Week of April 1, 2019

Happy Friday, ya'll!  Are you ready for your new MacBooks?  YAY!  Please be on time to help the technology department be efficient.  They will be at the tables in the media center by the atrium.  I hope you have something special planned for the weekend and take time for some work-life balance.  It has brought me much joy being in classrooms this week and spending time with you and the children.  Keep up the engaging lesson design!

DID YOU KNOW:

• you can create a Digital Breakout using Apple Apps?  Check out Kasey's blog post that takes you through the workflow to design a digital breakout using iWork files.
• We raised $9462.18 for the American Heart Association through the Kids Heart Challenge?  WAY TO GO!
• Linda Cook will be retiring in June?

APPLE SNAPSHOT TOOL
Don't forget to observe your accountability partner with the Apple Snapshot Tool by Wednesday.  Here are some samples you can use to help you fill in the tool.  


BALLPARK NIGHT
Please share this information with your parents Tickets for CISD Night at the Ballpark on, April 3, are now on sale.  To sit in the Lee section, click here to order your tickets by April 1.  If you have a learner going on the field: please wear a TX Ranger or Lee Spirit Shirt.  We will start meeting on the ramp inside the 3rd base gate at 6:00.  You must arrive by 6:15 or forfeit your learner's chance to go on the field.  (Look for the Principals and the Lee Banner to line up.)  Parents can wait on the ramp until we walk down to the tunnel, or go to the stands to take pictures, but cannot walk on the field with us.  The best place to retrieve their child after they are on the field is the entrance to the tunnel. 

EOY SUMMATIVE SIGN UPS
Please make sure you signed up for your EOY Summative Conference here.  Hourly employees, educators should be signed up, so feel free to sign up in any open spots remaining, regardless of color, at this time.  The form will lock on 3:00 pm on Monday, April 1, so all staff member need to sign up by then.  If you are not signed up we will assign you a time.

• agenda we will follow for non-hourly employees
• agenda we will follow for hourly employees

SPRING CONFERENCES

Please start getting your Spring conferences scheduled.  

BABY SHOWERS

It is so exciting to welcome all the Blue House babies.  We will start staff meeting in the lounge and then relocate to Brooklyn and Jessie's space for the remainder of the meeting.  

DISCIPLINE THAT RESTORES
As the end of year approaches we want to send a reminder.  When you fill out a discipline referral for a learner, please put it in LA's or CK's box.  We will get the learner at our first availability.  Please do not send or walk learners down to the office with their referral.  Learners should complete one of these reflection sheets when you write the referral so that we can review it when we come get them. These reflection sheets support our Discipline that Restores work and can also be found in our RJL Schoology Course.

• Behavior Reflection Sheet #1
• Behavior Reflection Sheet #2
• Sample Behavior Reflection Sheet Completed

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Flexibility- the ability to make adjustments or alter plans.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

A leader is able to change and adjust to different situations and settings with a positive attitude.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Expect the best.  Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes." -Zig Ziglar

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 31- Megan Sonnamaker's Birthday
April 1- Last Day to Order Ballpark Tickets
     National Poetry Month
     School Library Month
April 2- Education Foundation t-shirt and Jeans
     World Autism Awareness Day
     PTO Meeting (7:00 Cafe)
April 3- College Shirt and Jeans
     Jacque's Shower (7:00 Lounge)
     Hillary's Shower (3:30 Lounge)
     Staff Meeting (4:00-5:00)
     Ballpark Night (6:00)
     Dad's Club Meeting (7:30)
April 4- Librarian's Appreciation Day
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Green House Music Performance (8:00 and 6:30)
     Tour (8:30-10:30)
     Tour (1:00-3:00)
April 5- CISD Dyslexia Specialist Appreciation Day
     GEM Nominations Due

Week of March 25, 2019

Thank you so much for getting your grades in for report cards and for an incredible Fun Run today.  I appreciate the enthusiasm you bring to this event and I am so proud of our runners.  We will be excited to share how much we raised next week, so stay tuned!  Our Hosp tour was blown away, AGAIN, by what they saw when they visited today.  Some of the biggest compliments they had were how engaged our learners were and how involved the educators were with the children.  THANK YOU for leaving such a positive impression on them.  I notice the increased use of the outdoor spaces with the nicer weather.  THANK YOU for continuing to take advantage of ALL of our learning spaces.  YOU ROCK!

DID YOU KNOW:

• your new technology will be delivered next Friday?  I will be forwarding an email with details for your assigned times.
• you are supposed make time in this week's house meeting to share exemplar products in this document to support our next iBook for ADS renewal and as inspiration for others?  Don't forget to go observe your accountability partner using the Apple Snapshot Tool in the next two weeks.
• Jacque and Kasey are hosting a Lunch and Learn on Schoology AMP on April 16th?  Sign up here.
• it is time to nominate Red and Black Superstars? Please nominate at least one learner from your class here.  
• if you looking for ways to spice up how your learners are using their iPads in the classroom that by clicking here you can check out some great apps that will spark learner creativity?

DADS CLUB CAMP IN
Please share this information with your parents about our Spring Camp In.  This event is open to anyone that wants to sleep over in the school gym and cafeteria.  Parents can register at www.leedads.org and pay online.  It is lots of fun. 

WRITING CAMP

Thank you fourth grade, and Jacque, for hosting Writing Camp next week.  Thank you, also, to those of you that have been flexible with your schedules to accommodate this learning opportunity for the children.  We know this will help them grow in their skills.  

NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK

Please share this information with your parents Tickets for CISD Night at the Ballpark on, April 3, are now on sale.  To sit in the Lee section, click here to order your tickets by April 1.  

EOY SUMMATIVE SIGN UPS
Please take time to sign up for your EOY Summative Conference here.  We tried to block out house times on the schedule to match conference times.  Specialists, please sign up in a white or extra colored rectangle and Specials sign up for a grey rectangle.  Thank you.  I will be sending an email the beginning of next week about how to prepare for your meeting.  You can start by making sure the artifacts supporting your goals are uploaded in Strive.  Hourly employees, we will set your end of year conferences up, separately.

ENROLLMENT FOR 2019-2020

Please share this with your parents ONE LAST TIME:

Now that CISD has finalized Boundary Realignment, it will help our school to get information from our FamiLEEs so that we can prepare accordingly for the 2019-2020 school year.  Thank you for the 300 responses we have received so far.  We kindly request that the rest of our 860 famiLEEs take time to fill out this SHORT form so that we can plan for adequate placement for learners at Lee.  The Grandfathering and Transfer deadline is 4:30 pm on March 29.


KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION CONTINUES
Please share this with your parents ONE LAST TIME:
FamiLEEs,
Are you the parent of an incoming Kindergartener for the 2019-2020 school year?  Kindergarten registration begins Monday, March 18.  It is important that you register early to ensure your learner has a spot at Lee.  Please fill out and submit this NEW LEARNER FORM.  Once we have received it, the office will email the next two steps to complete your child's enrollment.  Please note: If your child is in PreK in Coppell ISD, you DO NOT have to re-register your child.  They will be transferred over internally.  We look forward to welcoming your new little Lee Spur to our FamiLEE!

YEARBOOKS

Please put a strong reminder in your newsletters that, THIS SUNDAY (March 24) is the LAST day to order 2018-2019 Yearbooks.  The cost is $30.  Go HERE to order and enter Richard J Lee's Yearbook code 13015819.

SPRING CONFERENCES

You can begin your Spring Conferences at any time, now.  Please give due diligence to make contact with all parents to review their learner's data and goal setting.  Keep documentation of parents who attend conferences.  During your time together, I would encourage you to listen for if a parent/child would like to make a change in house for the 2019-2020 school year.  Maybe their learner is not working well with classmates?  Perhaps they need a change of classmates after multiple years? Please write these requests down and EMAIL them to Chantel.  This makes sure that we have a second layer of documentation to double check when class lists are created.  In addition, remind parents that we DO NOT take requests for house colors or designers and we do our best to have siblings in the same house.  With the realignment, we will do our very BEST to keep as many learners in their house to loop up, but we will have to move some to balance our building.  Parents WILL be notified by campus administration before Meet the Designer Night, if their learner is being moved.  Please ask me if you have any questions!!!  You can log extra hours, outside of contract time, here to document for May 24.

SAVE THE DATE

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Compassion- ability to share another's feelings or ideas

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

When a designer is having a serious conversation with a learner, don't look at that learner.  You wouldn't want your classmates looking at you in a similar situation.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"It is the weak who are cruel.  Gentleness can only be expected from the strong." -Leo Roskin

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 26-April 2- Rate TELPAS Samples
March 25-29- 4th Grade Writing Camp
March 25- RtI Meetings
March 26- #TXEdTuesday Celebrate Music in Schools
     CMSW Visit (8:30 Cafe)
     Bluebonnet Showcase (6:30 Cozby Library)
March 27- House shirt w/ Jeans
     First Grade Field Trip (Arboretum)
     Purple CBL Group to Scottish Rite
     New Learner Lunches (10:30)
     Leadership Meeting (3:30 Stephanie's Space)
March 28- Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Lee Learning Walk (8:30-9:30)
     ADS Tour (17 guests 9:30-11:00)
     Coppell Leadership Tour (1:00-2:00)
     Bluebonnet Party (3:15-4:00 Media Center)
March 29- Last Day to Transfer in CISD
     New Technology delivered at Lee
     Positive Post It Day
     Dad's Club Camp In (7:00pm- 8:00am)
March 30- Nikki gets married!!!!!!

Week of March 18, 2019

THANK YOU for pumping up our Fun Run and for participating with your learners.  Learners are doing an awesome job of securing pledges!  Our success is because of YOU, your encouragement, and your communication with our FamiLEEs.

THANK YOU for an incredible Open House and for showcasing your children and their learning in such creative ways!  Our parents are SO COMPLIMENTARY of you and our school.  We appreciate all of the extra help covering classes for teachers who were out and in the help in the Art Show.  These extra efforts make Lee Our Happy Place!

Have a wonderful Spring Break!  Be safe as you make memories with your loved ones and friends.

DID YOU KNOW:

• we will clean out the refrigerator tomorrow at 1:30?  Please have your items out of there so they don't spoil over the week off.  Please make sure you have plans for class pets.
• you might want to consider changing your password before leaving for Spring Break?  
• you should be adding evidence of your professional goals in Strive? Don't wait until End of Year summatives to have to curate your evidence.   Thank you for uploading your SLO trackers last week!
• CISD summer learning opportunities are planned and an infographic about the topics and dates are here.
• Child Nutrition is hosting a full day gardening training at Denton Creek on April 24?  We can send up to three teachers.  If you are interested, please let me know before leaving for Spring Break so I can send in your name. 
• our DLCs are hosting learning opportunities in March?  Check them out here. 
• RTI Meetings start back up on Monday?  Please check the schedule and make sure you have uploaded your documents for your learners.
• there are boundary realignment brochures from CISD in your teacher mailboxes that must go home on Friday?

ENROLLMENT FOR 2019-2020

Please share this with your parents:

Now that CISD has finalized Boundary Realignment, it will help our school to get information from our FamiLEEs so that we can prepare accordingly for the 2019-2020 school year.  We kindly request that you take time to fill out this SHORT form so that we can plan for adequate placement for learners at Lee.  

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION BEGINS
Please be patient with our front office when we return from Spring Break.  In addition to the number of families they will continue to enroll, they will also be registering new Kindergarteners.  Please send this to your parents:
FamiLEEs,
Are you the parent of an incoming Kindergartener for the 2019-2020 school year?  Kindergarten registration begins Monday, March 18.  It is important that you register early to ensure your learner has a spot at Lee.  Please fill out and submit this NEW LEARNER FORM.  Once we have received it, the office will email the next two steps to complete your child's enrollment.  Please note: If your child is in PreK in Coppell ISD, you DO NOT have to re-register your child.  They will be transferred over internally.  We look forward to welcoming your new little Lee Spur to our FamiLEE!

GRADES AND REPORT CARDS
Please get your grades in by 8:00 on Tuesday morning.  Report cards will go home on the Friday we return from Spring Break. Thank you!


STAFF MEETING
We will be digging into Apple's Deeper Learning Book at Wednesday's Staff Meeting and also gathering artifacts to start designing our new Apple Book that is due this summer.  Please come with at least one learner creation you are proud of.  Thank you Courtney, for designing this graphic and part of our Staff Meeting!

FLEX TIME

You can start logging flex hours, for May 24, here.  Please mark your calendars, NOW, for April 11, from 5:00- 7:00, for Engineering Night.  This will earn each of you two of your six hours.  Your attendance at this campus event aligns with CISD's core values of Engagement and Relationships.  Hours for May 24 can also be earned by participating in Family Movie Night, PTO Meetings, Kindergarten Round Up, and Spring Conferences.  

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

It is important that we revisit our school supply lists for PTO for next year so that PTO can secure the best pricing from EPI.  Please review, as a grade level, and make any adjustments.  Once your adjustments are made, change the date on your tab to "Your Grade 2019-2020" so we know you are done.  PLEASE do not increase items without taking other items off and also visit lists that are already completed to make sure you are not duplicating house supplies.  The total should be as close to $50 as you can get it.  Please have this done by March 29.

CISD FOCUSED WALKTHROUGH

We will give feedback on Domain 2 Dimension 1:  Achieving Expectations.  We will be looking for evidence that your learners have mastered content and are held to high levels of accountability for their learning.  This looks like self-assessing, reflecting on menu work or assignments, posting to Schoology or SeeSaw, etc. 

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Fortitude- strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

If someone in the class wins a game or does something well, we will congratulate that person.  If you win or do well at something, do not brag.  When you lose, do not show anger.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"He who knows others is wise.  He who knows himself is enlightened." -Lau Tzu

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 11-15- Spring Break
March 15- Linda's Birthday
March 18- New Phones installed at Lee
     Claudia's Birthday
     Kindergarten Registration Begins
March 19- Education Foundation Shirt and Jeans
     #TxEDTuesday (Celebrate Arts in Schools)
     Grades Due (8:00)
     Tour (9:00-10:00)
     Stay Interviews from CISD HR
March 20- #internationaldayofhappiness
     School Shirt and Jeans
     TELPAS Makeups
     Staff Meeting (3:30-5:00)
March 21- Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Fun Run (See Schedule)
     Tours (9:00, 10:00 and 1:00)
March 22-  Report Card Day
     Jessie T's Birthday
     World Poetry Day
     Blue House Field Trip