{"id":771,"date":"2017-12-22T20:12:17","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/?p=771"},"modified":"2017-12-22T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T20:12:17","slug":"12-22-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2017\/12\/22\/12-22-17\/","title":{"rendered":"12.22.17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TO DO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enjoy these next two weeks!\u00a0 Give the gift of time to your family and friends, laugh, sleep in, stay up late, eat your favorite foods, read a book for fun, complete a puzzle, watch a movie (or two), let yourself emotionally release from your work&#8230; Enjoy this Christmas season and the New Year!<\/li>\n<li>The following information, from Kerry Morton (BLS math coach), should not be new learning for your math teachers, but it may be for you. Feel free to take a look yourself and pass along to your building math team: The Middle School Math Curriculum Review Team reviewed the pilot of Eureka in 2016-2017. Based on those results, the team decided to explore alternative programs. The team started with four programs: EnVision 2.0, Ready Math, Open Up, and Discovery. We only have Open Up remaining at this time. Before making a recommendation, we want to try out a series of lessons in several classrooms and compare it to the programs we reviewed in 2015: CMP3 and CPM. If you would like to learn more about Open Up, you can use my account:<a href=\"https:\/\/im.openupresources.org\/\">https:\/\/im.openupresources.org\/<\/a>Username: <a href=\"mailto:kerry.morton@bend.k12.or.us\">kerry.morton@bend.k12.or.us<\/a>\n<p>Password: bendbend1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>THIS AND THAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I wanted to let you know that the HDMS principal posting will go live on Monday (1\/8\/18) when we return from break.\u00a0 It will close on Feb. 2, and interviews will be on Feb. 20.\u00a0 I hope you consider coming to the community forum that evening at HDMS.<\/li>\n<li>An article, entitled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/2017\/12\/15\/tether-yourself-the-enlightening-talk-parents-arent-having-can-keep-teens-from-a-damaging-drift\/\">Tether Yourself:\u00a0 The Enlightening Talk Parents Aren&#8217;t Having to Keep Teens from a Damaging Drift<\/a>&#8221; was recently shared with me.\u00a0 I thought the message was not only a good one to pass along, but (unfortunately) the feelings of too many (anxiety, loss, stress, feelings of not meeting expectations) also seems to be on target this time of year.\u00a0 I hope you consider reading the entire article in the next few weeks. To wet your appetite, here is an excerpt in which the author, also a mom, shares a letter of advice she has written to her teen daughter related to the danger of spending too much time in front of an electronic screen:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Tether yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nTo real people, real conversations, and real scenery.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tether yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nTo furry animals, interesting books, good music, the great outdoors.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tether yourself<\/strong><br \/>\nTo spatulas, hammers, cameras, paintbrushes, and yoga mats.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DSC_0316-708x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"433\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>When your worth is in question \u2026 when you feel lost and alone \u2026 when you feel sad and can\u2019t explain why, tether yourself to real life. Tether yourself to real people. Tether yourself to real love. And I will help you set limits because I know teens feel pressure to be available 24\/7. But you need and deserve time to be alone with your thoughts, doing things you enjoy, without constant pressure and interruptions from the outside world.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>As you practice these self-regulation skills\u00a0that will benefit you for life, I vow to do the same. I am here to set an example of a well-rounded life and to help you navigate this challenging territory. You can always hold on to me.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lRwPX0luCV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/2017\/12\/15\/tether-yourself-the-enlightening-talk-parents-arent-having-can-keep-teens-from-a-damaging-drift\/\">Tether Yourself: The Enlightening Talk Parents Aren&#8217;t Having Can Keep Teens from a Damaging Drift<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Tether Yourself: The Enlightening Talk Parents Aren&#8217;t Having Can Keep Teens from a Damaging Drift&#8221; &#8212; Hands Free Mama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.handsfreemama.com\/2017\/12\/15\/tether-yourself-the-enlightening-talk-parents-arent-having-can-keep-teens-from-a-damaging-drift\/embed\/#?secret=S1dyLRYDSm#?secret=lRwPX0luCV\" data-secret=\"lRwPX0luCV\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>REMINDERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first day back with students is January 8, 2018.\u00a0 It may feel a bit awkward to not come back sooner, but I&#8217;m hoping you&#8217;ll get used to it.<\/li>\n<li>We are not having a Leadership meeting in January.\u00a0 Our next Leadership will be on Feb. 5, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>We will come together for a Horizontal meeting on Jan. 22 (3:15pm) at PCMS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TO DO: Enjoy these next two weeks!\u00a0 Give the gift of time to your family and friends, laugh, sleep in, stay up late, eat your favorite foods, read a book for fun, complete a puzzle, watch a movie (or two), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/2017\/12\/22\/12-22-17\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3852],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":952,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/jim.boen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}