Author Archives: Katie Legace

Check out this video of The Hawks during a recent away game: La Pine High Volleyball Team stepping in to save the National Anthem. Think abouts… Check out our Secondary Blog post: We continue to build community and safety into … Continue reading →

To Do: School Design Plans: On Tuesday, September 28, we met with Lora & Dave about school design plans. They shared the link with the docs. Here is the link. At our October 26 Professional Development meeting, we will ask … Continue reading →

To Do: Staff who do not vaccinate or sign religious/medical exemptions –   If you have staff who are asking you what will happen after 10/18 if they do not get vaccinated or sign an exemption, you are to tell … Continue reading →

Thinking about our practice… We know that integrating social-emotional health and wellness with academics is key to learning. This research article titled Integrating Social, Emotional and Academic Development: An Action Guide for School Leadership Teams is worth reading as we … Continue reading →

Cool stuff from Dave… “So, if we test students as soon as they return to school, we might find that students cannot recall things that they knew 18 months earlier, and it would be tempting to assume that this is … Continue reading →

To Do: Meal Plans by Tuesday: please add your MEAL plan (lunch and breakfast) to this link!  Next, please share your school meal plans on your website the first week of school. Please call the document “Meal Plans” and post … Continue reading →

Reflections: “We now have the opportunity not to just reimagine schooling or try to reform injustice but to start over. Starting over is hard but not impossible; we now have a skeleton of a playbook. It starts with creativity, teacher-student … Continue reading →

Think abouts… I shared this information in an earlier BLOG and thought I would bring it to your attention as some members of our community are inquiring about Critical Race Theory (CRT) and whether our schools are teaching it.  What … Continue reading →

Reflections… In a recent training, I came across this research paper about the importance of PRINCIPALS to successful schools. Lora referred to this study during our administrator retreat yesterday! It is a long read but worth a review. Principals matter … Continue reading →

Think abouts…. This is a good reminder that doing PLC work well is anything but simple and that looking at student data minus the supports to adjust instruction equals no difference in student learning: https://www.edweek.org/technology/opinion-does-studying-student-data-really-raise-test-scores/2020/02 This short ASCD piece is … Continue reading →