We are looking forward to being back together as a staff next week! Here again is the schedule for August 26-September 4th
We are excited to welcome these amazing people to our staff this year!
- Sally Brown – School Counselor
- Hester (Jansen) Clothier – Inclusion EA
- Matt Johnson – School Psychologist
- Carrie Larmel – Inclusion EA
- Jeff Larmel – Inclusion EA
- Daniel McGuire – SPED Ocean Teacher
- Lacie Ogren – Speech
- Grace Leuze – Music
- Rob Woods – Night Custodian
Congratulations to Megan Williams who will be serving on the ICCL Team this year and next. Megan, Tracy Mauze, Sarah Kamasz, and Jennie Willis will be providing instructional leadership this year for Lava Ridge.
On Thursday, August 29th between 10:00-10:30, classroom teachers will send a brief (really, it only needs to be a couple of sentences) email via Synergy to families welcoming students to their class. You will have time to create this greeting on Tuesday afternoon and ask that you include a reminder to families of Open House that afternoon from 4:00-6:00.
This month we have sent two letters to families. They are listed below:
August 26th Letter to Families + Personal Electronic Device Expectations & Commute Options Safe Routes
We are planning to invite a small group of students who benefit from quieter environments to meet with their new teacher at an alternative Open House time on Thursday. For some, this will be just before we open the doors at 4:00 PM. Emily, Sara T. or Daniel, will be in contact with you to coordinate a time if this would be advantageous for one of your students.
The Operation Recreation summer program will be using the Friendship Mountain Commons and the hallway area by the doors to the bus exit through Thursday, August 29th. OR has been onsite this summer and often goes on excursions after lunch with their clients.
At Open House you may have families ask about volunteering in your classroom. Whether/when to have volunteers is at your discretion. Volunteers need to be assisting with a specific task at a specific time, and whenever possible, complete tasks inside your classroom. All volunteers will need to complete a background check. Background checks are good for 2 years and Kina or Kim can assist with double checking applicants status. The link to volunteer is under the “Parents” tab on the Bend La Pine Schools web site: https://www.bend.k12.or.us/district/organization/volunteer Thank you for letting Kina and Kim know in advance when volunteers will be arriving so they can welcome them to Lava Ridge.
Visitors again will be allowed on campus during the day when invited for events. At the beginning of the year, we will only be inviting families to attend meetings with teachers and Open House. If you or your team would like to invite families to events during the year, please let me know so we can work together and plan for the event. We are not planning to have visitors in the building during lunch or at morning arrival.
We need you! Staff who are not teaching or supporting students @ 7:30 on Wednesday-Friday, September 4-6th are needed to help walk students to class on the first days of school.
Thank you in advance for not asking for donations from families. Lava Ridge families via the PTO have set us up again with very generous monetary allocations that should cover the cost of any additional needs we may have as a school this year. In the event you are approached by families wishing to make a donation (i.e. snacks, school supplies, jackets, etc) please steer them to PTO for monetary donations and all other items to Kina. PTO will be fundraising for this year via the Read-A-Thon (mid-October), Bingo (February 7th) and the Lion Dash (late-April).