January 14, 2022

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Ryan Kelling

YouthTruth Survey

I shared last week that we are conducting the YouthTruth survey to anonymously survey various stakeholders in our school community (staff, students, and families) so that we can learn more about the school experience and make adjustments as needed.

The survey will only take you approximately 15 minutes and gives us some great insight that we use in developing our course of action in a variety of ways. If you are reading this now, please take some time to click the link below before continuing on.

Please take the survey before it closes at midnight on January 28 by clicking this link: ytsurvey.org/bendfamily22.

Updated Spectator Guidelines

Bend-La Pine Schools believe strongly in the value of co-curricular and extracurricular activities. We remain committed to continuing these critical offerings for our students. To ensure delivery of these activities can continue as long as it is safe to do so, Bend-La Pine School is announcing changes to indoor spectator guidance for all athletic and activity events held at our schools, beginning Monday, January 10. These changes are being made to address rapidly escalating cases of COVID-19 in our community and in response to a memo from Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Health Authority from Jan. 3 , recommending “that schools bring extracurricular activities to a halt, or ensure they follow the same layered mitigation safety protocols practiced during the school day.”

Bend-La Pine Schools remains committed to delivering extra-curricular activities, believing them to be critical offerings for our students and, therefore, we are making changes to our current guidelines in order to protect our student participants and the greater school community.

These spectator modifications are intended to reduce contact exposures, encourage greater distancing, allow for 100% masking compliance, and further our efforts to protect our student athletes, coaches, and community.

Lowering capacity. We will begin by lowering capacities in our facilities and events through a student pass system.

  • Middle school wrestling matches (not tournaments). These student athletes will be issued one seat per event to provide seating for families transporting students.
  • Four seats per participant for Clubs/Activities: Performing arts and clubs/activities with events planned will follow similar guidelines. Each participant will be able to invite four individuals to be spectators at the event. Guest names will be added to a will call list and no walk-ins will be allowed.
  • No spectators at larger events. Spectators will not be permitted at tournaments, city meets or athletic events involving more than two teams, unless called out above.

Guest names will be added to a will call list (by noon on game day) and these guests will check-in upon entry to the facility. Please bring photo identification. No printed tickets will be issued and no walk-ins will be allowed.

In addition to this will-call list, the following requirements will be in place:

  • There will be a single point of entry.
  • NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR CONCESSIONS.
  • MASKS – All spectators, table help, and coaches must wear them at all times.  Athletes do not need to wear them while on the mat competing. Athletes will wear masks while waiting to compete and/or in the bleachers.

Please make the jobs of our staff and volunteers easier by complying with the above rules.

Click here to view the full message from Superintendent Steven Cook.

Winter Clothing Collection

As part of PCMS Gives Back to our local community, beginning Monday, January 10 our WEB Leaders are collecting winter clothing items like gloves, hats, scarfs, beanies, sweaters, hoodies and more for Bethlehem Inn from January 10 – 19. Donated items must be new or gently used. There will be a collection box in the Upper Nest. Click here for informational flyer.

Calendar

  • Jan. 10 – 19 | Winter Clothing Collection
  • Jan. 17 | No School | Martin Luther King Day
  • Jan. 20 | Wrestling vs. CMS, Crook & SVMS | Cascade Middle School | 5:15pm
  • Jan. 25 | Wrestling vs. EGMS, HDMS, JCMS/WS | Elton Gregory MS | 5pm
  • Feb. 1 | Wrestling vs. HDMS, Culver, Cascade, JCMS | HDMS | 5:15pm
  • Feb. 4 | No School | 1st Semester Ends
  • Feb. 7 | 2nd Semester Begins
  • Feb. 7 – 14 | Val-O-Gram Fundraiser for Sparrow Mariah
  • Feb. 11 | Deadline to Purchase Yearbooks
  • Feb. 21 | No School | President’s Day
  • Mar. 21 – 25 | No School | Spring Break
  • Apr. 14 – 15 | No School | Middle School Conferences
  • May 30 | No School | Memorial Day
  • June 15 | Full Day of School | Release at 4:10 PM
  • June 16 | Last Day of School | Early Release at 2:40 PM

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