Posted: May 10, 2021
This week’s HOPE & JOY gave me a chance to catch up with a couple of 2020 graduates who are working in Community Education, Ellie McCarty and Madisyn Scott. There’s nothing better than talking with our students or former students about their life journey. Ellie and Madisyn are both thinking about a career that supports…
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Posted: May 3, 2021
Happy Staff Appreciation Week! Even with the great challenge this year has presented, I hope you have felt great appreciation all year long. I thought I would share a pretty cool story about one of our staff members I saw on the news this week, Alia Woolfe and her family’s mission of kindness. I asked…
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Posted: April 28, 2021
At their regular meeting on April 12, the Board approved hiring Dr. Daniel Huld as the principal of Camas Connect Academy. Huld is currently serving as the superintendent of two charter schools in Oregon and has spent the last decade developing virtual and early college programs throughout Oregon. He is also the President of the…
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Posted: April 24, 2021
I hope you had a nice weekend after a very busy week. It was inspiring to see students in school last week and talk with staff. I’m in the habit of asking “How are you doing?” This year, behind our masks, that question seems almost a little silly. Where do you begin when answering that…
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Posted: April 20, 2021
Wow, what a beautiful weekend. I hope you’ve been able to enjoy it. I wanted to share one of my highlights from last week. We had another community equity forum with about 50 participants. Although I miss the in-person forums we’ve had in the past, zoom has helped us engage more people and amplify…
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Posted: March 29, 2021
Hello! With the Governor’s announcement Thursday, we are faced with another transition. It seems the only other constant besides our amazing teachers and staff showing up for students has been a never-ending state of change and adjustments. It’s required our focus to be on what’s next and hasn’t created a lot of time to pause…
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Posted: March 22, 2021
As we continue on this journey of a school year, we have experienced so many transitions that require a lot of time, attention, and energy. This week is another big one as we welcome our elementary students four days a week. Thank you elementary team for all of the work that went into making this…
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Posted: March 16, 2021
Hello! To our CHS team, it was quite a week. Thank you for your patience and flexibility as we worked through the community outbreak. A HUGE shout out to our contact tracing team. Contact tracing requires a lot of phone calls, a lot of questions, and a lot of patience as you work with each…
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Posted: March 8, 2021
Throughout this pandemic there have been so many examples of courage like students persevering with their learning in a remote world, staff reinventing how they connect with students, shifting practices to follow the COVID-19 countermeasures, and being vulnerable in a way that helps us connect with others. In my journey this year, I’ve had the…
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Posted: March 1, 2021
I’m launching a new series of HOPE & JOY featuring student interviews. My goal is to capture student voice about what the school year has been like for them. I had students join me via a quick zoom for the interviews where I asked them: How has the transition of coming back to in person…
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