Author Archives: Gary Defrang

We are looking forward to being back together as a staff next week! Here again is the schedule for August 21-September 3rd. We are excited to welcome these amazing people to our staff this year! A warm welcome back to … Continue reading →

Greetings! I hope you are having a restful and fun summer!  The DeFrang’s have had a wonderful July and August.  We’ve stayed close to home outside of a trip to Portland to see family and pick blueberries.  Matthew (18) has … Continue reading →

Welcome back Sally Brown! While disappointed to learn that our counseling staffing allocation has been returned to .5 FTE, we are happy to have Sally back with us! Silver Rail will be Sally’s other site for 2025-26 (their staffing was … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   *We will announce via intercom when we are ready for classes to come to the Promotion Walk. Here again is the schedule for the Olympics on June 9th. Preps are during the time … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   *With Kinder Promotion we had to make some changes to recess locations. If you normally supervise 3rd recess, please join your grade level on the South Playground. Since we will have multiple grades … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   We need you! We have three ICCL positions open for the 2025-2027 school years! These are two year positions and interested applicants should apply through UKG via the “My Career” tab (once there … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   On Tuesday we will be hosting interviews for those elementary schools with open counseling positions for 2025-26. Interviews are scheduled to take place between 9:00-12:30 and in C5. Thursday is the last PTO … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   The Wayfinder Waypoint Summative Assessment is now active! Students can access the questions in the Wayfinder app on their iPad under the To Do List (Instructions for Students) On May 28 during SIW … Continue reading →

Happy Staff Appreciation Week! It’s going to be a jungle out there! Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   Here is the policy we discussed on Wednesday on teaching controversial topics. In the event you are planning to teach or … Continue reading →

Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:   Tuesday-Friday will be announcing a round of Safety Trait Awards during the announcements. This week, Commute Options will be here teaching 4th and 5th graders bike safety and kindergarten and 2nd grade classes … Continue reading →