Author Archives: Gary Defrang

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge: *We are planning that the Fire Department will deliver the Fire Buster worksheets on Monday. There will be a basket in the office for completed activity pages. Thank you for arriving at Sibling Conference … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: Next week is the first MTSS meeting of the year. MTSS will again be on Thursdays beginning at 2:30 and will take place in A3 (Discovery Falls). With Lava Team meetings also occurring on … Continue reading →

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge: *This year Laci and I have twice monthly meetings with Tammy Doty (Executive Director of Elementary Programs) and Lisa Birk (joins for one meeting a month; also an Executive Director of Elementary Programs). During … Continue reading →

From Mary Schlaefer: Across from the mailboxes is a 1-page form to complete if you would like a student’s speech screened. It can be a parent request or it can come from the teacher/staff member. If a staff member is … Continue reading →

Wednesday is the first School Improvement Wednesday of the year. We will be meeting from 1:45-3:15 in the Media Center. Thank you for reminding the families of your students that dismissal on Wednesdays is at 12:45. The Lava Ridge Spirit … Continue reading →

At Lava, we love birthdays! We will be calling birthdays on the morning announcements again this year and and inviting those celebrating their special day to come to the office for crowns, pencils, and stickers. We will be messaging this … Continue reading →

This school year, the High Desert ESD is using the Red Rover, substitute management system to deploy subs to school. This week, please activate your Red Rover account (this is done via an email you should have received in recent … Continue reading →

In this, longer than usual post, you will find a bunch of information for the start of the year: Please join me in welcoming some new members to our staff:   The ICCL Team this year will be: Sarah Kamasz, … Continue reading →

This year, Week at a Glance, will again be an important part of our communication system at Lava Ridge. I will send out notes to you weekly, typically on Fridays, and appreciate you making this a must read before the … Continue reading →

Here are all of the details for the Last Week of School The 5th Grade Celebration Walk has been added to the calendar and is on Thursday @ 1:45. The extra recess for the Lion Dash top runners in each … Continue reading →