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Source Weekly Update Podcast Sep 2

Learning pods become new popular education method, the Boys and Girls Club and Bend parks and rec offer education programs to struggling families. All in this week’s update.
The Source Staff

In this week’s Source Weekly update we’re discussing what this semester’s online learning will look like. Learning pods rise as a refined method of focused Education. Bend Parks and Recreation district as well as the Boys and Girls Club offer programs for families struggling with online schooling. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly […]

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New Billboards Honor Class of 2020

Five billboards celebrating Bend-La Pine seniors going up in Central Oregon
Miina McCown

Since the class of 2020 won’t get a typical graduation ceremony because of closures due to COVID-19, Bend-La Pine Schools is honoring graduating high school seniors on five billboards around Central Oregon. Starting Monday, the billboards honoring the graduating classes of five of the district’s high schools will feature photos of each senior.  “We wanted to […]

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A Fall Jumpstart

The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools offers teachers a helping hand at the start of the school year
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Last school year, the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools gave out 41 grants to the Bend-La Pine school district with its Spring Grants program, totaling over $70,000 donated for programs and needs for the upcoming school year. With the 2019-2020 session upon us, the Education Foundation’s new Back-to-School Classroom Grants for Educators program offers […]

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Ending Hunger with One Bag

Bend Food Project uses simple formula to feed the hungry
Lisa Sipe

A young girl with long red hair and freckles holds a shopping bag and stands in front of a row of kid-height food bins filled with fresh fruit, peanut butter, popcorn, fruit juice and other snacks at The Giving Plate’s Kid’s Korner. She stops and picks up a package of cheese and crackers. “These are my […]

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Hazy Skies

Unhealthy air quality hampers recreation and school sports
Chris Miller

Hazy beers may be the new craze, but hazy skies are still as unwelcome as an ex at your wedding. Although this summer is so far nowhere nearly as smoky as last year, the region is still experiencing hazy days where the sun is blocked out and the air smells and feels heavy. For people […]

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Safety at Bend-La Pine Schools

After the recent school shooting in Florida and the threats at Bend Senior High, how safe are our schools?
Chris Miller

Imagine you’re at work. You just filled your favorite mug full of coffee and return to your desk, adorned with photos of your family—smiling kids on vacation, soaking-wet dogs dripping from swimming in Cultus Lake—when your phone buzzes. It’s a text from your high school-aged child. It’s brief: “I love you.” A smile runs across […]

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School-Based Day Care? Check. Schools Offering Condoms? Not so much.

Statewide, school-based health centers provide comprehensive health services for kids—often including contraception. But not at the majority of centers in Central Oregon.
Brian Jennings

Thirty years ago, Oregon schools rolled out the state’s first school-based health centers aimed at improving health outcomes for kids. The first center was located at Portland’s Roosevelt High School. According to Multnomah County’s School-Based Health Centers website, school-based clinics are aimed at providing elementary, middle and high school students “access to comprehensive preventive, primary […]

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Side Notes 10/19-10/26

Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Oregon Graduation Rate Improves, But It’s Still Third-Worst Bend-La Pine Scores Higher than State Average Oregon’s rate for on-time high school graduations improved from 2014 to 2015–but it wasn’t enough to help raise the state’s rankings nationwide. The four-year graduation rate in Oregon rose to 73.8 percent in 2015, up from 72 percent for the […]

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