Ed Hatzenbeler, Orting School District Superintendent |
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Hello, Orting School District Families.
I hope you are all doing well.
First, welcome to the first issue of the OSD Staff Families!
The purpose of this communication is to keep you up-to-date on information and success stories across the district, learn more about our teachers and students, and, most of all, allow you to use your voice. I hope you find the newsletter's content handy and informative every month.
Second, I want to thank you all for your patience and understanding throughout the school year. From battling COVID-19 cases in our schools to community engagement limitations, we have come together to make the best of this situation.
Along with ensuring our students have the tools to succeed, one of my top priorities is ensuring we have transparent, two-way communication with you, parents, and community members. This element helps us build trust and a content working relationship with you all.
Feel free to reach out to me at hatzenbelere@orting.wednet.edu if you want to chat about anything, including getting some things off your chest. Not only am I here for the students but you as well.
Once again, thank you all.
Ed...
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Meet the Superintendent's Cabinet |
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Top 3 Goals for the 21-22 School Year
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Recruitment: Strengthen recruiting processes through an equity lens, along with offering related interactive training for supervisors.
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Hiring: Focus on hiring actions which are informed by data (e.g., turnover rate, substitute job fill rate, applicant sourcing) to better support staff and students.
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Retention: Pivot to "stay interviews" from exit interviews in support of closing employee retention and engagement gaps.
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Executive Director for Human Resources
4 Years With Orting School District
What do I do: Collaborates and oversees a team which implements processes in areas of employment such as recruitment and hiring, bargaining, leaves, compensation, and policies to ensure a welcoming, safe and inclusive workplace focused on supporting student success.
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Executive Director for Equity & Student Outcomes
Total of 6 Years With Orting School District
What do I do: lead and work with collaborative teams to build bridges between student needs and our schools.
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Top 3 Goals for the 21-22 School Year
- Strengthen and connect school and district systems to better ensure equity and educational justice for every student.
- Advance core instruction and systems of intervention/enrichment in service of equity, student agency and innovation.
- Serve the Orting students, staff and community with kindness, empathy and excellence.
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Top 3 Goals for the 21-22 School Year
- Establish a clear understanding of, and process for a guaranteed and viable curriculum that better ensures we are following through on our educational promises to each and every student.
- Adopt a strong K-5 English Language Arts/Literacy curriculum.
- Identify and provide wanted and needed professional learning for administrators and teachers to improve our service to each and every student.
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Executive Director for Teaching, Learning and Technology
5 Years With Orting School District
What do I do: Responsible for directing and coordinating the work needed to assure we have strong and effective instruction and instructional materials in the district.
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Executive Director for Student Support Service
5 Years With Orting School District
What do I do: Support the educational system to prepare each child from Birth to 21 to contribute to the community in meaningful and productive ways.
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Top 3 Goals for the 21-22 School Year
- Lead the expansion of community and family partnerships to support each child's educational outcomes
- Lead the removal of systems level barriers to educational programs and activities for students with and without disabilities.
- Eliminate educational gaps in student learning through specially designed instruction and intervention.
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What's Happening in our Classrooms |
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At Orting High School, two special education classes worked together on a project.
In Ms. Bannan's Financial Math class, students were required to research about a career they would like to pursue after leaving high school.
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With Mrs. Wagner's ELA 11th and 12th grade students, they did further research to determine best places to live, did their jobs require college or further education, cost of living, etc. Once they finish the research, students will be required to write an essay as part of their High School and Beyond Plan.
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What's Happening outside of our Classrooms |
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Earlier this month, the OHS National Honor Society held their Annual River Cleanup.
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They collected lots of trash, including 20 feet of heavy gauge electrical wire and a chandelier. Huge success! |
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In this section, you'll be able to ask one of our cabinet members a question you'd like answered, such as:
- What they're doing to solve a districtwide issue issue
- How they will help students and staff succeed in and out the classroom.
This is a great opportunity for you to connect with our district leaders!
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Want to ask a Cabinet Member a Question? |
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Toni Queen and Annaliese Vaux - Orting Middle School
"Annalise a kind person who helps me and other teachers and students. I know she's kind because I saw her help a student who was injured. Annalise helps out as much as she can, and I'm proud of her very much!"
-From Toni, to Annalise
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Click on the image to view the staff! |
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Feeling Seen in School
By Amelia Albert - Orting Middle School
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What does it mean to feel seen in your school to you?
Is it being the class clown?
Being popular?
Even being a bully?
Well, I am going to be answering this question for myself. First, how do I define being seen?
I define it as being present. How do I express being present? I express being present as
being involved in the mind and conversation of peers and staff alike.
I describe the feeling of being seen as being Heard by authority figures and classmates. By being reassured you are helping to make improvements in your school and pushing it forward, rather than backwards. I believe everyone's effort counts to make our school environment a refuge for whoever walks in the doors.
I personally have felt seen in my school in a positive and negative light. An example of this is when my peers elected me as sixth grade ASB president. I felt seen and heard by my peers and teachers. I felt present in my ideas for the future of my school. I've also felt present when I don't want to be present like a rumor about myself. Those are both ways how I experience being seen in my school. But we can make the good outweigh the bad by helping and treating each other with kindness and respect.
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Social Media throughout October |
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Along with their mascot, four Orting Primary School students turned into superheroes to ensure school bus safety🚌across the district! Click on the photo to view the video! |
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Q&A with Orting's 2022 Daffodil Festival Princess, Amber Burgess |
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1.What inspired you in wanting to become a Daffodil Festival Princess?
When my family and I moved here, we had no idea what the Daffodil Festival was. But when I saw the girls in the yellow dresses at my first parade, I fell in love. That’s when I knew I needed to be a princess just like them.
2. By wearing the Daffodil Festival Princess Crown, not only you represent the district, but the entire Orting community too. How does it feel to have that honor and responsibility?
I feel so blessed and excited to have this opportunity. I could not be more proud and honored to serve my community and represent us in a positive and uplifting light. I cannot wait to start my duties and community involvement with the program!
3.A big part of this role is community service. What draws you to it, and how does it make you a better human?
I love the way serving others makes me feel. It fills my heart with joy. Making my community a better place and impacting the lives of the members of the community teaches me how to be better for them and myself.
4.What do you hope your peers and younger students who may see you as a role model can learn from you?
I hope they can learn how to love others no matter what. I always spread love and grace to everyone I can. My hope is that as I spread love and positivity they can too.
Amber has been living in Orting since the 3rd grade. Her post-graduation aspirations are to attend a university in Washington state to pursue a bachelors in elementary education and a masters in administration and become a principal.
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Thursday, Nov. 4, Noon - 1 p.m. - All you to Know About All You Need the COVID-19 Vaccine and Kids, hosted by the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (via Zoom). Click here to register.
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Thursday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m. - OSD Board of Directors Work Session at the Central Office
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Wednesday, Nov. 11, 6 p.m. - OSD Board of Directors Meeting at the Central Office
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