{"id":1840,"date":"2025-12-19T01:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T01:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2025-12-19T03:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T03:51:46","slug":"december-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/2025\/12\/19\/december-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"December 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.28.34-PM-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.28.34-PM-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.28.34-PM-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.28.34-PM-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.28.34-PM.png 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Happy First Day of Winter this Weekend!  I do love the Solstice! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-eb8b7896d2088a84d5459e4c76589eb1\" id=\"block-386a4043-1846-4e03-bbe6-afa74b92e478\">From Tammy and Karen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we wrap up the final blog of the year and head into winter break, I\u2019m feeling grateful and hopeful. This season has been full of hard work, laughter, collaboration, and countless moments of care and connection that make a difference every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winter break is a chance to pause, rest, and enjoy the simple things. We hope it brings you warmth, joy, and time to recharge. Thank you for all you do, and wishing you a peaceful break and a bright start to the new year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the Break, Tammy and Karen will be working the first part of next week. From Christmas Day through January 2, Tammy will be out of the country, so please reach out to Karen with any urgent concerns. Enjoy any travel or fun plans you might have and we look forward to sharing stories in January!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\">Important Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-e0e110a0-e8b1-4efb-b852-ec3c28c5e94c\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2025\/09\/10\/september-10th-update\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2025\/09\/24\/september-24th-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2025\/10\/22\/october-22nd-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2025\/11\/19\/november-19th-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/elementary-curriculum-instruction\/2025\/12\/10\/december-10th-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">December 10th Elementary TLC Update<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.smore.com\/n\/s72qp-special-edge\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/app.smore.com\/n\/t5us6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Special EDge Student Services Blog<\/a> (December 18)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1prSysjRbXyE4zTy5P1GGuYSLfi19L9n818B8i-qBiGQ\/edit?tab=t.0\">1-Page Student Management guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/100110mVK1DUFQVSVYNlrNEWjyjvWXIi8AdegNhlJbZc\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Topics of Interest\/Problem of Practice<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1wpLL4j40nhk47dT1Ob08vOnYol6PG1DsVyKt67Ldp1g\/edit?usp=sharing\">FAQs for Special Education Inclusion Topics<\/a>&#8212;Keep checking in here! BEA and BLS supported<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DA0KY8Wk8a7mUejdllMRcgnRmIU8Mqga8LuWqe5rKeg\/edit?usp=sharing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1DA0KY8Wk8a7mUejdllMRcgnRmIU8Mqga8LuWqe5rKeg\/edit?usp=sharing\">Dates to recognize groups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-8932657b7d3f7546d143eaf67e232869\" id=\"block-c106e5d4-0337-4372-a9c3-e8badcc53475\">Notes from our Team:&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Kinsey &#8211; Office of Policy and Advocacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Community Engagement<\/span>:  Don&#8217;t forget about the chance to win a gift card ($25-$49.99) to places like El Sancho, Spork, downtown shops, and more!&nbsp; Just a little motivation and token of appreciation for getting outside your building\/office and into the community we serve.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All you have to do: Join your colleagues for quick tours of local service providers, tag along with your family liaison or FAN advocate on a home visit to check on a student, and continue the school-specific efforts you&#8217;re already doing.&nbsp; (Bingo card&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdrive.google.com%2Ffile%2Fd%2F15Dii9vKDrqhNpduEQCOsAz2ZTXQY102A%2Fview%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckaren.rush%40bend.k12.or.us%7Cef2f522653d04d2896d208de3e90d8ae%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C639016988988719733%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ycNtmZd2kIHZ%2Bu5Nr9thKghSVgWCK8Zk50T7WnCsxbM%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to all of you who visited The Giving Plate this fall!&nbsp; (If you missed that round, it&#8217;s not too late&#8211;reach out to me.)&nbsp; Our next community partner visit is in January, to the&nbsp;Bethlehem Inn.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScshObvmyhx4Os-KLk0Cr1MWy9yuzfG0IAhXkO203RcELKRfQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dpublish-editor&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckaren.rush%40bend.k12.or.us%7Cef2f522653d04d2896d208de3e90d8ae%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C639016988988736470%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cjwA54WTh9UEzXV2t1AxWV9mNsk%2Bunk6NANP5aX%2Buw8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Sign up here<\/a>&nbsp;to participate.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Dave VanLoo&#8211;School Improvement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a brief resource to help administrators with YouthTruth implementation. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">YouthTruth goes live on January 5.<\/span> Contact Dave VanLoo with any questions about YouthTruth surveys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1JAQ59r6biLNs-2h6WFilCnMvszgOt_fDDIZA5fKbcpw%2Fedit%3Ftab%3Dt.0&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctammy.doty%40bend.k12.or.us%7C09c0f0e8743f4f678d0708de344a401a%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C639005690659239154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ucL%2FTw67rGpmQ5ZD4cJMr8UTZNwFX%2FSc%2FS82SZDSi0A%3D&amp;reserved=0\">YouthTruth January 2026 Admin One-Page Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-cc1fd59016819158bbf9923d74fcfd84\" id=\"block-3689ac0f-109b-492d-8439-4dd5f9e1c952\">Action Items<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-a1293005-4067-478a-92f5-a073cc526c29\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.smore.com\/n\/t5us6\">Special EDge blog this week <\/a>for the first Campus Kudos featuring Silver Rail and RE Jewell!  Review the calendar for your school&#8217;s turn! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sign up for a visit to<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScshObvmyhx4Os-KLk0Cr1MWy9yuzfG0IAhXkO203RcELKRfQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dpublish-editor&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ckaren.rush%40bend.k12.or.us%7Cef2f522653d04d2896d208de3e90d8ae%7Cb9c51293e4b947a8904a452864568fe1%7C0%7C0%7C639016988988736470%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cjwA54WTh9UEzXV2t1AxWV9mNsk%2Bunk6NANP5aX%2Buw8%3D&amp;reserved=0\"> Bethlehem Inn<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get ready for Youth Truth!  How will you get more staff and families to take it this year?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enjoy your last day with students and have fun on your break! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-d6538b45114b5d74eaebae7ba1e49b7e\" id=\"block-1831939b-a328-4e28-a767-ec6cfa6613c6\">                          Important Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-24ba98af-7fa8-4b6f-b9fd-cb556757fe6f\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>December 22 &#8211; Jan 2:<\/strong> Winter Break<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 13:<\/strong>  Horizontal Meeting 3:00 &#8211; 4:30 at Highland Elementary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 19<\/strong>:  Martin Luther King Jr Day &#8211; No School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 20: <\/strong> PLCs 1 and 2 from 3:00 &#8211; 4:30 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 21<\/strong>:  Educator Network Day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 27: <\/strong> PLCs 3 and 4 from 3:00 &#8211; 4:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 28: <\/strong> All Admin PD 3:00 &#8211; 4:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>January 30<\/strong>:  Progress Reports &#8211; No school for students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And finally&#8230; Congratulations to our Next Duck Drawing winner Lybe Hawkins!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lybe Hawkins brings both deep experience and joyful curiosity to her role as principal of Silver Rail Elementary. She has spent 22 years serving Bend-La Pine Schools, teaching at LaPine Elementary and Ensworth, supporting students and administrators at Lava Ridge, and now leading Silver Rail for the past four years. Lybe is known for her fun, adventurous spirit and her genuine love of the world around her. When she\u2019s not at school, you\u2019ll likely find her in the garden, out with her two fuzzy and adorable dogs, Clyde and Charlie, or binoculars in hand embracing her self-described role as a \u201cBird Nerd,\u201d always on the lookout for her next feathered friend.  Congratulations Lybe, we look forward to bringing you a hot drink in January &#8211; hopefully on a snowy day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1843\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.45.38-PM-1-940x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.45.38-PM-1-940x1024.png 940w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.45.38-PM-1-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.45.38-PM-1-768x837.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/files\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-5.45.38-PM-1.png 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy First Day of Winter this Weekend! I do love the Solstice! From Tammy and Karen As we wrap up the final blog of the year and head into winter break, I\u2019m feeling grateful and hopeful. This season has been <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/2025\/12\/19\/december-18-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  December 18, 2025<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":821,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1840\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/tammy.doty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}