Author Archives: Gary Defrang

Happenings the First Week of 2026 at Lava Ridge:   From Transportation: For local field trips, after dropping off classes, buses will not be staying on location. If our staff could have a lifetime supply of any item it would … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   PTO has asked to extend the Joy Festival through Monday for a recess scavenger hunt for interested students. Keep an eye out for students in the halls during lunch recesses on Monday. Thank … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   The PTO Joy Festival lunch-recess activities will be will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Thank you so much for your time helping students to understand the details on the orange slips you receive … Continue reading →

Expectation Re-Teach Week Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   The week after Fall Break is one of the weeks the Tier 1 Task Force set for re-teaching of classroom and school expectations. Here are the Lava Ridge Expectations Notes … Continue reading →

Canned Food Drive Week! Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   NeighborImpact is partnering with us again for the Canned Food Drive. Donation barrels will be in the north/south hallways and at the main entrance. Watch for student flyers for … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   Thank you for routing a copy of SLGGs my way if you haven’t yet. Thank you! We are planning to send home a flyer from PTO at the end of next week for … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   Congratulations to Jenn Hamilton, Matthew Crawmer, and Anissa Wiseman who were awarded grants from the Education Foundation! It’s time for the annual Mail Call for Honor Flight of Central Oregon. Each year it’s … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: Thank you for your extra efforts this week supporting the Read-A-thon! You’ll see on the Read-a-Thon Weeks at a Glance we have two more days of announcements for $5 Book Fair gift cards and … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   Here are digital copies of the Read-a-Thon Overview and Read-a-Thon Weeks at a Glance. From 10/21-10/28, we will be tracking the number of minutes we read each day as a school. On those … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   On Monday, I’ll be out of the building with our team attending the Tier I pd and planning session. Thursday is International Shake Out Day and we’re planning to join the millions of … Continue reading →