{"id":257,"date":"2018-06-22T16:42:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=257"},"modified":"2018-06-22T17:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T17:14:50","slug":"2018-final-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2018\/06\/22\/2018-final-update\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Final Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hiring<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am pleased to inform everyone that Heidi Evans was officially hired as our 0.6 Reading Specialist for next year.\u00a0 Heidi has been with us for several years now, so she does not really need an introduction, but I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for the work she has done with our students and their reading skill development.\u00a0 Her students made incredible progress this year and I look forward to her increasing her time and presence with our team.<\/p>\n

Next, I’d like you to join me in welcoming Sara Striegel to our Kinder team.\u00a0 Sara has been teaching at Sisters Elementary for the past 8 years (6 in Kindergarten).\u00a0 You may recognize her name as she did work here at Highland a while back prior to completing her teaching license.\u00a0 Sara is thrilled to join the team and I know we will enjoy working alongside her.<\/p>\n

In August, I will be looking to hire another EA for approximately 3.75 hours a day.\u00a0 If you are interested in volunteering to be on that hiring committee please email me.\u00a0 I will look to complete these interviews mid-August.<\/p>\n

SBAC Results and TAG ID<\/strong><\/p>\n

The official cut-off scores for the 97th %ile and above are not available yet and I believe these will be shared in September [following past practices].\u00a0 In order to get a little jump on things, I used last year’s cut-off scores to make my best predictions of which scores would make it and I highlighted those scores in yellow on the 2018 SBAC Results Sheet.\u00a0 These are not official in any way, but I am fairly confident the students highlighted will have scores that meet the 97th percentile or better.\u00a0 Some of these students are already identified or in process,\u00a0 I will share an updated master list of all TAG identified students when we get started in the fall.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1CTBIkyPhpDmaI0hzyQk413zQOGLzn-O0_qn03eDiQXw\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

Gym<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far, so good.\u00a0 I am fairly confident the gym will be fully functional at the start of the school year.\u00a0 We hope to move into the building early August.\u00a0 Obviously I will be out of the loop for the next few weeks, but as of this week things are looking really good and I feel we are in great hands.\u00a0 The tent removal is still a bit questionable, however KNCC is attempting to move that timeline even earlier.\u00a0 Worst case scenario is we will have the tent still up for the first couple weeks of school.\u00a0 Nothing we cannot handle!<\/p>\n

2018 Fall Start Up<\/strong><\/p>\n

I will share more details of our start up week in early August.\u00a0 I promise to keep time for you to prepare both individually and as a team as a high priority.<\/p>\n

Unplug<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have not already done so, take this opportunity to unplug from work.\u00a0 Put your auto-reply\/out of office response on.\u00a0 Take your work email off your phone.\u00a0 Take the time to put yourself and your family above all else.\u00a0 With the exception of our time at the conference, I will be doing the same so please know I will not be checking or responding to email.\u00a0 If you need me for anything please use my cell phone number, otherwise I will be back in the office early August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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