{"id":6095,"date":"2025-10-24T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2025-10-24T21:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T21:53:20","slug":"october-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2025\/10\/24\/october-24\/","title":{"rendered":"October 24"},"content":{"rendered":"\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>Monday: The Book Fair begins! Staff Book Fair Preview @ 2:15-3:00; ICCL Meeting @ 2:30 in C5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday: Halloween Dress Up Day! Harvest Parties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday: Work in Classrooms 7:15-3:15; Conferences 3:15-7:15 (Dinner provided by PTO @ 2:00 in the Staff Room)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday: Conferences 7:15-7:15 (Dinner: Pizza @ 2:00 in the Staff Room)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday: Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thank you <\/strong>for your extra efforts this week supporting the <strong>Read-A-thon!<\/strong>  You&#8217;ll see on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1oIP8qCi9R85T5IQC18CdwhsKJ-Dx2JwTUg4i9DY610k%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cgary.defrang%40bend.k12.or.us%7C60d4c77b44b240f0e0df08de0d92bc5b%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C638963121041326062%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=zAN5HrJu%2FRT1VHxdvlQA%2FqsUSzkxRx%2F281J%2Fp6mK2H0%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read-a-Thon Weeks at a Glance<\/a> we have <strong>two more days<\/strong> of announcements for $5 Book Fair gift cards and tracking of schoolwide reading minutes via the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1DU_9ikTNLstxcUhXsF5PlqPch6bQXzbAT0oHD4fIclw%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cgary.defrang%40bend.k12.or.us%7C60d4c77b44b240f0e0df08de0d92bc5b%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C638963121041343317%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wBjQ1L%2FD14y9Sqgdh6rstMxI1Is1ZZzYaJZkCfAO5pY%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reading Minutes Tracker<\/a> .  Families can donate to the Read-A-Thon via FundHub (or a check made out to the PTO) through October 31st. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6113\" style=\"width:588px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/10\/12.png 1654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thank you PBIS\/Tier I Team for this new student recognition event! Each Character Trait Award recipient received an invite to attend the Belonging Breakfast on December 4th.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are the most useful items purchased this year by the staff at Lava Ridge?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New device to listen to music while swimming<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A mop vacuum, 2 jobs in one, whoo!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rowing Machine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My Cannondale Cargo e-bike!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital wall clock for the classroom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New tv<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baskets for organizing supplies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electric car<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tupperware lid holder\/sorter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OBOB books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydration vest for running\/hiking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My Blackstone grill so I can cook outside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arts &amp; Crafts Supplies-it is my &#8220;ME&#8221; unwinding time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pencil Sharpener<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My new dyson submarine cordless vacuum. Its amazing and picks up so much dust and dog hair!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My ear buds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dishwashing gloves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Room Tidy Team:  <strong>EA Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-1024x364.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-1024x364.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM-768x273.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-10.21.33-AM.png 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: Thank you for your extra efforts this week supporting the Read-A-thon! You&#8217;ll see on the Read-a-Thon Weeks at a Glance we have two more days of announcements for $5 Book Fair gift cards and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2025\/10\/24\/october-24\/\">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-6095","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\/6095","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=6095"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6136,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions\/6136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}