{"id":4182,"date":"2023-05-05T19:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T19:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=4182"},"modified":"2023-05-05T21:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T21:35:24","slug":"may-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2023\/05\/05\/may-5\/","title":{"rendered":"May 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Happy Staff Appreciation Week! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happenings next week at Lava Ridge:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tuesday:&nbsp; Breakfast Bar provided by PTO in the Staff Room; Staff Meeting @ 2:30 in the Media Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday:&nbsp; SIW-Teacher Prep<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday:&nbsp; Lion Pride Drawings at Lunches; 2<sup>nd<\/sup> grade MTSS @ 2:30 in A1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will be at Pine Ridge on Tuesday at an equity training. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations <strong>Matthew Crawmer!<\/strong>  Matthew&#8217;s walking (think graduation) this weekend in Arizona after completing his Master&#8217;s degree in elementary education from Grand Canyon University.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-rotated.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Welcome to Forrest Hassell<strong>!<\/strong> Forrest is a Lava Ridge alumni and now BYU Cougar (he just completed his sophomore year) and will be serving as a 6.5 hour EA through June.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Bend-La Pine Schools<\/strong> are celebrating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commuteoptions.org\/walkroll\/\">May Walk + Roll Challenge on May 11<sup>th<\/sup> 2023<\/a>, with support from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commuteoptions.org\/\">Commute Options<\/a>. K-8 BLS Students are encouraged to Walk or Roll to School on this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some Staffing Notes for Next School Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We have two teachers changing grade levels next year.  Sarah Shapiro-Bass will be moving to 4th grade and Jason Kingery will be returning to 5th.  These are the only grade level changes we are planning for at this time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are planning to have the number of classes in parentheses at each grade:  K (4), 1st (4), 2nd (3), 3rd (3), 4th (3), 5th (3) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interviews for classroom teaching positions will occur after HR has placed those certified staff returning from leave and the state K-12 funding is set.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Donna Blankenship and Sarah Dieker will not be returning from leaves of absence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We have posted a Media Manager position for next year.  Know someone great?  Encourage them to apply. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will have a counselor next year at Lava for 20 hours per week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sara Elliot, pictured last week in WAG,  resigned her position on Monday.  Special Programs is working to fill this vacancy and we will have a substitute providing support in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got this!&nbsp; Earlier in the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Qc8Wc_0fgstMWqj7Z8ZO0NybtSoA5mtv\/edit\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Qc8Wc_0fgstMWqj7Z8ZO0NybtSoA5mtv\/edit\">I messaged<\/a> the ways in which Laci and I, are ready to support you with student issues. &nbsp;As we head into the remaining weeks of the year, please continue letting us know the ways in which we can assist with students who are struggling to meet classroom or school expectations.&nbsp; Supporting staff with student issues is a top priority for us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 6 weeks to go, keep rockin\u2019 those Tier I classroom systems, maintaining regular instructional schedules,&nbsp;recognizing and rewarding students who are doing the right thing, and building those awesome relationships you have with students&#8230;and let us know how we can assist you, our doors are always open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2023\/05\/IMG_3853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2023\/05\/IMG_3853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2023\/05\/IMG_3853-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next week is an <strong>A week <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-9.43.00-AM-1024x376.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-9.43.00-AM-1024x376.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-9.43.00-AM-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-9.43.00-AM-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2022\/10\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-19-at-9.43.00-AM.png 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Staff Appreciation Week! Happenings next week at Lava Ridge: I will be at Pine Ridge on Tuesday at an equity training. Congratulations Matthew Crawmer! Matthew&#8217;s walking (think graduation) this weekend in Arizona after completing his Master&#8217;s degree in elementary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2023\/05\/05\/may-5\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/541"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4182"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4215,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4182\/revisions\/4215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}