on Monday, May 20th.  

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Staff Meeting
• Next week; Design Teams

SIWs

• This week –  Rally Downtown – sorry about any confusion on the last post, I was somehow creating more time to fit the BrainPOP workshop in, but unless the Avengers can help us manage a little time travel, we are not going to pull that off.
• Next week – Academic Excellence & Kinder Team to Lava Ridge

Upcoming Field Trips –

• Monday, May 6th
  • Woock to Bend Science Station 9:00-11:30
  • Green to BSS 12:00-2:30
• Tuesday, May 7th
  • Vickery to BSS 9:00-11:30
  • Martinson to BSS 12:00-2:30
• Thursday, May 9th
  • Martinson to BSS 9:00-11:30
  • Vickery to BSS 12:00-2:30

ICCLs 2019-2021

Deadline; May 31st, 2019.  The job description for this position has not been updated in a long while, so I would advise you not to get caught up on the details of the description.  Your job as an ICCL is to work with your colleagues to move our school forward in the School Design Process. We have three main areas (academic excellence, thriving citizen, and future ready) but we choose our more specific goals, work and measures within those areas.   A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy. If you are giving this any thought, please talk to me.

1st Aid/CPR –

We need more people to update their First Aid/CPR coursework to make our site compliant with the ratio of certified staff to students.  We have not been able to find a time to schedule our own training on site, however below are a number of options (including a couple that Angelina is teaching).  If your card has expired please try to attend one of these training options to get it updated.

We have scheduled six additional first aid/CPR classes for the remainder of the 2018-19 school year.  They will be held in the Boardroom at the Education Center. These certifications are good for two years.   ODE policy is each school have 1 first-aid trained staff member for each 60 kids. We have to have at least 8 attendees for each class to be given.  

To register sign into Performance Matters (through the portal), search for first aid and select the class you would like to attend by selecting the register now button.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Date	Day	Time	Type	Min	Max	Instructor(s)	Location
5/2/2019	Thursday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Michelle Spetic	Bob will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/8/2019	Wednesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Shanon Bryant	Bob will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/7/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Bob will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/21/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Shanon Bryant	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
5/29/2019	Wednesday	3:00-7:00	Initial	8	20	Michelle Spetic	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom (room 314)
6/4/2019	Tuesday	4:00-8:00	Initial	8	20	Angelina Mingus	Tami will observe	Education Center, Boardroom(room 314)

Managing Attention Versus Time

The following summary provides some really good insight.  You might find this helpful for both your own productivity and providing support for students as they develop their skills to be more efficient with their studies.  It also should provide some valuable information for why students may struggle to be consistent with their school’s work as their body clocks don’t really match up with our work day.  Fortunately for them, the school workday is not the only structure for work days (and weeks) and they can expect to find a variety of work opportunities that can match their strengths.

Time vs Attention

This is a great summary of the importance of discussing race with students at early ages.  As we plan lessons and Storylines, this research serves as a good reminder to provide opportunities to explore racial issues rather than avoid them.

Children and Race

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“Attitude is a choice. Think positive thoughts daily. Believe in yourself.” –  Pat Summitt

Yom HaShoah

FYI – Thursday, May 2nd is considered an international Holocaust Memorial Day, known as Yom HaShoah, in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish lives lost to the Nazi movement in Europe.  In Israel, the day is observed with somberness and reflectiveness. There are not celebratory events, and entertainment comes to a standstill for the day. At sundown, on the previous evening and at 11:00 am a siren sounds across every city in the country and everything stops.  Traffic on the freeways comes to a stop and everyone stands in silence throughout the full 2 minutes. What many people don’t know was this day was not well-received when it was introduced in the 50’s. Some Israelis felt it was wrong to dedicate a day to remember people who were led to their slaughter like sheep.  From that point on the day was dedicated to remembering both the lives lost and the lives saved by the resistance of those who fought back both, passively and actively.

2019-2020 Meeting Schedule Input

Please click below to provide your input on our meeting schedule for next year.

Survey

TAG Update

TAG list

Teacher Referral Document

Placements

• Cards are in my office, please pick them up when you are ready.
• Parent Input (Student Profiles) deadline was Friday 4/19.
• First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
• The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.

Culture of Care Project

Resilience Survey to be completed on Monday, May 20th.  

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; PLC
• Next week; Staff Meeting

SIWs

• This week – Thriving Citizen
• Next week – Rally Downtown

Upcoming Field Trips –

• Thursday, May 2nd
  • Kindergarten to Shevlin 11:00-2:00
• Friday, May 3rd –
  • Green to Bend Science Station 9:00-11:30
  • Woock to Bend Science Stations 12:00-2:30
• Monday, May 6th
  • Woock to Bend Science Station 9:00-11:30
  • Green to BSS 12:00-2:30
• Tuesday, May 7th
  • Vickery to BSS 9:00-11:30
  • Martinson to BSS 12:00-2:30
• Thursday, May 9th
  • Martinson to BSS 9:00-11:30
  • Vickery to BSS 12:00-2:30

ICCLs 2019-2021

I have been given a deadline for hiring our ICCLs of May 31st, 2019.  The job description for this position has not been updated in a long while, so I would advise you not to get caught up on the details of the description.  Your job as an ICCL is to work with your colleagues to move our school forward in the School Design Process. We have three main areas (academic excellence, thriving citizen, and future ready) but we choose our more specific goals, work and measures within those areas.   A date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy. If you are giving this any thought, please talk to me.

SBAC 2019

• Training Modules
• 2019 Draft Schedule

Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!  With our current 4/5 Storyline, I thought this would be a great TED talk to share;  MacBeth

Calendar

2019-2020 Meeting Schedule Input

Survey

Screen Time Presentation

• Thursday, May 16th
  • 9:30-9:45 Student Session – Library
  • 10:00-10:15 Student Session 2 – Library
  • 6:00-7:00 Parent Session

TAG Update

Letters went out to parents of 2nd graders to indicate above/below the 97th %ile on the Naglieri.

Please take a look at the TAG list and check your list to see that I have it updated accurately.  We only have a few students still waiting on the 2nd piece of evidence and it would be good to get these updated with a second piece (teacher referral) prior to us recieivng SBAC results if possible.  Linked below is one of the teacher referrals. If you like a different variation there are more on the portal or ask me to find one for you and I will be happy to get it.

As we gain tools and strategies to allow us to personalize and challenge every student appropriately, the TAG process and label seems irrelevant (which is a good thing), however students with a TAG label graduate at a 97% rate which is siginificantly higher than the overall graduation rate for BLP students.  Labels don’t always help students, however this is a statistic that strongly suggest otherwise for this particular label.

Teacher Referral Document

Placements

• Cards are in my office, please pick them up when you are ready.
• Parent Input (Student Profiles) deadline was Friday 4/19.
• First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
• The second day for placements is SIW 6/5.

Culture of Care Project

Resilence Survey to be completed on Monday, May 20th to avoid the Dibels Day.  

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Staff Meeting is canceled.  Take the morning for what you need.
• Next week; PLC

SIWs

• This week – Future Ready
• Next week – Thriving Citizen

Upcoming Field Trips –

• Friday, May 3rd –
  • Green to Bend Science Station 9:00-11:30
  • Woock to Bend Science Stations 12:00-2:30

ICCLs 2019-2021

If you are seeking to grow professionally, work on leadership skills and play a leading role in our school’s progression, please consider applying as an ICCL for the 2019-2021 term.  Application process and forms are available on the employee portal. A keep date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy.

Optional Poetry Assembly

Paige from the DPLS is planning on coming to Highland on Monday, April 29th at 3:00 for Poetry month.  Please RSVP to Debbie.

SBAC 2019

• Training Modules
• 2019 Draft Schedule
• Please return Security Affidavits to me or Shawna so I can activate your accounts.

Linked below is a great (quick read) teacher-written article to remind us of the importance of using kindness in our hearts as we deal with students failing to meet some of our “easy” everyday expectations.  Be kind to yourself and be kind to them; there’s no good reason to try and blame either party.

Young Humans

Calendar

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.  Kahlil Gibran

Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have. Margaret Mead

Screen Time Presentation

It looks like we have at least two classes intersted in both sessions so I am going to let Dr. Hicks know she can have two presentations; one at 9:30 and the other at 10:00.  I know some of you are trying to consider how this impacts your smarter balance schedule before committing, so take your time and just let me know if you plan to have your class attend.

• Thursday, May 16th
• 9:30-9:45 Student Session – Library
• 10:00-10:15 Student Session – Library
• 6:00-7:00 Parent Session

Placements

• Cards are ready this week.  (Sorry, but I stuck to the Green for Girls and Yellow for Boys to keep pushing back on gender stereotyping and it’s good for your brains .)
• Parent Input (Student Profiles) deadline is Friday 4/19.
• First Day for placements is SIW 5/22.
• Second day for placements is SIW 6/5.

Culture of Care Project

I was able to move our survey day to Monday, May 20th to avoid the Dibels Day.  I also confirmed we can have 2nd graders record their responses on the iPad, so this will simplify things for us too.

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Design Teams
• Next week; Staff Meeting

SIWs

• This week – District Series – Day 3
• Next week – Future Ready

Upcoming Field Trips –

Linda Gross – Wychus Creek – Friday 4/19

Conferences

Thank you very much for your work on conferences.  Please make sure to enjoy some down time this weekend.

ICCLs 2019-2021

If you are seeking to grow professionally, work on leadership skills and play a leading role in our school’s progression, please consider applying as an ICCL for the 2019-2021 term.  Application process and forms are available on the employee portal. A keep date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy.

Optional Poetry Assembly

Paige from the DPLS is planning on coming to Highland on Monday, April 29th at 3:00 for Poetry month.  Please RSVP to Debbie.

SBAC 2019

• Training Modules
• 2019 Draft Schedule
• Please return Security Affidavits to me or Shawna so I can activate your accounts.

McDonald’s Grants- McDonald’s of Bend local mission is to help as many students as possible in our communities reach their fullest potential.  This program is part of our commitment to our community. We want to give even more back to our community and that for us begins with education.

We have attached information about our Grant Program, including our Mission Statement, Guidelines and Application.  We encourage you to apply for this Grant. Awards between $250.00 and $1000.00 will be given to the selected school(s) who meet our criteria and are selected.   We request grant applications support Academics, Athletics, Arts or General (something the entire school will benefit from).

Last year our recipients were:

• Sisters High School: AVID               
• LaPine Elementary: Track
• Rosland Elementary: Purposeful Play
• Silver Rail Elementary: Spheros
• West Village Magnet Elementary School: Community Garden Fence
• Elk Meadow Elementary: Effective Behavior and Instructional Support System

Application need to be returned by April 15, 2019

Calendar

“Be an encourager, the world has enough critics already.”

• Unknown

Laugh Lots!!

Our world is full of things that can easily drag us down and make us feel grouchy, surly and upset.  I am not going to tell you to try to pretend they don’t exist, however, I would like to take an opportunity to remind you to find laughter and find it often.  Laughter won’t make those situations disappear, but it will improve your ability to cope with them. This week I was reminded of the importance of laughter on a few occasions at home and work, so I thought I would share this article with you in hopes of sharing the benefits.

Laughter is the Best Medicine

Screen Time

On Thursday, May 16th Dr. Hicks will be providing a presentation in the evening as one of our PTO parent speaker series.  On that day, Dr. Hicks has offered to come to talk to our students (2/3s and the 4/5s). She did this at Lava Ridge, High Lakes and Miller and the student-presentation was really well-received.  I am hoping you will also be interested so I will circle back with each group to work on logistics.

Culture of Care Project

Earlier this year Bend-La Pine School District, in partnership with Better Together, received a $1.5 million grant from the Central Oregon Health Council to develop and strengthen trauma-informed cultures across education systems in Central Oregon. This effort aims to create a Culture of Care in schools that recognizes and responds to how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), trauma, and adversity impact our students, classrooms, and schools. During the three-year grant period, we will implement trauma-informed professional learning with staff, work with a team of coaches on practices to address trauma and build resilience, and focus on policies that help students feel connected and supported in schools. More information about this project was reported by KTVZ.  

More information about what this means for us in the future will come soon, but one of the more immediate needs will be conducting a baseline measure of resilience with our students.  I will share more on Tuesday morning. There will be a parent-letter going out in our newsletter this week to inform parents so please take a quick look at that when you get a moment.

Our survey day will be Wednesday, May 22nd.

2019-2020 Staffing Survey

If you have not already responded to this survey, please do so.

2019-2020 Staffing

EBISS Day

Thank you so much for your thought and effort into these meetings.  I will use this EBISS date as a mini for everyone. I will gather my thoughts and provide some feedback to each grade level group with a follow-up email and I encourage you to send me any thoughts or questions in response.  

Tech Tips

Christie Boen will be here (in the library) this coming Monday morning at 8:15 to share how to easily separate your personal google platform from your work google platform.

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Staff Meeting –
  • MAC Training – this is change, but we need to complete our quick training with Eilean.  Please bring laptops.
  • Culture of Care Project Brief Intro
• Next week; Design Teams

SIWs

• This week – Conference Prep
• Next week – District Series – Day 3

Upcoming Field Trips – none for at least a couple weeks.

2019-2020 Master Schedule

FYI – Leadership spent some time discussing this for next year and we will be moving forward with the existing schedule (this years schedule shifted forward by 1 hour) with a few minor changes.  Thank you for giving it some thought.

(2019-2020 Draft Schedule)

Conferences

If you would like me to join you for any conferences, please do not hesitate to ask.  

ICCLs 2019-2021

I want to take a moment to thank JJ, Becky and Misha for taking on the leadership responsibility for the past two years as ICCLs.  The two-year term for all three of them is coming to an end this school year and the application period for the next two years will be open soon.  If you are seeking to grow professionally, work on leadership skills and play a leading role in our school’s progression, please consider applying as an ICCL for the 2019-2021 term.  Application process and forms are available on the employee portal. A keep date to keep in mind for this obligation is Wednesday, August 14th which is our district leadership academy.

Optional Poetry Assembly

Paige from the DPLS is planning on coming to Highland on Monday, April 29th at 3:00 for Poetry month.  Please RSVP to Debbie.

BrainPOP

The snow days took away the day we originally planned to explore BrainPOP.   I am looking at the calendar to determine another time for us to explore this as a staff and I have the following two options that pop out;

• Tuesday 4/23 at 8:05 – Staff Meeting
• Wednesday 5/8 – SIW – This is one of our few unassigned SIWs

I’d love your input here; Survey

SBAC 2019

• Training Modules
• 2019 Draft Schedule
• Security Affidavits are in your boxes – please complete and return to my box.

Lottery Application Numbers

This is just FYI, if you are interested.

Kindergarten – 164 Total  (18 are siblings, 9 are magnet zone)

1st Grade – 51 Total

2nd Grade – 29 Total

3rd Grade – 18 Total

4th Grade – 20 Total

5th Grade – 11 Total

The notices went out today, so there will be lots of cheers and lots of tears.

McDonald’s Grants- McDonald’s of Bend local mission is to help as many students as possible in our communities reach their fullest potential.  This program is part of our commitment to our community. We want to give even more back to our community and that for us begins with education.

We have attached information about our Grant Program, including our Mission Statement, Guidelines and Application.  We encourage you to apply for this Grant. Awards between $250.00 and $1000.00 will be given to the selected school(s) who meet our criteria and are selected.   We request grant applications support Academics, Athletics, Arts or General (something the entire school will benefit from).

Last year our recipients were:

• Sisters High School: AVID               
• LaPine Elementary: Track
• Rosland Elementary: Purposeful Play
• Silver Rail Elementary: Spheros
• West Village Magnet Elementary School: Community Garden Fence
• Elk Meadow Elementary: Effective Behavior and Instructional Support System

Application need to be returned by April 15, 2019

Calendar

Snow Days-  HR has asked this to be communicated. Please call HR if you have any questions about this.

• School closure days due to snow:   February 25, 26, 27, and 28
• Leaves for Certified:  Sick days, Personal Day, and FMLA.
  • All leaves that were taken during the snow days will be returned since the days have been rescheduled.  Leave sheets that have already been sent to payroll will be modified by the payroll staff.
  • FMLA- employees currently on FMLA will have an opportunity to extend the leave up to four days.  HR has already contacted all employees that are currently on FMLA. If the employee wants to extend, then a substitute might be needed.  HR has communicated this with office managers.
• This will hopefully answer questions for certified staff.  Certified staff with questions are welcome to contact HR.
• These rules will not necessarily apply to classified.  All classified staff with leave questions need to contact HR.

Job Fair

FYI –  There is a chance I will be off campus for the afternoon on Thursday 4/4 for our job fair.   I am hoping I might be able to get out of it, but just in case, I wanted to give a heads up.

EBISS Day

Our next EBISS day is Friday 4/5.  The feedback from our 1/25/19 day schedule seemed to indicate fewer problems compared to our Fall date.  It’s linked below for you to take another look. If there are not large problems with this schedule then we can use it again.  If there are some large problems that I am not aware of, please let me know and I can draft a new one.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1swPadVr-hke49hvYWmgaNpTFlOgJwGCBP6Mp_d5B7_M/edit?usp=sharing

Tuesday Morning Meetings

• This week; Staff Meeting – Quick Presentation from American Fidelity Rep – I will be at the Ed Center for our lottery this morning so there won’t be any other agenda items for this meeting.
• Next week; MAC Training – this is change, but we need to complete our quick training with Eilean.  Please bring laptops.

SIWs

• This week – Conference Prep
• Next week – Conference Prep

Upcoming Field Trips – none for at least a couple weeks.

2019-2020 Master Schedule

(2019-2020 Draft Schedule)

SBAC 2019

• Training Modules
• 2019 Draft Schedule
• Security Affidavits are in your boxes – please complete and return to my box.

McDonald’s Grants- McDonald’s of Bend local mission is to help as many students as possible in our communities reach their fullest potential.  This program is part of our commitment to our community. We want to give even more back to our community and that for us begins with education.

We have attached information about our Grant Program, including our Mission Statement, Guidelines and Application.  We encourage you to apply for this Grant. Awards between $250.00 and $1000.00 will be given to the selected school(s) who meet our criteria and are selected.   We request grant applications support Academics, Athletics, Arts or General (something the entire school will benefit from).

Last year our recipients were:

• Sisters High School: AVID               
• LaPine Elementary: Track
• Rosland Elementary: Purposeful Play
• Silver Rail Elementary: Spheros
• West Village Magnet Elementary School: Community Garden Fence
• Elk Meadow Elementary: Effective Behavior and Instructional Support System

Application need to be returned by April 15, 2019

Calendar