Coyote Communicator

This week we had two news crews on campus. CBS and FOX 5 from San Diego came to film Ms. Medve's fifth grade class using AI as a tool to provide specific feedback for students. Ms. Medve has been using Snorkl, an AI tool, to assist in giving students clear, direct feedback to their answers without telling students the solution. This allows students to go back to their problem solving and think through their misconceptions. Another benefit of Snorkl is that it shows Ms. Medve all student work immediately and groups the work by strengths and weaknesses. This allows Ms. Medve to instantly pull groups of students by need to support them further. This program meets our strict District student privacy requirements. Shout out to Ms. Medve for constantly searching for ways to help her students succeed each day and for letting the news in to capture it. If you would like to see the news story from CBS, click this link: Ms. Medve's class on CBS

Our first SSC meeting of the school year will take place virtually on Wednesday, September 16 at 4:30pm. While we have voting council members, all Ivey Ranch community members are welcome to join. Please find the Google Meet link and topics we will cover on the linked agenda. We hope to see you there!

Interested in hearing free, practical tips to improve parenting skills? Join the six session skill building program designed by Love and Logic offered for free to all OUSD families. See flyers below for more information.

September 13-19 is known as National Suicide Prevention Week and provides the opportunity to educate our school communities about warning signs and how best to help those in need. September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, which was first held in 2003 as an initiative of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization. Please find resources below.

SDCOE is offering the following trainings to honor Suicide Prevention Month during September:

9/1: Youth Mental Health First Aid

9/3: Suicide Risk Screening in Schools

9/17 & 10/1: Suicide Prevention 101 Training for Trainers (2-day training)

Don’t wait until you’re in a crisis situation to get help. Keep these numbers on hand:

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 988

Call, text or chat to receive free and confidential support. Access a trained counselor 24/7 who will listen, understand your problems, provide support, and connect you to resources as needed.

• CA Youth Crisis Line – 800-843-5200

The Youth Crisis Line is the statewide emergency response system for youth ages 12-24 and their families in crisis. Professionally trained staff and volunteers respond to crisis calls and provide referrals to service providers in the caller's local community. The Crisis Line operates 24/7.

We are constantly seeking to make Ivey Ranch more awesome every year and value Parent/Caregiver input in this process. If you have recommendations for things that are going well at Ivey Ranch or ideas to help Ivey become better, please provide your feedback in the Parent/Caregiver Input & Feedback Form.