{"id":357,"date":"2018-11-16T21:33:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T21:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/?p=357"},"modified":"2018-11-16T23:01:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T23:01:09","slug":"11-26-11-30-weekly-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2018\/11\/16\/11-26-11-30-weekly-update\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/26-11\/30 Weekly Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Thanksgiving Fun<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please enjoy this short snippet for some pointers for how to cook your turkey next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gRoIPSQS4eY\"><b>https:\/\/youtu.be\/gRoIPSQS4eY<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Kids Inc. and Culminations<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I just want to let you know that Walter and the Kids Inc. crew have been really gracious and flexible about working around our culmination needs (and lots of other needs). \u00a0Technically they have the gym until 6:00 pm as part of a partnership with BP&amp;R and the district, so please go out your way to thank them for making it work for us. Anything we can do on our end to make it easier is very much appreciated. \u00a0\u00a0For future planning, please know they have quite a few children (&gt;80 on some days) under their care until 5:00. After that time the number drops significantly but typically they have a handful of students until 6:00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Principal Shadow Day<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday 11\/30 we will have a visitor from the Education Foundation shadowing me for the morning. \u00a0Our basic plan will be to walk all the classrooms and join the students at recess at 10:30, however if you have something specific for him to do with your class please let me know. \u00a0Our assigned honorary visitor is Kevin Rea, of Pedego Bikes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>SIW &amp; Morning Meeting Update<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday 11\/27 PLC Meeting<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday 11\/28 Thriving Citizen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday 12\/4 Staff Meeting &#8211; Common Language Presentation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday 12\/5 Academic Excellence &#8211; More work with Kerry<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday 12\/7 Leadership<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuesday 12\/11 PLC Meetings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday 12\/12 Design Team Meetings<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wednesday 12\/19 Thriving Citizen <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>BrightBytes Survey Reminder<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brightbytes Survey Window will close on the 30th. \u00a0Please see Instructions for teacher survey and student survey in separate emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>First Aid<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have fallen below our required ratio of updated first aid card holders. \u00a0Please respond to the following survey to let me know how we should address this. \u00a0If we opt to schedule an SIW time, then we would need to identify another SIW to \u201ctrade back\u201d the time, since we would be required to stay late to get the 4 hour training in; so we would stay late for one SIW but leave early for another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/VRSJ4cnGakBK4hal1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quick Survey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>School Hours<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; School hours have been decided for next year.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elementary will be 8:00-2:30 (8:00-1:00 on Wednesdays)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Middle School will be 8:45- 3:40<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">High School will be 8:45-3:45<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The District Lead Together team is currently working on a process to collect input in order to determine work hours for our employees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OU Appreciates Teachers!!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please see below for an opportunity to attend a Duck Basketball Game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The games are on 12\/15 (Vs. Boise State) and 2\/10 (Vs. Stanford). Tickets are at a discounted rate starting at just S11 a seat! In order to redeem your discount, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oss.ticketmaster.com\/aps\/oregonducks\/EN\/buy\/browse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">click here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and enter promo code <\/span><b>\u201c<\/b><b>2019TEACH<\/b><b>\u201d. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Select your seats, and you\u2019ll be all set. As mentioned, we will be recognizing teachers on those game days as well as offering an on-court photo post game to the first 50 education staff that sign up! If you could share the attachment flyer throughout your school, we\u2019d really appreciate it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/1xw6wYQGxI0Ghhov13t97KBgWbpBJL_n8\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Duck Basketball Flyer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>United Way<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each year District staff have the opportunity to help many people in our communities through support for United Way of Deschutes County. \u00a0Information about United Way and the many programs they offer can be found in the attached document. In addition, below is a link to a video describing the support they provide<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">our communities. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pledge cards are in your boxes. \u00a0Please return pledge cards to Shawna who will put them in the envelope and we will get them to payroll by December 14th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FRLdeNDyEKc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FRLdeNDyEKc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/gapps.bend.k12.or.us\/file\/d\/1JZwgmiUBjrM9qWUc4NEc5u2SPFTYJOtB\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">United Way of Deschutes County<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Challenging Behaviors<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I want to re-share the video Becky Eriksson shared with you via email a short while ago. \u00a0Please take the time to watch this video with an open-mind and open heart. In our effort to be more mindful and provide an environment that accepts all learning difference (academic and behavioral) as a normal part of our day this video gives great context to this overall challenge. \u00a0It takes time and patience and the work is never finished, so be kind to yourself as you navigate the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zuoPZkFcLVs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/zuoPZkFcLVs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click below to see the Highland Staff Calendar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.google.com\/calendar?cid=Z2FwcHMuYmVuZC5rMTIub3IudXNfaGhrMTl2dDQ5amthNmoyMW9nMjJpaG5ybmdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ\">Google Calendar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving Fun Please enjoy this short snippet for some pointers for how to cook your turkey next week. https:\/\/youtu.be\/gRoIPSQS4eY &nbsp; Kids Inc. and Culminations I just want to let you know that Walter and the Kids Inc. crew have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/2018\/11\/16\/11-26-11-30-weekly-update\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/brian.kissell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}