Secondary Blog March 12, 2026

To Do

Staffing Plans are due next week – Please refer to Katie or Stephen’s email for deadlines

From Departments

March 18 SIW:  is a building directed SIW for HS and a teacher directed SIW for Elementary and Middle


From Marta in the Superintendent’s Office:

The Frequently Called Number list has been updated in the Portal


From Jennifer in Student Wellbeing

Please see below for an opportunity here in Bend for district administrators that are helping to lead this work.  Learn how to strengthen our Wayfinder implementation to help meet our strategic initiatives. I will be there and I think it would be great to have some of you join, especially those of you that have not attended any Wayfinder trainings in the past. 

From Patrick Cook-Deegan – CEO and Founder of Wayfinder:

I’d like to personally invite you to join us for the Oregon Community Workshop on Friday, April 17 at Tetherow Resort in Bend.

This will be a focused, working session with district leaders from across Oregon on how schools are implementing Wayfinder to:

  • Meet Oregon’s mandated TSEL standards
  • Align with SB3 requirements
  • Strengthen instruction for the Oregon Health Education Standards

More than 115 Oregon districts are already bringing this work to life with us. During the workshop, we’ll share concrete implementation strategies, lessons learned, and practical tools you can take back to your district or school site immediately.

Event Details

8:30 AM – 2:30 PM (breakfast and lunch provided)
Tetherow Resort
61240 Skyline Ranch Rd
Bend, OR 97702

This will be interactive and collaborative—not a sit-and-get session. You’ll experience Wayfinder activities firsthand and connect with peers navigating similar priorities.

RSVP here.


From Gabe Pagano:

Here is the weekly agenda for Athletics and Activities. March 9th-13th, 2026


From Sara Young:

Here is this week’s (very short) Special EDge. Find information about:

  • Plan for ESY – Links have started going out!
  • Check out the Learning Labs
  • Check out the incredible work of teams in Campus Kudos!
  • Utilize the Student Services Launchpad
  • Save the Date for upcoming events

Calendar

March 16: Staffing discussion HS Principals 3:00pm – Education Center – KT’s office

March 16,17,18: MS Staffing Plan Check Ins

March 17: HS Learning Walk – Language Arts 9-12 @ RHS and BTA

March 18: Building Directed SIW for HS

March 18-19: MS Spring Conferences

March 19: MS Staffing Plan version 1.0 due

March 20: Excellence in Education Nominations DUE to HR

March 19 and 20: Katie out of the office – available by cell

March 23-27 Spring Break: Katie and Stephen out of the office – available by cell

April 3: HS Principal Connection 8-10 @ SHS

April 7: Admin/ICCL 4:15 – 6:15 @ BSH

April 7: HS Admin WS 9-11 @ RHS

April 8: All Admin PD 3-5 @ BSH

April 14: HS Admin WS 9-11 @ MVHS

April 14: MS Walkthroughs @ PCMS

Where in the World?

Congratulations to  to Kristy Knoll who guessed the image from last week! 

The image is of Crater Lake National Park. This national park is located in the southern part of Oregon and is made of a gigantic crater.  If you haven’t made the time to see it, it is worth a visit!

Guess this location by Monday morning and we will bring you a school appropriate beverage of choice! Bonus points for adding its historical significance.