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CALENDAR ITEMS:
- Wednesday 12/16
- Safety team meeting (9:00 am)
- Staff meeting (2-3 pm in Stancliff’s WebEx)
- Superintendent search public forum (5:00 pm & 6:15 pm) Click here for more info.
- Thursday 12/17
- Hybrid planning (3:00 pm)
- Friday 12/18
- Social (1:00-1:30)
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TO DO:
Teaching staff:
If you were not able to this week, please make sure that you have updated your Synergy grade book settings with the new scale that includes the P/NG. Click here for instructions. As we mentioned in grade level meetings, timely and accurate entry of summative grades into Synergy will allow us to update the new spread sheet that Mary created for tracking student progress.
In that same spirit, if you have an advisory class, please look for communication early next week around giving families an update before we head to break.
Please use this document that Mary sent out on Thursday to sign up to host one of the social activities. Stand by for protocols managing student behavior.
All staff:
Please work from home if you are experiencing any symptoms that could potentially be related to COVID-19. If there is anything you need from us in the way of support for working from home, please let us know.
Please continue to follow safety protocols when working here on campus, including wearing a mask when not in a private enclosed work space, social distancing whenever possible, and using the QR code to check in and out.
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ON THE RADAR
For teachers that are new to Bend-La Pine Schools, remember there is a training on 1/13 from 2-4 pm that will focus on metacognition, Habits of Mind, and Habits of Interactions within specific academic disciplines. If you have questions please reach out to Dean Richards.
Our Hybrid Planning Team has met twice now, and we are working out site specific details in the following areas: 3 week rotations, classroom sanitation logistics, student movement in hallways, student movement in classrooms, adult movement in classrooms, library access, and staff collaboration. Our goal is to create a “quick-guide” for adults and one for students and families that summarizes what we believe will be best practices. We will also develop a schedule for sharing the information in advisory and other forums ahead of our return to a hybrid model.
Bend-La Pine Schools is participating in the Youth Truth survey after returning from the winter break. It consists of three components: student survey, staff survey, and family survey. The student survey will be administered in Individuals and Societies classes. We will communicate with students, staff and families ahead of the survey administration.
Middle School Athletics will continue to follow the high school athletics calendar, which was recently updated to include 3 different seasons between Feb. 22 and June 11.
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SHOUT OUTs
Thank you to Val Overley for being a rock star! Her peers would want her and everyone else to know: “She has created endless hours of Canvas Videos for staff and students to help us navigate through all things Canvas. She is a super problem solver and is more than willing to find the answer to any question as she patiently walks us all through tech challenges. Not only is she a tech queen, she also writes and develops amazing digital learning lessons for her students. She is awesome.”
Happy birthday to the following individuals: Val Overly and Kim Crosby (12/13), Chuck Clair (12/14) Patty Brun (12/16) & Todd Brown (12/18) Enjoy your day!
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TOOLS & RESOURCES
Please refer to Scott McDonald’s emails from this week if you are continuing to experience issues with WebEx glitches. Here is the form to report issues to folks at tech.
Here is a link for District Tech Tips and Tools for CDL