Special EDge
November 13th, 2025
May 7, 2026
A Short Note
I hope you all are enjoying this wonderful, warm weather! 🔅
HIRING is starting for our Extended School Year program!
Location:
Secondary - Summit High School
Elementary - High Lakes Elementary School
Dates:
Training - Friday, July 10th 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
ESY - July 13-July 30 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays ONLY
Hours:
Learning Specialists - 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Educational Assistants - 3.5 hours (timing TBD based on student needs)
Pay
You will timesheet your hours and paid at your hourly rate
These jobs are posted in UKG.
Directions: Log into UKG --> Click on the three stacked lines in the upper left corner --> My Career --> Search for Jobs --> Look for the headings:
- 52 Total Hours - Learning Specialist - ESY Summer 2026 - Temporary
- 46 Total Hours - Inclusion Educational Assistant - ESY Summer 2026 - Temporary
- Variable Hours - Speech Language Pathologist - ESY Summer 2026 - Temporary
Please reach out to Sara Young with any questions!
Annual BSH Flower Sale
Attention Case Mangers: The High Cost form has been automated!
From Kristan Shobe:
Please use this link to get to the Smartsheet High Cost form. Be sure to fill it out for all students with 1:1 time, and those who have multiple services, including NEST, Bridges, and Student Services Secondary. If you are unsure if a student qualifies, fill out the form and I will make that determination. Thank you!
Breaking Barriers Celebrations
Students and Staff Present at Breaking Barriers Conference: From Pre-Employment Transition Services
Our Bend-La Pine Pre-Employment Transition Service (Pre-ETS) Providers, Adrianne Goodrich and Brenda Parazoo, presented a session called “Voices of Transition; Students Shaping Their Future with Vocational Rehabilitation” at the Breaking Barriers conference, April 21 at the Redmond fairgrounds.
Students from Summit High School and the Transition Co-op presented their “Journey through Pre-ETS”. The Students rocked their presentations!
Maddy, from Summit, presented about her volunteer opportunity with Bend Parks and Recreation, as well as her health care expo experience at COCC.
Eric, from the Transition Co-op, presented on his journey to getting a job at Pro-Caliber as well as his post-secondary counseling for COCC.
Rylee-Anne, from the Transition Co-op, presented about job exploration, soft skills, her new job at Safeway and how she is working on self-advocacy skills.
There are five areas of Pre-ETS…Job Exploration Counseling, Work-Based Learning Experiences, Counseling on Postsecondary Educational Opportunities, Workplace Readiness Training and Instruction in Self-Advocacy.
Breaking Barriers: Life Beyond Labels Conference is an annual community event hosted by the Central Oregon Disability Support Network (CODSN). The conference brings together individuals with disabilities, families, educators, and community partners to learn, connect, and share experiences. Sessions are led by a mix of professionals and people with lived experience, covering topics like education, employment, self-advocacy, and community inclusion. The goal is to create a welcoming space where all perspectives are valued and to support people with disabilities in building meaningful, self-directed lives.
ESY Case Managers - ⭐NEW!⭐
⭐NEW!⭐
For ANY new students who qualify for ESY or who qualified at a meeting that was held after Spring Break, please reach out to Sara Young directly when the IEP is finalized. Thanks so much!
ESY Case Managers: Thank you for your support in connecting with families to find out which students intend to attend ESY! I appreciate you!
We have solidified locations for ESY! These locations are based on the students who have confirmed that they are attending with an effort to move as little equipment as possible and ensure the locations are close by one another to support transportation.
🏫 ESY Locations:
- Elementary - High Lakes Elementary School
- Secondary - Summit High School
📆 DATES for ESY: July 13-30 (Monday-Thursday ONLY)
HDESD Learning Labs!
Did you know that HDESD offers this Learning Lab website? It has many, many printable resources and even a video library!
Take a look to learn a little more about Guided Access!
Welcome back to Campus Kudos, where we will be celebrating ways that a school’s Student Services team has been working to promote inclusion, belonging for students, and working as a team to support each other. Stay tuned each week to see which school is highlighted and what kinds of amazing work they are doing to support students.
This week we are celebrating La Pine Middle and La Pine High!
LA PINE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Brian Barringer (Principal) shares that “The team is great at communicating issues. The staff always brings current issues to the admin and helps brainstorm ideas to help support students that need extra help to feel included.
The LPMS team takes a collaborative approach to doing what's best for students. The team goes above and beyond what is expected. The team is very close-knit and cares about each other as people, not just employees. Our team has recently been working on preparing our students for the Unified track meet. Students have been getting some extra training and preparation for this. LPMS has not participated in this event since I have been here!” Go La Pine Middle!!
LA PINE HIGH SCHOOL
Scott Olszewski (Principal) says “The LPHS special ed team has a deep understanding of our students' backgrounds, history, strengths, and challenges. They support our students through grace, care, and passionate advocacy!
Our team co-facilitates an intervention "roundup" at the start of each trimester where they discuss each individual students' needs and plan with every general education teacher the student has for classes. Our life skills and transition team is thoroughly embedded in our community through service, a unified sports team, and as the managers of our ever popular coffee cart and deli, both of which serve all schools in La Pine.” Go LPHS!
Student Services Launchpad
Have you ever wanted all of the most important Student Services links all in one place?? You’re in luck! Look at our new Student Services Launchpad for tons of helpful links. We recommend that you bookmark this page or add a shortcut to your Drive for easy access!
Important Dates and Upcoming Events
- May 12: CPI Refresher Training
- May 13: Teacher Directed SIW
- May 20: Building Directed SIW
- May 27: Teacher Directed SIW
- June 3: Building Directed SIW
- June 11: Last Day of School with Students
*CPI Registration: Click HERE
Action Items
- Complete High Cost
- ESY Case Managers - Reach out to Sara Young with new students who qualify and continue to reach out to families you haven't heard from
- Check out the incredible work of teams in Campus Kudos!
- Utilize the Student Services Launchpad
- Save the Date for upcoming events
Contributions to the Blog
Do you have something you'd like added to the blog? Please reach out to Sara Young at sara.young@bend.k12.or.us if you'd like to share something!
Previous Blogs
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