Team,
I want to thank you for your focus on students, staff, and families in BLS. I am always impressed by your commitment and leadership. Give yourself credit for creating systems to meet the needs of our students and community. Have a joyful weekend. ~Juan
Here are the latest links of information:
- Safety
- Standard Response Protocol
- Certified Professional Growth and Performance Manual
- Middle School Running Minutes 2022-2023
- Meeting Agendas
To Do
From Tina Bandy: Transportation
To make your bus evacuation training and reporting easier, here is a google form you can use instead of the PDF. https://forms.gle/QDTEzU6xFgvmQKfx9
And here is the link for the video. https://www.bend.k12.or.us/bus/transportation-videos
From Last week’s Blog
Here is the plan for administering the Student Health Survey for 6th & 8th grades only: (The survey will fall under the red zone ie To Do for the following weeks)
- Schools send parent letter week of October 17th
- 6th & 8th graders take the survey the weeks of October 31, the week of November 7, and the week of November 14.
- Make-ups during the week of November 28
- Here is a helpful Powerpoint about the survey and the role of the survey coordinator
- Here is the Parent Cons
Subs
we have been monitoring the sub situation and this year we’ve already seen some unfilled jobs. If you have any unfilled positions please contact Becca (at the HDESD) to see if she can help you locate someone. If she is unable to help you then the next step is to look internally for a solution.
This and That
From Juan, Katie, & Dean
On October 4th Middle and High School Administrators and ICCLs will be meeting at Bend High School’s Perseverance Hall. We will begin at 4:00. If possible, please set up coverage during the last period to allow for an on time arrival.
The agenda is as follows:
- Foster an Adult Learning Culture: collaboration, getting better, problem solving
- Create systems and routines for empowering teachers to identify and solve problems
- Coherence of vision for student experience and student learning
- Connect dots between district goals (CEL and grading) and school goals
Also, during the presentation, we will be discussing our work with CEL. Principals should be prepared to discuss the slide below and lessons learned during our 2 day training.
From Scott in District Safety
I wanted to take a moment to send out a reminder on our drill procedures. Your Safety Administrator should have been granted access to the District Safety Site Representatives – Drills Google Drive. Be sure you record your drills for each month.
Inside the “Drills” Google Drive, you should see a folder titled: “Drill and Evaluation Forms (Schools).” There is a folder for each school inside that folder. This is where you can drop your BLS Drill and Emergency Incident Evaluation Form once you complete your drills (this is the form you use to email to Marsh Baro after your school completed a drill).
You will also find pdf files of our district Safety Drills Guidelines 2022-23 which has information on the required drills by Oregon law and district expectations on completing those drills each month.
Finally, you will see the BLS Emergency Drills SY 22-23 Google Sheet that you will use to enter the dates each month that your school completes your emergency drills (Marsha use to track this for us as well).
Please reach out with any questions or issues with access to any of the documents in this folder.
From Alandra
Principals – please share this blurb in your next parent communication, so long as it is before October 10:
Community Invited to Apply to Vacant Board Seat
Applications due October 11; appointee to fill term through June 2023
Bend-La Pine Schools’ Board of Directors is seeking applicants to fill a vacant seat, Zone 7 at large. Applicants must reside within a Deschutes County voting precinct, have resided within a Deschutes County voting precinct for at least one year, reside within Bend-La Pine Schools’ attendance area and be registered to vote.
Applications are due October 11 at 4 p.m. Visit the Board of Directors’ webpage for details on how to apply (applicants must share a resume, residency attestation form from the webpage and a letter of interest following the prompt on the website.)
Finalists will be selected Nov. 8 and a final appointee will be sworn in Dec. 13. The individual will be appointed to serve through June 20, 2023 (the appointee may choose to file for the May 2023 election.)
Se invita a la comunidad a postularse para un puesto vacante en la junta directiva
Las solicitudes se vencen el 11 de octubre; la persona nombrada ocupara el término hasta junio de 2023
La Junta Directiva de las Escuelas de Bend-La Pine está buscando candidatos para ocupar un puesto vacante, la Zona 7 en general. Los solicitantes deben residir dentro de un recinto electoral del condado de Deschutes, haber residido dentro de un recinto electoral del condado de Deschutes durante al menos un año, residir dentro del área de asistencia de las escuelas de Bend-La Pine y estar registrados para votar.
Las solicitudes deben presentarse antes de el 11 de octubre a las 4 p.m. Visite la página web de la Junta Directiva para obtener detalles sobre cómo presentar una solicitud (los solicitantes deben compartir un currículum vitae, un formulario de certificación de residencia de la página web y una carta de interés siguiendo el aviso en el sitio web).
Los finalistas serán seleccionados el 8 de noviembre y la persona nombrada prestará juramento el 13 de diciembre. El individuo será designado para servir hasta el 20 de junio de 2023 (la persona nombrada puede optar por presentar una solicitud para las elecciones de mayo de 2023).
From Renita Cuevas at COCC
The Marketing Manager for Central Oregon Community College wants to make you all aware of some youth camps the college is offering for ages 10-14. Here is a link to a recent youth camp newsletter that lists some of the youth camps. You can also click on the “View all COCC Youth Programs” button at the bottom of the newsletter and it will bring you to all of the current offerings. You may want to share with your parents.
From Education Foundation Bend-La Pine
Greetings teachers and staff! WELCOME BACK-TO-SCHOOL! With a brand-new school year, excitement is in the air! We know our K-12 educators are working hard planning, developing, and executing stellar programs and curriculum for Bend-La Pine students. To help with that, we are offering our 2022 Back-to-School Classroom Grant opportunity for funding. Please see the attached Classroom Grant Information and Classroom Grant Application which can also be found on our website. We understand that the first few weeks of school are busy, so the deadline for applications is Friday, October 15, 2022, and all application requests must be emailed to our office at this address: [email protected]
For those of you new to Bend-La Pine Schools, the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools is an independent non-profit 501(c)3 that has aided local schools since 1988. Our mission is to prepare our students for success and the future through educational and extra-curricular opportunities. Since 2003, the Education Foundation has invested over $2.1 million into local schools through endowments, special projects, and our main programs. For more information about the Education Foundation, please visit our website at www.engagedminds.org.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or our Program Coordinator Jessie Norman at [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your applications and continuing to help make opportunities possible.
Below are the docs:
Education Foundation Information Grant Application
From Tracy How, Instructional Technology
Free SAM Labs kits up for grabs! The district is permanently dispersing the brand-new STEM based SAM Labs kits housed at the district office. Here’s what you need to know.
- SAM Labs requires a subscription to utilize the app.
- The district paid the subscription for everyone K-8 for the 22/23 school year. The app is in Self Service.
- Moving beyond 22/23, sites wanting to utilize their SAM Lab kits will purchase their own subscription. Pricing is included in the form below.
- SAM Lab kits are obsolete without a subscription to the app.
That’s it! If you want kits for your school, please fill out this Google Form or email our instructional technology team Robbie Faith and Tracy Howk. Don’t be shy in your request; we’ve got lots to go around. We’re ready to get them out of here and into your schools. Enjoy!
Calendar
September 22: Middle School Admin Work Session: 7:30-9:00 Cascade Middle School (Juan will hold this work session then travel to Salem)
September 22-23: Juan out of office: Educator Equity Summit in Salem, Oregon-available by phone/text (Juan will hold MS work session then travel to Salem)
September 26: Assistant Principal/Dean Work Session 7:30-8:30 at Ed Center in Board Room
September 26: District Safety Team meeting 8:30-9:30 (Safety leads required to attend)
October 4: Middle School Principal Breakfast (optional) 7:30-9:00 @Original Pancake House 1025 SW Donovan, Ave (West Side)
October 4: Middle and High School Administrators and ICCLs 4:00 @Bend High School’s Perseverance Hall
Fish On…
