Month: April 2024

Do Now:

First Aid/CPR: If your school is under the ration needed for CPR/First Aid shared by Stephanie Bent this week, please make a plan to meet this before we leave for the year. It will help you be prepared for next year without a question. If you need help or ideas, please reach out.

Levy Talk: Consider the ways in which you might educate your PTOs related to the upcoming levy. Tammy and I are happy to support you with this type of connection too. Ballots will go out in just a week! HERE is some information that Scott has put together if you’re looking for a bit more information than the flyers.

• Middle School Transition and Math Bypass Testing for 5^th grade: An assessment needs to be given for some 5^th grade students who could potentially skip 6^th grade math if they meet the requirements. This assessment will only be given to 5^th grade students whose teacher nominates them based on their math proficiency being exceptional, parents request their child take the test, or students who nominate themselves. This assessment will use iReady and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete on the iPad. 
  • Schedule this assessment for some time in May and pull the identified students to a space and administer the assessment before the end of the year. 
  • Math Bypass Test Info:
    • FAQ you can provide families
• DIBELS Testing will begin on May 9th.  Here is the schedule.
  • Reminders:
    • The testing team tests all students K-5
    • Be sure to set up the testing area with 12 stations
    • Clear schedules for school testing staff so they can also test students on testing day

Reminders:

• Four hour and less sub payments: Every sub coded between July 1, 2023 and the date of March 4,2024, covered by the district. Anyone who was coded 4 hours after 3/4/24 will be paid by you. As of April 5, if you put in for a 4 hour sub they will be paid for only 4 hours.
• Youth Truth. Reminder: Please share the data presentations with your staff by May 8. By May 29, meet with your ICCL teams to synthesize the information you get from the posters at the data walks, and decide what you want to focus on. Write the 2 areas of focus and link them in your School Design Plans under the Annual Plan Review Tab in the mid-year location.

• Interested staff members must indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form and submitting an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website. The application period is May 6- May 17.
• Roger White support: Want to help? Click this link.
• Performance Evaluation Reminders: All goals, formal observations and most mini’s should be finalized in UKG by the end of April.  We are asking Level Leaders to review your progress during their next one-on-one site visit.
  • In addition, please initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week. You may ‘skip’ instead of ‘initiate’ SRs those who are not on a full evaluation cycle this year.  Staff are instructed to complete their SRs by May 1.
• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
• Here is an instructional video for admin on how to review, submit and finalize self-reflections
• Erin’s Law: When you finish with these, let April Jorgenson know!
• Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30
• TLC Update: April 18,  Elementary TLC Update
• Tentative BEA Agreement can be found HERE
• Inservice Week Certified work calendar for 24-25
• April: Naglieri testing & SBAC for ELA
• May: SBAC for Math and Science

New Notes:

From Tammy and Lisa:

Please look for an e-mail coming from Aimee Snyder, our District/County Partnership Health Supervisor. She is sending an invite for parents/caregivers of students in grades 4th-10^th to participate in a 20-minute online survey.  This survey is part of a county-wide assessment of prevention needs for families around topics like substance use and mental health. And, the first 85 English respondents and 85 Spanish respondents will receive a $15 Visa gift card for their participation!

Important Dates

• April 30: All goals, formal observations, and most mini observations finalized in UKG
• April 30: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15
• May 1: BRYT Focus Groups for SSCs/SSEAs during SIW
• May 4: Queer Prom 7 pm at BTA (Star Wars theme)
• May 6-May 10: Teacher Appreciation Week!
• May 15: Monthly Admin PD at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
• May 18: Kinder Fiesta 10-1 at Ed Center (newly enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
• May 28: Horizontal Meeting @ Rosland 3:00-5:00 (Please add in travel time, as we will be starting on time)
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30
• June 1: Pride @ Drake Park (BLS Family Advisory hosting a booth)
• June 6: GSA in the Park: 10-1 at Troy Field/Ed Center
• June 6: TAG Night at Juniper 5-6 pm
• June 15-16: Juneteenth Community Celebration in Drake Park
• June 18: Last Horizontal meeting of the year @ Hollinshead Barn, 3:00-5:00.

And finally…

A big thank you to 17 staff members from many of your schools, who have signed up to meet with incoming kindergarten students and their families this coming Saturday. We are excited to welcome the class of 2037 to the 24-25 school year! Out and about on Saturday? Swing by one of the parks at the time above to check it out!

Do Now:

• Change!!! From Julie. April 24 locations for all staff for Ed Network Day—share with staff Now! Lava Ridge and Highland, please note your location changes, so if you have already shared the location, please share this version and location change instead. This link also has locations for Co-Curricular teachers, Specialists, and more. Thank you!!
• Initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week if you haven’t already. Directions are in the reminder section.
• Please let your staff members know that they can indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form specific to BLP employees for the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, they also MUST submit an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website in order to be considered. Indicating interest does not guarantee a spot in the program but BLP employees will be prioritized. The application period is May 6- May 17.

Reminders:

• Youth Truth. Reminder: Please share the data presentations with your staff by May 8. By May 29, meet with your ICCL teams to synthesize the information you get from the posters at the data walks, and decide what you want to focus on. Write the 2 areas of focus and link them in your School Design Plans under the Annual Plan Review Tab in the mid-year location.

• Roger White support: Want to help? Click this link.
• Performance Evaluation Reminders: All goals, formal observations and most mini’s should be finalized in UKG by the end of April.  We are asking Level Leaders to review your progress during their next one-on-one site visit.
  • In addition, please initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week. You may ‘skip’ instead of ‘initiate’ SRs those who are not on a full evaluation cycle this year.  Staff are instructed to complete their SRs by May 1.
• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
• Here is an instructional video for admin on how to review, submit and finalize self-reflections
• Erin’s Law: When you finish with these, let April Jorgenson know!
• Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30
• TLC Update: April 18,  Elementary TLC Update
• Tentative BEA Agreement can be found HERE
• Inservice Week Certified work calendar for 24-25
• April: Naglieri testing & SBAC for ELA
• May: SBAC for Math and Science

New Notes:

From Scott Maben: Levy Communications

LEVY MATERIALS FOR PUBLIC – Please be sure to have your interior levy sign displayed in your entryway, and the larger exterior sign displayed outside, as soon as possible. Also, please be sure to have your levy rack cards (informational handouts) displayed in a prominent spot near your office window. If you need more cards, let Scott Maben know. Spanish-language versions of these cards are being printed and should be ready for delivery by Monday. Additional rack card holders are coming as well.

From Robbie Faith: Instructional Technology:

With conferences in the rearview mirror, many families may be asking about Lexia, Dreambox, or Sora access at home for additional learning. Here are a few frequently asked questions to help with this and to prepare for the upcoming summer as well.

Are students allowed to bring iPads home during the school year? Yes, students can bring the iPad home if the family and school agree, a specific learning goal is provided, and the family knows in advance that the iPad is coming home.

How do students access Clever programs such as Lexia and Dreambox from a personal device? The directions for accessing Clever from home on a personal device can be found here. Please note that this requires students to set-up multi-factor authentication. Your media manager or tier 1 support should have the Student MFA set-up directions.

Can students bring the iPad home for the summer? In most cases, we would recommend that the iPad remains at school for the summer. If a student does not have access to a personal device and the family is requesting access to our district learning programs, then they can check out the iPad for the summer. The student and guardian will need to complete the Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement Student/Parent Summer Form. You can get this form from your site tech or instructional technology.

How long will students be able to access Clever programs (Lexia, Dreambox, Sora, etc.) this summer? Student access to Clever will end in early August in preparation for the 2024-2025 school year.

From Jenny White: Life and Career Readiness

Flexible Thinking and Growth Mindset Collections

Develop students’ ability to think flexibly and adapt to new situations with this collection of activities and lessons. Through problem-solving activities, perspective-taking exercises, and cognitive flexibility tasks, students will learn to approach challenges with an open mind and consider multiple viewpoints. These resources foster resilience, creativity, and the ability to navigate change.

Directions on how to find the collection on Wayfinder

Direct Links. Kindergarten. 1st – 2nd. 3rd – 5th

From Jennifer Hauth: Social, Emotional, and Mental Well Being

BRYT Focus Groups on May 1^st for SIW: We wanted to share an exciting opportunity for our Student Success staff coming up on Wednesday, May 1st. Our BRYT partners from Boston are coming out to visit Bend-La Pine that week, and we have a chance to meet with them Wednesday afternoon in elementary and secondary focus groups. We understand this is a building-discretion SIW. If you are able to release your SSC/SSI and SSEA to join us, we’d be so appreciative. The coaches sent a separate to communication directly to your student success staff as well. Thank you!

From Jessica Scott: TAG flyer with corrections

From Tammy and Lisa:

Self Reflection Due Date Change: The self reflections in UKG are set with a due date of May 1. In talking with Paul, this is a “soft date”. You choose the date you want the staff to have the self-reflections due and communicate that to them (You can’t change it in UKG right now–just tell staff to ignore May 1). Note that the reflections now ask for their ending SLGG information. With the reading SLGG goal, many of them use Dibels as their indicator, so make sure your due date is after your building Dibles day.

4 Hour Subs and Pay. Earlier last month, you received information about a legislative change that said if we hired 4 hour subs, we were required to pay them for 8 hours. At that time, the information your Office Staff received said to code subs moving forward 3.99 or less to not have to pay a full 8 hours. This change is retroactive to July 1, 2023, so every sub coded between July 1, 2023 and the date of March 4,2024, will be covered by the district. It will not impact your budgets between those dates. After March 4, anyone who was coded 4 hours needed to be paid for 8 and that will be paid by you. The legislature fixed the bill and as of April 5, it is back to what it originally was prior to July 1—if you put in for a 4 hour sub they will be paid for only 4 hours. Whew!

Thank you and a reminder: Thank you for unexpectedly digging into the Youth Truth work on Tuesday afternoon and preparing your staff presentations. We know it wasn’t what you thought you may be doing that day. The reports of people who have done the presentations and data walks so far, have been very positive and admin report a feeling of success. Staff are appreciative of the data and chance to talk about it. Let us know how your presentations go and if you need any support–we are happy to help!

Also, a quick reminder that both Lisa and I will be out this next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The Thursday blog next week will be coming to you from the windy city, as we attend a conference on authentic family engagement. We will still be available by text/phone (could be iffy on Wednesday as we will by in the air). If you need support and can’t get us, you can call Lora, Julie, Batman, Obi-Wan…

Important Dates

• April 19: Staffing plans due
• April 23: Horizontal 3:00-5:00–mandatory EL training– at Highland. We need the full 2 hours, so please be on time. No school share outs this time–we’ll catch you up later!
• April 24-26. Tammy and Lisa out of town at a conference
• April 30: All goals, formal observations, and most mini observations finalized in UKG
• April 30: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15
• May 4: Queer Prom 7 pm at BTA (Star Wars theme)
• May 15: Monthly Admin PD at Perseverance Hall, 3:00-4:30
• May 18: Kinder Fiesta 10-1 at Ed Center (newly enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
• May 28: Horizontal Meeting @ Rosland 3:00-5:00 (Please add in travel time, as we will be starting on time)
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30
• June 1: Pride @ Drake Park (BLS Family Advisory hosting a booth)
• June 6: GSA in the Park: 10-1 at Troy Field/Ed Center
• June 6: TAG Night at Juniper 5-6 pm
• June 15-16: Juneteenth Community Celebration in Drake Park
• June 18: Last Horizontal meeting of the year @ Hollinshead Barn, 3:00-5:00.

And finally…

Do Now:

• Initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week if you haven’t already. Directions are in the reminder section.
• Please let your staff members know that they can indicate their interest in having their child attend KIDS Inc by filling out the KIDS Inc Interest Form specific to BLP employees for the 2024-2025 school year. As a reminder, they also MUST submit an application to the program that can be found on the KIDS Inc website in order to be considered. Indicating interest does not guarantee a spot in the program but BLP employees will be prioritized. The application period is May 6- May 17.

Reminders:

• Roger White support: Thank you Patrick for sharing the information about how we can help Roger and his family as they rally around helping their husband and dad. While it is a Meal Train link, it is also a place to send gift cards and donate money as well. What to help? Click this link.
• Performance Evaluation Reminders: All goals, formal observations and most mini’s should be finalized in UKG by the end of April.  We are asking Level Leaders to review your progress during their next one-on-one site visit.
  • In addition, please initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week. You may ‘skip’ instead of ‘initiate’ SRs those who are not on a full evaluation cycle this year.  Staff are instructed to complete their SRs by May 1.
• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
• Here is an instructional video for admin on how to review, submit and finalize self-reflections
• Recess for K-5 (and state reporting): Please go into your main schedule for the year and make sure your schedule now reflects the added 3-5 recess per Article 16 of the contract. You should now have a morning and afternoon recess K-5, with only one of those recesses being a rotation. No exceptions please (if you are not doing this, please reach out to Tammy/Lisa to talk about it asap.) Also, Jo Kinzel is in the process of auditing for the state, our instructional minutes, and your accurate and current schedules are an important part of this process.
• Erin’s Law: When you finish with these, let April Jorgenson know!
• From Julie: Curriculum, Instruction and Systems: Expeditionary Learning (EL Education, Language Arts adopted materials) launch will be on our next Educator Network Day, April 24^th from 2:00-3:15. Trainers will be here in-person to give us our first look at the “why” behind the curriculum and the components.  We will be travelling to 4 locations.  The expectation is everyone is there on time and ready to learn.
• Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30 instead of April 23.
• TLC Update: April 3,  Elementary TLC Update
• Tentative BEA Agreement can be found HERE
• Inservice Week Certified work calendar for 24-25
• April: Naglieri testing & SBAC for ELA
• May: SBAC for Math and Science

New Notes:

From Kinsey:

Title IX Coordinator:

Coordination of TItle IX responsibilities are transitioning from Steve Herron to Kinsey, to align better with current practices and with other Civil Rights-related coordination duties.  

As a reminder, Title IX protections cover: 

• discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity; 
• sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking;
• athletics, academics, and activities;
• admissions, hiring, access;
• pregnant and parenting students

If you have a potential incident or complaint that involves one of the above topics, please promptly:

• Report it via the bias incident reporting form, or
• Contact Kinsey  🙂

Upcoming Office of DEI district-wide events:

Mark your calendars!  Please share a ‘save the date’ with your staff as applicable (flyers and details to follow):

• Queer Prom = Saturday, May 4^th 7:00pm at BTA (Star Wars theme, of course)
• KínderFiesta = Saturday, May 18^th 10:00am-1:00pm at the Ed Center (for newly-enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
• GSA in the Park = Thursday, June 6^th 10:00am-1:00pm at Troy Field/Ed Center
• Community celebrations (BLS family advisory groups will host booths):
  • Pride = June 1, Drake Park
  • Juneteenth community celebration = June 15-16, Drake Park

More details to follow.  If any staff wants to volunteer or participate, please reach out!

From Jackie Mueller- SUSTAINABILITY

EARTH DAY RESOURCES: Looking for something to use with students during Earth Day? Here are two great resources to explore:

• Subject to Climate Website
• Oregon Climate Educator Hub

FOOD WASTE REDUCTION VIDEOS: Food waste reduction week, which took place April 1-7^th provided an opportunity to challenge students to make changes in their choices. This initiative not only aims to reduce waste but also plays a crucial role in our greenhouse gas reduction and climate change mitigation.

If you have not had the chance to view them yet, you can watch the food waste reduction video created for elementary schools here and for middle/high schools here. These videos will help you and staff and students learn about the meal program requirements and how to reduce waste through choices.

IDLE-FREE CAMPAIGN: School green teams are preparing for Earth Week, and many will be working on Idle-Free campaigns at schools. Here is a PDF you can share with parents and driving students about idling. Here is some information that was created by the green team at BSH. And lastly, here is newsletter and parent letter ideas.

MAY 8^TH WALK AND ROLL TO SCHOOL: New this year, we will be distributing a google sheet to each school for each teacher to log a simple tally of who walked, biked, took the bus, or drove to school on May 8th. It will take less than 30 seconds and we really appreciate your help with this!

Please join us in celebrating the May Walk + Roll to School Day Event on May 8th! If your school is interested in participating please contact ([email protected]) She can drop off Walk + Roll swag, posters, and informational flyers for to distribute to students. In addition, feel free to use this poster and take-home flyers. The following language can be sent to students and parents:
* Please join us in celebrating May Walk + Roll to School Day on May 8th by walking or rolling to school. Log your trip for a chance to win a prize! See the following link to log your trip and for more information. Thank you!

Walk+Roll to School Day

Unirse a nosotros celebrando el día de Mayo de Walk and Roll a escuela el 8 de Mayo con caminando o rodando a escuela. ¡Registre su viaje para una oportunidad a ganar un premio! Para más información y registrar su viaje, ve este enlace. ¡Gracias!

Walk+Roll to School Day

From Tammy and Lisa:

The National Center for Earth and Space Science Education is announcing an opportunity for 5th grade classrooms to be invovled in designing and proposing microgravity experiments to fly on the International Space Station (ISS) in the fall of 2024. Read more here!

We’re looking forward to meeting with you all on April 16th at Jewell from 3-5. We will discuss planning for the end of the year and prep for next year. Please bring a fully charged computer, your mid-year data, your school design plan, and your Youth Truth materials (all likely accessed electronically).

Jessica added a TAG Night information graphic (linked in the below Important Dates) for June 5th. Be sure to share this with your families in you TAG communications. Thanks!

Important Dates

• April 16: Admin Meeting (formerly Admin/ICCL) at Jewell 3-5 pm.
• April 17: Office Staff training in the board room from 1:15-2:15. Cover your office for staff please
• April 19: Staffing plans due
• April 23: Horizontal 3:00-5:00–mandatory EL training– at Highland. We need the full 2 hours, so please be on time. No school share outs this time–we’ll catch you up later!
• April 24-26. Tammy and Lisa out of town at a conference–24th will be traveling and may not be able to receive texts/calls, 25-26 should be fine. Call Lora Nordquist if you need some help right away and we are not available.
• April 30: All goals, formal observations, and most mini observations finalized in UKG
• May 4: Queer Prom 7 pm at BTA (Star Wars theme)
• May 7: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15
• May 18: Kinder Fiesta 10-1 at Ed Center (newly enrolling Spanish-speaking kindergarten families)
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30
• June 1: Pride @ Drake Park (BLS Family Advisory hosting a booth)
• June 6: GSA in the Park: 10-1 at Troy Field/Ed Center
• June 6: TAG Night at Juniper 5-6 pm
• June 15-16: Juneteenth Community Celebration in Drake Park

And finally…

A big thank you to all who came to the job fair! Especially this one, who was there interviewing til the bitter end with all the clanging and banging, when everything was taken down around her. Anna Park did not give up–way to go Anna! It was an afternoon connecting with colleagues and friends, new and old, and meeting eager teachers ready to come to Bend-La Pine to change the world. Thanks again everyone.

Do Now:

• Levy Presentations: Thank you for signing up! We are hitting the circuit and are ready to roll!
• Student Services Survey: One administrator per school needs to take this- Survey Link
• Recess for K-5 (and state reporting): Please go into your main schedule for the year and make sure your schedule now reflects the added 3-5 recess per Article 16 of the contract. You should now have a morning and afternoon recess K-5, with only one of those recesses being a rotation. No exceptions please (if you are not doing this, please reach out to Tammy/Lisa to talk about it asap.) Also, Jo Kinzel is in the process of auditing for the state, our instructional minutes, and your accurate and current schedules are an important part of this process.

From Julie: Curriculum, Instruction and Systems

Please share the following information with your staff now.

Wonders Materials

• More information will be shared in the coming weeks on the plan for disposing of Wonders and Units of Study materials
• The Wonders and Wonderworks decodables are great resources.  I recommend teachers keep these as resources for the coming years. 
• The Leveled Readers are also a great resource.  Teachers are welcome to keep these in their classroom libraries.
• During April conferences teachers can give away shared read and anthology books (lock and key)

Expeditionary Learning Launch

Expeditionary Learning (EL Education, Language Arts adopted materials) launch will be on our next Educator Network Day, April 24^th from 2:00-3:15. Trainers will be here in-person to give us our first look at the “why” behind the curriculum and the components.  We will be travelling to 4 locations.  The expectation is everyone is there on time and ready to learn.

Administrators:

Expeditionary Learning (EL Education, Language Arts adopted materials) launch for administrators will be on April 23^rd at our horizontal meeting from 3:00-5:00 at Highland Elementary. Come prepared ready to learn!

Reminders:

• Take some time in the next week or so to complete your School Design Mid-Year Review. Let us know if you need some help!
• TLC Update: April 3,  Elementary TLC Update
• Tentative BEA Agreement can be found HERE
• Inservice Week Certified work calendar for 24-25
• April: Naglieri testing & SBAC for ELA
• May: SBAC for Math and Science

New Notes:

From Jenny White: Life and Career Readiness

Digital Citizenship for 3^rd  – 5^th graders in Wayfinder’s Collections

Equip students with essential digital literacy skills and promote responsible online behavior, empowering them to navigate the digital world safely, critically evaluate information, and become responsible digital citizens. Direct Link. Directions on how to find this collection in Wayfiner

Game Collections in Wayfinder

Engage students in fun and interactive games that promote engagement. This collection includes games that encourage cooperation, adaptability, and connection. Directions on how to get to the collections in Wayfinder. Here are the direct links: Kindergarten, 1st – 2nd  3rd – 5th

For Principals or Teacher Leaders a fun Wayfinder Activity you can use in a SIW or Staff Meeting. Rock, Paper, Scissors Battle

From Paul in HR: HR has been working to better understand what staff may or may not do during their lunch periods and here is what we’ve learned:

• For certified staff:  We cannot enter into any agreement that infringes on their 30-minute duty free lunch. Here is the relevant ORS 342.608

• For classified staff: The district consulted with BOLI as to whether classified employees can voluntarily waive their meal period. The answer we received was to refer to our CBA to see if it includes language allowing classified staff to forgo the meal period and work through it. The BLS/OSEA CBA states the following:

16.5.2: With the supervisor’s approval, employees may work through break
and/or meal period, work a regular schedule, and receive pay for the extra time.

In unusual circumstances, supervisors may require employees to work during break and/or meal periods, provided employees will be granted compensatory time off, for the time worked, or paid time and one-half for the break and/or meal time actually worked.

In summary, certified licensed staff cannot work during their 30-minute duty free lunch period.  Classified staff may agree to work through breaks or meal periods, with prior supervisor approval, and receive pay for this extra time.

Performance Evaluation Reminders

All goals, formal observations and most mini’s should be finalized in UKG by the end of April.  We are asking Level Leaders to review your progress during their next one-on-one site visit.

In addition, please initiate Self-Reflections (SRs) for your staff this week. You may ‘skip’ instead of ‘initiate’ SRs those who are not on a full evaluation cycle this year.  Staff are instructed to complete their SRs by May 1.

• Here is an instruction video to share with your staff on how to complete self-reflections
• Here is an instructional video for admin on how to review, submit and finalize self-reflections

From Lora:

A reminder that our April 10 Admin PD is Youth Truth Training. This training is in the boardroom (not Perseverance Hall), from 1:00-3:00, so that you have time to get back for conferences. Bring a fully charged computer and be ready to dive into your data.

From Tammy and Lisa:

Conferences and Levy Information: This next week, you will be receiving information informing families of the upcoming levy and what it means for Bend-La Pine Schools. You will get a stack of fliers that are to be distributed to each classroom teacher to pass out to each family at conferences. As a reminder, we can educate all about the levy, but we cannot tell people how to vote for it.

New to Sharezies: Thank you Kimberly and Tom for sharing High Lakes “end of the year” check-out tool!

Transfer Interviews: Update, they have now been moved to April 30 instead of April 23.

Erin’s Law: Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) is upon us. This is a friendly reminder that you need to let April Jorgenson know when you have completed the trainings. Thanks for checking in with her.

Roger White support: Thank you Patrick for sharing the information about how we can help Roger and his family as they rally around helping their husband and dad as he fights the hardest fight of his life to recover. While it is a Meal Train link, it is also a place to send gift cards and donate money as well. What to help? Click this link.

Important Dates

Please check that your calendars have all these dates.

• April 10: Youth Truth Training 1-3 pm in the Board Room (all Elementary Admin)
• April 10-11. Spring Conferences W: 3:15 pm -7:15 pm , Th 7:15 am-7:15 pm
• April 17: Office Staff training in the board room from 1:15-2:15. Cover your office for staff please
• April 19: Staffing plans due
• April 23: Horizontal 3:00-5:00–mandatory EL training– at Highland. We need the full 2 hours, so please be on time. No school share outs this time–we’ll catch you up later!
• April 24-26. Tammy and Lisa out of town at a conference–24th will be traveling and may not be able to receive texts/calls, 25-26 should be fine. Call Lora Nordquist if you need some help right away and we are not available.
• April 30: Transfer interviews: High Lakes Elementary, 3:15-5:15
• April 30: All goals, formal observations, and most mini observations finalized in UKG
• May 30: School Counselor Celebration in board room 8-9:30

And finally…