Team,
I hope you have a wonderful 3 day weekend!
~Juan
To Do
Please read: From Lora:
This week we heard broad support from the legislature for an increase in state school funding, from 9.9 billion to 10.2 billion. With this positive news (NOTHING is final), we can approve schools moving ahead with staffing at their original allocation levels. This means that with your level leader’s approval, you may hire for all open positions. Level leaders are holding a few spots for staff who may need to be placed, etc. so there are a few positions we will not hire for at this time.
Prepare your CEL work for June!
Here is your bridge to practice to have done before our June 22 work. NOTE: you need to talk to some teachers, so don’t wait until they are all gone! Also, your canvas (google slides that have been made for you) should be in at least a draft form for your presentations that day. You will need to share those slides which can be done by printing them or showing them on your computer. We will be at Perseverance Hall from 8:00-2:00. (original time was 9-3, but got changed). Let us know if you have any questions.
Your ICCL team and LEAD/Equity work:
As you prepare to hir ICCLs, please keep in mind the following information: Next year each school will identify one ICCL member to serve as the ‘liaison’ between your school and the district’s LEAD/Equity work. This person will have regular collaboration time (within their ICCL role and via sub-release time–not additional hours) with our Office of DEI leadership team, to connect the needs and work of your building with the district-wide efforts and priorities for equity and inclusion. Just a heads-up as you begin to hire—please be thinking of which member of your team will serve as a point person (someone with a strong interest in matters of equity, inclusion, and school systems to support our priority populations). Kinsey will reach out in fall for the name of this person!
From Aimee Synder
This is the message to share with nurses, counselors, and admin:
Students in Bend High’s Design Justice class developed an Overdose Prevention PSA video that can be shared with students at your schools.
We plan to share the video through Health classes in the remaining weeks this year. An email will go out to your middle and high school health teachers Monday morning asking them to share the video with their Health classes before the end of the year and to complete a questionnaire after they show the video. These are the instructionsthat will go out to Health teachers.
As a district, we will consider sharing this PSA to students and similar information to families more broadly next year following fielding testing of the PSA in the Health classes in our remaining weeks this year.
For your information: The instructions include the PSA script, additional resources to direct students to, and content for a future family newsletter. Please use the PSA script to answer any questions that may come up related to overdose risk.
If you have questions or concerns, contact your school’s Public Health Specialist, Tami Pike, or Aimee Snyder:
- Tami Pike: Bend-La Pine Schools Assistant Director of Health Services
- Lindsay Seibel: Public Health Specialist for Bend High, Pilot Butte Middle, Bend Tech Academy
- Amanda Armstrong: Public Health Specialist for La Pine High and Middle
- Lani McQuilkin: Public Health Specialist for Mountain View High, Realms, Sky View Middle
- Emily Wommack: Public Health Specialist for Summit High, Cascade Middle, and Pacific Crest Middle
- Aimee Snyder: Healthy Schools Supervisor filling in for Public Health Specialist for Caldera High, High Desert Middle
The video was made in partnership with Deschutes County Prevention and Health Promotion. The content in the video aligns with best practices for preventing adolescent substance use.
This and That
From Dean Richards
From Kinsey:
Promotion/Ceremonies and name pronunciation: Principals, please don’t forget to have whoever is reading names at “promotion” to clarify and practice correct name pronunciation. Synergy’s voice-recording of name pronunciation is a good resource (if/when a student has used that tool and has a recording filed there), and/or your Multilingual Services staff can help you rehearse as well.
June LEAD student lessons:
Our LEAD/Equity Coaches are finalizing two lessons that will be available to you and teachers next week: One for teaching about Juneteenth and one for Pride Month. Just as we expect teachers to teach about topics like Hispanic Heritage Month, Lunar New Year, or the American Revolution, we similarly ask teachers to include the history and heritage related to these two topics in June (which are directly represented in state learning standards within Ethnic Studies and Health, and in line with our school board priorities for representation and belonging within curriculum and instruction).
Please: review these lessons when you receive them next week, encourage your teachers to give them a try, participate in some classrooms during these conversations, and/or reach out to a LEAD/Equity Coach or to Kinsey if you’d like partnership!
From Amber, Amy, & Erin-HDESD Culture of Care Team
Join the HDESD Culture of Care team this summer for professional learning opportunities to kickstart your school year with care!
Registration is now open!
Hope to see you there!
Calendar
May 29: Memorial Day No School
June 1: Excellence in Education @5:00-6:30 at Summit High School
June 8: Middle School Admin Work Session 3:00-4:30 pm @HDMS
June 16: Last Day of School
June 19: Juneteenth Holiday. School offices Closed – be sure to communicate this with families.
June 21: BLAST end of the year lunch and celebration 11:30 @ Ed Center
June 22: Last day with CEL–Leading Equitable Schools 8-2 @ Perseverance Hall, Bend High
Fish On…
