We are still struggling to fill the two, full-time educational assistant positions we have open. We have not had anyone apply for these jobs so if you know of anyone who might be interested, please encourage them to apply. Thanks to the help and flexibility from a number of people, including some who have adjusted their work hours or are on-call to help with recess/cross-walk duties, we have been able to apply fresh band-aids to this situation daily. I can not thank those of you who have stepped up to assist with these needs enough. Unfortunately this situation has the potential to get worse in December with a member of the EA team on leave and classified subs in scarce supply. With the need to supervise students at recess, this may impact some push-in classroom support. If you are interested in helping with recess duties please let us know.
The building alarm will be on during most of Fall Break. If you plan to be on-site, thank you for entering through the Main Entrance, being ready to disarm the alarm, and signing in on the white board while you are here. Bend Parks and Rec, Operation Recreation, will be in the gym Monday-Wednesday.
From Jackie Wilson, Sustainability Coordinator – Here are the Standard Operating Procedures for Holiday Shutdowns.
Please join me in welcoming Israel Tico, our new Family Liaison. Israel is a recent graduate of Bend-La Pine Schools.
Andrea Thompson will be on medical leave during the month of December. Laurie Coffey will serving as the long term substitute in her absence.
From Jennifer Hauth, Director of Social, Emotional and Mental Well-being-Are you currently using social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum or strategies in your classroom? Please take a moment to apply to be on our SEL steering committee by Friday, December 3rd. We are looking for certified, classified and administrators to serve on the team. We will meet monthly beginning in mid-December.
The Climate Team has decided to combine the November and December meetings and will meet next on December 6th.
School Improvement Wednesday on December 1st will be time for grade level teams to meet and discuss the math standards and Bridges units students will be learning in December/January. The ICCL Team is working on details for this standards-focused day. We will start as a full-certified staff in the Media Center at 1:45.
On Friday, December 3rd, Skip will be on site visiting classrooms with me in the morning.
Technology Support–from Brenna The instructional technology department has created this easy one-page document, complete with hyperlinks, outlining where to find specific support around technology questions.
Next week is a B week
