Thank you for all of your hard work getting ready for the first day of school! Below are some reminders for this week:
-All students will eat breakfast in the gym this year. Bus riders will wait in the gym until 7:25 each morning prior to being dismissed to classrooms/grade level locations.
-At the end of the day, students can walk to buses or the front parking lot via the halls or outside (exiting through playground gates is ok) Please decide as a grade level which route you would like students to take and work as a team to have one teacher walk and supervise students as they go to the buses and one do the same with walkers/riders/rollers. Thank you!
-Thank you for coaching your students to be ready to give their last name to Kathy, Teresa, or Maria if/when they get lunch from the Cafe.
-With the intermittent crummy air we have been experiencing, there is the potential we may need to have inside recesses this week. If the air quality index is above 201, we need to keep students inside. Thank you for reviewing inside recess and routines with your students.
-Here are some reminders for Implementing PBIS in the First Weeks at School at Lava Ridge
-When things are feeling stressful, watch the Lava Ridge Staff Snowball Fight
Jenny White and other members of the elementary PE Team have been working on a list of activities for classroom teachers to use with their students. Here is a link.
Last call! OSU Cascades is interested in having some of their third year BS Ed students learn from the best (you! 🙂 ) in a low commitment and high reward placement. Practicum students start in mid to late September and are in classrooms for 10 hours a week for 10 weeks. There is no paperwork, observations or evaluations of their practicum student. You simply get to have a student teacher come help in your classroom. At the end of each term, hosting teachers fill out a 5 minute online survey giving feedback on the student. Here are more details. Please let me know if you are interested in hosting a college student during the fall (mid-September-December) and winter (January-spring break)
On Thursday, Emily detailed the new partnership between the Bend-La Pine Schools and Care Solace. (General Information Flyer – English and Spanish) Care Solace secures mental health and substance abuse appointments in a fast time frame, care companions speak 200+ languages, match clients to culturally and gender appropriate care, and are available either anonymously via a weblink or through a warm handoff by school staff. Care Solace also offers a support and a wellness program for Bend-La Pine Staff. Details on staff wellness support can be located here.