Author Archives: Gary Defrang

Thank you for letting Miriam know of any visitors coming to your class who do not volunteer for you on a regular basis. This advance notice provides time to make sure the person has completed their background check and so … Continue reading →

The Children’s Forest of Central Oregon has the goal of providing all children and youth in Central Oregon first hand connections with nature by providing meaningful, inspirational, and interdisciplinary education programs. More information about lessons, resources, and field trip grants … Continue reading →

It is SLGG time! 🙂 The good news is that nothing has changed…still two goals that are based on 100% of students demonstrating growth. The standard form (DIBELS, easy CBM, Lucy) and other form for creating your own goals have … Continue reading →

Thank you for your input into our Conference schedule for the year. Here are the results. In August I shared information with you about a couple of grant opportunities. A repost of this information is below: The Education Foundation has … Continue reading →

I really enjoy reading the classroom newsletters you send home to our families! This is one of the ways I try to stay up to speed with what is happening in our classrooms. If you are emailing one home and … Continue reading →

What a wonderful start to the school year for our Lions! The first week is always extra busy and this one went very smoothly. Thank you for all of your efforts that made this happen. Wednesday is our first School … Continue reading →

Thank you for all of your hard work this week! It was great to have our staff back together and to feel that synergy of us all working together to make it a great start to the school year! What … Continue reading →

I am looking forward to seeing everyone this week! For Tuesday, we will be up moving a lot so I would suggest comfortable shoes and clothing. Also, while we have been advertising since June that Tuesday and Wednesday would be … Continue reading →

Greetings! I hope your summer has been wonderful. The DeFrang’s had a fun one. We stayed close to home for the most part with visits to Sunriver, some camping, and time at the coast. It was nice to have extra … Continue reading →

Thank you for a wonderful school year! I feel fortunate to have been able to work alongside you this year. I hope you have a fun and restful summer! Thank you for taking the time to provide input into the … Continue reading →