Week of Sept 4, 2017

HI FOLKS!  SO MUCH TO SHARE, so I apologize for the length of this week's blog.  Please have a WONDERFUL three day weekend and leave as soon as our learners are safely dismissed.

I will be sending you communication regarding morning arrival carpools (today or over the weekend).  PLEASE send this information home when you receive it.  THANK YOU!

DID YOU KNOW:

• it is important that we have each of your cell numbers?  Please review/fill out this document with your most current cell number for our emergency binder.  
• Chantel gets email reports (multiple daily) when you do not submit your attendance?  PLEASE do your best to take attendance on time to avoid these unnecessary reports in my inbox.
• we have a partner school for Harvey relief?  If you are interested in sharing thoughts/ideas on how we can support this school, please meet after school at 3:35 in A118.
• that we still need a Service Learning representative and a Business Community Partnership representative for our campus?  Please sign up here before being "voluntold". 

EMAILING PARENTS

*I have added this to the staff handbook*

Please, when sending out whole class emails (like your newsletters), email yourself and blind copy your parents.  Parents should NOT have access to other parent emails through any campus communication.  This is a directive from Mr. Hunt.


CURRICULUM NIGHT
Please request parents arrive 15 minutes prior to your start time on Thursday.  Please host your session in a closed classroom.  Also, please post a PDF of your presentation on your websites/blog.  THANK YOU!


AFTERSCHOOL CLUBS
Please fill out this form, by Monday, if you are/want to host an after school club at Lee.  New club ideas are welcome and encouraged.


BUFFALO WILD WINGS NIGHTS
Buffalo Wild Wing Nights will be on Wednesdays this year, and the dates are posted on the Lee calendar.  You are welcome to attend any of the nights, but we really want you to pump up the night your House will be represented.  Let the learners know your house will be there, put it in your newsletters, tweet about it, etc.  This is a fundraiser for our school, and the more you "advertise" it, the better turnout we will have!  Most of the dates fall on FedEx days, so you can head over after.  There are a couple of exceptions with scheduling conflicts.  Thank you, Ashley, for coordinating!

September 20th:  Green House 

October 4th:  Purple House 

November 1st:  Yellow House

December 6th:  Office

January 31st:  Red House 

February 28th:  Blue House

March 21st:  Green/Purple Houses

April 4th:  Yellow/Red Houses 

May 2nd:  Blue/Office

LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL

It is time that we determine who your LEEdership Council member will be.  Learners should be nominated and elected into this position.  Candidates will prepare a short speech and may not spend more than $5 on their campaign.  This is an excellent way to practice the democratic process, public speaking, and risk-taking.  Please remember that those who have already served on LEEdership Council before are tasked with seeing the leadership capacity in others and should not run for a position.  (They may need reminding.)  Please complete this Google Form to communicate who your members are by Friday.  Your LEEder will be invited to ride the Homecoming float in the CHS Homecoming Parade.

BULLYING PROTOCOL
We will be getting specific training on the CISD Bullying Protocol at our first faculty meeting.  In the meantime, you have access to this folder with documentation and information regarding bullying.

BADGES
You are required, by the district, to wear your ID Badge at school.  Please wear yours!  If you see visitors or adults in our building without a badge, you must escort them to the office.


COLLEGE SHIRT DAY
Please promote this to your learners and their famiLEEs.  We want to represent as many different colleges as possible on Wednesday.


REMINDERS

• Sign off on Employee handbook in Talent Ed Records
• Add the Faculty Calendar to your devices
• Sign off on our Campus Handbook in the front office
• Complete compliance videos/trainings

FED EX DAY
Enjoy your one hour on Wednesday where you learn about a topic of YOUR choice related to YOUR goals, and earn Flex credit for it.  This is a time for learning.  Please post to Today's Meet after 4:30, but before 5:00, on Wednesday and share what you learned during your time in order to get credit for your hour.  We will send out a separate email about goals and these CAN be worked on during Fed Ex since they are due by Friday.

BOY GOAL SETTING MEETINGS
Please sign up on this Google spreadsheet to meet with Ashley and Chantel to review your goals for the year.  These meetings are not necessary for hourly employees.


ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK
Build background knowledge for learners who may lack prior knowledge about the content being taught.

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Tolerance- respecting the differences of others

LESSON IN LEEDERSHIP:

During discussions, respect other students' comments, opinions, and ideas

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Never judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins." - Native American Proverb

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Sept 3:  Leslie's Birthday

Sept 4:  NO SCHOOL

     Digital Literacy Overview Due

     Megan O's Birthday

Sept 5: Harvey Relief Meeting (3:35-4:00)

Sept 6:  College Shirt with jeans

     Fed Ex Day (3:30-4:30)

Sept 7:  Julie L's Birthday

     Curriculum Nights (5:30 and 6:45)

Sept 8:  TTESS Goals Due

     LEEdership Council Members Due to CK

Week of August 28, 2017

What an INCREDIBLE first week with children.  THANK YOU for making it memorable, FUN, engaging, and LEARNER- CENTERED.  Having everyone on campus help with arrival and dismissal was a blessing, so thank you for giving your time.  We appreciate you making "happy calls" to each of your learners.  I am still working through calling each of you, but look forward to bragging on you before the weekend ends.  Since you have worked SO VERY HARD this week, please leave as soon as all learners are safely dismissed on Friday.  You deserve it!

DID YOU KNOW:

• if your voicemail is set up that your messages will go directly to your email inbox?  Please set up your phones with a greeting and message.  Also make sure your correct extension is on the CISD website under Staff Directory.
• you need to sign the Lee Staff Handbook by August 31 and the CISD Employee Handbook by Sept 29?
• we will be having Spur Savings every Thursday this year starting Sept 28.  Please share this document with your parents.  It is also located on PeachJar.  Paper copies will be sent home, as well.
• Jacque has an IC blog?  Check it out and book her to collaborate.
• we will start Team Time on Monday as a Day 6.  Please make sure your learners are at their locations by 2:15 and that your spreadsheets for specials are accurate for how learners get home.  Team Time will take place in the large conference room.
• parents checked you out before they even met you for Meet the Designer?  THANK YOU for your updated websites.  They look GREAT!
• Christina Giddings will be joining our famiLEE next week as our Enrichment Designer?  Please welcome her on Monday.  We are super excited and so is she!

DADS CLUB

Please send a copy or list of interested Dad's from Meet the designer night to: crysoberyl@gmail.com 

RED AND BLACK T-SHIRTS
If you would like to buy an Ed Foundation t-shirt and get an extra jeans day the first and third Tuesday of each month, click here to order your shirt.  Orders will be taken from Aug 25- Sept 8 and delivered the first week of October.


TEAM TIME
Please be on time and ready to start by 2:20.  This gives you transition time and time for a biology break.  Jacque is going to help facilitate your first meeting.  Please have your agendas in one school folder so that Admin can connect virtually.  THANK YOU!


EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
We will practice emergency drills next week.  Be READY.  If you do not know where to go ASK a housemate, or Admin, so we can give you directions.  All spaces should have a map posted at your door and a red/green card clipped inside.  If you do not have a red/green card,  please see the office.

DIGITAL SIGNAGE
I believe this is already done, but if not, please work to get updated images up on your digital signage by Thursday, August 31, for our learning walk.


PTO NEWSLETTER
Please remind your parents to sign up for the PTO Weekly Newsletter.  They can also view it here.  It goes out on Sundays and shares news for the week.


ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK
Activate and use students’ prior knowledge to connect new learning with their prior experiences.

THIS WEEK'S CURRICULUM COURIER

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Respect- showing consideration for others

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

We will often have visitors in our school.  When a visitor arrives, look them in the eyes, shake hands, tell them who you are, and welcome the person to our school.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society" -Confucius

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Aug 27- Sam's Birthday

Aug 28- Stephanie S's Birthday

     PE Student Teacher starts observing

Aug 29-  Mentor Meeting (3:35)

Aug 30- School Shirt with Jeans

     4/5 iPad Rollout (pm)

     No after school meeting

Aug 31- Staff Handbook Signature page due

     Lee Learning Walk (8:00-9:00)

Sept 2- Nikki's Birthday

Week of August 21, 2017

WOW!  This week has FLOWN by.  THANK YOU for your hard work, design work, laughter, positivity, and MOST IMPORTANTLY your KINDNESS.  We are truly the BEST school on the planet with the BEST people!

DID YOU KNOW:

• our School Board liaisons for Lee this year are Mrs. Fisher and Them Hulme?
• that Sam helped develop a "Year at a Glance" with important events by month?  THANKS, Sam!
• that some people have already started turning in their Lee Staff Handbook signature page?  Join in.
• you have access to our faculty favorites?  
• you can access the Lee Staff Calendar on your Mac and phone?   

HTML Link:

http://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/3f1851680134441abf6dfeb897c3f2e8@coppellisd.com/d7eecb5cbf1549a88f9f4a89f1a9302e5925791642632392891/calendar.html

ICS Link: http://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/3f1851680134441abf6dfeb897c3f2e8@coppellisd.com/d7eecb5cbf1549a88f9f4a89f1a9302e5925791642632392891/calendar.ics

MASTER SCHEDULE

After much reflection and internal debate, here is the master schedule for the year.  My hope is that you will seek out some grade level time with other houses.  You want it and, most importantly, our learners want it.  The second tab is our adjusted first day schedule.  Due to the eclipse all elementary learners must have recess before 11:30.  

CONVOCATION

We have to design a cheer/callback for Friday.  If you have an idea- PLEASE share it so we don't hear crickets when they call out our school at the event.  Please carpool over and wear the black Convocation shirt that was delivered to your mailbox. Doors to Irving Bible Church open at 8:10 and Convocation starts at 8:30.  I'm hoping there is no confusion which side is the front side of the shirt this year. ;) We will take a group picture on the stage at the conclusion of Convocation and are expected back on campus at 1:30.  We will cover some "Nuts and Bolts" and then give you the remainder of the afternoon to work in your spaces.

COMMITTEE SIGN UPS
To help speed up Friday afternoon, it will help if you sign up for your committees for the year.  Some (like DEIC) need to be "elected" so we will have to vote if you put your name there.  All staff needs to serve on committees.

BEFORE / AFTER SCHOOL DUTY

Don't forget that all staff is on before and after school duty the second through fifth days of school.  It is about learner safety and showing our parents that this is a priority at Lee.  THANK YOU!  On the first day, learners and parents can come straight to your spaces upon arrival (doors unlock at 7:15).  We request that specials and all support staff help us in the front car loop on day one. Please sign up for your duty time here.  Support staff will have morning and afternoon duties.

ADMIN  VISITS
Ashley, Leigh Ann, and I would like to meet each and every learner the first week of school.  Please sign up HERE to bring your class to our spaces.


FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Since parents have permission to walk their learners to your class on the first day of school, we thank you for being prepared to welcome them and to ready to leave a great first impression of their first day of school with YOU!  Remember that this first week is about building SOLID relationships with the children and their famiLEEs.  Please, by the end of the first week, pick up the phone and call EVERY family.  Tell them/leave a message sharing something special about their child.  It will pay huge dividends to take the time to do this!  My expectations for you, this first week, are to ensure that school is SO FUN and EXCITING, that the learners do not want to leave at the end of each day.  


WHERE ARE MY FOSS BOXES
For now you should have Physical Science boxes in your houses.  Thanks, Sam, for coming up with a plan for where we can locate them.  Red house will house Units 1&2 for K, 2, and 4.  Yellow House will house FOSS Kits for 1, 3, and 5.    Green House will house K/1 Kits, Blue House will house 2/3 kits, and Purple House will house 4/5 kits. 


ESL TIP OF THE WEEK
Establish a positive affective environment by acknowledging and respecting cultural and linguistic diversity. Let's create that positive and safe environment so the learner trusts you!

Here is the T-TESS Appraisal Calendar for the 2017-2018 school year. 


THIS WEEK'S CURRICULUM COURIER

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Excellence- to stand out with valuable quality

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Quickly learn the names of other designers and learners in the school and greet them by name.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

Excellence is never an accident.  It is always the result of High Intention, Sincere Effort, and Skillful Execution" -Aristotle

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Aug 19- Brief Mentor Mtg. after Nuts and Bolts

Aug 21- First Day of School

              Parent Yahoo BooHoo Breakfast (Cafe)

Aug 23- Kristen's Birthday

     Convocation Shirt with Jeans

Aug 24- NO STAFF MTG AFTER SCHOOL

Aug 26- Megan C's Birthday

Week of August 14, 2017

Can you believe it?  We are one more week away from our 850 sweet kiddos filling the building.  I hope you are as excited as I am!!  

I want to take time to thank some of you for helping to remind us how LUCKY we are at Lee. (I apologize if I have left any of you off.)  Let's start with our front office... Shanna has been working NONSTOP to enroll all new learners in our area of CISD.  Deepa has helped to verify ALL of the new learners moving to our school.  Lastly, we brought Candace in a bit early, too, to help with records requests and other tasks.  All of these ladies continue to greet visitors and staff members with a smile and helpful spirit, even when they are interrupted.  Can we get a power clap for these ladies?!

Thank you to our Kindergarten Designers, Jacque, and Courtney for coming in for two days to assess our incoming Kindergarteners and for class list creation.   This is still their summer break, yet they are working for the good of our entire school in order to put learners in balanced classrooms that will help ALL of us as they grow through Lee.  WOW!  THANK YOU, ladies!

Muchos Gracias to Sam and Taylor O. as they hosted Broadcast Camp this week.  They brought back learners who will be in middle school so they could mentor and teach others about the TriCaster system.  Even though they make it look easy, this is not an easy task!  Our learners went to WFAA studio in Dallas to learn more about ways to enhance our morning broadcast.  Because of these ladies, our morning broadcast will begin DAY ONE of school with a fresh new look!  WAY TO GO!  We appreciate you!

Your fearless Leadership Team spent a full day (well...minus a succulent workshop) working through a great deal of information.  They helped to update their mission as a group and we designed collective commitments.  We worked on updating Curriculum Night presentations and to weigh out the pros and cons of a master schedule change for this year.  (Stay tuned as a final decision is being made.)  Each of us also identified our top five leadership strengths and how we can use them this coming year.  This group's dedication and their efforts to bring ALL of our houses and teams together is massively inspiring.  THANK YOU for CULTIVATING KINDNESS this school year!  Thank you for being the communicators you are!  Thank you for leadership!

KUDOS to those of you that worked on curriculum writing this summer!  The fruit of your labor will be enjoyed by the entire district.  Curriculum directors bragged, endlessly, on Lee participants.

THANK YOU to our gals who attended Common Formative Assessment Training and PLC Training with Ashley and I this summer.  May, Samira, Kristina, Megan Schlosstein, Taylor H. will help us with leading learning on these topics.  

We appreciate Layne, Megan, Jacque, and Kylie for planning our CBL update training during Back to School Training.  We are excited to offer differentiated support from these experts in CBL.  THIS GROUP IS AMAZING!!

Shout outs to all of you that have put time in getting systems in place before we come back.  I know even if you weren't up here in person, you were working electronically, meeting for dinners, attending ARDS, orienting teammates, and MORE.  Please know that your efforts do not go unnoticed and are what help make this the BEST SCHOOL ON THE PLANET!

Lastly, can I get an AMEN for the blessing of an INCREDIBLE Admin Team?  Not a minute goes by that I am not reminded about the power of teamwork, collaboration, and servant leadership when I am with Angela, Ashley, and Leigh Ann.  There is NO DOUBT in my mind that we are all #luckyatlee to work together.  I can only imagine how our school and staff will benefit from this fierce foursome!  

THIS WEEK

You probably have a great deal of questions about this week.  Ashley, myself, and staff members have been designing learning experiences for you for next week.  It is our intent to deliver professional learning that mimics how you teach in your spaces.  You should expect to be engaged, moving around, and working on meaningful tasks.  Here is what you need to know about next week.  

1. You can wear shorts and jeans (be comfortable!)  Monday is team building and that usually means getting in your car to do "something."  
2. Snacks will be provided each day.  Bring your own drinks.
3. We will start promptly at 8:00 and conclude by 4:00.
4. Monday we will be in the cafeteria.  If you do not want to sit in the wooden chairs, feel free to roll down your design studio chairs or bring bean bags down.  
5. On Monday, please sit as a house (including your support folks) with the corresponding duct tape in the center of your table.
6. Lunch will be on your own each day.
7. Agendas will be shared daily.
8. You will have FUN and some time to design!
9. Here is the In-Service schedule for Wednesday.  

CLASS LISTS

Class lists are already populated in Pentamation, so that you can email your parents on Wednesday.   Please work together, as a house, to comprise a welcoming email to send out on Tuesday afternoon at 3:45.  We want to be consistent, and send these at the same time, so that the office is not bombarded with phone calls.  In your email, please include a Google form to capture info so that you do not have to have all of your parents complete it at Meet the Designer Night.  PTO has requested you add a yes/no question on your form that asks if parents may be contacted by the PTO.  Also include the Volunteer Background Check link so that ALL parents can get approved to engage at school.  A sample blurb was provided to your leadership team on Thursday. 

MEET THE DESIGNER NIGHT

Please plan to be at this event from 5:30-7:00 on Thursday night (except time clock employees).  Your space DOES NOT have to be completely ready for this event!  Stage it the best you can and remember that your space will come to life once the learners arrive and create work.  We will give you our 2017-2018 campus shirts to wear on this day and to our event.  We will take a staff picture on Thursday and these shirts will help parents to identify staff members in the building.  I am fine with you wearing shorts or jeans with your new shirt for MTD.  Designers, if you have a PTO board member's learner, or a staff member's child in your class...they will come to your space at 5:15, to meet you, so that they can participate in Meet the Designer Night.  Thank you for your flexibility with these parents.  

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

PTO and volunteers will be delivering school supplies to your spaces on Friday.  If there is a specific place you want these stacked in your space, please put up a sign in an easy to see place.  THANK YOU for tweeting out about ordering school supplies.  We all know you want as many kits as possible.

CONVOCATION

Please carpool over to Irving Bible Church on Friday.  We will sit together as a school and you need to wear your black Convocation t-shirt.  

KEEP AFLOAT

In an attempt to lighten your load, we have been strategically sprinkling out "to-do's" though the last couple of blog posts.  I want you to be kind to yourself this school year, so it will help if you get some of these tasks done, now, so you can focus on relationships and lesson design the first couple weeks of school.  Here are some items you can hopefully check off:

• Watch compliance training videos
• Complete Faculty Favorites Form
• Visit and review the Faculty Website
• Update your campus website (new hires, ask a teammate for help, please)
• Read the updated Lee Staff Handbook (more updates as of today highlighted in yellow)
• Request keys from Ashley

SOLAR ECLIPSE ON FIRST DAY

Please review this resource Stephanie R created for you to help with Monday's special event.  We will discuss more about this during in-service training this week.


LEE STAFF CALENDAR
All important events are uploaded to a shared Lee Staff Calendar.  New hires will want to add the  staff calendar to your phones and MacBooks.  Here are links to help you:
HTML Link                                         
ICS Link 

CURRICULUM COURIER (last week)

CISD CURRICULUM COURIER in schoology (Access Code: XD7F9-WSDFH)

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Aug. 12:  Stephanie R's Birthday

Aug. 14:  Campus Professional Learning (8:00-4:00)

Aug. 15:  Campus Professional Learning (8:00-4:00)

Aug. 16:  District Professional Learning (info above)

Aug. 17:  Campus Professional Learning (8:00-4:00)

                Meet the Designer Night (5:30-7:00)

Aug. 18:  Campus Professional Learning

Aug. 20:  You will not sleep because tomorrow is...

Aug. 21:  The First Day of School!!!!

Week of August 8, 2017

We are so excited...we have our additional AP hired.  Leigh Ann Howard will be working at both Lee and Valley Ranch Elementary.  You may recognize her as a previous DLC in the district. We are EXCITED to learn and grow with her.  Please welcome her to our famiLEE!

It is New Hire induction week!  We are honored to have our new folks joining CISD.  You will LOVE our district, it's hometown values, and the personal connections of our tight knit community.  Enjoy your week of learning.  Join us at MiCocina after your morning with the district, on Monday. (We have reservations for 11:45).  We will head back to campus after lunch.  You will need your technology.  We will meet in A118 (just outside the teacher's lounge).

DID YOU KNOW:

• we have opportunities for fostering animals this school year?  The summer camp that Layne volunteers at has (2) African Fat Tail Geckos and (2) Russian Tortoises.  The geckos are slow movers, very friendly, kids can old and touch, and they can roam out of the cage.  The turtles are quick movers, eat a lot and are not to be handled.  They do not live in water, so their are not as smelly or hard to care for as a typical turtle.  They will be dropped off either the week of 8/14 or 8/21 and picked up in May.  They arrive with all the equipment, but you must purchase food.  If you are interested in fostering email ldennis@coppellisd.com 
• we ordered 200 pairs of eclipse glasses so that you and your learners can view the solar eclipse visible on the first day of school?  I also forwarded an email to you from Linda Cook with a great deal of instructional information. 

FACULTY FAVORITES

Please remember to fill out this Google Form that includes information about you and your favorites.  This is a tool the office, PTO, and staff uses to treat you and get to know you better.

TWISTED ROOT
Want to get together and meet or reconnect with Lee staff members?  We will be in downtown Coppell on Wednesday and hope you can join us!  Thanks, Kylie, for the darling invite!

LEADERSHIP MEETING
We look forward to seeing this year's Leadership Team on Thursday.  Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your favorite drink to stay hydrated.

FACULTY WEBSITE

Our faculty website is updated and ready as a resource for ALL.  It is meant to be a "one stop shop" for you, so if there is something we need to add, please email me, and I will add it on there.  The Lee Staff Handbook is updated and you must sign off that you read it by August 31.  Updated items are highlighted in yellow.


SPECIAL THANKS
Thank you to those who are coming in early to assess over 150 incoming kiddos.  We are grateful you will help us sort our new friends out as evenly as possible.  Thank you to our Broadcast Babes who will be taking our kiddos downtown on Tuesday for an authentic news experience.  Also, thank you to the Designers that attended PLC training with Ashley and I.  Lastly, a huge shout out to those of you that helped with curriculum writing.  The leadership on our campus is second to none!

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN IN #SUMMERSELFIECHALLENGE

Finish Strong!  Tweet out with #rjlyear4 and #summerselfiechallenge .  Do you have a bingo yet?

DATES TO REMEMBER:

*Start tackling Compliance Trainings in Schoology

Aug. 7-11:  New Hire Induction

Aug. 9: Get together at Twisted Root

Aug. 8-9:  Kindergarten Assessment Days

Aug. 10:  Leadership Meeting

Aug. 11:  Residency Verification Day

Aug. 14-18:  Back to School Professional Learning

Aug. 17:  Meet the Designer Night (5:30pm-7:00pm)

Aug. 21:  First Day of School

Week of August 1, 2017

Welcome back for another incredible year at Lee.  It has been a RESTFUL but BUSY summer in the office as we have been hiring the best and most amazing additions to our school.  We still need to find the perfect 1/2 time Assistant Principal (our hire was transferred to Denton Creek by the district) and Instructional Aides for Enrichment and STEM.  We know we will find the perfect fit and will keep you posted!  Here is our latest staff roster.   *UPDATE!!!!  WE FOUND OUR PERFECT 1/2 AP- her name is Leigh Ann Howard (you may know her from her previous role as a DLC in the district).

NEW HIRE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

New hires are required to attend Induction Week.  Here is the schedule of events.  We look forward to seeing you at Lee on Monday afternoon.  Please join us at 11:45ish at MiCocina.  We will have lunch together and head back to campus for an afternoon of learning.  I will also see you at the Chamber Breakfast on Tuesday.  We will need two tables for all of our new folks, so look for a familiar face! The Chamber Breakfast is a FUN event, to kick of the week, where you get to win prizes from Coppell community business partners. Professional dress on this day.

FURNITURE AT LEE
Ashley and I have been busy making sure that there is equitable distribution of furniture in houses. Please DO NOT move furniture out of your houses.  Please do not "borrow" furniture from the media center, A120 or A118, or other places in the building.  If you are a special program designer and need additional/different furniture, please fill out a furniture request form in Eduphoria Formspace. Here is the breakdown of furniture.  Please cross check it with what is in your house.  If you have anything extra or are missing something, please let Ashley know.

MASTER SCHEDULE

We will make decisions about our Master Schedule at our Leadership Meeting on Thursday.  If you have strong opinions about the schedule, please share your thoughts with your leadership member so they can voice your thoughts.  Remember our goal is the least amount of disruptions to the learning day, large chunks of teachable time, and getting red and green houses empty as much as possible during lunch times.


LEADERSHIP MEETING
We look forward to seeing this year's crew next Thursday.  Please wear comfortable clothes and bring your favorite drink to stay hydrated.

MENTORS
Thank you to Kylie who is serving as our campus Lead Mentor and to our Designers who are taking on this leadership role this year.  All 1st and 2nd year Designers in CISD are assigned a mentor.  Here are this year's partnerships.  Our hope is that you have already started talking and supporting your mentee.

• Mariah-Kylie
• Akta-Layne
• Megan S-Megan S
• Meredith-Taylor
• Megan O- Stephanie
• Hannah-Courtney

FACULTY WEBSITE

Our faculty website is updated and ready as a resource for ALL.  It is meant to be a "one stop shop" for you, so if there is something we need to add, please email me and I will add it on there.

FACULTY FAVORITES

Please take a chance to fill out this Google Form that includes information about you and your favorites.  This is a tool the office, PTO, and staff uses to treat you and get to know you better.

YOU ASK AND THE DISTRICT DELIVERS

We have asked for compliance videos early so that they do not need to be completed during the school year.  You can get these 9 required trainings done, NOW/VIRTUALLY, in the comfort of your home.  Here is how:

• Log into Schoology (same login as email)
• Go to Courses
• Go to Join
• Enter code: 8ZFJB-KQ52K
• Please have these done by September 30, 2017

KEYS AND BADGES

Each staff member should have keys to the Design Studio and Storage Room for your House. If you are in a classroom, you should also have a key to the classroom. If you are in need of these keys (or any others), please indicate that in this form. If members of your House have moved spaces, please check with them, first, to trade keys for the appropriate spaces. Your photo ID badges (also building access) have been delivered and Ashley has them ready for you.

DON'T FORGET TO JOIN IN #SUMMERSELFIECHALLENGE

Let us know what you have been up to this summer!  Tweet out with #rjlyear4 and #summerselfiechallenge .  It is fun to watch everyone's adventures.  Do you have a bingo yet?

DATES TO REMEMBER:

July 31:  Wendy's Birthday

Aug. 7-11:  New Hire Induction

Aug. 9: Get together at Twisted Root

Aug. 8-9:  Kindergarten Assessment Days

Aug. 10:  Leadership Meeting

Aug. 11:  Residency Verification Day

Aug. 14-18:  Back to School Professional Learning

Aug. 17:  Meet the Designer Night (5:30pm-7:00pm)

Aug. 21:  First Day of School