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Thank you for the terrific work you and your teams are doing to get our SENIORS graduated! I know this can be a challenging time of year as you are juggling so many key events that are culminating in a few weeks…while planning for next year! Stay positive and be sure to take some time to do something you enjoy! Trust the fabulous team around you to help – we are in this together.
Thank you for completing your Self Evaluation by tomorrow in TalentEd Perform.
Information:
We witnessed fantastic news coming out of the Senate this week with the passage of HB 3427 and much-needed funding for K-12 education! This linked article does a nice job of providing some of the behind-the-scenes drama, as well as outline the areas where these additional dollars will be earmarked. As a reminder, these funds do not infuse any additional revenue into our district’s 2019-20 budget. (Also of note is that an increase in PERS rates – 4.75% – will equate to an additional 4.4 million per year payment increase for BLS beginning next fall.)
School and Work Day Schedules: Here are the daily schedules for MVHS, SHS and BSHS for the 19-20 school year. The hours for our Office Managers and Secretaries will be: OM: 7:30am – 4:00pm and Other Sec: 7:45am – 4:15pm. The hours for our SRO’s at all schools next year will be 8:15-4:15, meaning they should arrive at your schools by 8:15.
Planning for August: It’s hard to believe we are looking to our return in the fall! Here are the Leadership events and trainings for August AND the work calendar and expectations for the weeks of Aug 26-Sept 6. The training scheduled for August 20 replaces our annual leadership retreat normally scheduled in early August AND kicks off the 2nd Annual Innovation Conference. Be sure to REGISTER your building admin team and ICCL members in PERFORMANCE MATTERS for August 20 before leaving for the summer. *sign in to Performance Matters, click “My Courses”, search for “Innovative”, then register for the days you plan to attend.
Congratulations to our twenty graduating seniors who will earn their state-level Seal of Biliteracy this spring! This is the first group to earn this distinction in our district! Here is the break down of our twenty seniors:
- MVHS: 4 students (1 Vietnamese, 3 Spanish)
- SHS: 7 students (1 Korean, 6 Spanish)
- BSHS: 9 students (9 Spanish)
This award is noted on these students’ transcripts and each will earn an intertwined purple and silver cord to represent the two languages which they can wear at graduation. Most of these recipients are native speakers of the non-English language. No doubt their families will be very proud of this distinction! If you would like help requesting an interpreter for your ceremony so families can participate meaningfully in the celebration, Kinsey is happy to help. Thank you to Kinsey and to our ELL teachers, for bringing this awesome opportunity to our students!
What is the Seal of Biliteracy? It is a prestigious distinction awarded upon graduation to qualifying high school students on behalf of the state of Oregon. Through rigorous assessments, recipients of the state’s Seal of Biliteracy have demonstrated high academic fluency in both English and a second language equally. These students can understand, speak, read, and write in two languages at an extremely advanced level. This award offers students additional opportunities such as college credits and career advantages. We applaud our Seal of Biliteracy recipients for obtaining these specialized skills that make them uniquely prepared to thrive in a global community.
IKA-AR: Grades and Credit was changed last year and I want to highlight its relevancy to the Val and Sal selection. The AR sets a cutoff date of May 1 of a student’s graduation year for adding courses to the high school transcript. This would pertain to online courses, expanded options and any credit taken in a student’s 8th grade year (usually this is Alg 1 or Spanish). This May 1 deadline guards against students adding a weighted class to their schedule at that last minute that could impact their GPA. Your counselors have this handled, but you should be aware of the May 1 deadline. Let me know if you have questions.
Dave Van Loo shared some powerful research from George University’s Center on Education and the Workforce related to equity and achievement. The good news is our district is currently implementing, in varying degrees, the best practices highlighted in this summary. There is still work to be done.
TSPC is making some changes to the Oregon administration licensure. These will be in effect August 1, 2022. If you do not currently hold your “continuing” license – and consider working in a position outside of a building someday, then you should begin by reviewing this TSPC informational page because these changes will likely affect you. Additionally, if you know of anyone working on or thinking about working on her/his Oregon admin license, you may want to pass this informational flyer on to them.
Calendar:
May 22 – Perseverance Awards Dinner at the Loft, 5:oo
May 24 – Val and Sal announced at each school
May 27- Memorial Day- No School
May 31 – HS Principals Mtg- be ready to share out your Equity Lens leadership activity
June – Graduation Extravaganza!