Week of January 22, 2018

Thank you, ALL, for showing me such grace and kindness today.  Your supportive words, texts, emails, calls, and hugs have truly lifted me and gave me strength today.  It is a beautiful reminder of the incredible FamiLEE we are a part of.  Please know each of your gestures has greatly impacted me.  I appreciate the beautiful card from Social Spurs and the plant.  Now...if I can keep it alive...

DID YOU KNOW:

• that we currently have THREE student teachers in the building?  We have Madelene Williams in Speech, Derek Stull in Music, and Chandra (pronounced Sondra) Sapaugh in PE.  We are excited to have them on board and know they are going to learn so very much from their cooperating designers!  Thanks ladies for hosting!
• the district is looking for folks to participate in two different areas: Unconscious Bias training and Local Accountability System.  If you are interested in learning more or participating, let Ashley and Leigh Ann know.

KINDNESS QUOTES
We will review these each day on morning broadcast:

• Mon:  "No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted." (Aesop)
• Tues:  "Treat everyone with kindness and respect, even those who are rude to you...not because they are nice, but because YOU are."  (Unknown)
• Wed:  "Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right every time."  (Richard Carlson)
• Thurs:  "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."  (Mother Teresa)
• Fri:  "Go into the world and do well.  But more importantly, go into the world and do good."  (Minor Myers, Jr.)

KINDNESS KICKOFF PARADE

We will start the parade at 8:15 at the cafeteria by lost and found.  We will begin by having guests line up in the cafe in parallel lines and along the walls by Enrichment and STEAM ending toward the front office doors (not passing into yellow house).  They will cheer our kids on as they parade one lap and return to your houses.  The order will be the same as afternoon dismissal:  Green House -> Red House -> Blue House -> Yellow House -> Purple House.  Start from Red House or stairs by Red House and make your lap.  For Green, Blue, and Purple, go up the Yellow House stairs so all guests can see your Kindness Banners.  

Don't forget to pass out your checklists and encourage your famiLEEs to sign up for The Great Kindness Challenge App to be able to participate at home.

We will also collect toothbrushes and toothpaste all week.  Please encourage FamiLEEs to participate!

The office has your beads and bracelet strings.  They should be delivered to you first thing Friday morning.  

If you are a 4/5 Designer, please turn in your Kindness kiddo so I can send home a permission slip.

Lastly, Alli created this awesome video to help with Kindness reflections this week.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!  HAVE FUN!

SAVE THE DATE FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:

GREAT EDUCATORS MATTER
CISD has an internal recognition system called GEMS.  These folks are recognized in front of the CISD Board for going above and beyond the call of duty.  SO MANY OF YOU DO THIS!  Please take time to recognize GEMS at Lee.  Remember to be specific in your description so that it paints a picture of why this person stands out in our district.  Here are the directions:

CAMPUS TOURS
We know AWESOME learning experiences happen at Lee all the time, but be aware we have three sets of tours on Thursday this week.  We have learning walks in the morning, a 9:00 tour, and a 1:00 tour.


WEEKLY WALKTHROUGH FOCUS
For our focused walkthroughs the next four weeks we will be focusing on Domain 2 Dimension 2 Content Knowledge and Expertise.  We will be looking for things like cross curricular connections, strategies to avoid learning pitfalls, learners analyzing, creating and evaluating, and learner-directed learning.

CISD CURRICULUM COURIER
(check out the info about your Feb 19 Professional Learning)

ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK:

Talk (as You Draw)

When you write, you don’t need to be quiet! You can say what you’re writing about (or drawing) out loud to yourself.  As you say a new part aloud, you can add that new part to your picture. (Taken from The Writing Strategies Book by Serravallo)

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Problem Solving- creating solutions; finding answers

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

You should never complain if the line is too long, the food isn't good, or there is a wait.  You don't want to be negative to the point where you spoil the enjoyment of the event for others.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations" -Charles Swindoll

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jan 22-26- Great Kindness Challenge
Jan 22-26- Jump Rope for Heart
Jan 22- RtI Mtgs.
     CISD Board Mtg. (7:30)
Jan 23- Angela's Birthday
Jan 24- House Shirt with Warm Ups/Jeans (ENJOY!)
     Staff Mtg. (3:30 Purple House)
Jan 25- Meredith's Birthday
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Campus Tours (am & pm)
     5th grade Honor Choir concert (7:00)
Jan 26- Progress Reports Go Home
     Spirit Stick Sales (recess time)
Jan 27- Dads Club Bowling Event (Main Event Lewisville)