{"id":4208,"date":"2025-11-14T17:12:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/monday-am-teacher-notes\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2025-11-14T21:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T21:57:42","slug":"monday-am-notes-november-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/monday-am-teacher-notes\/2025\/11\/14\/monday-am-notes-november-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday AM Notes, November 17 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hey Team,
Hope you had a great, restful weekend! We’re on the verge of a much needed break, so let’s enjoy the week and ease into vacation.

In the spirit of thanksgiving, I want to share my deepest thanks with all of you. I love coming to work because I get to spend my days with you–every day we laugh and even on our hardest days there is a sense of love and unwavering support. This is a special group of people, and I feel incredibly grateful that I get to be a part of it!

A few notes to get you going…<\/strong>
1) Jammie Jam is this Friday from 9:45\u201310:45 AM<\/strong>. K-2 will run the course from 9:45-10:15, 3-5 from 10:15(ish)-10:45. As in year’s past, we’ll have lots of parent support to set the event up and monitor the laps. This is also pajama day, consider what movie\/program you might show. Please hold on to pledge sheets\/envelopes for now, we’ll get them from you. Thanks!

2) Cafe Amity is hosted by Grade 2 this week<\/strong>. Gina will organize this with your Class Lead.

3<\/strong>) SIW this week is site based<\/strong>. Anna and Haley will present on our Continuum of Care, and Sara will lead us in our next book study conversation (please see her email from last week as a reminder). 1:00pm in Brian’s room.

4) Food Drive continues this week and goes until December 5<\/strong>. Please include in your weekly note for this week and the one after break. Thanks!

5) Virtual district wide meeting on Tuesday<\/strong>. Below is the communication we received–maybe we watch together?<\/em>

Superintendent Steven Cook and Deputy Superintendent Lisa Birk will host an update for all District staff on Tuesday, November 18, with two 30-minute virtual sessions:<\/em>
Session 1 \u2013\u00a03:05 \u2013 3:35 p.m. (LINK<\/a>\u00a0to join Session 1)
Session 2 \u2013 3:50\u00a0\u2013 4:20 p.m.\u00a0(LINK<\/a>\u00a0to join Session 2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They will begin by recognizing several major accomplishments and celebrations from this school year. Other updates include:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n