{"id":92,"date":"2018-09-21T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/?p=92"},"modified":"2018-09-21T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T18:11:26","slug":"9-21-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/2018\/09\/21\/9-21-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"9.21.2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>QUOTE OF THE WEEK:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We left this meeting feeling great about it\u00a0and all of the teachers at HDMS.\u00a0 You guys are awesome!\u00a0 The support that you all offer for the students is obvious.\u00a0 Thank you so much for all that you do.\u00a0 We appreciate you!&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~Parent of a 6th grader<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>TO DOs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open house:\u00a0 Thank you for the extra time and energy to support our Open House.\u00a0 Please take some time to give me feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScXluwE7brDW1KB1__TjfXDLnUfr1een-q4A3bXdRm_qfdjXQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">this google form<\/a> so we can continue to get even better.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the D-WOW folder to stay up to date on our word of the week.<\/li>\n<li>Culture of Care:\u00a0 We are looking for some staff members to join a team devoted to nurturing a Culture of Care at HDMS.\u00a0 This is a program that involves regular communication with Dr. Robinson who spoke at Trauma Informed Care at Summit HS in August \u2013via phone conference and through a few site visits to HDMS.\u00a0 We\u2019d need to meet as a group once a month or so.\u00a0 Time tbd.\u00a0 Let Paul know if you are interested in being part of the team.<\/li>\n<li>Review the meeting notes from our Safety Team (posted in the Safety Team folder within the documents tab).\u00a0 Please consider joining us next month. \u00a0(Also added in that folder is an update regarding our field usage protocol).<\/li>\n<li>I have added a new folder titled: Staff Feedback within the document tab.\u00a0 Paul left some feedback to teachers comments regarding the Sept. 12 SIW.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>UPCOMING EVENTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mon. Sept. 24<sup>th<\/sup>: Intramurals sign ups begin during both lunches for students (have them see Mr. Kennedy at lunch for more info)<\/li>\n<li>Tues. Sept. 25: DI meeting in the Media Center-all are welcome<\/li>\n<li>Wed. Sept. 26: SIW at 1:30 in the Media Center:\n<ul>\n<li>Good of the order<\/li>\n<li>SLGGs (see info in Mini\/Obs folder within the documents tab)<\/li>\n<li>Update and info on ELL (Clarissa)<\/li>\n<li>Accommodations vs modifications in Sp Ed (Alicia Covell)<\/li>\n<li>Counseling dept. overview (Cathy, Lynne, Alicia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BITS AND BOBS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mid Oregon Credit Union is continuing a partnership with KTVZ to present <strong>$500 monthly awards for innovative, sustainable classroom projects<\/strong> that are worth being recognized in the community. The program identifies the classroom efforts and awards the teacher\/school the funding, and a news story airs on KTVZ to provide a spotlight on the good things that are happening in education. Here is a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvz.com\/community\/one-class-at-a-time\">link for additional information<\/a><\/u>. Please send any nominations directly to Kyle Frick (Mid Oregon) at kyle@midoregon.com<\/li>\n<li>An essay contest for current 6th graders is being sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary. The 350 word or less essay will speak to <strong>the importance of voting<\/strong>.\u00a0 If this becomes a class assignment, all students from the winning class will earn a pizza party.\u00a0 <u><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1d10w2hjjoene4eYkJTH-Im3osaM0cmfzGUHXvw3oXqQ\/edit?usp=sharing\">Here is additional information.<\/a><\/u><\/li>\n<li><em>Spanish-speaking staff<\/em> who are interested in being paid outside of their work time to provide interpretation and translation please notify Kinsey Martin. \u00a0She will explain the process and invite you to a one-hour interpretation training so basic expectations can be explained.<\/li>\n<li>An article has been added to the tab about learning, retention and forgetting \u2013 Likely this will not be new information for you, but will no doubt be a good reinforcement of what you already know or connection to prior knowledge!<\/li>\n<li>Green Team?\u00a0 HDMS currently doesn\u2019t have a sustainability team.\u00a0 If you are interested in this work and what this could do for our students as well as our school, please see this link for more information.\u00a0 Please see the document \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1y0oIjgJ86eZ4Csbbz5cF0_j5bwMlghC-VPeP8lkPDxg\/edit?usp=sharing\">We Reduce\u2026<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Recycling:\u00a0 We are attempting to support classroom recycling bins being dumped weekly by our Attendance aides.\u00a0 Gina is working on a schedule\u2026 thanks for your patience!<\/li>\n<li>SBAC data: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ayf0_-i1M16urnJq6OhfaKldEbVixukY\/view?usp=sharing\">Here<\/a> is a link to a pdf with graphs.<\/li>\n<li>ASPIRE:\u00a0 LA and Math teachers please make sure you are aware of the ASPIRE window and plan time for this assessment in your classes this fall and winter, spring is optional.\u00a0 More details regarding log in etc. can be found in the folder titled: Testing<\/li>\n<li>A few documents have been added to the Equity folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>REMINDERS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In lieu of an email reminder for duties this year, I have instead posted the schedules on the right side bar of the blog.\u00a0 Please be sure you have looked over these documents. They cover the entire year; consider printing these documents to put in your sub notebooks.\u00a0 Thank you in advance for being in your location and positively reinforcing safe student behavior.<\/li>\n<li>If you would like a Synervoice message to be sent home to a specific group of students (ex. members of a club or team) please send Kindra the text of the announcement and a list of the students to send it to and give her and Veronica three days notice to translate and create the group in Synergy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HDMS HIGHLIGHTS:<\/p>\n<p>Amazing learning happening all around our school and campus!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/files\/2018\/09\/Image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-95\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2454.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_2460.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-97\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_9610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUOTE OF THE WEEK: &#8220;We left this meeting feeling great about it\u00a0and all of the teachers at HDMS.\u00a0 You guys are awesome!\u00a0 The support that you all offer for the students is obvious.\u00a0 Thank you so much for all that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/2018\/09\/21\/9-21-2018\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/wendy.mcculloch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}