On November 10, 2009, a team of 2CJ teachers, staff, parents, School Board, and community members met at the Port Orford Library to establish a guideline for the development of District goals for the 2009/10 and 2010/11 school years. This was a collaborative process facilitated by Betsy Miller-Jones from the Oregon School Boards Association. Group discussion established six topic areas and focus groups worked together to write draft goals and relevant actions that could be put in place for each area. The goals below are the result of this work, and they will guide our District’s path for the next year and a half.
The Board of Directors reviewed the goals and directed the administration to develop strategic and measurable objectives for accomplishment of the goals. A detailed action plan will be developed and implemented as soon as possible.
The District Goal efforts operate under the umbrella of a Strategic Plan to proactively prepare for the inevitable changes that declining enrollment and uncertain funding will create. A single site District is in 2CJ’s future unless more families come to live in our area, and thoughtful intelligent planning is vital to our mission of providing our children with everything they need to have a rewarding future.
Through 2011, our goals are:
#1 To meet the social, emotional, and health needs of all students, and to create a safe atmosphere where students want to come to school because they feel respected, valued, and loved.
#2 To create an optimal learning environment and foster student pride in our schools by providing safe, efficient, and aesthetically pleasing facilities.
#3 To continue and expand methods of communication between the District, schools, home, community, and staff.
#4 2CJ students, staff, parents, and community will have access to District technology resources and training through world class hardware and infrastructure.
#5 To create innovative programs and instructional strategies to better meet our students’ academic needs.
The next Site Council meeting will take place at 3:30 p.m. on February 1st in the Pacific High School library.
I know this limits participation for those folks unable to get away at this time, but with all the action in the schools and the schedules of school people, it is difficult to schedule evening meetings. We desperately need parent/community members, and there are always very tasty treats homemade by an accomplished chef and parent member from Langlois.
Our meetings will take place on the first Monday of every month, and drop in visitors are more than welcome.
In our first meeting we discussed recruitment of new members and what our efforts will focus on. Preliminary conversation centered on the development of a District Wellness Program and how that fits into the new District goals. No decisions have been made and the Council would really appreciate any input before we decide on a direction.
Thank you, and come to the SC meetings!
Mick
A thank you and congratulations goes out to two of our Board members who have received OSBA Leadership Institute individual achievement awards at this year’s annual convention, and noted in the December 10, 2009 issue of the OSBA newsletter, Outlook and Review.
Bruce Stannard received a Bronze award and Joe Brown was issued the highest honor of a Platinum award. This recognition is for outstanding commitment to school Leadership. Bravo!
January is School Board Recognition Month, and you have elected an outstanding group of dedicated people. Above and beyond the time the Board sacrifices, unpaid, in preparation for and participation in often late night meetings, they also meet outside of the regular meeting for work sessions to keep the District solvent and continually improving the education of the students. This Board is very unique in the small District community. The Members attend trainings, conferences, regional and state meetings, and workshops. Your Board is as knowledgeable, committed, and caring as any in the State - period.
Please send along a note or a call of appreciation. Letters to the editor, or small gifts or cards left at the schools or District Office would all be so welcomed acts for the often unsung volunteers that lead the education and protection of your children.
Mick
Port Orford/Langlois School District and all 3 schools have earned the distinction as the only system on the south coast to have earned an “Outstanding” rating on the 2008/09 State School and District Report Card.
We join a very short list of districts across the state with such an honor. This is a direct result of the efforts of our students, teachers, and staff, as well as the support we receive from the parents and community.
These ratings are based on academic achievement, but also on accountability to the No Child Left Behind Act, financial support for students, attendance, experience in staffing, number of highly qualified teachers, service to special student populations, testing, and participation. Some highlights include:
•2CJ commits significantly more per student general fund dollars than the state average.
•Our District has a higher percentage of students meeting the standards in every subject at every grade level than the state average.
•The attendance rate for the District in 08/09 was 98.8%
•64.1% of our teachers have a Masters Degree or higher with an average experience of over 15 years.
•Our class sizes are among the lowest in the state.
•The ratio of educational assistants to students is among the highest.
•We reached the highest rating while serving 21.5% of our kids having special needs. The state average is 14.6%.
We are the envy of the majority of school systems, and we plan to do even better.
The detailed reports are available on the Oregon Department of Education website. Under District Selection (drop-down menu), choose Port Orford-Langlois SD 2CJ.
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Applications are now being accepted online for free and reduce priced student meals. Please follow this link to sign up.
Children in households getting SNAP (formally known as Food Stamps) or TANF and most foster children can get free meals regardless of family income. Also, children can get free price meals if household income is within the free limits on the Federal Income Guidelines.
Pacific High School has made three more sports available to the student body for the coming school year. Football, wrestling and golf have been added to the school’s extra-curricular offerings without any additional cost to the school district’s budget. In a cooperative effort with the Bandon School District, Pacific students will be allowed to participate on Bandon High School’s football and wrestling teams. This expands on the long standing agreement between the two schools where Bandon students participate on Pacific’s soccer teams. The Port Orford-Langlois school board accepted a proposal by athletic director, Tiffany Freitag to add co-ed golf on a “zero funded” level, at the June 2009 school board meeting.
Pacific High School principal, Tony Jones shares that he has a vision to create a school environment that has a very active student body. “I would love to see every student at Pacific actively involved in at least one school based club, organization or sport. Students who are involved tend to schedule their time wisely and generally perform well academically”, said Jones. Adding three more chances to bring an activity to a student helps provide that opportunity. So, why hasn’t this happened before now? The answer lies in the numbers. When two schools join in a cooperative sponsorship of a sport, the combined school population is calculated and the sport team must play at the classification level where the combined numbers place them. This would have placed the Bandon-Pacific teams into the 4A classification in years prior to 2009-2010. With decreasing enrollment over the years, the two schools can now combine and remain at the 3A level. The Pacific-Bandon soccer team has elected to continue to play up at the 4A level.
The Pacific High School golf team will be a new venture as a spring sport in 2010. The team is designated to be a co-ed opportunity. Pacific has offered golf as a club sport in the past two school years. The interest by the student body is there and the impetus to move forth to an actual team has been created. Students will be responsible for their own travel and equipment, however they will have the opportunity to compete against other schools and enter OSAA league and state tournaments.
Fall sports begin practice on August 24. Students interested in participating in football, soccer, volleyball or cross country are encouraged to contact the Pacific High School office at 541-348-2293 for more specific information and to get registered.
Please take a quick look at this informational brochure from the Coos County Public Health Department which provides some interesting and pertinent information about the Swine Flu virus.
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By giving of your time and skills, there are many ways you can serve our students, and we desperately need you.
Volunteer to help in classrooms. Teachers always need help, whether it be working with students, correcting assignments, creating bulletin boards, or making copies. This is important work, and will give you a new appreciation for what happens in the classrooms.
Tutoring students before and/or after school to help those kids struggling to learn. Even though we have the highest quality staff, there are not enough of us to always provide the individual help that gives students the best chance for success. Do you have skills in reading, math, or science that you could share with the students? If you could commit to as little as an hour per week, it would help us tremendously.
If you are interested in helping shape the instructional program, and making a difference at the District level, consider joining the Site Council. In 1989, with the passage of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century, school site councils were delegated the responsibility of developing, administering, and assessing programs of school improvement. The councils are composed of teachers, classified employees, building administrators, parents of students and members from the community at large. The specific duties of our Site Council are:
The development and implementation of a plan to improve professional growth of the schools’ staff.
The improvement of the schools’ instructional programs.
The development and implementation of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century at the school sites.
Many of us are under the false belief that we aren’t welcome in the schools, that the teachers can’t use all the help they can get, and that we don’t have the skills to help our students. Everyone has the ability to contribute to our students’ educations, even if it is just attending Board meetings, sports events, or other school sponsored activities.
Let the kids know that we notice and care about them by spending time in the schools and supporting the District programs. Please share yourselves with our students – it’s a blast!
For a volunteer packet, click on the link on the right of this page under the heading "Become Part of Our Future".
Contact your local school, call the District Office at 348-2337, or email mlane@2cj.com to volunteer. Thanks so much.
The Port Orford-Langlois School District 2CJ is seeking the following positions:
Substitute Custodians - $9.78 per hour
Substitute Bus Drivers – Varies according to route driven
Substitute Educational Assistants - $8.73 or $9.78
Substitute Food Service Workers - $8.05
These positions are call-as-needed positions throughout the year. No previous experience required as training will be provided. Fingerprinting/background check required. Cost is $62.00.
An orientation will be scheduled in the near future. To be included in the orientation or for further information, contact Brenda Culley at 348-2337. District 2CJ is an equal opportunity employer.
See the employment page for additional details and application forms.
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