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Your weekly Information
Special Education has its own portal website.
Welcome to the 2nd Full Week of School
We are excited to share that we now have a Public Health Specialist working in EVERY secondary school this year!
Here is a short video about Healthy Schools
In short, we serve schools as coordinators for Tier 1 initiatives to:
1. Prevent student suicide; substance use; violence; bullying, bias incidents; and risky sex, and 2. Reduce disparities experienced by students who are LGBTQ+, students of color, or low-income/rural.
We focus on initiatives related to: health education and health communications; positive, inclusive school culture; family engagement; and linkages to resources. We mostly work with the adults in your schools, but we also work often with student groups to engage them in an advisory capacity or in leading advocacy projects, including Sources of Strength.

Amanda Armstrong (she/her): La Pine High, La Pine Middle
Call: 541-280-0760; Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Lindsay Seibel (she/her): Bend Senior High, Pilot Butte Middle, Bend Tech Academy
Call: 541-749-7524;
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Lani McQuilkin (she/her): Mountain View High, Sky View Middle, Realms High and Middle
Call: 458-292-6616;
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Monica Desmond (she/her): Summit High, Cascade Middle, Pacific Crest Middle
Call: 458-292-9815; Email: [email protected]; BLS non-staff email pending…
Hailey Barth (she/her): Caldera High, High Desert Middle
Call: 458-287-8805; Email: [email protected]; BLS non-staff email pending…
Welcome to all of our returning and new staff!
We are so happy to have you here for the 2023/2024 school year.
Did you know we have our own page for resources?
Within our staff portal there is a link for Student Services Resources at this site you can find resources for many topics with our department, Synergy, 504 information, Policies, Adapted PE, BLSend and so much more including our staff list.
We are still updating the staff directory so if you see that you in the wrong place please let me know and I will adjust.
Have a GREAT week
The Special Edge
EOY Checklist (it is getting smaller)
- To Magadalyn Hasse:
- June 14:
- SLPs – bring your audiometers to the End of Year meeting @ Ed. Ctr. Boardroom (1:30-4:00) for summer calibrating.
- June 16:
- ESY student materials
- Sara Young or Krista Baker will schedule a time to pick up all ESY materials from your site
- Return any materials/electronics borrowed from the Special Programs Office
- ESY student materials
- June 14:
- To Krista Baker:
- June 20th:
- All Restraints and Seclusions that happen in the last week of school need to be turned in
- June 20th:
- Electronic Submissions:
- Transportation Requests: transportation requests now only need to be completed for: matriculating 5th and 8th graders, new students, students that are enrolling at a new site, or if something changes with a student’s information. Transportation needs to be added to student’s IEP for those attending Transition Co-op and have a request completed by June 20th.
- Progress Reports: all progress reports for all students must be completed by June 20th
- All students receive a progress report.
- with the exception of Private and/or Home School Refusals
- It is up to each school/Case Manager to get them distributed.
- Progress Reports are available in ParentVue.
- More information is available on the Student Services Resource Site
Thank you all for a great year and have an AMAZING Summer!!
The Special Edge
TWO DAYS LEFT… For Curriculum orders…
Elementary and Middle School Teachers:
Please complete your curriculum order for next year, by June 1st.
*Please note – anything not on the district-approved curriculum list (attached to the Google form), will need to be approved by Student Services administration.
If you have any questions, please contact April Diehl.
Lastly here is your end of year Checklist
Please reach out if you have any questions.
May 23rd Special Edge
An article to read from Neurol Logic News
Performance Matters is retiring please download ALL your certificates BEFORE the end of the school year.
Curriculum Orders for 2023-2024
Elementary and Middle School Teachers:
Please complete your curriculum order for next year, by June 1st.
*Please note – anything that is not on the district-approved curriculum list (attached to the Google form), will need to be approved by Student Services administration.
If you have any questions, please contact April Diehl.
Reminder: All Transportation Plans for 23-24 school year are due by 6/2/23.
Lastly here is your end of year Checklist
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Special Edge ~ May 17th
Please enjoy this article about our Youth Transition Program
For those interested in working this summer we will be hiring Teachers and EAs for ESY. Keep your eyes posted as the positions will be published in UKG.
Performance Matters will be retiring at the end of the school year. Please print off all certificates BEFORE the last day of school.
Here is your End of the Year’s Check List
The Special Edge
Curriculum Orders for 2023-2024
Elementary and Middle School Teachers:
Please complete your curriculum order for next year, by June 1st.
*Please note – anything that is not on the district approved curriculum list (attached to the google form), will need to be approved by Student Services administration.
If you have any questions, please contact April Diehl.
Performance Matters will be retiring at the end of the year. Please print off all certificates BEFORE the end of the year.
Transportation Information for IEP Students
THANK YOU to all that have completed this! We look forward to hearing from the rest of you soon.
Please read this link for information on the 2023-2024 school year.
Included is the T-Plan Link
From Colleen~
Inclusion EA – Transfer Requests
From now until MAY 16 Inclusion Educational Assistants may apply as an internal transfer:
1. Log into UKG
2. Follow the internal employee instructions – ‘How To Apply Thru UKG’
If you need support with UKG, please reach out directly to Human Resources Department.
The Student Services administrative team will get notifications once the application is complete. Staff will be under consideration and will be notified if openings become available.
Your Weekly Information
Central Oregon spring is here! Which we all know means crazy unpredictable weather in the 80s one day and 40s the next.
ESY forms are officially OVERDUE
Please use the forms we have below as these are the updated forms with all the information we need. If you submit an old form, we will also request that the new one be filled out.
Here is the Link to the ESY Consent Please Email esy consent to Magadalyn Hasse ASAP
Prior to having parents/guardians sign, please check the box as to whether the child on your caseload will be attending:
- 8:30-10:00 ESY session ( 90 minutes or less of SDI per day, as designated on their IEP)
- 8:30-11:30 ESY session (more than 90 minutes of SDI per day, as designated on their IEP).
- GRO/EXCEL (behavior, emotional, and/or social skills goals ONLY, as designated on their IEP)
- If a student qualifies for GRO/EXCEL, please have the parent/guardian complete the GRO/EXCEL consent form in addition to the ESY parent/guardian consent.
If you have any questions, please contact Sara Young.
Transportation Information for IEP Students
Please read this link for information on the 2023-2024 school year.
Included is the T-Plan Link
Curriculum Orders for 2023-2024
Elementary and Middle School Teachers:
Please complete your curriculum order for next year, by June 1st.
*Please note – anything that is not on the district-approved curriculum list (attached to the Google form), will need to be approved by Student Services administration.
If you have any questions, please contact April Diehl
From Colleen~
Inclusion EA – Transfer Requests
From now until MAY 16 Inclusion Educational Assistants may apply as an internal transfer:
1. Log into UKG
2. Follow the internal employee instructions – ‘How To Apply Thru UKG’
If you need support with UKG, please reach out directly to Human Resources Department.
The Student Services administrative team will get notifications once the application is complete. Staff will be under consideration and will be notified if openings become available.
ESY Paperwork Due this Friday
Please submit all ESY parent/guardian consent paperwork to Magadalyn Hasse by April 28.
Prior to having parents/guardians sign, please check the box as to whether the child on your caseload will be attending:
- 8:30-10:00 ESY session ( 90 minutes or less of SDI per day, as designated on their IEP)
- 8:30-11:30 ESY session (more than 90 minutes of SDI per day, as designated on their IEP).
- GRO/EXCEL (behavior, emotional, and/or social skills goals ONLY, as designated on their IEP)
- If a student qualifies for GRO/EXCEL, please have the parent/guardian complete the GRO/EXCEL consent form in addition to the ESY parent/guardian consent.
If you have any questions, please contact Sara Young.
Curriculum Orders for 2023-2024
Elementary and Middle School Teachers:
Please complete your curriculum order for next year, by June 1st.
*Please note – anything not on the district-approved curriculum list (attached to the Google form), will need to be approved by Student Services administration.
If you have any questions, please contact April Diehl.
From Colleen~
Inclusion EA – Transfer Requests
From now until MAY 16 Inclusion Educational Assistants may apply as an internal transfer:
1. Log into UKG
2. Follow the internal employee instructions – ‘How To Apply Thru UKG’
If you need support with UKG, please reach out directly to Human Resources Department.
The Student Services administrative team will get notifications once the application is complete. Staff will be under consideration and will be notified if openings become available.