Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Art Focused School

Thoughts of the Week

The Time is Now, Tend to the People Around You and Always Seek to be Kind!

“The Three Questions” is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy that was published in 1903. I have linked it here. It is a little long, but a great read if you have never had the chance! The story follows a king seeking answers to three questions: 

• What is the best time to do things? 
• Who is the most important person? 
• What is the right thing to do?

The king offers a reward for the answers to these questions and seeks the advice of many advisors and wise men, but none can give him sthe response he is looking for. Eventually, he learns the answers to his questions through his own experiences and actions.

“The Three Questions” portrays the importance of living in the present moment and taking personal action. The story emphasizes the futility of worrying about the past or the future and highlights the importance of engaging fully in all of life’s moments.

The story teaches that the answers to life’s big questions can only be found through action and experience rather than through intellectual inquiry alone. Tolstoy shows that the best way to live is with compassion and kindness toward others. It also encourages readers to cultivate a sense of mindfulness, rather than being preoccupied with the past or the future.

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
  • Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• Tuesday
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
  • MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• Wednesday
  • Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
  • SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
  • MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• Thursday
  • MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
  • MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• Friday
  •  SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
  • MCT Jack in the Beanstalk – Performances 12:30 and 6:00

UPCOMING DATES:

• May 6 2^nd Grade Field Trip
• May 6 Levy Presentation 2:30-3:00
• May 7 Safety Meeting 7:00
• May 7 5^th Grade Field Trip
• May 7 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 7 Head Start Tour 10:15-10:50
• May 7 ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:15
• May 8 Fire Drill 8:00
• May 8 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 8 SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
• May 9 Olivia Variel’s Birthday!
• May 9 Kinder Forest Field Trip
• May 9 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• May 10 Jolene Kepler’s Birthday!
• May 10 Assembly 1:30
• May 10 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• May 13 Emily Winchester’s Birthday!
• May 13 Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
• May 14 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 14 Care Teams Meeting 2:30-3:15
• May 15 Lisa Bjorback’s Birthday!
• May 15 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 15 SIW Teacher Prep
• May 15 Admin PD 2:00-5:00
• May 16 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• May 17 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• May 20 Camp Tamarack for 5^th Grade
• May 21 Camp Tamarack for 5^th Grade
• May 21 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 22 Camp Tamarack for 5^th Grade
• May 22 Tonya Myers’ Birthday!
• May 22 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 22 SIW Lexia 1:00-2:30
• May 23 Kinder Orientation 5:30-6:30
• May 24 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• May 25 Chris Hill’s Birthday!
• May 26 Josh Hayden’s Birthday!
• May 27 No School
• May 28 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 28 Elementary Leadership Meeting 3:00-5:00
• May 29 Brooke Vossler’s Birthday!
• May 29 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 29 SIW Art in the Meadow prep
• May 29 Care Teams Meeting 2:30-3:15
• May 30 Counselor Celebration 8:00-3:00 Downtown
• May 31 Train Your Brain Presentation for 3^rd Grade 9:00-10:00
• May 31 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

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Updates from Downtown

We are learning a lot about what it means to create AUTHENTIC family engagement and we can’t wait to share more with you all! Click on the icon above for access to a great tool that your school could use when creating your family engagement plan. Check out page 26 for a way to monitor your programming over time. There is a lot to think about!

Do Now:

Levy Talk: Consider the ways in which you might educate your PTOs related to the upcoming levy. Tammy and I are happy to support you with this type of connection too. Ballots will go out in just a week! HERE is some information that Scott has put together if you’re looking for a bit more information than the flyers.

• Middle School Transition and Math Bypass Testing for 5th grade: An assessment needs to be given for some 5th grade students who could potentially skip 6th grade math if they meet the requirements. This assessment will only be given to 5th grade students whose teacher nominates them based on their math proficiency being exceptional, parents request their child take the test, or students who nominate themselves. This assessment will use iReady and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete on the iPad. 
  • Schedule this assessment for some time in May and pull the identified students to a space and administer the assessment before the end of the year. 
  • Math Bypass Test Info:
    • FAQ you can provide families
• DIBELS Testing will begin on May 9th.  Here is the schedule.
  • Reminders:
    • The testing team tests all students K-5
    • Be sure to set up the testing area with 12 stations
    • Clear schedules for school testing staff so they can also test students on testing day

Reminders:

• Interested staff members must indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form and submitting an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website. The application period is May 6- May 17.
• Roger White support: Want to help? Click this link.
• TLC Update: April 18,  Elementary TLC Update
• Inservice Week Certified work calendar for 24-25

New Notes:

From Tammy and Lisa:

Please look for an e-mail coming from Aimee Snyder, our District/County Partnership Health Supervisor. She is sending an invite for parents/caregivers of students in grades 4th-10th to participate in a 20-minute online survey.  This survey is part of a county-wide assessment of prevention needs for families around topics like substance use and mental health. And, the first 85 English respondents and 85 Spanish respondents will receive a $15 Visa gift card for their participation!

Important Dates

• April 30: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15
• May 1: BRYT Focus Groups for SSCs/SSEAs during SIW
• May 6-May 10: Teacher Appreciation Week!
• May 15: Monthly Admin PD at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
• May 18: Kinder Fiesta 10-1 at Ed Center (newly enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
• May 28: Horizontal Meeting @ Rosland 3:00-5:00 (Please add in travel time, as we will be starting on time)
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30
• June 6: TAG Night at Juniper 5-6 pm
• June 15-16: Juneteenth Community Celebration in Drake Park
• June 18: Last Horizontal meeting of the year @ Hollinshead Barn, 3:00-5:00.

And finally…

When did you last make a wish? Was it on your previous birthday? All wishes are all important. After all, if you don’t have wishes and dreams, you don’t have hope! Start your week off right by making a wish for yourself and helping someone else’s wish come true on this World Wish Day (April 29).

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Art Focused School

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Thoughts of the Week

We Help Create Great Human Beings, and They Get to Learn Math and Reading as Well!

I had a parent once tell me that my job was to teach academics…only, and when I went to college, I went to. learn how to teach math, reading, science, music, PE, history, etc. But… this is what I ended up teaching the most and I know you can all relate. The list below from Robert Fulghum‘s best-selling book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

1. Share everything.
2. Play fair.
3. Don’t hit people.
4. Put things back where you found them.
5. Clean up your own mess.
6. Don’t take things that aren’t yours.
7. Say you’re sorry when you hurt somebody.
8. Wash your hands before you eat.
9. Flush.
10. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
11. Live a balanced life — learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
12. Take a nap every afternoon.
13. When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
14. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
15. Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup — they all die. So do we.
16. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned — the biggest word of all — LOOK.

From Robert Fulghum‘s best-selling book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.

Does this sound familiar to you? The book was written over 38 years ago, and here we are still teaching these on a daily basis. Its core message is as relevant today as it ever was. We have added so many more things in the last 38 years to this list, such as, how to cope with loss, how to cope with neglet, how to protect yourself from those that want to do you harm. The list goes on and on. I am so proud of what we do! Math, Reading, Science, History, etc… what we truly do is help to create great human beings!

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • Miss Nelson (Presentation) Mountain View High School 12:15-12:45
  • OSAS Test Training in the Library for any Certified Staff who may be helping with testing – 2:30-3:15
    • EA Test Training will be on Wednesday at 1:00
• Tuesday
  • Fire Drill 8:00
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
  • Care Teams Meeting 2:20-3:15
  • Elementary Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• Wednesday
  • Spring Picture Day
  • Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
  • EA Meeting OSAS Training in the Media Center 1:00-1:30
  • SIW ED Network 1:00-2:30
• Thursday
  • MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
  • April 25 Beginning Admin Meeting 5:00-7:00
• Friday
  • SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

UPCOMING DATES:

• April 29-May 3 MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• April 29 Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• April 30 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 1 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 1 SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
• May 2 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• May 3 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

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Updates from Downtown

A big thank you to 17 staff members from many of your schools, who have signed up to meet with incoming kindergarten students and their families this coming Saturday. We are excited to welcome the class of 2037 to the 24-25 school year! Out and about on Saturday? Swing by one of the parks at the time above to check it out!

Do Now:

• Change!!! From Julie. April 24 locations for all staff for Ed Network Day—share with staff Now! Lava Ridge and Highland, please note your location changes, so if you have already shared the location, please share this version and location change instead. This link also has locations for Co-Curricular teachers, Specialists, and more. Thank you!!
• Please let your staff members know that they can indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form specific to BLP employees for the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, they also MUST submit an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website in order to be considered. Indicating interest does not guarantee a spot in the program but BLP employees will be prioritized. The application period is May 6- May 17.

Reminders:

• Roger White support: Want to help? Click this link.
• Performance Evaluation Reminders: All goals, formal observations and most mini’s should be finalized in UKG by the end of April.  
  •   Staff are instructed to complete their SRs by May 1.
• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
• Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30
• TLC Update: April 18,  Elementary TLC Update

New Notes:

From Robbie Faith: Instructional Technology:

With conferences in the rearview mirror, many families may be asking about Lexia, Dreambox, or Sora access at home for additional learning. Here are a few frequently asked questions to help with this and to prepare for the upcoming summer as well.

Are students allowed to bring iPads home during the school year? Yes, students can bring the iPad home if the family and school agree, a specific learning goal is provided, and the family knows in advance that the iPad is coming home.

How do students access Clever programs such as Lexia and Dreambox from a personal device? The directions for accessing Clever from home on a personal device can be found here. Please note that this requires students to set-up multi-factor authentication. Your media manager or tier 1 support should have the Student MFA set-up directions.

Can students bring the iPad home for the summer? In most cases, we would recommend that the iPad remains at school for the summer. If a student does not have access to a personal device and the family is requesting access to our district learning programs, then they can check out the iPad for the summer. The student and guardian will need to complete the Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement Student/Parent Summer Form. You can get this form from your site tech or instructional technology.

How long will students be able to access Clever programs (Lexia, Dreambox, Sora, etc.) this summer? Student access to Clever will end in early August in preparation for the 2024-2025 school year.

From Jenny White: Life and Career Readiness

Flexible Thinking and Growth Mindset Collections

Develop students’ ability to think flexibly and adapt to new situations with this collection of activities and lessons. Through problem-solving activities, perspective-taking exercises, and cognitive flexibility tasks, students will learn to approach challenges with an open mind and consider multiple viewpoints. These resources foster resilience, creativity, and the ability to navigate change.

Directions on how to find the collection on Wayfinder

Direct Links. Kindergarten. 1st – 2nd. 3rd – 5th

From Jennifer Hauth: Social, Emotional, and Mental Well Being

BRYT Focus Groups on May 1^st for SIW: We wanted to share an exciting opportunity for our Student Success staff coming up on Wednesday, May 1st. Our BRYT partners from Boston are coming out to visit Bend-La Pine that week, and we have a chance to meet with them Wednesday afternoon in elementary and secondary focus groups. We understand this is a building-discretion SIW. If you are able to release your SSC/SSI and SSEA to join us, we’d be so appreciative. The coaches sent a separate to communication directly to your student success staff as well. Thank you!

From Jessica Scott: TAG flyer with corrections

Important Dates

• April 23: Horizontal 3:00-5:00–mandatory EL training– at Highland. We need the full 2 hours, so please be on time. No school share outs this time–we’ll catch you up later!
• April 30: All goals, formal observations, and most mini observations finalized in UKG
• April 30: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30
• June 6: TAG Night at Juniper 5-6 pm

And finally…

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Art Focused School

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Thoughts of the Week

I Love this Analogy!

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.

Why did you spill the coffee?

“Because someone bumped into me!!!”

Wrong answer.

You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.

Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.

Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.

Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It’s easy to fake it until you get rattled.

So we have to ask ourselves…“what’s in my cup?”

When life gets tough, what spills over?

Joy, gratefulness, peace and humility?

Anger, bitterness, harsh words and reactions?

Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.

Today let’s work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation; & kindness, gentleness and love for others.

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • American Fidelity on site
  • Camp Tamarack Parent Meeting 5:30-6:30
• Tuesday
  • Travis Hanson’s Birthday!
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
  • ICCL Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• Wednesday
  • Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
  • EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
  • SIW Collaborative Problem Solving #2 – Mary and Natalie 1:00-2:30
  • 2nd Grade Performance 5:00
• Thursday
  • MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• Friday
  • SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

UPCOMING DATES:

• April 23 Fire Drill 8:00
• April 23 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• April 23 Miss Nelson (Presentation) Mountain View High School 12:15-12:45
• April 23 Care Teams Meeting 2:20-3:15
• April 23 Elementary Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• April 24 Spring Picture Day
• April 24 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• April 24 SIW ED Network
• April 25 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• April 25 Beginning Admin Meeting 5:00-7:00
• April 26 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 29-May 3 MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• April 29 Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• April 30 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 1 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 1 SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
• May 2 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• May 3 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

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Updates from Downtown

Do Now:

• Initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week if you haven’t already. Directions are in the reminder section.
• Please let your staff members know that they can indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form specific to BLP employees for the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, they also MUST submit an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website in order to be considered. Indicating interest does not guarantee a spot in the program but BLP employees will be prioritized. The application period is May 6- May 17.

Reminders:

• Roger White support: Thank you Patrick for sharing the information about how we can help Roger and his family as they rally around helping their husband and dad. While it is a Meal Train link, it is also a place to send gift cards and donate money as well. What to help? Click this link.
• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
• From Julie: Curriculum, Instruction and Systems: Expeditionary Learning (EL Education, Language Arts adopted materials) launch will be on our next Educator Network Day, April 24^th from 2:00-3:15. Trainers will be here in-person to give us our first look at the “why” behind the curriculum and the components.  We will be travelling to 4 locations.  The expectation is everyone is there on time and ready to learn.
• Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30 instead of April 23.
• TLC Update: April 3,  Elementary TLC Update

New Notes:

From Kinsey:

Title IX Coordinator:

Coordination of TItle IX responsibilities are transitioning from Steve Herron to Kinsey, to align better with current practices and with other Civil Rights-related coordination duties.  

As a reminder, Title IX protections cover: 

• discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity; 
• sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking;
• athletics, academics, and activities;
• admissions, hiring, access;
• pregnant and parenting students

If you have a potential incident or complaint that involves one of the above topics, please promptly:

• Report it via the bias incident reporting form, or
• Contact Kinsey  🙂

Upcoming Office of DEI district-wide events:

Mark your calendars!  Please share a ‘save the date’ with your staff as applicable (flyers and details to follow):

• Queer Prom = Saturday, May 4^th 7:00pm at BTA (Star Wars theme, of course)
• KínderFiesta = Saturday, May 18^th 10:00am-1:00pm at the Ed Center (for newly-enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
• GSA in the Park = Thursday, June 6^th 10:00am-1:00pm at Troy Field/Ed Center
• Community celebrations (BLS family advisory groups will host booths):
  • Pride = June 1, Drake Park
  • Juneteenth community celebration = June 15-16, Drake Park

More details to follow.  If any staff wants to volunteer or participate, please reach out!

From Jackie Mueller- SUSTAINABILITY

EARTH DAY RESOURCES: Looking for something to use with students during Earth Day? Here are two great resources to explore:

• Subject to Climate Website
• Oregon Climate Educator Hub

FOOD WASTE REDUCTION VIDEOS: Food waste reduction week, which took place April 1-7^th provided an opportunity to challenge students to make changes in their choices. This initiative not only aims to reduce waste but also plays a crucial role in our greenhouse gas reduction and climate change mitigation.

If you have not had the chance to view them yet, you can watch the food waste reduction video created for elementary schools here and for middle/high schools here. These videos will help you and staff and students learn about the meal program requirements and how to reduce waste through choices.

IDLE-FREE CAMPAIGN: School green teams are preparing for Earth Week, and many will be working on Idle-Free campaigns at schools. Here is a PDF you can share with parents and driving students about idling. Here is some information that was created by the green team at BSH. And lastly, here is newsletter and parent letter ideas.

MAY 8^TH WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL: New this year, we will be distributing a google sheet to each school for each teacher to log a simple tally of who walked, biked, took the bus, or drove to school on May 8th. It will take less than 30 seconds and we really appreciate your help with this!

Please join us in celebrating the May Walk + Roll to School Day Event on May 8th! If your school is interested in participating please contact ([email protected]) She can drop off Walk + Roll swag, posters, and informational flyers for to distribute to students. In addition, feel free to use this poster and take-home flyers. The following language can be sent to students and parents:
* Please join us in celebrating May Walk + Roll to School Day on May 8th by walking or rolling to school. Log your trip for a chance to win a prize! See the following link to log your trip and for more information. Thank you!

Unirse a nosotros celebrando el día de Mayo de Walk and Roll a escuela el 8 de Mayo con caminando o rodando a escuela. ¡Registre su viaje para una oportunidad a ganar un premio! Para más información y registrar su viaje, ve este enlace. ¡Gracias!

From Tammy and Lisa:

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education is announcing an opportunity for 5th grade classrooms to be invovled in designing and proposing microgravity experiments to fly on the International Space Station (ISS) in the fall of 2024. Read more here!

Important Dates

• May 7: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Art Focused School

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Thoughts of the Week

The Weight of a Pencil

What is the weight of a pencil? I looked it up and it is about 25 grams. That is pretty light. Feels like you should be able to carry that forever… what happens if you carry it out in front of you with your arms extended. Believe me, it does not take long for 25 grams to be impossible to carry. The song below is one of my favorite songs. When we have burdens, often we try to carry those by ourselves. At first they feel like the pencil in your pocket. Nobody know and it is pretty easy to “shoulder the burden.” Eventually though our arms start to extend and that burden becomes impossible to carry on our own. I had a rough week right before spring break, but I was so fortunate to be able to lean on some of the staff here and I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! Let’s either lean on the people around us when needed or be that person to lean on!

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
• Tuesday
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
  • ICCL Meeting 2:15-3:15
• Wednesday
  • Conferences 8:00-8:00
• Thursday
  • Conferences 8:00-8:00
• Friday
  • No School
  • Nicole Sieh’s Birthday!
• Saturday
  • Emily McLarty’s Birthday!

UPCOMING DATES:

• April 16 Travis Hanson’s Birthday!
• April 16 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• April 16 ICCL Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• April 17 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• April 17 EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
• April 17 SIW Collaborative Problem Solving #2 – Mary and Natalie 1:00-2:30
• April 17 2nd Grade Performance 5:00
• April 18 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• April 19 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 23 Fire Drill 8:00
• April 23 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• April 23 Miss Nelson (Presentation) Mountain View High School 12:15-12:45
• April 23 Care Teams Meeting 2:20-3:15
• April 23 Elementary Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• April 24 Spring Picture Day
• April 24 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• April 24 SIW ED Network
• April 25 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• April 25 Beginning Admin Meeting 5:00-7:00
• April 26 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 29-May 3 MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• April 29 Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• April 30 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 1 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 1 SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
• May 2 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• May 3 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

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Updates from Downtown

Do Now:

From Julie: Curriculum, Instruction and Systems

Please share the following information with your staff now.

Wonders Materials

• More information will be shared in the coming weeks on the plan for disposing of Wonders and Units of Study materials
• The Wonders and Wonderworks decodables are great resources.  I recommend teachers keep these as resources for the coming years. 
• The Leveled Readers are also a great resource.  Teachers are welcome to keep these in their classroom libraries.
• During April conferences teachers can give away shared read and anthology books (lock and key)

Expeditionary Learning Launch

Expeditionary Learning (EL Education, Language Arts adopted materials) launch will be on our next Educator Network Day, April 24^th from 2:00-3:15. Trainers will be here in-person to give us our first look at the “why” behind the curriculum and the components.  We will be travelling to 4 locations.  The expectation is everyone is there on time and ready to learn.

Reminders:

• TLC Update: April 3,  Elementary TLC Update
• April: Naglieri testing & SBAC for ELA
• May: SBAC for Math and Science

New Notes:

From Jenny White: Life and Career Readiness

Digital Citizenship for 3^rd  – 5^th graders in Wayfinder’s Collections

Equip students with essential digital literacy skills and promote responsible online behavior, empowering them to navigate the digital world safely, critically evaluate information, and become responsible digital citizens. Direct Link. Directions on how to find this collection in Wayfiner

Game Collections in Wayfinder

Engage students in fun and interactive games that promote engagement. This collection includes games that encourage cooperation, adaptability, and connection. Directions on how to get to the collections in Wayfinder. Here are the direct links: Kindergarten, 1st – 2nd  3rd – 5th

For Principals or Teacher Leaders a fun Wayfinder Activity you can use in a SIW or Staff Meeting. Rock, Paper, Scissors Battle

From Paul in HR: 

• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections

From Tammy and Lisa:

Conferences and Levy Information: This next week, you will be receiving information informing families of the upcoming levy and what it means for Bend-La Pine Schools. You will get a stack of fliers that are to be distributed to each classroom teacher to pass out to each family at conferences. As a reminder, we can educate all about the levy, but we cannot tell people how to vote for it.

Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30 instead of April 23.

Roger White support: Thank you Patrick for sharing the information about how we can help Roger and his family as they rally around helping their husband and dad as he fights the hardest fight of his life to recover. While it is a Meal Train link, it is also a place to send gift cards and donate money as well. What to help? Click this link.

Important Dates

Please check that your calendars have all these dates.

• April 10: Youth Truth Training 1-3 pm in the Board Room (all Elementary Admin)
• April 10-11. Spring Conferences W: 3:15 pm -7:15 pm , Th 7:15 am-7:15 pm
• April 19: Staffing plans due
• April 23: Horizontal 3:00-5:00–mandatory EL training– at Highland. We need the full 2 hours, so please be on time. No school share outs this time–we’ll catch you up later!
• April 30: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15

And finally…

Our EME Focus

• Tier 1 Instruction
• Belonging
• Define what it means to be an Art Focused School

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Thoughts of the Week

See the World as it Should Be

I was reminded of a couple of things, on the plane, while watching a movie with Addalyn. One of my favorites, Cinderella (2015)! Both points always stick with me because it wraps up the essence of teaching today.

“Have Courage and be Kind”. If that is not an education motto, I do not know what is!

E. Lockhart once said, “See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be.” I disagree!! I don’t want to see it as it is or as I wish it to be. I want to see it as Cinderella saw it. “See the world not as it is, but as it could be”. Is that not what we do everyday as educators?

So I challenge you to continue to be kind, continue to have courage, and continue to see the world not as it is, but as it could (should) be! Look at each day as a gift, weather the things that are thrown at you are good, bad, scar,y or ugly. They get thrown at you because you are lucky enough to still be on the right side of the dirt, revolving around this sun. Take each thing as an opportunity and lean on the people around you!!

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The Coming Week

• Monday
  • Care Teams Meeting 2:30=3:15
• Tuesday
  • Dexter’s Birthday!
  • Safety Team Meeting 7:00-7:30
  • Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
  • SBAC Training 2:30-3:15
• Wednesday
  • Noah’s Birthday!
  • Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
  • SIW Conference Prep Time
• Thursday
  • Educator Job Fair 1:00-6:00
  • 1st week of MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• Friday
  • SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

UPCOMING DATES:

• April 5 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 8 Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
• April 9 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• April 9 ICCL Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 10 Conferences 8:00-8:00
• April 10 Admin PD 3:00-5:00
• April 11 Conferences 8:00-8:00
• April 12 No School
• April 13 Emily McLarty’s Birthday!
• April 16 Travis Hanson’s Birthday!
• April 16 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• April 16 ICCL Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• April 17 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• April 17 EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
• April 17 SIW Collaborative Problem Solving #2 – Mary and Natalie 1:00-2:30
• April 17 2nd Grade Performance 5:00
• April 18 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• April 19 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 23 Fire Drill 8:00
• April 23 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• April 23 Miss Nelson (Presentation) Mountain View High School 12:15-12:45
• April 23 Care Teams Meeting 2:20-3:15
• April 23 Elementary Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
• April 24 Spring Picture Day
• April 24 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• April 24 SIW ED Network
• April 25 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• April 25 Beginning Admin Meeting 5:00-7:00
• April 26 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15
• April 29-May 3 MCT Jack in the Beanstalk
• April 29 Committee Meetings 2:30-3:15
• April 30 Office Staff Meeting 10:00-10:30
• May 1 Office Admin Meeting 9:00-9:30
• May 1 SIW Jump Start New EL Program 1:00-2:30
• May 2 MTSS Rotations 2:30-3:15
• May 3 SpEd Meeting 2:15-3:15

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Updates from Downtown

Reminders:

• TLC Update: March 6^th Elementary TLC Update

New Notes:

From Jenny White: Life and Career Readiness

Support students to develop healthy personal boundaries through activities and discussions that promote self-confidence, character, and the ability to set and maintain boundaries in various contexts. Directions on how to find the collections on Wayfinder.

Direct Links: Kindergarten. 1st – 2nd. 3rd – 5th

From Tami Pike: UPDATED COVID-19 INFORMATION

The current supply of COVID-19 iHealth tests for BLS expires at the end of March. There has not been an expiry extension notice provided from the FDA. OHA will no longer be distributing free iHealth tests to schools. Unexpired COVID-19 tests can be obtained at a local pharmacy or through a health care provider. 

For more information on when to stay home due to illness, please visit the “Health Info and When to Keep Your Student Home” in the Bend-La Pine Schools website.

From HR: The HR Department is moving from the 3^rd floor of the Ed Center to the 2^nd floor (in the space previously occupied by HDESD).  Because of the move, our physical offices will not be accessible during the week of April 1-5, but HR staff will be available via phone (you may use our current extensions) and email throughout that time.

Important Dates

• May 21: National Board Info Session 4:30-5:30 in board room
• April: Naglieri testing & SBAC for ELA
• April 4: Central Oregon Job Fair
• April 10: Youth Truth Training 1-3 pm in the Board Room (all Elementary Admin)
• April 17: Office Staff training in the board room from 1:15-2:15.
• April 19: Staffing plans due
• April 23: Transfer interviews (Location and time TBD)
• May: SBAC for Math and Science
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30

And finally…