Thank you for letting me know in advance if you are not able to lead the 2+ hour teacher-facilitated learning blocks or other regular instructional groups you may have on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. This is helpful in fielding questions from families and others connected with our classes.
A reminder of our Lexia live online professional learning on Nov.18, from 1:30pm-3:00pm. We will access this via Webex and will send out a link early the week of the training.
Teachers/staff getting charged overages on their home internet? Bend Broadband’s parent company, TDS is willing to credit back any overage charges for BLP teachers as long as they email TDS from their school email address. Any teacher that’s been impacted should send an email to [email protected], from their school email address with their name and account number, requesting credit for their “data usage allowance overage charge.
From Julie Walker….Hybrid Planning and Support We know hybrid is heavy on teachers’ minds as we continue on this uncharted journey. We don’t have all of the answers for what it will look like but would love to support you as you start to think about what instruction might look like. We are offering some drop-in sessions next week. Please join us. The schedule will be:
-Monday, 11/9 @ 1:15 PM: How Do I Plan Instruction for Hybrid: Questions & Answers Join us in Lindsley’s Webex room (bls.webex.com/meet/lindsley.gehrig )
-Tuesday, 11/10 @ 1:15 PM: How Do I Plan Instruction for Hybrid: Questions & Answers Join us in Lindsley’s Webex room (bls.webex.com/meet/lindsley.gehrig)
-Thursday, 11/12 @ 1:15 PM: Tech and Math Join us in Kerry’s Webex room (bls.webex.com/meet/kerry.morton)
From Nutrition Services – We will be offering meals over the holiday breaks. They will include breakfast, lunch and supper grab ‘n’ go from 12pm-1pm on the following days:
- Monday 11/23 – we will serve meals for 11/23, 11/24, 11/25, 11/26
- Monday 12/21 – we will serve meals for 12/21, 12/22, 12/23, 12/24
- Monday 12/28 – we will serve meals for 12/28, 12/29, 12/30, 12/31
USDA has extended the waivers for summer meals until June 30, 2021. The waivers will allow us to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to kids 18 and under for the rest of the 20-21 school year
Here is a list of books recommended by our staff for others. Enjoy!
- Orphan Train (mentioned by two people)
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
- Leadership on the Line
- Everybody Poops
- Outlander series
- Upstream by Mary Oliver
- The Book Whisperer
- Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
- Just Mercy
- The Long Haul by Finn Murphy
- Everything Here is Beautiful
- Educated
- Pope Joan
- Steve Jobs