Month: June 2025

From Tammy and Karen

As we wrap up the final day of school, there’s a special kind of joy that comes with knowing we’ve completed another incredible year together. Summer break is calling—with rest, adventure, and well-deserved time to recharge—but it’s also a little bittersweet to say goodbye to the students who’ve filled our days with laughter, learning, and growth. Thank you for all the heart and energy you’ve poured into this year! Cheers to you!!

Floating Into Summer: Join us at Crux for the last horizontal meeting of the year. We will meet from 2:00 – 3:00 on the lawn! Bring a lawn chair and sunscreen, but no need to bring anything else! We will have some activities to close out the year. We hope you will stick around to socialize after 3:00! Appetizers are on Tammy and Karen! Please see Tammy’s email with the flyer for more info!

Important Links

• BEA and OSEA Bargaining Update Website
• June 4^th Elementary TLC Update
• Topics of Interest/Problem of Practice
• FAQs for Special Education Inclusion Topics—Keep checking in here! BEA and BLS supported

Notes from our Team:

From Lisa Birk – Deputy Superintendent

At the end of May, I let you know that we would be cancelling our June 4^th meeting and would reschedule later in June due to graduations. Our new training will be on JUNE 23rd (8-12). This training will be 4 hours in the morning and then teams will be able to continue the work after lunch if they choose.  Please complete this form so that we can plan accordingly! June 23rd SIGN UP SHEET

As a reminder, our Leadership Team End-of-Year lunch will be at the Ed Center on June 16^th from 11:30-1:00. At this time, we will be honoring those who are retiring and celebrate the closing of our year.

Have a great wrap to this awesome year! -L

From Ryan in HR:

Following up from a previous blog entry, please know that we will require that all requests to hire use the documents provided in the new hiring guide on July 1, 2025 and thereafter. We prefer that you start using these new documents immediately.

This guide can be found by looking in your “Recruitment” tab in UKG. It is labeled Administrator Hiring Guide 

Thank you for your support for our efforts to improve practices.

If you have any questions or need support, please reach out to [email protected] 

From IT:

Please continue to monitor your school’s Discipline Incident Audits as you close out the 24-25 school year.

Audits to Run in Synergy:

BEN > School Reports > Discipline Incident Reports > Discipline Audits > Discipline Incident Missing Elements

Synergy Tasks (Home Page) > State Reporting Extract Validation – Discipline

If you have any issues/questions, please contact Ted Helton (1224) and/or Jason Westmoreland (1222)

From Tami Pike – Nurses

Dear Amazing Bend-La Pine Schools Administrators,

BLS Health Services is pleased to offer two CPR/First Aid training sessions this August for BLS administrators who need to obtain initial certification or wish to renew their certification before the school year begins.

Training Session 1:
📅 Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Caldera High School

Training Session 2:
📅 Date: Friday, August 15, 2025
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Three Rivers School

👉 To register, please sign up using this link.

Action Items

• June 23! For an All Admin PD – complete this form June 23rd SIGN UP SHEET
• Check out the classified calendar for the 25-26 year. Stay tuned for the rest
• Sign up for the CPR/First Aid classes
• Check out the new Administrator Hiring Guide 
• Discipline Audit in Synergy
• Complete the Outdoor School Report form. This has been delegated to you or someone on your team and you should have an email from OHSU extension inviting you to complete the report. If you have questions, please contact Karen.

Important Dates

• June 13: Last Day staff
• June 16: Leadership End of Year Luncheon 11:30 – 1:00 at Education Center
• June 17: Elementary End of Year Celebration! 2:00 at CRUX
• June 23: All ADMIN training

And Finally –Channel your inner sloth this weekend and put your feet up!

Thank you for celebrating the incredible achievements of our school counselors this morning! These reports are a fantastic testament to the hard work and dedication that our counselors bring to our schools. We truly appreciate the time and energy counselors invest in creating these presentations to highlight their amazing contributions and unwavering support for our students. This is not just a report; it’s a vibrant opportunity to collaborate, share innovative ideas, and showcase the positive impact school counselors have on students’ lives. Thanks for showing up to support your counselors today! Below are links to the slides from the presentations.

Elementary Room 314

Elementary Room 312

Middle School

High School

From Tammy and Karen

Thank You! Thank you does not seem enough for all the hard decisions, conversations, and support you are providing your staffs right now. Know that we appreciate you all so much. These are not fun times, but working with an amazing elementary leadership group like you makes it a little more tolerable. You’re the best and we wish you all a fun and smooth last week of the school year!

Save the Date! Last week we indicated that there would be a training later this month in lieu of the All Admin SIW that was canceled this week. The day for that official training is Monday, June 23. It will be a 4 hour training, but which half of the day you attend depends on who has and has not read the book, ” Belonging Through a Culture of Dignity”, so block out the whole day to be safe! Look for more to come on this from Lisa. If there is a problem with you attending this day, please reach out to your level leader to let them know.

Important Links

• BEA and OSEA Bargaining Update Website—Update!! New Contract has been settled, but it is not updated here yet.
• State Testing Folder
• June 4^th Elementary TLC Update
• Topics of Interest/Problem of Practice
• FAQs for Special Education Inclusion Topics—Keep checking in here! BEA and BLS supported

Notes from our Team:

From HR Classified Team:

We are excited to share that the start dates for the 2025-26 school year are now available and posted on the Portal here. Complete work calendars for all classified employees are nearly finalized and will be uploaded to the Portal as soon as they are ready; we appreciate your patience as we put the finishing touches on them.

If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Thank you for your continued support and dedication – wishing you an enjoyable wrap-up to the end of the school year!

Check out the above trainings with the Culture of Care this August. You can register here. (Just remember that our Elementary Admin Welcome Back will be August 11).

Action Items

• Save the Date–June 23! For an All Admin PD
• Check out the classified calendar for the 25-26 year. Stay tuned for the rest
• Check out and sign up for any of the Culture of Care trainings in August you (or your team) may be interested in attending.
• and…All the many things you do to make the end of the year joyful and memorable for your staff and students!

Important Dates

• June 12: Last Day students—half day
• June 13: Last Day staff
• June 17: Elementary End of Year Celebration! 2:00 Somewhere!
• June 23: Belonging Training—half day, but stay tuned to which half you need!

And finally…Caption this…text Tammy with your caption to be entered into a drawing for something fun!