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Thank you for another fantastic week of school in Bend-La Pine!<\/strong>\u00a0 Enjoy the plethora of helpful information this week.\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you for the high value work<\/strong> you are doing with our staff and young adults!<\/p>\n To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n Informational:<\/strong><\/p>\n Drill Guide on the Portal<\/b><\/p>\n A quick reminder that our 2018-19 Drill Guide is available on the Portal at https:\/\/portal.bend.k12.or.us\/system\/files\/bend-la_pine_schools_safety_drills_guidelines_2018-19.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n This month a lockDOWN, fire and bus evacuation drill are required. Schools are encouraged to deliver fire drills with \u2018blocked exits\u2019 and fire and emergency response drills during passing periods, lunch and before and after school.<\/p>\n Please remember to send your drill completion form to Marsha Baro within 48 hours of your drill or emergency response.<\/p>\n Please share the following information with your staff via email or staff meeting. On October 3, 2018, many student, staff and visitor cell phones should receive one emergency test broadcast message with an audible alert sometime between 11:18 and 11:48 a.m.<\/p>\n This broadcast is expected go to Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) compatible cell phones\u00a0<\/span>that have wireless carriers that are participating in WEA,\u00a0<\/span>which are switched on and within range of the cell tower. These messages are set to alert the public of emergencies \u2014 including AMBER alerts and tornado or flood warnings, for example. This test is being conducted by Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We want to make you aware of this for two reasons:<\/p>\n Test Details:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n During the WEA test, cell phone users should receive a single, distinct dialog box on their device, which should say \u201cPresidential Alert\u201d followed by \u201cTHIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.\u201d This text should be accompanied by a special tone and vibration, which should be repeated twice.<\/p>\n To learn more about this test, please review the following documents:\u00a0<\/span> https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/frequently-asked-questions-wireless-emergency-alerts\/<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Suicide Awareness Video on Social Media<\/b><\/p>\n You may have heard of this video<\/a> circulating on social media this week, made by a team of community members with love in their hearts. While the video includes some local students, it is not a production of a local school district, it is rather a video produced by the Hunter Holmes Memorial Foundation.<\/p>\n Some have asked if this video will be shown in our classrooms and to students. The short answer is \u201cno.\u201d Our district offers rich social emotional health and wellness curriculum throughout all levels and uses commercially-produced content, including video, for teaching and learning. As this video was not included in our adopted curriculum, it is not being used in our classrooms.<\/p>\n Teaching young people how to help a friend is an important part of a comprehensive school based suicide prevention strategy. Educational videos that teach basic suicide prevention skills are often a helpful part of the instruction. Videos are most effectively used with an accompanying curriculum and as part of a larger presentation on mental health, mental illness and helping friends in distress.<\/p>\n Please help us empower our students to talk aboutsuicide and depression in productive, meaningful ways and show them where to find vetted resources. Together, we can help normalize conversations about suicide prevention, how to find resources in our community that support youth and adults through stressful times, and how to help our children navigate current entertainment in ways that facilitate increased parent-child communication around youth suicide and youth suicide prevention.<\/p>\n These resources may be helpful to you in discussing this video with your students, if asked:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.bend.k12.or.us\/district\/organization\/student-mental-health<\/a> (district website with resources)<\/p>\n Calendar:<\/strong><\/p>\n High School Colleagues: Thank you for another fantastic week of school in Bend-La Pine!\u00a0 Enjoy the plethora of helpful information this week.\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you for the high value work you are doing with our staff and young adults! To Do: … Continue reading \n
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