Week at a Glance

Happenings next week at Lava:

• Tuesday:  Staff Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center; ICCL Collaboration Activity 3:15-5:15 in the Media Center
• Wednesday:  Picture Retakes; SIW: Continued planning activity in the Media Center @ 1:45
• Thursday:  Kindergarten MTSS in A1 @ 2:30; 5^th Grade Concert @ 6:00

Thank you for your thoughtful planning with holiday related activities or parties you may have in the coming weeks. Lava Ridge students celebrate a variety of holidays this time of year, some do not, and some are not able to. Your consideration of every student is appreciated. Here is a reflection tool created the Bend-La Pine Equity Team you may find helpful in your planning.

If you need to have more than one volunteer in your classroom on any given day, just let Amber and Miriam know so we can plan to greet them when they arrive. Thank you for continuing to remind your volunteers that they must have a government issued id with them each time they come to help.

Here are some of the exceptionally weird items we have eaten in the past:

• Chocolate covered worm
• Dried grasshoppers in Nicaragua
• Alligator sausage
• Cow’s tongue
• Raw elk fresh off the animal! Weirdly good.
• Vegemite, Kangaroo Burger

Next week is an A week

Happenings the week of November 28th-December 2nd at Lava:

• Monday: No Lava Read;  EA Lava Read Training; ICCL Meeting @ 2:30
• Wednesday:  Character Trait Assembly @ 12:15; *SIW @ 1:45-3:15
• Thursday:  1^st MTSS @ 2:30;  PTO Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center;  4^th Grade Music Program @ 6:00

*School Improvement Wednesday: iPad Accessibility Training & Grade Level Instructional Planning Activity (Think of an upcoming math, writing or science unit and be ready to spend time planning + navigating teacher’s guides, etc to begin getting ready to teach this unit to your students in December/early January)

Similar to last year, in the event of a PM bus arriving after student dismissal we will have impacted students wait in their classroom until the bus arrives. If this were to happen, we would announce via the intercom.

From the Children’s Forest – Feeling inspired to plan a field trip or outdoor program for your students?  The Children’s Forest is here to help! For more information click here.

Here is a link to the UKG Website

Next week is a B week

Happenings next week at Lava:

• Tuesday:  Staff Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Wednesday:  Educator Network Event @ Ponderosa, 2:00-3:15
• Thursday:  Lava Ridge Team Meetings @ 2:30
• Friday:  College and Career Day

From the Plumbing & Maintenance Team: Not all that goes down the drain should. Many schools have had sewer back-ups, most of them due to misuse of the systems. Here is an informative and funny video that can be shared with students about keeping our septic running clean found on the City of Bend’s Educational Resources. 

The next PTO Meeting is on Thursday, December 1st @ 2:30 in the Media Center. The agenda will include Grade Level Reports (except for 1st grade, who has MTSS). The sign-up sheet is by the mailboxes. Thank you!

And finally, if you need an uplifting message or a smile, dial (707) 873-7862. This will connect you to an automated system created by a group of kindergarteners, who have a pep talk ready for all callers. 🙂

Next week is an A week

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge:

• Monday:  ICCL Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Wednesday: School Improvement Wednesday:  SLGGs  
• Thursday: 2^nd Grade MTSS @ 2:30 (A1)
• Friday:  Veterans Day

Here are a couple of reminders/asks from the recent Safety Team Meeting:

• If staff need to exit the building during the day (i.e. to run an errand, get something from their car) please re-enter through either the Main Entrance or rear hallway doors and not through a classroom door.
• Classroom Teachers-Please remind your students participating in Running Club to not stop when going behind the dugouts on the baseball field
• Winter is here! Watch your step and walk like a penguin when necessary in the Parking Lot and on the sidewalks

If you’re looking for a Veteran’s Day activity, here is one to consider: Honor Flight of Central Oregon is a local non-profit organization that fly’s WWII, Korean and Vietnam War Veterans to see their memorial in Washington DC.  On the return flight from Washington DC, each Veteran receives a package full of cards and letters to open.  Honor Flight is asking Central Oregon schools for help in preparing letters and cards for Veteran’s. Here is more information

Here is a link to the Lava Ridge Teams folder (Safety, PBIS, Character Traits, Staff Engagement/Celebration) In this folder you can find notes from October meetings.

Here is a list of our favorite Halloween Candy:

• 100 Grand Bar
• Twix
• Chocolate
• Chewy sprees
• M & M Peanuts
• Milky Way
• Heath
• Caramel apple suckers
• Haribo Gummy Bears
• Twix
• Popcorn balls
• Milky Way
• Twix
• Kit Kat
• Chocolate 100  bars
• Reeses Pumpkins

Next week is a B week

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge:

• Monday:  Harvest Parties
• Wednesday: SIW: Teacher Prep
• Thursday: Picture Day; MTSS 3rd grade @ 2:30 in A1

The Educator Network Day for Lava Ridge will be at Ponderosa Elementary on Wednesday, November 16th from 2:00-3:15

Here are the inclement weather guidelines from Human Resources. There are no changes from last year to this document.

Here is a list of the first jobs our staff had:

• Berry Picker (blueberries, strawberries)
• Golf Course Beverage Cart Driver
• Cottage Day Care
• Salem Fair
• Barista at a small, family owned drive up coffee shop
• Server
• Pizza Factory
• Babysitter
• Babysitter
• Lifeguard
• Subway
• Pushing carts at Albertsons
• Moving irrigation lines, picking cucumbers and berries
• Working in the sunflower fields
• Dairy Queen
• Lifeguard
• Red Robin
• Babysitting
• I was a secretary at US Bank when I was in High School.

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We are looking forward to Harvest Parties on the 31st. Next week as you discuss celebrations with your students, please remind them that weapons, blood, and overly scary masks are not allowed at Lava Ridge. Thank you!

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge:

• Monday:  ICCL Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Wednesday: Dental Screening; SIW 1:45-3:15 @ Media Center-Foundational Skills Support
• Thursday: Dental Screening; Lava Ridge Teams (PBIS, Safety, Staff Engagement, Character Traits) @ 2:30
• Friday:  Lion Pride Drawing at Lunches

We are planning to have an earthquake drill on Friday. Here is a set of slides you can use with your students for a Secure (earthquake) Drill

Here are the notes from the recent Climate Meeting.

From Kinsey Martin: Are you interested in connecting with colleagues who can relate to your identity and experiences?  Looking for an opportunity to build community, network, develop recommendations for more inclusive workplaces, and seek joy and fun with colleagues who share similar experiences and identities?  In Bend-La Pine Schools, we value and honor diverse staff perspectives, which enrich our collective work and help us best serve all students and families. As one of many efforts to create a more inclusive workplace climate, Bend-La Pine Schools invites you to join an Employee Resource Group!  Learn more, check out the groups currently offered, and sign up here.

Next week is a B week

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge:

• Monday:  ICCL Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Tuesday:  October Staff Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Wednesday: 7:15-11:15 Work In Classroom;  11:15-7:15 Conferences
• Thursday: 7:15-11:15 Work In Classroom;  11:15-7:15 Conferences
• Friday:  Enjoy!

Looking ahead to conferences, here are some things to know:

• Wednesday @ 2:30ish PTO will be providing linner (lunch + dinner) in the Staff Room
• Thursday @ 3:00ish pizza and salad will be provided by the office team in the Staff Room

We are getting excited for Harvest Celebrations on Monday, October 31st! For this day, if you need to have more than one classroom volunteer, that is ok, just let Amber and Miriam know who the volunteers will be. We are not planning for visitors on Halloween. Miriam is also ready with up-to-date teacher and grade level budget balances for the purchase of food or treats at your shindig.

With no school on Wednesday, the week of October 24th will be a B week

Staff Appreciation Breakfasts are back! On Thursday, bring your appetite to the Media Center beginning at 7:00 for omelettes, pancakes and all the fixings. With some on duty in the morning, let’s all work together so everyone can enjoy the food or get an omelette to go for later in the day.

Happenings next week at Lava:

• Monday: Fire Busters* begins, Bus Evacuation Drills & Sibling Conference Scheduling @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Tuesday: PTO Room Parent Meeting @ 2:30
• Wednesday:  International Walk and Roll to School Day, Read-A-Thon Kickoff (through Library Classes), EA Team Meeting @ 12:00 (location TBD), SIW: Teacher Prep
• Thursday: Staff Breakfast at 7:00 & 4^th grade MTSS

*We will have a basket in the office for returned Fire Buster worksheets.

Thank you for arriving at Sibling Conference scheduling with only ELL family conferences scheduled. Scheduling families that have multiple Lions at Lava Ridge with consecutive conferences (i.e. back-to-back time slots) is a must and this makes the scheduling of these most efficient for all.

We are already seeing positive returns on the new lost and found tub system. Thank you for bringing in your lost and found tub at the end of the day and being ready with your tub placement for rainy and snowy days ahead.

We are planning to have a lockdown drill this week. The Safety Team discussed the resource below as a potential way to instruct students about this type of drill. Thank you for previewing prior and feel free to modify wording so the content lands in the best way possible for your students.

Lockdown Drill

Reminder from the Safety Team: Thank you for locking exterior doors (Neighborhood Commons, classrooms) that kids use for recess.

This year, the Bend-La Pine Schools will be going through a curriculum review process for language comprehension, writing, listening and speaking. This team had their first meeting yesterday and will adopt a new curriculum the Spring of 2023 which will be implemented in buildings in September 2024. Rachel Schendel is serving on this team. Thank you Rachel!

Here is a link to the Lava Ridge Teams folder (Safety, PBIS, Character Traits, Staff Engagement/Celebration) In this folder you can find notes from September meetings.

Next week is an A week

Happenings next week at Lava:

• Wednesday:  Safety Assembly @ 12:05 (North Playground) & SIW: Foundational Skills Support @ 1:45 in the Media Center
• Thursday:  5^th MTSS (EBISS) @ 2:30 in A1 (Discovery Falls) & PTO Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center
• Monday, October 10th: Sibling Conference Scheduling @ 2:30 in the Media Center

From Instructional Technology – Canva for Education (not to be confused with Canvas) is now available for all teachers and students.  Canva is an online design and publishing tool that provides templates for easy-to-create presentations, posters, documents, and other types of visual content.  This PDF explains how to get access and login to your Canva for Education account.  If you need any support with Canva for Education, please reach out to Tracy Howk, Robbie Faith, or Austin James.

The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools, Classroom Grants are open! You can find all of the details here. The deadline for applications is Friday, October 15, 2022

Thank you for bringing in your lost and found tub at the end of the day! We are already seeing positive returns on this new system.

Have you tried logging into the UKG system? Let’s all try to do this by Tuesday morning and let Miriam know if you encounter any issues. Below is a paste of the directions from Paul Dean:

How To Login To UKG

1. You’ll need to have already set up multi-factor authentication.  If you haven’t done so, please follow these instructions.
2. Use (and bookmark) this BLS UKG link 
3. Once you’ve received the Congratulatory message that you’ve successfully logged into UKG, you may logout.  The data in UKG is not up to date as we are still in TEST MODE.

From Alandra Johnson – Oct. 6: State of the Schools – Staff members are invited to tune in to one of two presentations by Superintendent Cook on Thursday, October 6. He will share information about the state of our schools as well as information about the upcoming construction bond on the November ballot. Tune in at 8 a.m. or 2:30 p.m. If time allows, Dr. Cook will also answer questions from staff. Submit a question in advance using this form. For those that can’t make it, we will record the presentation and share it at a later date.

Next week is a B week

Teachers: We need your help in deciding the schedule we will use this year for conferences in the fall and spring. Please take this brief survey by Monday at 12:00 to share your input.

We are only a couple of weeks from the launch of UKG. Human Resources has created a 2nd video that highlights how to log-in to UKG, tech support available, and the UKG smartphone app. If you missed the first video about UKG from Human Resources, you can also view it  here 

Happenings next week at Lava Ridge:

• Monday-Vision Screening + ICCL Meeting @ 2:30
• Wednesday:  SIW: Walk to Skill
• Thursday:  Lava Ridge Teams (Safety, PBIS Rules/Incentives, Character Traits and Assemblies, Staff Engagement and Celebration @ 2:30 Locations TBD

Library Linx Returns in 2025– the Deschutes Public Library has many building projects underway as a result of the bond that passed in November.  An impact of these building projects is the temporary closure of branch libraries throughout Deschutes County during the remodels and new construction process.  This impacts access to material collections and unfortunately also impacts the Library Linx program.  The program will be unable to provide delivery service to schools from Sept 2022 to December 2025. 

Here is a list of the last great movie or TV shows we’ve been watching at Lava:

• All American
• Pan
• Phantom of the Open
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Virgin River series
• Extreme Rescues
• Only Murders in the Building
• Schitt’s Creek
• Yesterday
• The Crown
• Severance
• Better Call Saul
• Elvis
• The Crown
• Where the Crawdads Sing

Next week is an A week