Week of April 16, 2018

We have had another awesome week at Lee!  We tackled Spring pictures and testing all in one week!  I was tickled pink to see all of the awesome tweets on#LoveMySchoolDay.  Thank you for sharing your classroom with others and loving our school so much! We truly are lucky at Lee!!! Thank you for all of the efforts during testing this week.  We know that it is a challenge to keep everyone quiet- you all amaze us!  Great job test administrators, we had no issues this round!  We are looking forward to starting summatives.  This is our time to visit with each of you and brag on you, too!

DID YOU KNOW:

• that we only have 7 famiLEEs signed up for the Coppell Ed Foundation Run to Fund?  Please share this link with your parents: www.coppellisdef.com/run-to-fund  We get $2 per registration back to our PE Department.
• that at PTO Meeting on Tuesday night that they announced our Spring Movie Night Date?  Please mark your calendars for Friday, April 27.  We would LOVE to see you there!
• 22/44 adults and 273/395 learners have filled out the Clarity Survey.  97 of our parents have gotten involved, too!  Please make sure you complete this survey by Friday, April 20.  
• our garden and composting volunteers have been documenting their work with the kids?  Check out these photo albums!  https://photos.app.goo.gl/QmSn48jNeLJmexRR2
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• we have two new FamiLEE members on campus? Please welcome to Lidia Loarca (Megan Sonnamaker's long term sub) and Colleen Baranowski (Amanda's long term sub).
• baby Ezra Grace arrived at 3:12 pm today.  She is 7 pounds 9 ounces and 19 inches long?  Congratulations Amanda!

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY
See you tomorrow for a day of learning.  Jacque and Ashley will be leading the day.  Please be on time and sit with one person from each house at a table.  Lunch is from 11:00-12:30 and we will wrap up at 3:30.  We have built in time to work on your Summative Documentation in the afternoon.

JOIN US MONDAY AFTERNOON

NELSON HERE THIS WEEK

Nelson will be here from Tuesday to Thursday this week.  He will be spending time with Specials Designers and some Purple and Blue House designers this time.  He will also be at Wednesday's Leadership meeting.  We are excited that CISD lets us partner with Apple Professional Learning and that we get to learn from him.  Thanks to ALL of you that volunteered your time.  

VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST

THANK YOU for helping to celebrate our volunteers.  Please send all parents the invitation below.  Don't forget to review the sign up for what you are bringing for the Volunteer Breakfast on Tuesday. Your breakfast needs to be plated and ready to serve before 7:10am.  Please bring serving utensils if your item requires it.  We will send an email out when the celebration is over and leftovers are in the teacher's lounge.    

TOURS THIS WEEK

Be ready!  We have MANY visitors coming through our building this week.  We can all agree that great learning happens at Lee, so please make sure that your first impression with our guests showcases your talent.  Since we just finished testing,  your spaces should be clean and organized, as well. Please make sure all paper is used or recycled and that you have current learner work displayed.

Our Apple tour, on Tuesday, will have 40 guests.  11 are from Apple and 30 are from Canada.  They will be looking at how you are using technology.  Are your learners using technology to create?  Are you using any coding resources?  Get with Alli for ideas if you need some.  

Thursday tours will be from Frisco ISD elementary schools.  They will be looking at learning design.  They are trying to implement vertical house systems and less worksheets. 

Friday's tour will be a group of doctoral students who are looking at how the design of our building is used and considered when teachers design for learners.  That means they will be interested in seeing HOW you use our building.  This is the perfect time of the year to remind you about using the Garden, EcoPond, Atrium, and Pavillion to enhance/support your lessons.   The weather is beautiful this time of year!


GUEST AUTHOR
We look forward to Friday's visiting author in the flex space.  Please make sure you have turned in all book orders to Melinda.

PLEASE EMAIL THIS OUT TO ALL PARENTS (LAST TIME)

Hello Parents and Guardians,


I sent an email last week about filling out two surveys to help gather input from district families.

One survey is the Parent Survey, which will gather your input to help each campus improve their interactions with families. The survey It has seven questions, and will take you approximately two minutes to complete. Your responses are valuable, so we appreciate the time taken to complete the brief survey.

Please follow this link to the Parent Survey: http://tinyurl.com/2018parsur


Coppell ISD also is asking for your input through a Technology & Learning Questionnaire to learn more about our students’ school and home technology use for learning. Your participation is essential in helping us form a more complete picture of technology use for learning in our students’ lives. Please know that all of your responses will remain anonymous to protect your privacy. This is a national survey that allows us to compare data sets at the regional, state and national levels. Surveys are conducted each year in the fall and spring. Please follow this link to our specific Clarity campus survey: www.BByt.es/GM4WP. This survey will take you approximately 7 to 9 minutes to complete.

The surveys will close Friday, April 20.

(Note: If you also have children at other campuses, that means you will need to complete multiple surveys. You will receive an email from those principals with their campus specific questionnaire link.)


Thank you those who already have completed the surveys.


Sincerely,

Chantel Kastrounis
Principal

CISD FOCUSED WALKTHROUGH

This week we will continue to give feedback on Domain 2 Dimension 5:  Monitor and Adjust.  We will be looking for evidence of input from learners, how you adjust instruction and activities to maintain learner engagement, pacing of your lesson, how you check for understanding along the way, and how you adjust to meet the varying needs of your learners throughout the lesson.

CISD CURRICULUM COURIER

ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK:

Get Sparked By Setting
Sit still, quietly, in a place (or imagine a place in your mind or look at an illustration or photograph of a place, imagining yourself there). Jot down what it's like there, using all of your senses. Think about the emotions it brings up for you, and what might be important about the place you're in. When you feel inspired, start writing! (Taken from The Writing Strategies Book by Serravallo)

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Optimism- to anticipate the best possible outcome

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Be positive and enjoy life.  Keep everything in perspective and focus on the good.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Everyday may not be good but there is something good in every day." -Anonymous

DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 14- Suzanne's Birthday
     Coppell's Earthfest (8:00-12:00 Old Coppell Square)
April 16- Librarian Appreciation Day
     RtI Meetings
     Stephanie's Bridal Shower (3:30 Media Center)
April 17- Ed Foundation Shirt with Jeans
     Volunteer Breakfast (7:15-8:15)
     Apple Tour (12:30-3:00)
April 18- Akta's Birthday
     School Shirt with Jeans
     Leadership Meeting (3:30 -5:00 STEAM Lab)
April 19- Melinda's Birthday
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Campus Tour (9:00-10:00)
     Red House Field Trip (Ft Worth Museum of Nature and Science)
     Campus Tour (1:00-2:00)
April 20- Clarity Survey due by staff and learners
     Blue House Service Field Trips
     Campus Tour (9:00-11:00)
     Spirit Sticks (Recess Time)
     3-5 Author Visit
     Speed Stacking Competition (4:00-7:00 CCE)
April 21- Dads Club Golf Tournament