{"id":6648,"date":"2026-09-25T19:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:44:15","slug":"september-25-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/2026\/09\/25\/september-25-2\/","title":{"rendered":"September 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge:<\/strong> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Monday:\u00a0ICCL Team Meeting @ 2:30 (Rainbow Valley; B4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday: K-2 Literacy Leadership Team meeting in B4 (8:00-2:00)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday: Care Team Meeting @ 8:00 (Rainbow Valley; B4); SIW: Boost Math for Intervention &amp; K-2 Literacy Team Information @1:45 (Media Center)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday: \u00a0PLC Team Meetings @ 2:30-3:15 (locations determined by team); School BBQ @ 4:30-6:30 (time change!) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bus Evacuation Training; National Custodian Day! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, the BBQ flyer below will be in teacher mailboxes to send home with students in the afternoon.   Returned forms and money can be routed to the office.  Thank you!  <\/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\/2026\/09\/Back-to-School-Barbecue-Order-Form-.docx.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Back to School Barbecue Order Form .docx.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6eeb99e4-ba7a-4c36-8a85-f1577f9c5535\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Back-to-School-Barbecue-Order-Form-.docx.pdf\">Back to School Barbecue Order Form .docx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Back-to-School-Barbecue-Order-Form-.docx.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6eeb99e4-ba7a-4c36-8a85-f1577f9c5535\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday is the first of three, <strong>K-2 Literacy Team Leadership Meetings<\/strong> we&#8217;ll have this year. This team that includes Tracy Mauze, Ahna Jura, Jenn Hamilton, Kelly Sproba and Paige Allen and will be facilitated by Lindsley Gehrig.  We&#8217;ll be meeting for the day in Rainbow Valley (B4) and plan to share an update at SIW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the <strong><em>Professional Communication, Student Privacy, and Immigration Enforcement<\/em> <\/strong>training on Monday, we discussed a follow up set up questions that can be used for reflection. They can be located <a href=\"\/\/\/Users\/gary.defrang\/Downloads\/Professional%20Communication,%20Student%20Privacy,%20&amp;%20Immigration%20Enforcement%20-%20Pre_Post%20_Checking%20for%20Understanding_%20Activity.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"file:\/\/\/Users\/gary.defrang\/Downloads\/Professional%20Communication,%20Student%20Privacy,%20&amp;%20Immigration%20Enforcement%20-%20Pre_Post%20_Checking%20for%20Understanding_%20Activity.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From the Safety Department and Office of Policy &amp; Advocacy: <\/strong> We are working on improvements to volunteer onboarding, training, communication, time tracking, and access to opportunities. One first step is a new <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F1g1b8CVt76sKyOz-rAgeY2R5MVJDtm32r%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckaren.rush%40bend.k12.or.us%7Ce9c54937069345c6361c08df1a815a61%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C639258815002083110%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FmELWKSZqdI46VqXfWnAqhBcihViu%2Bz8z7ssm9iUuzk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volunteer Handbook<\/a>, designed to help volunteers feel informed, prepared, and included. This is an early draft&#8211;eventually, schools will be able to add school-specific information, and the handbook will be available online and in print.  We hope you will <a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScmHNGw7alZ5s-_TzZiraUU8jsIga4obJcRiD8WMQTgYKv7qg%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Ddialog&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckaren.rush%40bend.k12.or.us%7Ce9c54937069345c6361c08df1a815a61%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C639258815002101481%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rTbJXyltT9WRebFgc32c0PWQYiEpCIyLwzJd9JC%2B0Q8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provide feedback<\/a> especially  about the handbook\u2019s structure, format, accessibility, and content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Room Tidy Team:\u00a0 <strong>2nd Grade Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Week is an <strong>A wee<\/strong>k<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.26.40-AM-1024x128.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6626\" style=\"aspect-ratio:8;width:1024px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.26.40-AM-1024x128.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.26.40-AM-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.26.40-AM-768x96.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.26.40-AM.png 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"938\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.27.15-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6625\" style=\"aspect-ratio:7.1603053435114505;width:938px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.27.15-AM.png 938w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.27.15-AM-300x42.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/gary.defrang\/files\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-11-at-9.27.15-AM-768x107.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happenings Next Week at Lava Ridge: &nbsp; On Monday, the BBQ flyer below will be in teacher mailboxes to send home with students in the afternoon. Returned forms and money can be routed to the office. Thank you! 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