To Do
Add these important Dates for forecasting 26-27 to your calendars:
November 6 (TH) *New Course proposals due
December 1 (M): Curriculum Guide content completed at each school
January 23 (F) 1-12 ACRs Due to Ed Center by 3:00 pm (online or hard copy)
January 23 (F) Choice Option Schools Deadline (grades 1- 12) OR remain open if no lottery needed
March 6 (F) *CTE/Elective Day at high schools
March 9 (M) Incoming 9th grade Orientation Nights:
BSHS: 6 pm in the Main Gym
CHS: 6 pm in the Commons
LPHS: 6 pm in the Auditorium
MVHS: 6 pm in the Auditorium
SHS: 6pm in the Main Gym
March 10 (T) Incoming 6th grade parent night
Dates for choice option schools family nights coming soon…
From Departments
From Dean in Teaching and Learning:
The district ICCLs have been hired! These staff members support the content area TOSAs and where no TOSA is hired, they work to lead advocacy, curriculum, END and professional learning for their content areas.
If you see your staff member on this list, please congratulate them. You may feel free to reach out to any of them if there is a question from one of your staff regarding curriculum or other areas of support
| Leader | School | Position |
| Coleen Behrens | Ed Center | Science TOSA |
| Hannah Glantz | SVMS | MS Science ICCL |
| Gillian Kellock | MVHS | HS Science ICCL |
| Heidi Friesen | BSHS | HS Science ICCL (1/2 time) |
| Ron Crawford | BSHS | HS Science ICCL (1/2 time) |
| Suzanne Jones | LPHS | HS Science ICCL |
| Torie Withers | Ed Center | LA TOSA |
| Loren Renfroe | SVMS | MS LA ICCL |
| Joel Clements | MVHS | HS LA ICCL |
| Linda Adams | Ed Center | Math TOSA |
| Nathan Fincham | PBMS | MS Math ICCL |
| Aaron Johnson | BSHS | HS Math ICCL |
| Erin Hoffman | CHS | HS Math ICCL |
| Monica Freeman | Ed Center | SS TOSA |
| Jessica Colburn | PCMS | MS SS ICCL |
| Ryan McLaughlin | PCMS | MS SS ICCL |
| Tyler Running | CHS | HS SS ICCL |
| Kolina Watt-Garcia | CHS | HS SS ICCL |
| Neil Seibert | CHS | Health PE ICCL |
| Lisa Keown | Ed Center | CTE TOSA |
| Sean Glantz | BSHS | CTE ICCL |
| Julie Montoya | Ed Center/CHS | World Language TOSA |
| Kirsten Larwin | BSHS | World Language ICCL |
| Sarah Irvin | MVHS/SVMS | Choir ICCL |
| Sarah Owen | HDMS | Band ICCL |
| Brenda Simmons | HDMS | Orchestra ICCL |
| Stephanie Hemstead | RMS | Fine Art ICCL |
| Lindsay Nickerson | CHS | Theater ICCL |
| Shelby Paulson | Ed Center | District Librarian |
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From Jenn:
Please see the updated Outside Behavioral Health Memo that discusses our approved behavioral health and case management providers, as well as, attendance codes.
The required Waypoints summative assessment is open for 3-12!
Great job Pacific Crest, Bend High, Highland and Three Rivers for the highest completion rates so far!!
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:
- 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.
- Click on “Waypoints” from the left-hand navigation menu
- On the Waypoints page, select “Summative” on the left-hand side
- In the Completion Rate box, you can view the overall completion percentage across the whole school
- To view the completion percentage by class, click on the “View Details” button in the Completion Rate box
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From Kinsey – Office of Policy and Advocacy:
Religion and Holidays: -Action Items-
Please share this policy with your staff. I recommend asking your staff to review and following up in particular with your Music teachers and those planning holiday events.
Here is the “Do Not Schedule” document of cultural and holidays, updated with 25-26, 26-27, and now the 27-28 dates. Be sure your office staff and those who plan events and activities have this updated version.
Here (scroll down to October) are student-facing materials on Halloween and costumes.
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From Scott and Kayla in Safety:
Safety Drills:
Just a reminder that you should not be scheduling drills back to back (for example, a fire drill then a lock down drill). Please run them each as separate drills. Reach out to Scott or Kayla if you have questions.
STAS/SIRC Training
- All new admin and counselors have been asked to attend one of the 8-hour sessions. REGISTER HERE.
- Training dates are:
- Thursday, October 2 -Mountain View High School
- Monday, October 6- Pacific Crest Middle School
If you have any questions reach out to Lillah Lehner ([email protected])
CALL FOR RAPTOR PHOTOS & SUCCESS STORIES
- The Safety Team has been asked to present at a national conference on best practices for visitor management. If you have any success stories of using Raptor (custom alerts, large events, etc), please share them with us. We would really appreciate the opportunity to highlight our schools’ amazing work. So far, we have only had two schools share with us!
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From Gabe in Athletics and Activities:
Here is BLOG for this week: September 22nd-26th, 2025
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From Jess Calbreath:
Here is the counseling BLOG for this week. Email Katie the answer to this question correctly before Friday at 5:00 and get your name entered into next week’s drawing: Of all of the students who submitted an application to a four or two year degree last year, what percentage received an offer?
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From Transportation
Reminder: Transportation staff are allowed to enter the building to use the bathroom. They are not required to walk around to the front of the building and “check in”. Please direct them to the nearest staff bathroom by the bus entrance. Thank you!!
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From Maintenance
We’d ask that schools submit work order for keys, locks or any other maintenance issues at a school. You can find a link to it on the Staff Portal>right hand column> toward the bottom>Hero HQ.
The benefit to the person who submits the request (it can be any staff member), is that they get to see the updates as maintenance staff addresses it. In addition, it allows our maintenance department to track and analyze the work being performed by our staff.
As an FYI, here is our Maintenance Department Structure and staff responsibilities
Calendar
September 29: LA Book Club Training 8-1@ Ed Center Board Room- Admin overseeing LA required to attend
September 30: Secondary Admin/ICCL 4:15-6:15 @ Bend High
October 1: All Admin Training 3:00-4:30 @ Perseverance Hall, Bend Senior High; read Chapters 1 and 2
October 7: Secondary Admin Tier 1/UpShift work group – 9-11 @ CMS
What in the World??
Congratulations to our winner from last week: Anne Marie Schmidt, Assistant Principal at Pacific Crest Middle School! The image was of the Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
We are mixing things up this week! Instead of an image of a location, we are highlighting an unusual animal. Any admin who correctly identifies the animal (be specific!) by Monday morning will be entered in a drawing for coffee/tea or morning beverage of choice to be delivered by Katie or Stephen. Note: This contest will be limited to MS and HS admin.
Here is the image for this week:
