{"id":6609,"date":"2026-09-08T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:08:41","slug":"september-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2026\/09\/08\/september-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"September 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wednesday:&nbsp; First day of school! Tuesday Specials Schedule; Half of our kindergarteners will be in attendance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday: Half of Kindergarteners attend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday: All Kindergarteners attend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re planning to eat outside this week.  \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are available at the <strong>beginning or end of the student day<\/strong> this week to assist students in locating their classrooms, buses, Kids Inc., etc., please head to the main entrance or Bus area @ 7:29 &amp; 2:14.  Thank you!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first day of library classes will be <strong>September 21st<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Evening Events for 2026-27:<\/strong> Here\u2019s the scoop on evening events for the year.&nbsp; The feedback around staff having some choice on events last year was positive so we provided a choice option again.&nbsp; We\u2019ll have a Google Doc out to you in the next couple of weeks that you can communicate your initial plans for the year. &nbsp;Let me know if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Event #1:<\/em> Lava Ridge Showcase:&nbsp; April 29<sup>th<\/sup> @ 5:30-7:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Event #2:&nbsp;<\/em> Choice Between:&nbsp; PTO BBQ October 1<sup>st<\/sup> 4:00-6:00 or Bingo Night Feb 18 @ 5:30-7:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Event # 3:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>K:&nbsp; Kindergarten Open House, May 13 @ 6:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1st TBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd TBD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd -5th Winter Concerts @ 6:00 (3rd 12\/9, 4th 12\/15, 5th 12\/17)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Educators\u2019 Night Out at the High Desert Museum <\/strong>is on Thursday, September 24 from 6:00-8:00 pm. Head to the High Desert Museum for an evening dedicated to educators! Enjoy light refreshments and take home resources from dozens of organizations across Central Oregon for the upcoming school year. Register by September 17: <a href=\"https:\/\/out.smore.com\/render\/82c9v\/9-Xr0R?__$u__\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highdesertmuseum.org\/educatorsnight2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: &nbsp; We&#8217;re planning to eat outside this week. \ud83d\ude42 If you are available at the beginning or end of the student day this week to assist students in locating their classrooms, buses, Kids Inc., &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2026\/09\/08\/september-4-2\/\">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-6609","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\/6609","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=6609"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6622,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6609\/revisions\/6622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}