The Current

Message from the Superintendent

Have You Voted Yet? Election Day, May 16

Next Steps Regarding Oak Creek Incident

Heat Brings Need for Lighter Attire, More Water

Enter Lottery for Used School Devices for Sale

Social Media Workshop: Helping Your Child Navigate Our Digital World

Community Review: New K12 Math Curriculum

Verify Your Student's Information

Spring Advisory Committee Meeting

New Students Appointed to School Board

Relocating Dedicated Systems of Support

Life-Saving Hands-Only CPR Campaign Success

Equity Through Our Organization

Childcare Serving More Students

Legal Budget Committee

LMS Theatre Presents Footloose, Youth Edition!

Student Transportation of America Hiring School Bus Drivers

Health Information:

• Changes to COVID-19 Response
• Reminders from Our District Nurses

Enrichment & Recreational Programs

• Registration Open for Spring, Summer Enrichment & Recreation
  

Community News:

• You're Invited: YAC STEM Fair
• City Seekng Volunteers for Boards and Commissions
  

Regular Reminders:

• Hunger Fighters Oregon
  
• Safe Oregon
  
• School Incident Reporting
  
• Get Social with LOSD

In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week, our community showed its appreciation for our teachers and staff for their dedication and devotion to their work. The School Board recognized the week of gratitude with a proclamation: “Teachers spend countless hours preparing lessons, evaluating progress, counseling and coaching students, and performing community service; and our community recognizes and supports its teachers in educating the children of this community.” Parents/guardians and students filled our schools with abundant flowers, food, and festivities. All very much appreciated the heartfelt gestures. Thank you!

Due to hotter-than-normal temperatures in our area over the next few days, people are advised to wear lightweight, loose clothing, drink extra water, and limit outdoor activity. In school, we will take precautions and monitor students for heat concerns. Students may drink water on the bus. Please try to use flip-tip water bottles to avoid spills. Thank you.

We appreciate our community’s support and cooperation in response to the bomb threat Oak Creek received on Tuesday. A threat is always serious, and despite the concern it raises, Oak Creek staff, students, and families handled the incident exceptionally well.

Our district and school staff trained in evacuation incidents assisted in reunifying students with their parents and guardians. While the controlled release was in progress, the Lake Oswego Police Department, with assistance from other agencies, searched the school and found no evidence of a credible threat.

We have since learned that the threat was made via a phone call from the same New Jersey IP address that made threats to schools in California and Eugene, Oregon. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in the investigation. Detectives ask anyone with information about the source of the threat to call our non-emergency number (503) 635-0238 or submit a tip on the LOPD website.

We have used devices for sale:

• Dell (Windows 10) for $200
• Macbook (MacOS Ventura) for $350

Please complete this form to add your name to the lottery to purchase a device from Lake Oswego School District.

Our curriculum and instruction representatives recommended new K-12 mathematics textbooks and materials to the School Board. They shared the review process, provided perspectives, and answered questions. Our educators propose:

• K-5 iReady from Curriculum Associates
• 6-8 Big Ideas from Cengage
• 9-12 Big Ideas from Cengage

The proposed math curriculum is available for public review through May 17. Find details on the district website under Curriculum Adoption. Feedback from the public review will be shared before the School Board takes action on adopting a new curriculum.

Do you still need to verify the information in our system? We have found that a lot of "home" numbers are now abandoned landlines, yet more than 320 of our households list home numbers as their only numbers. Please take a moment to ensure your contact numbers are accurate.

Log into ParentVUE and review/update your students' information through the Register/Verify tab. If you have forgotten your ParentVUE password, go to the login page, click "I am a Parent," then click "Forgot Password." If you are unsure whether you have a ParentVUE account, contact your student's school. For assistance with the verification process, refer to the user guide on the LOSD website or contact your student's school.

Our School Board hosted the Spring 2023 Districtwide Advisory Committee Meeting to highlight progress and accomplishments from this school year and make plans for 2023-2024. Input from advisory committee members helps inform our school board's policy decisions and work with the superintendent to advise and lead our district's practices. We all work together to bring to life our mission and achieve our vision for students, and we are very fortunate to have such a robust and high-functioning partnership. Thank you to all who serve our district and schools.

Lake Oswego High School’s Abby Flaa and Lakeridge High School’s Ayse Bakircioglu have been named the student representatives for the School Board for the 2023-2024 school year. They will succeed current representatives Samantha Jarquin and Jacob Stuckey whose terms end in June. Congratulations Abby and Ayse! We look forward to your advocacy and insights on behalf of our students.

For the past two years, LOSD has embarked on a multi-year plan to relocate our dedicated systems of support, e.g., specialized classrooms for ACCESS, DELTA, and Pathways, to better balance special education services on both sides of the lake and provide students and families with greater inclusion in their neighborhood schools. Phases 1 and 2 are complete, and the third phase will be in place starting in 2023-2024. We applaud our staff and families for their diligence and care throughout this significant change to improve efficacy and outcomes for students. Please help us make all students and families feel welcome in our schools.

Using social media for good, LOSD partnered with the City of Lake Oswego to promote life-saving Hands-Only CPR. Mayor Buck challenged Superintendent Schiele, who then started a chain of challenges from our school board to our student reps to our administrators and teachers. We are pleased the campaign engaged more than 25,000 people!

To cascade equitable expectations and practices through our organization, we have shifted the role of one equity director into the responsibility of all administrators. We hired equity consultants Engage to Change to guide our administrators, principals, vice principals, and directors through a year-long training. Next year we will extend the training to our building instructional team leaders and students, with each iteration reaching further into our system.

Beyond the school day, our district strives to be a good community partner. To provide more families access to before and after care services, we invited third-party childcare providers to offer their services at our elementary schools. The new model, which reintroduced childcare to neighborhood locations, resulted in a 350% increase in students served (110 to 400 children!) from last year. Should you have questions about the service, Champions area manager Stephanie Scanlon is the best person to contact. She can be reached at: LakeOswegoChampions@discoverchampions.com

Wednesday, May 17

6 p.m.

Click here for the agenda posted on district website

LOSD Administration Building

The meeting is held in person and open to the public. In-person attendance is limited to those who occupy available seating first and observe meeting guidelines for conduct. Doors will open approximately 15 minutes before the start of the public session. All may observe the public session remotely by clicking here.

Lakeridge Middle School Theatre Arts is proud to present Footloose: Youth Edition!

May 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 7:30 pm

May 13, 1:00 p.m.

Lakeridge Middle School

Tickets are $12 for general seating and are available here: https://www.eticketexpress.com/event/lakeridgejh/footloose

Dress for the show! There will be prizes for the best 80's outfit at every performance.

The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Health Authority has updated requirements for school districts' communicable disease management planning for the 2023-24 school year. Included are the following changes to our COVID-19 response:

Change to Exposure, Isolation Guidance Starting May 11

• A five-day period of isolation for those infected with COVID-19 is no longer recommended for the general population, including people in K-12 education settings. Our schools will continue to follow the recommendation for students and staff to stay home until fever free for 24 hours and symptoms improve.

• Several sources of COVID-19 data ended. We will archive our dashboard and CDC Community Level metrics shared in our newsletter, website, and school signage.

Vaccination No Longer Required For School Staff, Volunteers Starting June 17

• The COVID-19 vaccination requirement for public and private school teachers, staff, and school volunteers (OAR 333-019-1030) will be lifted. That means that after June 16, teachers, school staff, and school volunteers will no longer have to provide proof of vaccination or have a valid medical or religious exception on file to be in direct or indirect contact with students.

Asthma/Allergy Medications at School

It is critical to the health and safety of your student to bring ALL doctor-recommended medications to school. Over the summer, speak with your doctor to get the proper supplies for school, and then go to the LOSD web page to find the proper forms to be completed with the medications. If your student is in Elementary or Secondary and will store their meds at school, watch for a medication drop-off time for your particular school. If they are in secondary and keeping their medication in their possession, please submit the proper paperwork so we know where to find their medication in case of an emergency.

Individualized Health Plan? - Watch for an Email

If your child has an LOSD Individualized Health Plan (IHP) developed in consultation with your District Nurse, please watch for an email! Your response is needed to confirm or update your student's plan. We appreciate your prompt reply.

Immunizations

Please review the OHA requirements and information on required immunizations for students. Please arrange to complete immunizations and update Synergy over the summer to avoid exclusion in 2024.

If you want to speak to your school nurse, click here: contact your district nurse

Register now to join the 2023-24 Lakeridge Youth or Junior Sideline Cheer Team. Cheer at Lakeridge youth football games, show your spirit, and make new friends! Questions? Please email us at lakeridgecheer@yahoo.com.

Youth Sideline Team Registration Link

Junior Sideline Team Registration Link

LOSD facilities are used by community vendors and our schools to offer students enrichment and recreational opportunities after class and during breaks. For a full list of offerings from our schools and community vendors for elementary, middle and high school students, please visit the Community Programs on the district website.

The Youth Action Council and LOHS STEM Club proudly present:

YAC STEM FAIR
Saturday, May 20, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Christ Church Parish, 1060 Chandler Rd., Lake Oswego

All are welcome to the event celebrating STEM -- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math! Watch demonstrations from the LO STEM Club and Lake Monsters Robotics Team, Lego activities from Play-Well Teknologies, and much more! The event is free and open to all ages.

Visit the food pantry at 4 Monroe Parkway, Suite A. Deliveries are available on Mondays.

Shop in hours:

• Wednesdays 5-7 p.m.
• Friday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Sundays 3-5 p.m.

Learn more at hungerfightersoregon.org.

Reach out to your principal with concerns to maintain strong lines of communication and partnership between students, families, staff, and other resources.

SafeOregon is also an effective way to report a tip regarding safety threats or potential acts of violence to our students or schools. https://www.safeoregon.com/ Be aware that intentionally providing a false report is a serious offense.

Report microaggressions, bias, harassment and discrimination in a school related to race, ethnicity, religion, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other aspect of identity:

• Incident Report for Elementary School
  
• Incident Report for Middle Schools
  
• Incident Report for High Schools
  

Incidents may also be reported to an administrator, a trusted staff member, or anonymously to SafeOregon.com.

LOSD has ramped up its social media presence. Please join us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @weareLOSD

Email: info@loswego.k12.or.us
Website: https://www.losdschools.org
Location: 2455 Country Club Road, Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone: (503) 534-2000
Facebook: facebook.com/weareLOSD
Twitter: @weareLOSD

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