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High School Choice Options<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High School Choice Options Applications are opening after the winter break and are due January 19, 2024. Bend Tech Academy <\/strong>and Realms HS <\/strong>are inviting ALL middle school counselors<\/strong> to come for an information session and tour to learn more about what unique opportunities are available to students at each of these choice high schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n The visit will take place on Monday<\/strong> January 8th<\/sup> from 1:30-3:45 pm. <\/strong>We will start at BTA and then transition to Realms HS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please encourage and create time for your counselors to take advantage of this opportunity. We want to see all MS counselors there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Heads Up: There will be updated videos and information for middle schools to share with their students and families during the first two weeks of January. Please be on the lookout for those resources!<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Paul Dean, Human Resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n Principals & Supervisors –<\/p>\n\n\n\n This email marks the time for us to pivot in earnest to our renewal\/non-renewal and extension\/non-extension process. BLS aspires to place the best teachers possible in front of students, and as such we want to be very deliberate in renewing third-year Probationary\/Temporary status teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The primary means for removing underperforming Probationary\/Temporary staff member before they reach Contract status is non-renewal of their contracts prior to the end of their third year of probation; once a teacher attains Contract status, separation of a deficient performer from the District becomes a much more labor-intensive process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ******Please note a change in practice for Temporary 3 certified staff. We are now required<\/u> to follow all Probationary 3 practices for Temporary 3 certified staff. When you write a letter of support for a Temporary 3 staff member, then you are obligating your school to employ this person for the 2024\/25 school year and beyond*********<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a third-year Probationary\/Temporary certified staff of concern, I trust that you have been in conversation with HR\/Your Level Leader regarding the remediation measures that must be extended and completed before the School Board’s meeting in March, where the renewal\/non-renewal process culminates. If you have not yet undertaken the requisite measures with a third-year Probationary\/Temporary staff member that you don’t believe should be granted Contract status, we are fast approaching the point beyond which you will not be able to meet deadlines to non-renew that teacher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you may also recall from experience or new administrator training, those of you with third-year Probationary\/Temporary certified staff being recommended for Contract status need to generate letters of support<\/u><\/em> for each one. The School Board wants each of us to be able to articulate the specific reasons any third-year Probationary\/Temporary teacher should move to Contract status, and they take time to read every letter you prepare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Timeline<\/p>\n\n\n\n No later than Friday, January 5th:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n No later than Friday, January 26th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Resource Links<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Sean Reinhart<\/p>\n\n\n\n Raptor Student Safe is a new platform to enter, collaborate, and track data round NSSI (non suicidal self injury), suicidal ideation (suicide risk screens) and behavioral safety (threat) assessments for school teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the January 10 Educator Network Day, the Student Services Team will train school counselors, school psychologists, student success coordinators and nurses on how to enter NSSI and suicide risk screens into this system. After this END training, school risk screening teams will enter these screens into this system moving forward and will be better able to collaborate and track student safety concerns in their buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All building administrators have access to their school site(s). Here is the\u00a0BLS Raptor\/StudentSafe Navigation Walkthrough<\/a>\u00a0document. Please make sure that you can log in to Raptor StudentSafe (using your district email address, no password required). Any technology issues or related problems, please contact our district Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Jamie Gunter at\u00a0jamie.gunter@bend.k12.or.us<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Scott McDonald<\/p>\n\n\n\n Season\u2019s Greetings from IT,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parents can take an active role in how and how often school issued iPads are used while at home. Sending the following information home may be beneficial before the long winter holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two device monitoring applications available for Bend-La Pine families. The application descriptions and set up instructions are linked below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n From Stephen Duval<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mark your calendars for March 5th<\/sup> as we host our first ever Life and Career Readiness night. In partnership with Caldera DECA, we will be hosting a career fair type event at Caldera for grades 6th-12th<\/sup> from 6-7:30 pm. At this event students can explore different career paths with representatives from a variety of fields, learn more about the new future-oriented website Schoolinks and learn about postsecondary paths including college, military, trade school, gap year, and the workforce. There will be both middle and high school student information available as well as food carts. We hope you and\/or others from your site can join us. We expect a big turnout and there are already over 40 different representatives signed up. Please reach out to Stephen or Jess Calbreath with questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From Jackie Mueller<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustainability Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Holiday SOP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n With the winter break upon us, it is time to remind staff about the Holiday shutdowns in schools. HVAC will be set to unoccupied mode in schools which means the temperatures will be set to 58 in the buildings. Please remind staff to shut down electronics, empty all mini-fridges and unplug them, close blinds, and turn down lights. The Raptor computers remain on for updates, but the screens can be turned off. The Standard Operating Procedures can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Good of the Green Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n BLS has green team leaders in all but 5 schools this year and they are doing amazing work. Here are a few updates. Summit High students partnered with Miller to collect usable toys and are hosting a gift give for families at Bear Creek. Northstar, Ensworth, and Buckingham students completed waste audits to get baseline data for waste reduction efforts. Amity Creek is starting the 2024 school year with plates. BSH put waste stations throughout the school and Caldera Green team is inspiring students and staff to bring reusables to their pancake breakfast. The High School Green Leadership Coalitions wants to remind you all to have a great holiday and to reduce waste in how we wrap presents.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n December 18-January 1<\/strong>: Winter break<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 2: <\/strong>Classes Resume<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 11: <\/strong>MS Horizontal @HDMS at 3:00-4:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 25: <\/strong>MS Horizontal @PCMS at 3:00-4:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 31: <\/strong>All admin Professional Development @Perserverance Hall BSHS at 3:00-4:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n Team, During this winter break I hope you find time to decompress, reflect on your successes, and look forward to the yet to come opportunities! I will reflect on these three while taking walks on the beach with my puppies. … Continue reading \n
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