{"id":263,"date":"2018-08-13T23:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=263"},"modified":"2018-08-13T23:42:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T23:42:49","slug":"welcome-back-to-the-2018-2019-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2018\/08\/13\/welcome-back-to-the-2018-2019-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Back to the 2018-2019 School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome back!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I hope this post finds you rested, relaxed and somehow beating this heat right now! \u00a0You do have a couple more weeks to enjoy your time off, so I hope you are able to make the most of it. \u00a0The conference in Slovenia was so rewarding and it was such hoot to see so many of you halfway around the world. \u00a0As many of you know, my family came with me and we had an incredible time exploring.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t bore you with all my photos, but this one below was pretty cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_1512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We were bitten by the Croatia World Cup Fever bug! \u00a0After thoroughly enjoying the quarter-finals victory in Split with several thousand of our closest Croatian friends dancing in the streets, we altered our course home to stay in Zagreb for the semi-final game. \u00a0The rain forced us to watch from our hotel but my kids will be Modric fans forever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the trip was amazing, I am so happy to be back home. \u00a0This central Oregon environment plays a role in making me happy to be back, the more crucial factor is the people and the people I see most frequently are you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alright, enough sappy, small talk &#8211; \u00a0time for business;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tentative Schedule for Inservice Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monday 8\/27<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Teacher Welcome and Orientation Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Potential flex day for all other teachers (Please see work calendar &#8211; linked below)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday 8\/28<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8:00-12:45 Classroom time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12:45-4:00 \u00a0District Welcome Back and BBQ \u00a0(district mailer provides details of the afternoon)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday 8\/29<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8:00-8:30 Continental Breakfast with PTO Board<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8:30-9:45 All Staff Meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10:00-12:00 Workshop with Amy Nary<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">12:00-3:00 Lunch on your own &amp; Classroom time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:00-4:00ish Highland goes AWOL (this is going to be fun!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4:00 Class lists are posted<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thursday 8\/30<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9:00-3:00 Classroom time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:00-5:00 Ice Cream Social <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday 8\/31<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FLEX day &#8211; (Please see work calendar &#8211; linked below).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work Calendar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Attached please find attached the 2018-2019 work calendar for certified staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1UTcKmjMAE4i44a2T1n0sHLzjoCVHjJ-Q\/view?usp=sharing\"><b>https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1UTcKmjMAE4i44a2T1n0sHLzjoCVHjJ-Q\/view?usp=sharing<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Construction Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The tent is gone, and the playground is back! \u00a0KNCC pulled out quite a few stops to make this happen weeks ahead of schedule. \u00a0At the time of composing this update, we are on schedule to use the gym within a week or two of opening our doors on September 5th.\u00a0 I\u2019ll keep you posted on any changes. They also started the renovation to the exterior walls outside of rooms 17 and 18 this past week. \u00a0The expectation is that all heavy work will be completed prior to starting school, however there will likely be some detail work to occur after school and on weekends to finish up completely. \u00a0These work crews are putting in intense hours in ridiculous heat to get the job done well, so please take an opportunity to say \u201cthank you\u201d to anyone you walk by. There is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>School Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you to Lorin, Misha and Becky for attending the district leadership academy this year. \u00a0Together we revisited our school design plan and provided some tweaks, guidance, etc. to move into this next year. \u00a0We look forward to sharing these with you soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Conversion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I never got the opportunity to highlight the many quality learning activities you designed for students using technology as much as I would have preferred, so I will start by saying thank you for all the work you did to explore, play and learn using technology. \u00a0From the 30,000-foot view, the Mars Journey really provided some great experiences for you and our students.\u00a0 After another year of watching you wrestle with some quirky HDMI ports and related complications, I went ahead and purchased Apple TVs for all the rooms. \u00a0This will provide a far more reliable method for you to project what you need and reduce our reliance on finicky HDMI ports. They are fairly easy to use, but we will provide some training for everyone soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Safe Schools Training<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just a friendly reminder to complete your online Safe Schools Training. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to our Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s be sure to give a warm welcome to our new team members shown below;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sara Striegel &#8211; Kindergarten Teacher<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-275\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_0831-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"564\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elizabeth Meskill &#8211; School Secretary<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-276\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/files\/2018\/08\/IMG_6890-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"595\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Ducks Honor Teachers<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U of O would like to honor you! \u00a0If you can make it to the stadium on either 9\/8 or 9\/15, you can go watch the Ducks play for 36$ per seat. \u00a0See attachment for instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tvalOD5LZ-gBoKZ_iXlkFQ5KNONAZ79e\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tvalOD5LZ-gBoKZ_iXlkFQ5KNONAZ79e\/view?usp=sharing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back! 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