To Do

• Complete your school-wide Bias Incident lesson by 10/31
• Administrators: Complete your Vector safety trainings ASAP
• Everyone else: Complete your Vector safety trainings by 10/31

From Departments

From Dean:

Our first ICCL/Admin training is Tuesday!

The HS ICCL/Admin teams will meet, at your school, to discuss the draft of your school’s school design plan during this time.

The MS ICCL/Admin teams will be together for virtual MAP training

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From Triz:

Hello team!  This is a friendly reminder that BLS’ MOA regarding Admin Discretion time with BEA only covers part-time staff, not itinerant staff.  

Below is the actual language from the MOA.  

Non-instructional “Administrative Discretion” time refers to periods during the workday when part-time employees have been scheduled proportional instructional and non-instructional time and are not engaged in their primary instructional duties or prorated supervision assignments, but during which there remain minutes in the employee’s FTE-defined workday which are otherwise unscheduled.

Please let HR Leadership know if you have any questions/concerns regarding this MOA.

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From Kinsey – Office of Policy and Advocacy:

Family Nights:

Mark your calendar: our district-wide Latino Family Night will be Thursday, November 12!  We’d love to see which school gets the most student/family participation at the event, by percentage of your school’s Latino population—more to come on that.  Remember: Staff are welcome, and dinner, performances, and activities are always provided free for everyone.

To keep track of district events affecting families, don’t forget to add the BLS Family Engagement calendar to your Outlook.  This calendar will also automatically load the “do not schedule” religious observance dates, so you don’t accidentally schedule over those. 

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From Sara:

I can’t believe it’s already OCTOBER! Please read this week’s Special EDge for information:

• in the Training Corner
• Upcoming important dates and PD

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Mid-Year transfer requests:

The transfer process for the 2026-27 school year is now closed.  Mid-year transfers are only considered if a student moves out of the area where they are attending school and wants to remain at the school; or, if there is a MKV/legal situation that requires a student to transfer. These will be considered on a case by case basis.

The transfer process opens for the 2027-28 school year on Jan 4, 2027, and closes Jan 22.

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From Dave: Assessment Update

Here are two assessment-related resources to bookmark. One is a district testing calendar and has been shared before. The other is an updated and significantly expanded reference guide for commonly used tests and surveys. Use this guide for more detail on the logistics, use, and interpretation of assessments. Both resources will be updated in real time. Contact Dave VanLoo with any questions. 

Calendar. Assessment Reference Guide

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From Julie:

Reminder: BLPO registration for all non-credit recovery courses for Term 1 is closing on Friday 10/9. Please get all enrollments completed before Friday, 10/9 @ 4:00 pm. Exceptions for unforeseen circumstances will be made on a case-by-case basis. Please note that enrollment decisions will be delayed as these are a team decision with secondary leadership.

Process: Counselors connect with building admin if a late enrollment is needed. If building admin approves, please share pertinent information with Julie Stroinski via email to discuss at an upcoming secondary meeting – these occur on Thursdays.  Julie will provide an update following the secondary meeting.

Please review our enrollment guidance for additional information. HS Enrollment MS Enrollment 

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From Scott in IT:

It is Cyber October once again!

Beginning next week look for tech info, tips and tricks as we recognize Cyber October. This information will be delivered this year via “The Week” staff newsletter starting Monday.

We will also be bringing back the “Phishing Derby” with some prizes for reporting suspicious emails.  

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From Jenn:

Remember, we have a School Counseling Handbook for all school counselors that outlines program delivery, resources, forms, policies, and it is for administrators who support school counselors as well. 

October 8th Professional Development for School Counselors, Student Success and School Psychologists at Aspen Hall 8:30 am to 4 pm

This has been communicated with your certified staff, but we want to put this in the blog again to make sure that someone on the admin team has been able to have a conversation with the various team members about the plan for the day. We know it is hard to have support staff out of your buildings, so if you need to hold someone back, we trust your judgement. If you feel your school requires a substitute, please plan to use building funds as the grant received for this training does not cover the cost of substitutes. Reach out to Jennifer and your level leader with questions. 

Learning Outcomes for the Day:

• Explain the value of a data-driven approach to targeting students for Tier 2 student services team support, including when systems change (rather than an individual intervention) is the right response.
• Identify symptoms versus root causes in common school counseling and student service provider scenarios and interventions they can implement. Apply a root cause analysis process to select appropriate Tier 2/3 interventions that they can implement with their skill sets.
• Assess current non-academic Tier 2/3 interventions available within their school team and make recommendations for strengthening the program, starting with appropriately diagnosing root causes.

Deschutes County Crisis Line Switches Exclusively to 988

Getting help in a mental health or substance use crisis just got significantly easier for Deschutes County residents. The county is officially doing away with the traditional Deschutes County Crisis Line (541-322-7500, ext. 9) and transitioning to 988 as their single, direct crisis phone number.

Wayfinder Core Skills Screener closes October 30th:

Great job La Pine Middle (83%), Skyview (86%) and Pacific Crest (87%) for the highest completion rates so far! High Schools have not started the assessment, so their data is coming soon. If you want to see the classroom/advisory completion rates for your school, you can follow these steps to view Waypoints completions rates by class:

1. Switch to your School Admin role (see How to Change Your Role). If you do not see a System Admin role, please email Austin James to have this setup for you.
2. Click on “Waypoints” from the left-hand navigation menu
3. On the Waypoints page, select “Core Skill Screener” on the left-hand side
4. In the Completion Rate box, you can view the overall completion percentage across the whole school by classroom by selecting “View Details” in the Completion Rate box.

Student Resources for Mental Health:

We promote 988 and Safe Oregon and they are accessible on student’s ipads. This is consistent with what our Health teachers teach in grades 6-12 through our shared slide deck. Safe Oregon is intended to anonymously report safety threats at school and  is not intended for suicide intervention or mental health crisis, so the response may be delayed. 

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From Gabe:

Here comes October!  Have a great week. September 28th-October 2nd, 2026 – Weekly

MS Only

MAP Subs: 

An email was sent to teachers on 9/29 regarding the MAP training. 

On October 8th we will have a required half day training for LA and Math teachers to analyze, and plan based on MAP data. This does not include Special Education teachers or Lab teachers. 

Please be sure that each school has requested substitutes for the October 8^th training. Rather than teachers requesting substitutes, the school should make a request for 1 full day substitute. We are afraid if we all of the substitutes 1/2 day, we will overstretch the ESD with 40+ subs, rather than 26. If you have a disproportionate number of LA vs. Math teachers, please get a 1/2-day sub for the appropriate teacher.

The morning the sub will be in an LA class (the training is 8-11) then the sub will move to the Math class (this training is 1-4.) 

In Red Rover, please place “MAP Training – per Stephanie Bent)

Please plan to have one of your administrative team at either the LA or the Math training so they can learn about the reports and support the planning based on the MAP data. 

MFMC Training

The following email was sent to MS Health teachers.  There is a required My Future-My Choice training for any 6th grade Health teacher who has not completed the training.  This is a board adopted curriculum and it is critical that teachers are trained.  We have had some community members speaking at the board meeting about this curricular tool. Training for your staff is essential so that it is used appropriately.

Your school district has adopted My Future – My Choice as the 6^th grade sexual health curriculum. You are receiving this message because it is a requirement for facilitators to be trained prior to teaching. Training only needs to happen when you are new to delivering the curriculum and/or the curriculum has gone under major updates and revisions.

The next and only training for the year for Central Oregon will be on Tuesday October 6^th from 8:30am-3:30pm at 2577 NE Courtney Dr (2577 NE Courtney Dr, Bend, Oregon  97701); Stan Owen Room.

Sub coverage, snacks, lunch, and refreshments will be provided.

Please fill out this Registration Link ASAP. 

HS Only

Due tomorrow:

Send Katie the name of the school leader who will represent on the HS Schedule Committee.

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Ranking Messaging for High Schools

Just a reminder that we do not rank our students. Here is our internal messaging for staff to understand our practices. If a higher education institution or scholarship organization reaches out to a school, we will provide the decile ranking to the requesting organization if we have FERPA authorization from the parent/guardian on file.

Calendar

October 6: ICCL/Admin training: HS teams discuss school improvement plans at schools; MS teams meet on Map training

October 8: MTSS Training for counselors, SSC, and admin who oversee counselors 8:30-4:00 @ Aspen Hall

October 8: MS Map training 8-4

October 9: HS Principal Connection 8:00-10:00 @ SHS

October 9: BLPO registration for all non-credit recovery courses for Term 1

October 13: HS Admin Work Session – 9-11 @ CHS

October 16:  Due: Bus Evacuation video shown and documentation submission

October 28: HS END session

October 28/29: Middle School Conferences

October 30: Waypoints screener closes

October 31: Vector Trainings must be completed

Have you seen it?

Congratulations to Heather, for correctly guessing D’s favorite movie highlighted last week! 

The movie is Interstellar.  Did you know that Christopher Nolan grew 500 acres of real corn for Interstellar(2014) and sold the harvest for a profit after filming?

Heather, there is still time for me to bring you your school-appropriate beverage of choice! Text me your order!

Ready for another round of Have you seen it?, where we will show a screen shot from one of our team member’s favorite movie or TV show. If you recognize the screen shot, reply to Katie and Stephen with the name of the movie or show (NO AI help), and you will be entered into a drawing for a beverage to be delivered to your place of work. (Anyone can participate but the drawing will be limited to MS/HS admin and office managers!)

Check out the image from Brian Barringer’s favorite show! Recognize the movie or TV show? Let Stephen and Katie know.

To Do

• Complete your Immigration and Student Privacy training by 9/30
• Complete your school-wide Bias Incident lesson by 10/31
• Administrators: Complete your Vector safety trainings ASAP
• Everyone else: Complete your Vector safety trainings by 10/31

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Staffing Plan Updates (Business Office):

Please review your staffing plans as soon as you can to make sure they are up to date.  We will start comparing staffing plans to the Payroll system early next week to make sure we have all of our staff accounted for and paid from the right budget.  This reconciliation process is also the first step in creating a framework that will ultimately become a position control system when we start implementing our new software system next spring.  That you very much for your help with this process!

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From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy:

Bias Reporting Posters:

Please replace the Bias Incident Reporting Posters around your school with this updated version. (With the change in our district website last year, the previous QR Code link broke.)  Please post in your lobby, counseling office, gym/stadium/athletics, cafeteria, library, staff lounge, and other spaces where students, staff, and community can access.  

From Departments

From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy

Volunteer Handbook:

(We are discussing this at your horizontal admin meetings–the following is a summary for you as well as language you can share with your staff.)

Bend-La Pine Schools is excited to strengthen the experience of and support for the many amazing volunteers who serve our schools and programs. We want volunteers to feel valued, appreciated, informed, and connected to opportunities that match their interests and availability.

Volunteer feedback tells us we do this well in some areas and have room to grow in others.  At the same time, new federal Medicaid changes will soon require many adults to work or volunteer 80 hours per month to maintain eligibility for benefits such as OHP.  By this spring, we may see more parents and community members looking for volunteer opportunities. This creates an opportunity to support our families in maintaining critical healthcare access, while bringing additional volunteer energy into our schools and programs.

Not every classroom or program will have the same capacity or need for volunteers, but across our system, we want to find a place for everyone who wants to contribute.  Our goal is that no willing community member is simply turned away when there are meaningful ways they can support our students and staff.

The Safety Department and Office of Policy & Advocacy are working on improvements to volunteer onboarding, training, communication, time tracking, and access to opportunities. One first step is a new Volunteer Handbook, designed to help volunteers feel informed, prepared, and included.  This is an early draft–eventually, schools will be able to add school-specific information, and the handbook will be available online and in print.

Please share the draft with your staff and provide feedback!  We especially welcome ideas about the handbook’s structure, format, accessibility, and content as we continue developing this resource.  

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From Sean in Special Programs:

Hello, Secondary Admin.  We have four important updates about Sources of Strength. 

1. Extra Duty Stipends for Sources of Strength We officially have extra duty stipends for Sources of Strength Adult Advisors!  Up to 2 extra duty stipends per school.  Each stipend could be split to share the job duties and deliverables across 2 people, if needed. Principals will be responsible for posting, interviewing, and checking at least one references to fill the positions, and for supervising the position throughout the year.

Find more details here on the Important Info for Admin about Sources document, including the budget code and a link to a recruitment guide we made for you with the job description, deliverables for the year, interview questions and a rubric aligned to program fidelity.

*One important caveat is that Lead Adult Advisors who are the Teacher of Record of a Sources of Strength course for credit (including blended models with Sources in Leadership) cannot receive the stipend due to having a prep period and the dedicated course time as part of their contracted workload. 

2. Opportunity to Request up to $5,440 for Sources of Strength Expenses We also have the opportunity for schools to request up to $5,440 for their Sources of Strength operating costs for this year, which can also be used towards other evidence-informed suicide prevention efforts as long as the school is implementing Sources towards fidelity.  Find the details and the budget template to submit your request here. 

3. Identify the Admin Point of Contact for Sources of Strength.We’re asking each school to identify the admin point of contact to be responsible for overseeing Sources of Strength extra duty positions and budgets, if accepting these resources. Details are here. 

4. Save the Important Info for Admin about Sources DocumentSave this Important Info for Admin about Sources document as your landing page for important information or updates about Sources of Strength.  We’ll keep this up-to-date if there’s any changes or new info.

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From Gabe in Activities and Athletics:

Week #6 – September 21st-25th, 2026

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From Sara in Student Services:

Here’s a late version of this week’s Special Edge! Please read and take an extra close look at this week’s TRAINING CORNER! 📣

TOSA Corner

From Julie Montoya – World Languages:

We are excited to ramp up for the school year! 

Our Bend-LaPine students can have a wide variety of language skills beyond the traditional classroom path. As such, many of our high school teachers have worked hard to provide placement test and communicate with parents to ensure that students are landing in the appropriate language level course. 

We are excited to increase our upper-level World Language course work articulation with COCC for college credit.  This year, in addition to BSHS, Mt. View and Caldera will have dual credit available. 

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From Colleen Behrens, Secondary Science TOSA

Chemistry Teachers will have a professional development day on October 6th. Teachers have received the following information.

Date and Time: Tuesday, October 6, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 pm at Summit High School Room A112.  

What to bring:

• Savvas Chemistry Teacher Editions
• Charged Laptop 
• Any standards-based assessments you have administered this year or last year. 
• Water bottle and your lunch.  The Grove is close by too.

Subs:  Put in now with your office manager. Red Rover “school business” Notes: Chemistry per Stephanie Bent 

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From Lisa Keown – CTE Coordinator

🎉Celebrations

CTE Revitalization Grant

A huge congratulations to Chuck Hill at Bend Senior High School on receiving a 2026–2027 CTE Revitalization Grant! The grant will support exciting upgrades to the Metals program, including new industry-standard equipment and improved air filtration. These upgrades will enhance shop safety, expand hands-on learning opportunities, and help more students earn industry-recognized credentials.

New District CTE Logo

Congratulations to Tai Lopez, a student in Matt Fox’s Graphic Design class, for winning our district CTE logo contest! District staff voted on student submissions, and Tai’s design came out on top.

📅 Upcoming Teacher PD – Fall HDESD POS Meeting Dates

The following teacher professional development meetings are hosted by the High Desert ESD (HDESD). Teachers will have the opportunity to connect with industry partners, collaborate with colleagues, and receive important program updates. CTE teachers should plan to attend the meeting for their program area.

• September 29 (Tue): Business and Culinary
• October 1 (Thu): Computer Science and Digital Arts
• October 6 (Tue): Construction, Manufacturing, and Engineering
• October 8 (Thu): Agriculture and Natural Resources @ RVHS
• October 13 (Tue): Health
• October 22 (Thu): Automotive, Criminal Justice, and Education

🦺 Safety Update

Our CTE PPE order has started arriving at the district office and is being distributed to school sites!

MS Only

From Julie at BLPO:

Internal Only new guidance for recommending BLPO supplemental math: HERE

Change: The supplemental course needs to be completed by the end of the school year. Please review with your counselors and math depts. We will work on messaging to share with families.

Calendar

September 29: AP Strategy Studio #2– Instruction 9-12 @ CHS

October 1: AP Strategy Studio #2– Attendance 9-12 @ CHS

October 8: MTSS Training for counselors, SSC, and admin who oversee counselors 8:30-4:00 @ Aspen Hall

October 13: HS Admin Work Session – 9-11 @ CHS

October 16:  Due: Bus Evacuation video shown and documentation submission

October 28/29: Middle School Conferences

October 30: Waypoints screener closes

October 31: Vector Trainings must be completed

Have you seen it?

Congrats to to Anne Marie who correctly guessed Paul Hutter’s movie from last week! 

The movie is “Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi”. Did you know that Jedi can’t marry?  This is because the Jedi Order forbids emotional attachments, believing they lead to fear, possessiveness, and the dark side of the Force.  Who knew?

Ready for another round of Have you seen it?, where we will show a screen shot from one of our team member’s favorite movie or TV show. If you recognize the screen shot, reply to Katie and Stephen with the name of the movie or show (NO AI help), and you will be entered into a drawing for a beverage to be delivered to your place of work. (Anyone can participate but the drawing will be limited to MS/HS admin and office managers!)

Going with a little more difficultly this week. Check out the image from D Foster’s favorite movie! Recognize the movie or TV show? Let Stephen and Katie know.

To Do

• Complete your Immigration and Student Privacy training by 9/30
• Complete your school-wide Bias Incident lesson by 10/31
• Administrators: Complete your Vector safety trainings ASAP
• Everyone else: Complete your Vector safety trainings by 10/31
• HS Only: College Night – promote to senior families: Promote this important night to all of your senior families.

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From Kinsey:

To meet our legal requirements regarding new state laws related to immigration, complete the following by September 30:

1. Share the messages below with your staff.
2. Train your staff at a staff meeting by Sept 30:
   1. Slides, with presenter notes.  The slides are intentionally text-heavy, so you can lean on them without needing to memorize the content.
   2. Pre-recorded version of the training.  You can watch this to prep yourself for presenting, or you can play this recording at your staff meeting instead of presenting the content yourself.  Please do not simply send this link to staff via email and count it as your training. 
   3. The entire training will take about 1 hour: The live/in-person portion at your staff meeting will take about 30 min. The remainder of our training obligation will be met by staff completing the pre/post reflection activity and reviewing the resources you’ll send them.  They’ll complete those pieces asynchronously and we aren’t asking them to submit reflections. I anticipate this will take them 30 min-ish, to round out the 1-hr training. 
3. Let me know if you need any support with this topic.  I am happy to join you for the training or a follow-up staff meeting, or to help with questions before or after.

From Departments

From TLC:

Remember to include any feedback regarding MTSS in this link

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From Sara Young regarding CPI:

As a reminder, per SB 283, every site is required to have a 50:1 ratio of students to CPI trained staff members. To meet this ratio, staff members can be trained in the full course or the verbal intervention only (which does not include training on restraints and seclusions).

Here is the list of trained staff in your building. If people are highlighted, that means they will expire this year, so they will need to take a refresher or re-do their verbal intervention training to remain certified and count for your school total. If you notice any changes on this list, please let Sara Young know and she will make the adjustments.

Our CPI trainings for the year are listed below! Please support staff is signing up early for these trainings.

Click HERE to Register

Location: Education Center Board Room (Room 314)

• October 6 – Initial *Includes Restraint Training
• November 17 – Verbal Intervention (AM and PM sessions)
• December 1 – Refresher *Includes Restraint Training (AM and PM sessions)
• February 2 – Initial *Includes Restraint Training
• March 2 – Verbal Intervention (AM and PM sessions)
• April 6 – Refresher *Includes Restraint Training (AM and PM sessions)
• May 18 – Verbal Intervention (AM and PM sessions)

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From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy:

Policy Feedback:

There are several policies currently out for feedback, many of which may be of interest to you or your staff.  Here, you can review the proposed updates and provide feedback on each.

It can be easy to tune out policy work until a decision is made that affects you or your work. To support transparency, engagement, and better decision-making on the front end, please take a look and share with staff as applicable.

Immigration Requirements:

As part of the new state requirements governing immigration enforcement in schools, we are required to include community partners that operate programs in our schools in certain communications.

Please note here if you have a community partner that regularly operates a program on your campus during or after the school day.  

Hispanic Heritage Month:

Sept 15 – Oct 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month!  Your Advocacy Representative received resources, lesson and activity ideas, and other materials to support participation.  Please connect with your Advocacy Rep and encourage your staff to participate.

Your Advocacy Rep will receive similar resources to share with your building for November’s Native American Heritage Month and other opportunities for recognition and awareness.  

This is also an important leadership opportunity for you, to reinforce your vision for an inclusive school community. Your visible encouragement and support help signal the value of this work and make it more likely that staff will incorporate these conversations and activities meaningfully into their classrooms.

CAFE Program:

Do you have bilingual staff who are not yet members of our district CAFE Program?  We are offering another round of testing and training for bilingual colleagues interested in joining. CAFE members receive a $1,000 annual stipend, while also increasing our districtwide capacity of trained professional linguists available for translation needs.

Testing will be offered Oct. 19 at 4:15 pm and/or Nov. 4 at 2:45 pm.  Training will be Nov. 16 at 4:30 pm.

Please encourage bilingual staff to participate.  Additional details will be included in the next district newsletter (This Week in Bend-La Pine Schools). For full information about the CAFE Program, click here.  For a list of full translation/interpretation resources available to you, click here.  

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From Tony in HR:

BEA Negotiations: Contract Input

BEA and BLS will begin negotiations this spring for a successor collective bargaining agreement. The current BEA Collective Bargaining Agreement expires in June 2027.

As we prepare for negotiations, your perspective as a BLS leader is important. Your experiences and insights will help inform the BLS negotiating team and ensure management priorities, operational needs, and areas of concern are considered as we prepare for the process.

Tony Sanchez, CHRO, will be sending an email directly to Admin Leaders with a link to the BEA Contract Input Form. Please watch for this communication and take a few minutes to share your feedback.

Thank you in advance for your thoughtful input and participation as we prepare for the upcoming bargaining sessions.

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From Scott in Communications:

Tapping the brakes on logo designs

AI-powered graphic design tools like Canva, Figma and ChatGPT have made it easier than ever to quickly create designs and logos. As a result, we’re seeing a sharp increase in new logos and designs for programs and departments, including official school logos.

We understand the enthusiasm for updating older logos, but we need to adhere to some standards, guidelines and design rules. We consider factors such as color palette, typography, iconography, sizing and accessibility in digital formats – best practices for ensuring our logos are effective and versatile across any medium.

While we work to establish new standards and guidelines and a formal process to develop, review and approve District and school logos, please refrain from initiating this kind of work without first consulting your Communications team, Scott and Becca. Thank you!

When we must communicate about safety incidents in schools

When you call 8888 to alert us to a school emergency or safety incident, Communications evaluates what should be communicated to families. Under state law (ORS 339.324) and District policy (EBCA-AP), we must send a message to families and building staff within 24 hours after every Lockdown, Secure, Shelter in Place, and Evacuation. This includes accidental alarms. A Hold is not included in the requirements, but we may decide the situation warrants communication.

Please be prepared to work with Communications to craft and send appropriate messaging following any of these incidents. We have templates and scripts for most scenarios we’ve experienced over the past three years. The messages will be delivered via ParentSquare.

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From Jenn:

October 8th Professional Development for School Counselors, Student Success and School Psychologists at Aspen Hall 8:30 am to 4 pm

This has been communicated with your certified staff that are invited but want to share with admin as well. 

We are so excited to have this professional learning with Hatching Results this year and so thankful for our grant from COREN. Our professional learning will be centered around this work for the year so this will be our day to unpack the foundation of how we move forward supporting students at Tier 2 and 3.

Learning Outcomes for the Day:

• Explain the value of a data-driven approach to targeting students for Tier 2 support, including when systems change (rather than an individual intervention) is the right response.
• Identify symptoms versus root causes in common school counseling and student service provider scenarios and apply a root cause analysis process to select appropriate Tier 2/3 interventions.
• Assess current Tier 2/3 implementation using the Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle, and make recommendations for strengthening the program, starting with diagnosing root causes in the “Plan” phase.

If your K-8 SSC needs a substitute in order to attend, please plan to use building funds. Reach out to Jennifer, Stephen and Katie with questions. 

Local Crisis Support: Deschutes County Switches Exclusively to 988

Getting help in a mental health or substance use crisis just got significantly easier for Deschutes County residents. The county is officially doing away with the traditional Deschutes County Crisis Line (541-322-7500, ext. 9) and transitioning to 988 as their single, direct crisis phone number.

Deschutes County is leading the way as the first county in Oregon to pilot this shift, fully retiring local crisis phone lines in favor of the streamlined, three-digit national hub.

Here is what you need to know about the change:

• One Simple Number: Students and families no longer need to search for or remember a 10-digit local number with an extension during an emergency. Just call or text 988.
• Smart Geo-Routing: Thanks to recent updates in geolocation technology, 988 now automatically connects callers to local resources based on their physical location rather than their phone’s area code. Whether callers have an out-of-state cell number or are traveling locally, they will instantly reach responders who know Deschutes County resources, when calling from Deschutes County.
• Same 24/7 Local Care: Callers will still receive compassionate and immediate support from qualified professionals trained to handle mental health crises.

If you or someone you know is struggling, reaching help is now as simple as dialing three digits. Save 988 in your phone today.

Individuals and families can also still access the Deschutes County Stabilization Center, which is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Wayfinder Core Skills Screener Opens Monday for  3-12

The required Waypoints summative assessment opens on Monday for 3-12! See original blog post for details and resources. 

MS Only

From Monica Freeman, Social Studies TOSA:

Oct. 15 – Middle School Social Studies Training
Full-day training in the Wall St. Lab for all middle school social studies teachers.  The focus: active, inquiry-based instruction using district-adopted materials.

New 8th Grade USH Books
Eighth grade teachers are working with a new edition this year.  There is a stronger emphasis on inquiry.

New 6-7-8 Nystrom Atlas’ 

6^th World Atlas

7^th World History Atlas

8^th USH History Atlas

Ask teachers about active learning and the inquiry based strategies they are using with the new materials. Virtual Training set for END on Oct 14.

HS Only

Standards Based Instruction and Grading: Thank you for continuing to provide opportunities for families and students to ask questions and learn from you.

Here is an example of some clear messaging around attendance and SBIG from the SHS team!  

Please share with Katie:

*messaging you are sending to families related to SBIG

*when you will/did provide space for families to hear from your school team/ask questions about SBIG (Open House and Parent Conferences are perfect opportunities – be sure you schedule interpreters!)

*when you will/did present to students on SBIG and provided time for questions

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From Dean:

Reminder of Learning Walk Assignment

Prior to October 13^th you should be checking in with 3 teachers and ask the three questions:

1. What standards are you focusing on right now?
2. What exemplars are you using to teach those standards?
3. Can you share the rubric you are using to assess those standards with me?

These conversations are intended to build shared understanding around the key components of standards-based instruction and provide a foundation for the classroom-based Learning Walks that follow. We will debrief the answers at the High School Horizontal meeting on October 13th with the following questions:

• What patterns or trends did you notice across the conversations you had with teachers?
• Where did you see the strongest alignment between the standards being taught, the exemplars being used, and the rubrics used to assess learning?
• Based on what you heard, what might be one next step for your building to strengthen clarity and consistency around standards-based instruction?

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From Jenn:

College application season has begun! 

Bend La Pine Schools’ (BLS)  School Counselors would like to invite seniors and their parents/caregivers to a “BLS College Application Kickoff Night” where students and families can learn more about the admissions process and the resources available in our schools.  This event will take place on Wednesday September 30, 2026 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Summit High School. 

During this BLS College Application Kickoff Night, students and families will hear about the following topics: 

• Brief overview of the “College Application Process”
• Introduction to SchooLinks and the college application manager
• Review BLS School Counseling and STC resources to support students with college applications
• Connect with School Counselors and STC from each high school

We look forward to seeing you all there! College Application Night Flyer

Calendar

September 21: Wayfinder Summative opens today!

September 24: MS Horizontal – 3:00-5:00 @ High Desert

September 25: HS Principal Connection 8:00-9:30 @ LPHS

September 29: AP Strategy Studio #2– Instruction 9-12 @ CHS

October 1: AP Strategy Studio #2– Attendance 9-12 @ CHS

October 8: MTSS Training for counselors, SSC, and admin who oversee counselors 8:30-4:00 @ Aspen Hall

October 13: HS Admin Work Session – 9-11 @ CHS

October 16:  Due: Bus Evacuation video shown and documentation submission

October 30: Waypoints screener closes

October 31: Vector Trainings must be completed

Have you seen it?

Congrats to Dave McKae for winning the drawing this week by correctly identifying the movie as Mrs. Doubtfire.  In the scene pictured, Mrs. Doubtfire smashes her face in a cake to disguise herself. The icing drips into Mrs. Sellner’s tea and she says, “There you go, you’ve got your cream and your sugar now.” This line was actually completely unintentional. Because it was so hot on set, the icing dripped from Robin Williams’ chin, and he just improvised from there.

Ready for another round of Have you seen it?, where we will show a screen shot from one of our team member’s favorite movie or TV show. If you recognize the screen shot, reply to Katie and Stephen with the name of the movie or show (NO AI help), and you will be entered into a drawing for a beverage to be delivered to your place of work. (Anyone can participate but the drawing will be limited to MS/HS admin and office managers!)

Check out the image from one of BSHS Assistant Principal, Paul Hutter’s favorite movies! Recognize the movie or TV show? Let Stephen and Katie know.

A Highlight

A shout out to Pilot Butte for how they tackled welcome back to school. With an eye on increasing family engagement, PBMS revamped this opportunity to interact with families. Check out a summary from their team.

PBMS Family Engagement Event

In a continual effort to engage and maintain positive relationships with the caregivers of our students, we crafted a deliberate plan to welcome and generate a fun atmosphere for families. We rolled out the green carpet, had balloons on every classroom door and main entrance, music as they walked in, Kona Ice (free to attendees with a grant), and all families started with a “scavenger hunt” to visit different stations around campus.

As families picked up schedules in the cafeteria, our school and community partners including PTO, FAN, PBMS Athletics, and our Healthy Schools liaison were there to answer questions and promote involvement. Additionally, we wanted to ensure we had at least two interpreters and intentional plans in place for our students requiring higher support.  

Our goals of opening and promoting communication was the impetus for the parental input survey and to have an incentive for that, we designed a parent passport system to encourage visits throughout the year. As families engage and attend events this year, they get stamps in their parent passport and are entered into a drawing for a raffle basket. We plan to raffle the baskets following our big events (Giant Day, Conferences, Incoming Family Night, etc), take a picture of the winning family’s student with the basket, and promote it through our newsletters and parent square. Related to outreach, we wanted to reinforce the values that we communicate regularly to our students at school in the same fashion for their homes.

Our goal is to align and reinforce expectations in both settings, which led to the family STRONG magnets that were given out with parent passports. Giant STRONG means more than simply what happens in our classrooms, we encourage family STRONG to stress a unified approach for the development of our students. We want to establish that Pilot Butte is so much more than a school, but we are a hub in this community seeking to meet the needs that are not only academic, but helpful for family members as a whole, and the resource fair was born out of that concept. 

To Do

• Finish your Vector Trainings ASAP. Please prioritize getting these done
• Enroll in OEBB – Window is 8/15 to 9/15
• Ensure your students take the waypoints skill screener between 9/19 and 10/30

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From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy:

Bias Incident Lessons:     -Action needed-

Family Letter.  Please make a copy, modify as needed, and send to families several days before teaching the lesson.

Advocacy Coaches.  This team is available to help staff prepare or rehearse, including attending an SIW or providing drop-in support before/after school. They can also co-teach with individual teachers who would benefit from the partnership. Please invite them to your campus!

Required Lessons.  Lesson 3 (updated for 26-27) is required and takes approximately 45 minutes. The document also includes a suggested sequence of activities to build meaningful context and community for the anti-bias lesson this fall and throughout the year. Those additional activities are recommended, but optional.

As a reminder, every K-12 student must receive the required lesson by the end of October.

FAN Services:     -Action needed-

Our FAN Advocates provide an amazing service to our students, families, and community! If you’re not familiar with FAN, this short video is a great starting point.

A few reminders about FAN services in your buildings—please share this information with staff:

Their office should be a private, welcoming space for confidential services. We are working to ensure FAN offices are inviting and that clothing and other resources are well-organized.  

The clothing and resources in their offices are designated for students with financial need.  They are not intended for addressing routine dress code violations or accidents. If a student experiencing financial hardship has an immediate need for clothing, shoes, a belt, or another resource and the FAN Advocate is unavailable, another staff member may help the student access the needed item. Please report the transaction to the FAN Advocate afterward so it can be documented. If a student does not have a financial need and simply needs a change of clothes because of a dress code issue, accident, etc., please contact their family instead of using FAN resources.

We welcome donations from staff!  Before bringing in clothing or other items, staff should check with the FAN Advocate to see what would be useful at your school or another FAN site.  Please don’t leave bags of donated items without coordinating with the Advocate first.

From Departments

From Karen Rush in Educational Technology:

The parent information flyers for Elementary, Middle and High School are now available in English and Spanish.  These will be sent to families, by level, on Monday 9/14 through ParentSquare.  Please feel free to make copies for your school and share with teachers so that they are aware of what has been communicated to families!

Please use this link to get to the folder with PDF versions of the flyers for all levels.

These are set to be viewed by anyone with a copy of the link. If you have any difficulty viewing them, please let me know! 

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From Triz in HR:

Hey Team!  You should have received your BEA/OSEA Google evaluation folders for 26/27. 

*Save this link, bookmark, favorite, or shortcut this folder in your Google Drive so you can find it again easily.

Please make sure all evaluation portions are saved in these folders with the required naming conventions, so that HR can access and compile these files. This step is very important.

In October, when the 26/27 workbooks are ready, they will be placed in your folders.  

Instructions/guidelines will be coming out shortly.

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From Dean in TLC:

A big thank you to all our presenters who shared their time and expertise at our second annual Standards Based Instruction and Grading Mini Conference. All of the resources from the speakers at last week’s conference can be found here.

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Also from Dean:

The following was sent to Yearbook teachers:  

 I wanted to provide you with the attached updated memorialization policies that affect yearbooks/publications in our classrooms, as well as provide some context and resourcing. 

Why do we have memorialization in our policies?

• Schools should strive to treat all deaths in the same way. Having one approach for memorializing a student who died of cancer or in a car accident and a different approach for a student who died by suicide reinforces prejudice associated with suicide and may be deeply painful to the student’s family and friends.
• Because adolescents are especially vulnerable to the risk of suicide contagion, it is equally important to memorialize the student in a way that does not inadvertently glamorize or romanticize either the student or the death. Focus on how the student lived, rather than how he or she died.
• There is a state law (Adi’s Act; Senate Bill 52) that requires districts to include best practice postvention elements in their plan. Postvention elements involve specific plans for communication, supporting staff/students, managing media, and coordinated memorialization, often with local health partners, to reduce risk after a death. 

Policies (attached):

IGDB-AR Student Publications

This AR covers all guidelines and responsibilities around student publications. Go to the “Obituaries” header to see guidelines around memorialization. 

In addition, our suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention plan (Adi’s Act), which is required by state law and governed by Policy JHH-AP, includes a section on yearbooks and newspapers that gives specific examples of best practice ideas to incorporate.

FFA-AR Memorials

This AR covers guidelines around all memorial Activities. Both newspapers and yearbooks can be seen as a kind of memorial; go to the “Memorial Activities” header to see relevant content.

Resources:

BLS Best Practices and Information

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From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy:

Translation/Interpretation:

As a reminder, federal law, district policy, and our organizational values require us to use trained, professional linguists for translation and interpretation services to ensure accurate, high-quality multilingual communication with families. AI translation tools, including ParentSquare’s auto-translate feature, do not meet this requirement and should not be relied upon for translation. We have already seen some significant errors in AI-generated translations this school year.

For reminders about the regular, urgent, and emergency translation resources available to you, please review this information and share it with your staff.

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From Stephen, Katie, and Dean:

If you get some time, here is a link to podcasts that focus on implementing grading changes in schools. Some examples include:

• What is the Principal’s Role in Making Standards-Based Grading Successful?
• How Does SBG Work in AP and Dual Enrollment Courses?
• Does SBG Work for Students with IEPs?

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From Lillah in Safety:

STAS/SIRC Training September 23, 8-4

For all administrators and other staff that will be a part of your Level 1 threat assessment team who have never been trained in STAS/SIRC or who were last trained over 5 years ago, please come to Conference Room 203 in the admin building on September 23 from 8:00-4:00. Lunch will be provided. Please fill out this link so we can get an accurate count for food.  This is the last planned STAS/SIRC training for the year.

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From Torie Withers – LA TOSA:

We’re excited to get the year underway in Secondary Language Arts! Teachers have several updated resources and learning opportunities available as they begin the 2026–27 school year.

Our updated Common District Assessments (CDAs) for grades 6–12 are now ready and reflect teacher feedback, revised priority standards, and updated rubrics. The assessments, administration information, and grade-level resources are all available in the Secondary Language Arts Handbook.

We also have two upcoming professional learning opportunities:

• Book Club Training — Monday, September 28
• Writer’s Workshop Training — Tuesday, September 29

These sessions are required for new secondary LA teachers, but returning teachers are also encouraged to attend if they would like a refresher, collaborative planning time, or an opportunity to strengthen their workshop practice.

Please reach out if you have any questions or if there are specific ways I can support your Language Arts department this year. I’m looking forward to working with you and your teachers!

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From Jennifer in Student Services:

Please see this LINK for TSEL commitments by level as well as the Core Skills Screener student survey window (formerly known as the Summative Assessment) for 3-12.

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From Becca Burda in Communications and Noelle Bell Copley in Sustainability:

Drop-off and pick-up traffic is coming. Thanks to Commute Options and ODOT, there’s a tool to help!

SchoolPool is a free school-focused carpool matching program run through the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) “Get There Oregon” platform. It helps families at the same school connect to share rides, reducing congestion in the drop-off area, saving time and gas money, building school community, and reducing emissions. Families opt in through a unique link sent out by the school, and can see other participating families near them on a secure map. Families then coordinate carpools themselves via email.

If you would like your school to participate, it’s easy. Commute Options will send you a unique link along with messaging. Add that to your family newsletters, social media, and website. Then set it and forget it. The website connects families. 

Please email Noelle Bell Copley if you’d like your school to take part! 

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From Gabe in Activities and Athletics:

Week#4-September7th-12th,2026

LINK

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From Sara in Student Services:

Welcome back and welcome to the very first Special EDge of the year! This is a packed Special with information about:

• The NEW Student Services Resource Site
• The New Training Corner 📣
• Year-Long Professional Learning Plan
• CPR information
• Funds from Student Services
• Gift Card Policy
• Upcoming Dates
• Transition Resources
• AND MORE!

MS Only

To Do:

Circle up with your leadership team and determine the best way to share Canvas pairing codes with your community now that iPads stay at school. Will these be messaged out through parent square? Will you have a request system? etc.

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26-27 Middle School Advisory Scope and Sequence

The middle school 2026-2027 Advisory Scope and Sequence is ready to roll! 

The scope and sequence lives in the Middle School Advisory Google Folder.  Make a copy to adapt it for your school.

Expect additional edits or improvements to be made to the district scope and sequence. Two known edits still to be made are:

• Adding the Reminder Mini-Lessons for bias incidents following breaks
• Adding the “Coming Up In Wayfinder” parent/family letters from Healthy Schools

The scope and sequence was revised by a workgroup to better meet the needs of schools. The changes as proposed by school counselors and teachers from each school, include:

• Space for Tier 1 Expectations
• Clearer connection / purpose related to Life and Career Readiness
• Space and alignment for Bias Incident Lesson and reminders (boosters) following breaks
• Choice for Activities from an activity bank
• Alignment and ideas for school-wide themes

A more detailed list of the revisions is here. 

Thank you to the admin, counselors, and teachers who attended and informed the changes.

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From Dean:

This MAP Proctor Quick Start has lots of information that teachers will need to know about proctoring.  Please share this document with your staff prior to the testing day.

Proctor Quick Start Guide 

Calendar

September 15: Secondary Sped Admin training 12:30-3:30 @ Ed Center Boardroom

September 16: HS Only: COCC College Articulations meetings @ COCC 3:00

September 24: MS Horizontal – 3:00-5:00 @ High Desert

September 29: AP Strategy Studio – Instruction 9-12 @ CHS

October 1: AP Strategy Studio – Attendance 9-12 @ CHS

October 16:  Due: Bus Evacuation video shown and documentation submission

October 30: Waypoints screener closes

October 31: Vector Trainings must be completed

Have you seen it?

Congrats to Monica Hanson who won the contest last week. The image is from Harry Potter. In the books and movies, the giant, half-blind Ukrainian Ironbelly is used to guard the deepest, high-security vaults of Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

Ready for another round of Have you seen it?, where we will show a screen shot from one of our team member’s favorite movie or TV show. If you recognize the screen shot, reply to Katie and Stephen with the name of the movie or show (NO AI help), and you will be entered into a drawing for a beverage to be delivered to your place of work. (Anyone can participate but the drawing will be limited to MS/HS admin and office managers!)

Check out the image below from PCMS Office Manager Charity Dollar’s favorite below! Recognize the movie or TV show? Let Stephen and Katie know.

To Do

• Finish your Vector Trainings ASAP. Please prioritize getting these done
• Enroll in OEBB – Window is 8/15 to 9/15
• HS ONLY: Open Periods populated to student schedules (HS only) by Tuesday

From Departments

From Lisa, The Deputy:

• Friends of the Children is a wonderful mentoring organization that supports students with a mentor beginning in kindergarten that follows and supports through 12^th grade. This organization has been supporting students in our district and Central Oregon for years and now some of the students are getting to be high school aged. As you can imagine, mentorship at the HS level looks very different than the elementary level for a variety of social reasons. At the secondary level, it is less likely that mentors come into the schools often; however, the mentors are listed as emergency contacts for the students and often will connect with counselors when needed. If you have a student with a FOC mentor at your school, you will likely be contacted by Mandy Pearson or Carolyn Nesbitt who will be a good connection for this program if or when you have questions. Other than that, please let your counselors and support team know that these mentors are excellent resources to reach out to to support planning for success for these students. 
• Building Rep Meetings: Just a reminder that your BEA building reps (and maybe OSEA too) would like to set up a consistent time to meet together with you monthly (approximately) to check in. There is nothing to prepare for here, just know that getting this consistent meeting in place will help to support clear dialogue regarding workplace issues that may arise. 
• Planning for observations: Please remember that Pre and Post Observation meetings and feedback should only be done via e-mail when in person options have been exhausted. Plan on these conversations happening in person unless for some reason it truly is unable to happen this way. This is not an option for convenience; it is a last resort when illness or absence does not allow for it to happen in person.

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From Scott and Kayla in Safety:

We have finalized the work on updating our AQI/Smoke guidelines for the district. 

The updated information is 3 documents, located in our BLS Safety Resources Google Drive > AQI Folder, located here.

Administrators and Office Managers have access to the Google Drive with the information. 

The thee updated documents are:

1. BLS Air Quality Index Guidance SY 26/27 – An FAQ style document with answers to AQI questions we typically receive from staff and parents. The main takeaway here is that the OHA guidance for bringing children 18 and under indoors at a specific AQI reading has dropped from an AQI level of 200 down to 150 as of this summer. This document is for internal and public use. We will work with Scott & Becca to upload this information back onto our safety webpage on the district website. 

2. School Administrator AQI Indoor Operations Decision Checklist SY 26/27 – A new document that provides guidance in a checklist format to help leaders at the school and district levels act when the AQI levels are high and cause a disruption to our normal school operations. This document is meant to be internal use and not shared publicly. 

3. OHA Oregon Air Quality Activity Guide for Children & Youth (June 2026) – the updated guidelines/chart from the Oregon Health Authority on actions we should take when considering outdoor activities and when to bring students indoors when the air quality is unsafe. 

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From Andrea in Risk Management:

AQI Guidance & Employee Working Conditions

This document provides an overview of supervisor responsibilities and guidance for helping protect employees from unhealthy exposure to wildfire smoke.  As noted in the guidance, a NIOSH-approved mask should be available to employees when the AQI reaches 101 or higher and they are exposed to wildfire smoke. 

Good news! Risk Management will be providing each site with a supply of approved masks. Please be on the lookout for them through inter-district mail.  

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From Tracy in Ed Tech:

The new YouTube Buddy makes it easier for teachers to give students access to specific YouTube videos while keeping distractions to a minimum. Check out our EdTech blog post to see what’s new and how to use it. YouTube Buddy: Focused Video Access for Students. As always, please be in touch with anything Edtech. 

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From Communications: Educators’ Night Out

High Desert Museum, Thursday, September 24, 6:00-8:00 pm

Head to the High Desert Museum for an evening dedicated to educators! Enjoy light refreshments and take home resources from dozens of organizations across Central Oregon for the upcoming school year. FREE to educators and administrators (public, private and homeschool) Register by September 17: highdesertmuseum.org/educatorsnight2026

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From Gabe in Activities and Athletics:

Here are the Activities and Athletics updates for this week.

HS Only

From Dean:

GED-to-Graduation Policy Change

Beginning this year, students participating in our GED-to-Graduation pathway must complete all other applicable graduation requirements before taking GED subject tests. This change is intended to ensure that students do not complete the GED and then leave school without earning a diploma. A GED alone is considered a non-completer and negatively impacts our graduation outcomes. With the increased focus on graduation and completion through SB 141, it is important that our GED-to-Graduation pathway results in students earning a diploma—not simply completing a GED.

Before beginning GED testing, students must therefore have completed requirements such as Health, PE, Government, and all other applicable graduation requirements. For example, a student using GED tests to earn their remaining Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies credits must have all other diploma requirements completed first.

We will continue awarding GED-to-Graduation credits as we have previously: 3 Language Arts, 2 Math, 2 Science, and 2 Social Studies credits upon successful completion of the respective GED tests.

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Conversion for College Dual Credit Teachers:

Please remind your College Dual Credit teachers about the requirement to use this conversion for our College Now teachers. If you have questions about this, please reach out to Katie.

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Please share this letter with your staffs from OSU-Cascades and COCC presidents regarding SBIG.

Calendar

September 9: First day for 6th grade and 9th grade

September 9:  Open Periods populated to student schedules (HS only)

September 10: First day for 7th/8th and 10th-12th

September 15: Secondary Sped Admin training 12:30-3:30 @ Ed Center Boardroom

September 16: HS Only: COCC College Articulations meetings @ COCC 3:00

September 29: AP Strategy Studio – Instruction 9-12 @ CHS

October 1: AP Strategy Studio – Attendance 9-12 @ CHS

October 16:  Due: Bus Evacuation video shown and documentation submission

October 31: Vector Trainings must be completed

Have you seen it?

Congrats to Sean Keating for correctly identifying the scene from the blog as from The Office. Did you know the version we got here in America was based off a British version?  In fact, the pilot episode is nearly identical to its British counterpart.

Welcome to Have you seen it?, where we will show a screen shot from one of our team member’s favorite movie or TV show. If you recognize the screen shot, reply to Katie and Stephen with the name of the movie or show (NO AI help), and you will be entered into a drawing for a beverage to be delivered to your place of work. (Anyone can participate but the drawing will be limited to MS/HS admin and office managers!)

Check out an image from Darla’s favorite below! Recognize the movie or TV show? Let Stephen and Katie know.