Our EME Focus
- Tier 1 Instruction
- Belonging
- Define what it means to be an Integrated Arts School
Thoughts of the Week
I know I have sent this out before, but I think it is worth revisiting every year! Just one is worth it!
The Coming Week
THIS WEEK:
- Monday
- Media Managers first day back!
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- First Day of School
- A-J Kindergarten
- Thursday
- K-Z Kindergarten
- Friday
- All Students in the Building!
UPCOMING DATES:
- Sept 9 – Staff Meeting 2:30-3:15
- Sept 10 – Care Teams 7:00-8:00
- Sept 10 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
- Sept 17 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
- Sept 23 – Committee Meeting 2:30-3:15
- Sept 24 – Care Teams 7:00-8:00
- Sept 24 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
- Sept 24 – Elementary Admin Meeting 3:00-5:00
- Sept 26 – Title Info Night 5:00-7:00
- Sept 30 – Peter Hoover’s Birthday!
- October 1 – Lisa Sheldon’s Birthday!
- October 1 – Office Staff Meeting 10:00
- October 1 – ICCL Meeting 2:15-3:30
- October 2 – Kellie Perry’s Birthday!
- October 2 – Lauren VanCoutren’s Birthday!
Updates from Downtown
What an amazing welcome back celebration on Tuesday! So fun to see the variety of ways your schools chose to shine during your 20 seconds of fame and what an incredible team we have. I laughed so much—I’m sure it was with you and not at you! It’s going to be a great year!
From Tammy
Community Connections: We have had several community organizations reach out with field trip ideas, music connection opportunities, and more. Here are links if you want to learn more. As always, follow our visitor policy for having guests come by our school to visit the classrooms.
Sunriver Music: They have funds to sponsor “Mindful Music Moments” for 6 more schools.
Schillings Garden Market: They have fall field trip ideas at their amazing farm.
Veterans of Foreign War Auxilliary: They are available for interactive patriotic conversations with students about the flag and Patriot Day (Sept 11).
Important Links
- Tier 1 Expectations
- Personal Electronic Device Expectations in English, en Español
- School Issued iPad Expectations
- Assurances for Learning
- Sample Main Schedule with Assurances
- Priority Standards (Critical Areas of Focus)
- Investigations Powerpoint is now in the slide decks above.
- August 28th Elementary TLC Update!
Notes from our Team:
From Scott and Kayla in Safety : Based on feedback our team has received, we are excited to provide opportunities for safety related professional development in the new school year. We are working on a survey that we will send out in a couple of weeks that we would like your feedback on the things you as administrators need to support the safety programs in your schools.
We will be asking you to identify one administrator on your team that will be the “go to” person for safety in your school. We will then be selecting 4 days that work for those identified individuals to meet with us, your campus monitors, and the SROs to work together on those identified training areas.
More to follow in a couple of weeks, but we wanted to get this on your radar so that when we send the survey out, it doesn’t blindside you to the request to select that individual. Please take time to think about areas of training you’re interested in receiving (i.e. reunification process, incident command for emergencies, standardizing campus monitor roles and responsibilities, etc.)- the more information we get from you, the better we can serve your needs!
Thank you for all you continue to do to keep our schools safe, and we look forward to working with you as the school year begins.
From Eric Powell, Ted Helton, and Jason Westmoreland, your Code of Conduct and Synergy Team!
The Office Discipline Referral (ODR) form has been redesigned to simplify the form and align with the new reporting system. Typically, this form is used by staff who do the discipline data entry for administrators (an administrator may fill out this form and then give it to a staff member to put into Synergy).
From Robbie and Tracy in Instructional Technology: MagicSchool AI is here!
Exciting news! This fall, BLS is providing full featured MagicSchool AI accounts to all staff and students. Please spread the word! MagicSchool is an AI platform designed for educators, with a large suite of tools that help with building lesson plans, writing IEPs, differentiation, ideating more engaging lessons, communicating with families, and more! MagicStudent, the student facing side of the platform, accompanies teacher accounts. BLS is currently piloting MagicSchool but funds have been earmarked to purchase for any staff who would like to continue with their full featured ‘Enterprise’ account after October, which offers much more than the free version. Getting setup is simple using MagicSchool login instructions. Please contact Robbie Faith and Tracy Howk for AI support, staff training, and anything else related to instructional technology.
From Julie Richards (formerly Walker) in Curriculum, Instruction, and Systems: Please communicate with your staff that the Dreambox Launchpad (placement screener) is open, and students will need to take this assessment the first time they are on Dreambox. We are asking that 1st-5th grade classrooms complete the Launchpad assessment by September 30th and K classrooms complete the assessment by December 2nd. This information will also be communicated in the TLC Blog.
From Jennifer Hauth in Social Emotional and Mental Well Being:
Wayfinder: Thank you to all the admin that came to our training on Monday. Here is a flyer that highlights all that is new since last year.
School Counselors: Here are the agenda and slides from their full day training on August 28th. Jess also created this awesome resource sheet for all things school counseling to help them easily access program updates/reminders as they begin the school year.
Student Success: Here are the agenda and slides from their full day training on August 28th. The coaches will be focusing their support on our 8 new Student Success Coordinator/Clinicians in the next week.
Important Dates
- September 4: First day of school!
- September 6: In bed by 7, thoroughly exhausted!
And finally…
I know after several displays of the worm this week, you were all wishing you knew how to do “the worm” as well. Here ya go!