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La Grande Pride
September 2019 • www.lagrandesd.org
What we accomplished in 2018
• Social Studies Adoption: New curriculum
and materials; VR Goggles at LMS for So-
cial Studies and Science instruction
• 2019 Union County Chamber awarded
Carla Arnold as educator of the year.
• Graduation Rate rises 80% to 86.4%
• Special Ed Grad Rates Rise to 80.77%
• LHS 83% of all students achieving a Level 3
or 4 score on SBAC (Better than last year -
top 10% of the state)
• District-wide Grade 3 and 5 rocked it in
ELA and Math SBAC
• Districtwide 6% improvement with SPED
students in ELA and Math
• Updated EOP; More PD related to Run,
Hide, Fight tactics, safety practices and
reunifi cation (current year)
• Cody Bowen was also a 2019 Union Coun-
ty Chamber winner as the pubic servant of
the year!
• Added 3 new elementary PE teachers to
LGSD; add 1.0 math coach, 2 sped teach-
ers, added 1.0 counselor to LMS; improved
wellness, physical activity, athletic develop-
ment. Elementary counselors focused on
Yellow Zone Initiatives - increased thera-
peutic/counseling services, small group,
individual support, etc.
• Literacy Initiative - Read together La
Grande! Attendance Matters Campaign.
• John Lamoreau and Kristy Moore were
honored by EOU as recipients of the 2019
“Inspirational Teacher.”
• 2019 Crystal Apple Award recipients:
Kailin Wells, Holly Wagner, Lori Cox, Pat
Ogburn
• District-wide radio purchase
• Central snow guards added for safety
• Greenwood chair lift replacement
• New Day treatment program for behavior
services K-8. New middle School (Explore
Program).
• Added instructional FTE: 5th grade teach-
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er; Success Counselor, more Culinary Arts,
Tech CTE, 1 sped teacher.
Julie Bodfi sh and Parker McKinley are
State Top Coaches of the Year.
New Drivers Ed Program (off the ground
and running)
New LGSD TV Channel
SOAR (String & Orchestral Arts Revital-
ization) 83,000
New School/District websites & staff in-
tranet (Work in progress)
Top 10 football, girls soccer, boys track,
boys/girls swimming, wrestling, girls golf;
band, etc.
LHS Implemented OTP Teacher Pathway
Program
2.0 additional Sped Teacher.
Caseload reduction goal for Sped
C. Panike helps district receive 119,000 in
e-rate funds to fi nalize building security
system that fully optimizes Card Access
Networking (District Wide)
Tigers soft ball coach Woody Wright is
State Coach of the Year
#1 Soft ball, #1 Choir at State!
Numerous individual championships:
Swimming, Wrestling, etc.
Installed energy effi cient windows, Green-
wood gymnasium
New perimeter fencing where needed to
increase security, and overgrown shrub
replacement at all schools
Implemented Food Corp. program
Increased to full time AD support and .5
Central/.5 Middle School Vice Principal to
support growth, students, staff .
New Education Programs Director
New Food Service Management (Taher)
Staff Wellness Grant awarded: Food, swim-
ming, walk/jog, rock climbing, yoga.
Modern Culinary Arts classroom renova-
tion; Concession Stand renovation.
• New siding and paint; facelift to Island City
School
• 5-Year Strategic Plan for District complet-
ed: New mission, vision values, goals.
• Soft ball & baseball fi eld upgrades. New
concession stand, bleachers, dugout, etc.
• Seismic Grant: New roofs and seismic up-
grades to LHS gymnasium and all Green-
wood classrooms. New roof and gym fl oor.
• New Bus Route/Parking Lot Solved. Mul-
tiple traffi c fl ow - loading and parking
issues.
• New EOU fi eld turf and stadium agree-
ments.
• Early Learning Partnerships; Conscious
Discipline classes; Implemented Kinder-
garten Jumpstart program.
• Revised and updated Teacher Mentor
program.
• New sidewalk to Sunset, new ADA access
to track, bleachers, tennis court (in prog-
ress).
• Featured District Oregon Promise cam-
paign; Student Success Act passage.
• HVAC - Boiler/Heating/LED lighting up-
grades and renovations completed. Signifi -
cant energy savings, etc.
• 1.0 STEM and TECH instructional coach-
ing through EOU - more Coding/Robotics/
Cross Cutting curriculum, NGSS/Applied
Learning
• New tennis court and updated overfl ow
parking; parking lot expansion at LHS
• Four modular classrooms at LMS; One
internal remodel to support additional
elementary growth.
• Resurfaced most district asphalt parking
lots.
• Deeper implementation of Trauma In-
formed Practices - Social Emotional Learn-
ing PD - CD; CPS; Discovery; Students
taught “Growth Mindset;” yoga, breathing,
mindfulness.