{"id":5726,"date":"2025-05-09T20:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=5726"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:03:10","slug":"may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2025\/05\/09\/may-9\/","title":{"rendered":"May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday:\u00a0 ICCL Meeting @ 2:30 in C5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday:\u00a0 Staff Meeting @ 2:30; Camp Tamarack Family Night @ 5:30 in the Media Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday: \u00a0SST @ 8:00 in C5; EA Monthly Meeting @ 10:30 &amp; 1:00; SIW-Work in Classrooms \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday: Lion Pride Drawing @ Lunches; K MTSS, 1<sup>st<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> PLC Meetings \u00a0@ 2:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday: \u00a0Incoming Kindergarten Transition Meetings @ 12:00-3:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 (<strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1fzG8M6ZEmNvqVYCzG7jpYr2QyDVnvW5VfnJuPzAsSYk%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cgary.defrang%40bend.k12.or.us%7C857f5c6afc5f4e2da66208dd8f1592b9%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C638824045005920646%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=b1kVx%2BLGmhlw29aj8b8fMAIppPn6Um%2FTdaNCWqO1Cts%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instructions for Students<\/a><\/u><\/strong>)  On May 28 during SIW we&#8217;ll use this data for a year-end SLGG activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Principals have <strong>not yet<\/strong> been given the green-light to finalize and communicate <strong>teaching assignments<\/strong> and staffing plans for next year.  I understand how it can feel to wait for this type of information and I will let you know <strong>as soon as I can<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There continues to be a great deal of discussion nationally and locally about <strong>screen time<\/strong> and the role devices play in k-12 education.  Thank you for being thoughtful with the activities your students <strong>use iPads to learn<\/strong> and for keeping it screen-free during free choice activities.  <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_4022-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5741\" style=\"width:445px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_4022-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_4022-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_4022-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_4022-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_4022-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Welcome <strong>Becky Sortor! <\/strong> Becky was recently hired as a 2 hour EA for the remainder of the school year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We will not have Walk to Skill groups, May 20-23.   After <strong>DIBELS (5\/20)<\/strong>, the EA team will be testing students who were absent and assisting with kindergarten readiness assessments.  The last day we will run Walk to Skill groups is <strong>June 6th.<\/strong>  We are also planning to continue core instruction through this date.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for letting Kina and Kim know the names of <strong>volunteers <\/strong>you may have coming to your classroom\/going on field trips, <strong>in advance.<\/strong>  This helps us in being ready to greet these helpers when they arrive.  Also, if you have an interest in hosting <strong>visitors in your classroom, they are always welcome<\/strong>!  Just connect with me at least a week in advance so we can make adjustments as needed for Raptor usage and be ready to welcome families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <strong>recycling program<\/strong> for <em>some<\/em> <strong>Bridges items<\/strong> is coming soon!  This should begin in the next couple of weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Room Tidy Team: <strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> grade <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Week is a <strong>B week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/duty-schedule--1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/duty-schedule--1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/duty-schedule--300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/duty-schedule--768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/05\/duty-schedule-.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: \u00a0 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2025\/05\/09\/may-9\/\">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-5726","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\/5726","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=5726"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5744,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5726\/revisions\/5744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}