Our EME Focus
- Tier 1 Instruction
- Belonging
- Define what it means to be an Integrated Arts School
Thoughts of the Week
The Coming Week
- Monday
- November is Native American Heritage Month
- Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
- BAM Meeting 3:30-4:45
- Tuesday
- Election Day
- Safety Meeting 7:00-7:30
- Kindergarten Field Trip
- ICCL Meeting 2:30-3:15
- Wednesday
- Admin Meeting 7:00-7:30
- SIW
- Thursday
- Sped Team Meeting – 2:30-3:15
- Friday
- EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
- Safety Cadre Meeting 1:30-3:30
UPCOMING DATES:
- November 11th – Veterans Day – No School
- National Psychology Week 11th-15th
- November 12th – Care Teams Meeting 7:00-8:00
- November 13th – Admin Meeting 7:00-7:30
- November 13th – EA Meeting 1:00-1:30
- November 13th – SIW Teacher Prep 1:00-2:30
- November 13th – All Admin Meeting 3:00-4:30
- November 14th – Ruby Bridges Day
- November 14th – 4th Grade Field Trip to High Desert 9:00-2:00
- November 14th – Sped Team Meeting – 2:30-3:15
- November 15th – Ben Out
- November 15th – Tori Eisenbeis’ Birthday!
- November 15th – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
- November 18th – Committees 2:30-3:15
- November 18th – Principal Cohort 3:00-4:00
- November 19th – Picture Retake Day
- November 19th – Lilly Paradis’ Birthday!
- November 19th – Elementary Admin Horizontal Meeting 3:00-5:00
- November 20th – Admin Meeting 7:00-7:30
- November 20th – SIW
- November 21st – Sped Team Meeting 2:30-3:15
- November 22nd – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
- November 24th – Steve Miller’s Birthday!
- November 25th – Amanda Gylling’s Birthday!
- November 25th-29th – Thanksgiving Break
- December 2nd – Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
- December 3rd – Vision Screening
- December 3rd – EME Safety Meeting 7:00-7:30
- December 4th-6th – Amanda Out for Law Conference
- December 4th – SIW 1:00-2:30
- December 5th – Sped Team Meeting 2:30-3:15
- December 6th – EET Weekly Meeting 8:00-9:00
Updates from Downtown
Having fun this Halloween season!!
From Tammy and Karen
Important Links
- SLGGs—plug and play for the year
- October 23rd Elementary TLC Update
- Topics of Interest/Problem of Practice–New Question–Please help a colleague!
Notes from our Team:
From Kerry Morton, Math TOSA and Coach: Math Adoption Update!
To provide more time for teachers to view the math materials, they will remain at your schools a bit longer. Work with your instructional coach to find a place and timeframe for teachers to look through the three Field Test materials over the next couple weeks.
From Scott and Becca in Communications: Did you see the latest Family Spotlight? The newsletter is solely devoted to safety and includes a message from Dr. Cook, resources for safe firearm storage, information about SafeOregon, crisis and care resources, details about our latest safety improvements and more. It can be a go-to resource when families have questions about safety in our district. Bookmark the October 30 Family Spotlight and have it at the ready!
From Paul in Operations: Building leaders are to pause any program expansion proposals (academic, athletic and extra duty, that include some form of physical building structure, building additions, or site modification) that will impact your site/facility until further notice. We are in the process of creating internal procedures that will identify that necessary steps that will need to be taken in order to ensure compliance with regulations (i.e. Title IX, permitting, accounting), district policies, contracts and address departmental impacts.
From Kinsey in Policy, Advocacy, & Equity:
Post-Election Resources: As the presidential elections wrap up, we should anticipate and prepare to support the strong reactions, emotions, and conversations our staff, students, and families will experience. As leaders, it is our responsibility to ensure our staff are informed, equipped, and supported regarding 1) the expectations for navigating this significant moment in time in a professional manner, 2) the resources available to them as employees, and 3) the strategies for supporting students through their own processing.
Holidays: Here is our policy on religion and holidays in schools. Here is our “Do not schedule” dates document. Here is a team reflection and guidance tool on holidays. Consider reviewing these at an ICCL meeting, and/or sharing with all staff.
From Scott and Kayla in Safety: We will be out of town next week, November 4th through November 7th at a conference. We will continue to monitor our emails, cell phones, and text messages to support as best as we can while out of the office. If you have any emergencies that require immediate attention, please reach out to our Chief Operations Officer, Paul Dean for immediate support.
We are happy to announce that we are now staffed with 8 School Resource Officers in the district. Our newest SRO is Officer James Ragland, who will be working out of Pilot Butte Middle School. Please use the updated SRO point of contact roster to see who your current SRO is for your school, and to reach out to any members of the SRO team for support.
Action Items
- Get going on the mini and formal observations if you are behind
- Keep Math Adoptions for a couple more weeks for staff to view
- Pause making any building modifications as a new policy is developed
- Share Kinsey’s message a.s.a.p, as Tuesday is election day!
Important Dates
- November 5: VOTE!!
- November 8: Safety Cadre Meets at the Ed Center Boardroom, 1:30-3:30
- November 11: Veteran’s Day–No School
- November 13: All Admin Meeting at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
- November 19: Horizontal meeting, @ Bear Creek, hosted by BCE and Miller, 3:00-5:00
- November 25-29 Fall Holiday Break, (if you take time off, use non-contract for all days except Thanksgiving itself)
And finally…Welcome Karen! We know you are going to feel right at home here in Bend-La Pine!
