Week of January 7, 2019

We hope you have enjoyed our December to Remember.  How can it already be done??!!!  This year has been going by SO FAST!!   Have a REMARKABLE TWO WEEKS OFF, sweet staff.  We wish you nothing short of the most safe, memorable, and restful break and can't wait to hear about the FUN you have.

Best wishes, Julie, as you start your new part time gig!  You have been with us since opening, and we will miss your helpful spirit, spunky humor and presence.  Please welcome Aparna Rao as our new media center aide.  She will start on January 7.

A fond farewell goes out to Ashley.  She has done an EXCEPTIONAL JOB of taking care of our campus (and me!) for the last two and a half years.  Ashley, we are grateful, beyond words, for the way you have led and grown our campus.  We wish you  the best on your new adventure with Canyon Ranch and can't wait for you to take care of some of our Spurs next year!!! 

I am excited to announce that Leigh Ann will be here FULL TIME, starting January 7.  It is going to be a treat for her to be on one campus and fully immersing her into the culture of one building.  

Congratulations to Meghan W. and Nikki!  These first year teachers have done an incredible job with their first class of their own.  Kudos to this year's new hires: Stormy, Misty, Kathy, Ameira, and Shelby.  You have made it to Christmas!  We are so proud of you and the journey you are on with us!  We can't forget to acknowledge our new support staff members, too: Delorise, Kristi, Christina, Susie- we can't do what we do without each of you!  Thank you, returning staff, for pouring into our newest FamiLEE members the first two nine weeks and helping them along the way!  THANK YOU, each of you, for choosing Lee!  

Have the BEST last day of 2018 with our children.  They deserve it!

DID YOU KNOW:

• you only have a few more weeks to get your Go Red shirt?  Donate $20 and get a shirt to wear jeans with every Monday in February.
• it is time for learners to sign up for their new Team Time?  Watch this video with them (same as what was on Lee Live on Thursday) and fill out the Google Form for them before leaving on Friday. 

BEFORE LEAVING ON FRIDAY       

1. Please get any items form the fridge by 10:00.  The office will be tossing anything "suspect."
2. Please, also visit your mailbox by 11:00.  Empty it of all contents.  There are many thank you notes in there. Please make sure these get in take home folders.  
3. Custodial does a deep cleaning of the campus these next two weeks.  May I suggest a FRESH START and take everything down off your idea paint so that your room gets cleaned as much as possible.  Erase what you can on your glass- you may return to some shiny glass if you do!  PLEASE take down and store any holiday displays and decorations before leaving.  
4. If you have pets, please take them home with you or let Chantel know your plans for the two weeks. 
5. Please change your computer password, before leaving campus, so you don't get locked out over the break. 
6. Make sure all projectors, computers, digital signage and tv's are turned off before leaving.
7. iPads and MacBooks should be plugged in for charging.  

SPIRIT ASSEMBLY
We will start at 8:15.  Purple and Yellow, please sit in front of the bleachers so your learners have a good view of Spirit Rally.

LUNCHES ON FRIDAY:

We will have lunches in your spaces on December 21.

EARLY RELEASE
Please assist us with any learners that are not picked up on time.  We will make an announcement when all learners are gone so that you may leave and start your holiday break.  Please wait for the announcement before leaving.

REMINDER
Don't forget!  Grades are due January 7th, the Monday we return from winter break.  Please go into e-school this week to make sure you are able to enter grades, have all of your learners, etc. so that if Leigh Ann needs to correct anything, it can be done before the holiday.  Also, if you enter grades over the break, please remember that they must be back-dated to a date before December 21st or they will not save.

iSTATION
As mentioned in last week's CISD Newsletter, please take time to send log in information to the parents/guardians of learners for use at home.  This link will give you directions for enabling the parent portal access to parent letters for accessing iStation at home. 


RESTORATIVE PRACTICES
Please make sure you participate in the Twitter Slow Chat so you can get flex credit for our Book Study.  Also, you should have your class Respect/Trust Agreements completed and posted before leaving for the Winter Break.

PTO MEETING
Don't forget to have someone prepared to give your house CBL Update on the Tuesday we get back from the break.  The meeting starts at 7:00.


FED EX
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 complete this form at the conclusion of your learning session on Wednesday.  The form will open at 4:30. 

PET PROJECT

We have another challenge that learners are trying to actualize.  Please share this flyer with your parents for the next couple of weeks.  We appreciate you "advertising" the learner designed projects.  They will deliver supplies collected to the Coppell Animal Shelter on 

LEE OUTLOOK
Do you have a 3rd - 5th grader interested in joining our student generated newspaper that will begin in Spring 2019?  Apply by January 18.  (The link is not live on the PDF flyer)

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Commitment- keeping a promise or pledge

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Be committed to your family, friends, and your values.  Follow through with your responsibilities at school and at home.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Go put your creed into deed." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Dec 21-Jan 6-  NO SCHOOL
Dec 29- Ashley's Birthday
Jan 1- Red House Lounge Responsibilities
Jan 7- May's Birthday
     MOY Assessment Window Opens
     Kids Heart Challenge Begins (Formally known as Jump Rope For Heart)
     Grades Due (8:00 am)
Jan 8- CISD Education Foundation Shirt w/ Jeans
     PTO Mtg. (7:00 Cafe)
Jan 9- College Shirt Day
     Karli's Birthday
     Priscilla's Birthday
     Rikki's Birthday
     Fed Ex Day / Lucy Calkins Cohort (3:30-4:30)
     Dad's Club Mtg. (7:00 pm)
Jan 10- Last Day to order Go Red Shirts
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40 Cafe)
Jan 11- Report Card Day