Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:
- Monday: Happy National Speech Pathologist Day, Lacie! Camp Tamarack Med Drop-Off @ 8:00-11:00 in the office
- Tuesday: DIBELS Day! Excellence in Education Ceremony @ 4:30 (Mt. View Auditorium)
- Wednesday: Incoming Kinder Assessments (AM); SIW-Student Placement Cards @ 1:45 in the Media Center
- Thursday: Incoming Kinder Assessments (AM); PTO Meeting (Media Center) & Lava Teams @ 2:30
- Friday: Bucket Dumping Assembly @ 1:30 in the gym (loading at 1:24)
On Tuesday we will be hosting interviews for those elementary schools with open counseling positions for 2025-26. Interviews are scheduled to take place between 9:00-12:30 and in C5.
Thursday is the last PTO Meeting of the Year! In the event a member of your grade level team is not able to attend and share your 1-2 minute grade level update, please send it my way and I’ll share it at the meeting. Thursday is also the final meeting of the year for Lava Teams.
Here’s a draft of the 2025 Lava Ridge Olympics Schedule . The Olympics are on Monday, June 9th.
Heads Up! Our last PLC meetings of the year will be in the Media Center on May 29th from 2:30-3:15 and will focus on year end SLGG reflection. For this meeting you’ll need your computer to access UKG, a copy of your SLGGs, and DIBELS and Wayfinder summative results.
No updates to report on when principals will be able to finalize and communicate teaching assignments and staffing plans for next year. I will share this information with you as soon as I can.
From Human Resources: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Canopy, the district’s Employee Assistance Plan provider, is available to ALL employees. Canopy has free, confidential resources designed to help employees thrive and includes these kinds of services:
✔ 24/7 Confidential Counseling – provides access to professional, real time, support anytime, anywhere.
✔ Personalized Coaching – offers one-on-one guidance to help you set goals and find balance.
✔ On-Demand Learning – includes webinars, tip sheets, and resources to support your mental wellness.
Check out this flyer to learn more and find out how to access Canopy’s services.
Here’s what next on our Bucket Lists at Lava Ridge:
- Learning to crochet
- Skiing Mt Shasta
- Too many things to list!
- Sunrise hike at Smith Rocks
- Visit New York and Washington DC
- Warm beach vacation!
- I don’t know about “next” but I’d live to go to the Kentucky Derby someday
- Skydiving
- Going to a Broadway show in NYC in June
- Big family trip to Lego Land or Universal
- I want to travel to Japan!
- Building a deck for a hot tub!
- More travel
- Landscaping our backyard and adding a drip system.
- Nashville to listen to up-and-coming country bands
- Running my first ever full marathon in San Francisco in July
Staff Room Tidy Team: 3rd grade
Next Week is an A week
