Congratulations Mrs. Ferris! Lava Ridge Excellence in Education recipient 2020-21.Congratulations Mr. Roberts! Lava Ridge Excellence in Education recipient 2020-21.
Thank you for continuing to not combine or mix classes inside Lava Ridge. In the event of a positive COVID case this could result in many more students potentially needing to quarantine.
Save the date! We are coordinating a high school graduate walk on Tuesday, June 1st on the South Playground around 2:15-2:30. Lava Ridge students will line the inside of the fence that borders Egypt and wraps around to the back parking lot and cheer the grads who will park in the back parking lot and then walk the fence line around to the front of the school. More details to come as we get closer.
School Improvement Wednesday: No scheduled activities
You may have noticed new video cameras in different locations around campus. These are part of a bond-funded safety upgrade being installed after school hours.
Below is the initial number of seats (see student quota) we are able to offer students/families for Jump Start ( ie. summer school). Jump Start at Lava Ridge will be made up of students from North Star, Ponderosa and Lava. On Wednesday during SIW we are planning to have brief (20 minute) meetings with each grade level to discuss which students we will want to invite to attend. Watch for a schedule from Lybe. We may be able to invite additional students later in the spring depending on staffing.
Thank you for coordinating a substitute prior to the times you need to be away from Lava Ridge. This has been such a huge help with the current sub shortage! 🙂
Staff Meeting on Wednesday at 2:00. We are planning to meet in the gym.
When your grade level meets for EBISS, these meetings will be in the Media Center and begin at 3:10.
Staffing Plan Update: Skip is reviewing elementary staffing plans and beginning the process of placing teachers returning from leave. We have 20 classroom teachers on our plan with preliminary openings in kindergarten and 1st grade. What happens with these open positions? Classroom teachers returning from leave may be placed into these or we may get to interview for them later in May. When will we learn what we are teaching? Mid-May, most likely. It will take Skip and HR several weeks to place teachers returning from leave and these placements can sometimes lead to other changes with grade level teaching assignments. I’ll keep you posted.
On Wednesday at 5:30 we are hosting an informational night for incoming kindergarten families via Webex. Here is the flyer with all of the details. The event will be recorded for those that are not able to attend.
Similar to last year, students will be keeping their ipads over the summer and will have ongoing access to Lexia and Dreambox. Elementary families will receive details about this in the coming weeks including infomation about returning devices if they prefer not to keep them through the summer.
In the event you ever accidentally dial 911, please just stay on the line and let them know a call was made in error. Otherwise, they will assume someone is in distress and will automatically dispatch help. Thank you!
We are in the process of completing our staffing plan for the 2021-22 school year. We are projected to have 460 students, likely 20 or 21 classrooms, and the same PE, Music, ELL, and Special Programs staffing as this year. Will we have openings? At this point I’m not sure. While we have Torree’s retirement, Dawnelle’s leave, and Katie V’s resignation and move east, any openings we have may be filled by a teacher(s) returning from leave or who has been teaching district CDL from a different school. There are a significant number of people returning from leaves/teaching CDL in our district and with an anticipated enrollment drop at the elementary level in Bend-La Pine, some returning teachers may be placed at different schools. Once the dust settles in HR with these placements I will follow up with you about grade level teaching assignments for next school.
It’s that time of year when you may wish to gift classroom items to others. If you have goodies up for grab, please either invite people to your classroom to see them or put them on a table in a discreet area outside of your classroom. Thank you!
In February you received this email about planning for potential classroom quarantining. With case counts spiking in Deschutes County it is a great time to review the plan you have in place for this scenario we hope doesn’t happen.
One week to go! The final MAC Day of the year will be the week of April 26th. Thank you for being eligible to participate and completing the MAC Training by Friday, the 23rd
Because Deschutes County was over 200 cases/100K, secondary schools (not elementary) will begin offering rapid COVID-19 tests to symptomatic students/staff by Monday, April 26th.
Thank you for all of your efforts this year supporting the social, emotional, and academic needs of our students. With the data we have on our students in reading and math growing by the day, we are planning to finish the year with 1 traditional EBISS meeting per grade level. These meetings will be in the Media Center @ 3:15 on the dates below. Lybe will be sending more details to your team about these meetings.
1st grade – Tuesday, May 4th 2nd grade – Thursday, May 6th 3rd grade – Tuesday, May 11th 4th grade – Thursday, May 27th 5th grade – Tuesday, June 1st Kindergarten – Thursday, June 3rd
Heads up! The final MAC Day of the year will be the week of April 26th. Thank you for being eligible to participate and completing the MAC Training by Friday, the 23rd
We are canceling the Staff Meeting on April 20th. Our next Staff Meeting will be May 5th @ 2:00 (Location TBD)
The rescheduled April PTO Meeting is the 15th at 4:00 via Zoom. Thank you for discussing as a team who might be able to share a 1-2 minute grade level update at the beginning of this meeting.
Thank you for routing a copy of your conference schedule to Amber.
Laurie Perez will be substituting in 4th grade the remainder of the year at High Lakes.
Below is the duty schedule for April 5th-April 16th
The April PTO Meeting is the 1st at 4:00 via Zoom. The plan is to bring back grade level updates from classroom teachers at this meeting. Thank you for discussing as a team who might be able to share this 1-2 minute update at the beginning of the meeting.
Thank you for returning your Lexia doc from the training on Wednesday to my mailbox. We will make a copy and then return to you.
Conference Sibling Scheduling is Monday March 29th @ 3:15 in the Media Center. Monday we will also have a scheduling doc for you and half sheets that can be sent home to families confirming conference times. Amber has personalized these for each teacher complete with Webex addresses. 🙂
There are no scheduled activities for School Improvement on Wednesday March 29.
Have you noticed some changes in the lobby area? Several weeks ago a team of Lava Ridge staff conducted an equity audit of the Main Entrance and are now working to implement some improvements. This group discussed the experience different people might have entering our school and what changes we could make so everyone who comes to Lava Ridge feels welcome. Over the last several weeks we have updated signage to be in both English and Spanish, installed a bench, and worked with the Print Shop on revisions to some district signage. Keep an eye out for more improvements in the coming weeks.
Conference information for families will be in teacher mailboxes by mid-day Monday to send home with students.
Thank you for beginning to consider what remaining purchases you may need to make this year with your discretionary funds. We are again looking to the end of April as the cut-off for purchases outside of small year-end expenses. Also, if you have any receipts for reimbursement, please submit these soon so we can get money to you and accounts reconciled.
Heads Up…Lava Ridge will be busy over Spring Break. We have new security camera wiring being installed, an update to the work area around Amber’s station being configured, and Kids Inc. in the gym and Friendship Mountain.
