{"id":6237,"date":"2025-12-12T21:09:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:09:55","slug":"december-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2025\/12\/12\/december-12\/","title":{"rendered":"December 12"},"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 <em>Staff Spirit Day-Flannel\/Lumberjack<\/em>; K-2 Literacy Team (B1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday: \u00a0<em>Staff Spirit Day-Festive Hat or Headband;<\/em> Breakfast Burritos for Staff @ 7:25 in the Staff Room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday:<em> Staff Spirit Day-Ugly Sweater<\/em>;  SIW:\u00a0Teacher Directed Time @ 1:45<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday: \u00a0<em>Staff Spirit Day-Anything But a Mug\/Water Bottle<\/em>; Staff Holiday Party @ 2:30 in the Media Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday: <em>Staff Spirit Day-PJ Day<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PTO has asked to <strong>extend the Joy Festival through Monday <\/strong>for a recess scavenger hunt for interested students.  Keep an eye out for students in the halls during lunch recesses on Monday. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It&#8217;s the first ever, Lava Ridge Student Badge Training Week!<\/strong>  Next week please plan to take your class outside on the playground for 10 minutes and train them (and let them practice!) how to use the nifty card readers they will use beginning January 5th if they need to come inside at recess.   In January, we&#8217;re planning that students will see a member of the supervision team for a badge if\/when they need to go inside during recess.  We&#8217;ll have a sign up sheet for you on Monday and sets of badges that can be checked out from the office during your training time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connected with this, <strong>on Monday during morning meetings<\/strong>, will you please ask your students to <strong>make sure the doors coming in from the playground are left slightly propped open if they come inside during recess.  <\/strong>The new crash bars do not have an unlock setting and this prevents the supervision team from needing to unlock the doors each time students need to come inside.  Thank you!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/BCA057AE-852C-4E66-A476-BBDC6E0324FC.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/BCA057AE-852C-4E66-A476-BBDC6E0324FC.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/BCA057AE-852C-4E66-A476-BBDC6E0324FC-300x233.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/BCA057AE-852C-4E66-A476-BBDC6E0324FC-768x597.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Coming soon! After Break, weather-willing, we&#8217;ll have more winter safety instruction for our Lions. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You are rocking it!<\/strong>  It&#8217;s exciting to see the impact your foundational skills and extension of core instruction are having for our students who were not yet reading at grade level in September. Thank you for continuing to <strong>prioritize foundational skills instruction<\/strong> on those days that are atypical (field trips, class parties) and for all of your time and energy with this work.  January 15th is Winter DIBELS and we&#8217;ll have details for you regarding which students in your class will be tested in early January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve posted a <strong>2.5 hour educational assistant position<\/strong> to join our team and assist with lunch recess supervision and provide classroom support.  We are funding this position with a portion of our school improvement funds and some discretionary dollars we received due to higher than expected enrollment.  If you know of someone who would be a great addition to our team, please encourage them to apply! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/Snow-Week-Dress-up-Days-School-event-Dress-up-days-poster.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Snow Week Dress up Days School event Dress up days poster.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-0c78a0f9-1315-45de-bafe-51e5355032cb\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/Snow-Week-Dress-up-Days-School-event-Dress-up-days-poster.pdf\">Snow Week Dress up Days School event Dress up days poster<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2025\/12\/Snow-Week-Dress-up-Days-School-event-Dress-up-days-poster.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-0c78a0f9-1315-45de-bafe-51e5355032cb\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Room Tidy Team:&nbsp;<strong>4th Grade Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Week is <strong>an A week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><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: \u00a0 PTO has asked to extend the Joy Festival through Monday for a recess scavenger hunt for interested students. Keep an eye out for students in the halls during lunch recesses on Monday. 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