To Do
From Triz in HR:
Important Deadlines for the Evaluation Process:
Please remember to upload all your documents into your google Sheet.
From Departments
From Kinsey – Office of Policy & Advocacy:
Student Voice Council: – Action requested –
We are beginning recruitment for 26-27 Student Voice Council representatives. As you’re aware, this group has an impactful seat at the district leadership table, so ensuring great representation for your school (and feeder schools) is important!
Good news: we have a very stable group who will continue next year, so we are only filling a few spots, primarily of graduating seniors. We need to fill the following seats: 1 for BSHS, 1-2 for DRHS, 2-3 for CHS, 2 for LPHS, 4 for MVHS, 3 for SHS.
What makes a good candidate? A student who is consistent, collaborative, and creative, and has something to say about school. As always, we are looking for diversity of identities, academic profiles (i.e. we don’t only need 4.0 students), and experiences in or out of school.
Current SVC members will help recruit, but we need staff engagement also! Current 8th – 11th graders are welcome to apply, and we’d love middle and high school administrators, counselors, specialists, club advisors, campus monitors, and others with student connections to help recommend students and encourage them to apply. Thanks for sharing this with your staff and school community.
From Aimee Snyder with Deschutes County Health:
Follow-up to the April 9 Blog Post: Optional Resources to Prevent “Look-alike” Substance Use Policy Violations
In addition to the optional high school lesson shared in the April 9 blog post, we’ve now added these additional optional resources for both middle and high schools:
- For Families – English and Spanish Family Newsletter PSA about Look-alikes as a Policy Violation
- For Middle School Students – Slides and adaptation notes for a “whole school” administrator’s announcement about look-alikes
- For School Admin and Staff – Top 10 Best Practices for Substance Use Prevention in Schools
- For Anyone – List of Cessation / Quitting Resources for Youth and Adults
All these resources can be found here: Resources for Preventing Look-alike Substance Use Policy Violations document
Please reach out to your Public Health Specialist for help coordinating the rollout of any of these resources.
These resources would be most effective if delivered as part of a coordinated sequence of activities that surround students with consistent substance use prevention messages from various trusted “messengers” (admin, Health teacher, peer leaders, parent/family).
From Rodger in Operations:
To help schools manage classroom relocations smoothly and minimize disruption to instruction, the district is developing a standardized process for both same-school and inter-school moves. The procedure is intended to outline clear responsibilities for administrators, teachers, custodial teams, maintenance, and IT staff to help ensure moves are coordinated efficiently. The district is currently testing our work order platform Hero HQ for submitting move requests and coordinating details such as scheduling, technology needs, furniture, and specialty equipment. Additional procedures, expectations, and implementation guidance will be communicated in an upcoming Level Leaders’ Blog once the workflow and support processes are finalized.
Large-scale moves, such as the Realms transition, will be exempt from this process.
From Gabe:
Here is the weekly. May 11th-15th, 2026
Please read this week’s Special EDge for information about:
- Complete High Cost
- Note the Paperwork Deadline – June 5!
- ESY Case Managers – Reach out to Sara Young with new students who qualify and continue to reach out to families you haven’t heard from
TOSA Updates
From Colleen Behrens, Science TOSA
Science Materials and Scheduling
As you build next year’s schedule, please consider how many teachers are assigned to teach the same course during the same period, as they may need to share science kits and equipment. While we are working to support teachers’ needs, the number of kits at each site is limited, so thoughtful scheduling can help ensure reliable access for all teachers.
Science Trainings
Teachers should attend the training that aligns with the course they will be teaching next year.
High school
May 19th – MVHS- all day PEER Physics
May 21st – MVHS- all day Savvas Chemistry
Middle School
May 28th– Bend Science Station – All day 6th grade science teachers**
May 28th– PCMS – All day 7th and 8th grade science teachers
**Teachers who will be teaching both 6th grade and either 7th or 8th grade next year will need to choose which session to attend.
MS ONLY
Dean and Linda will be proctoring the iReady Bypass Test at middle schools between May 22nd and May 29th. Please be sure to communicate with families about this opportunity.
Here is the link to the communication.
Calendar
May 13: All Admin Training 3-4:30 @ MVHS
May 13: Excellence in Ed Awards 4:30-6:30 @ MVHS
May 14th: MS Only – TAG Admin/ICCL Meeting @ Ed Center 3:30 – 5:00
May 14: Latino Family Night 5:30 @ MVHS
May 15: HS Principal Connection 8-10 @ RHS
May 19: Secondary Administrator work session @ CHS 9-11 – focus on SBIG
May 25: Memorial Day Holiday, no School
May 28: Waypoints Core Skills assessment window closes for secondary
June 15: School Design Plan Showcase 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. @ CHS
June 15: End of Year Administrator Celebration (and lunch!) @ HDMS 11:30-1:00
Where in the World
Congratulations to Becky Aylor for correctly guessing the image from last week!
The image was of the The Cinque Terre, Italy: The Italian candy land of colour, the five villages that make up the Cinque Terre provide the perfect oasis for escaping the Italian summer heat and the perfect test for colour blindness.
Below is the image for this week. (Hint: It’s famous for its role in US atomic testing). Send us your guess for this location by Monday, win the drawing, and Stephen or Katie will bring you your school appropriate beverage of choice:
