Each fall, SELCO awards grants of up to $1,000 to K-12 educators at schools throughout Oregon. If you have a creative classroom idea they would love to hear about it. This year’s application period is now open and runs through October 31. Visit selco.org/SPARK to learn more.
On Monday we will have a small number of students begin Limited In Person Instruction (LIPI). This group will be on campus from 8:30-10:30 daily.
New Webex features: If you didn’t hear, some new WebEx features were recently released. The biggest feature was the addition of breakout rooms – this is a great way to engage students in classroom discussions. Lots of resources and tutorials about WebEx can be found via this link.
On Thursday, Paul Dean (COVID Safety Coordinator) and Sarah Barclay (BEA) joined Nurse Michelle, Mike, Lybe and I for a building walk-through and discussion of our return to school safety plan. The discussion focused on the systems we will have in place for when students return in the hybrid model, Mike’s creative hallway traffic flow design, and disinfection/air cleaning protocols.
Bend-La Pine Schools has developed this flowchart to assist in helping with different COVID related questions and concerns.
Thank you for always wearing your face mask unless you are working alone in your area/classroom. Please let me know if you have any questions about the new Bend-La Pine Restrictions on Face Shield Use guidelines. Here again are the exceptions and the information from the CDC website the Bend-La Pine Safety Team used in this decision.
The next Safety Team meeting is on Tuesday at 1:00 in the Media Center.