Have an incredible weekend, sweet ladies. I hope you have felt kindness and appreciation from our PTO and FamiLEEs. You are such a talented and dedicated bunch and are loved very much!
We would love to give a warm welcome to Diana Elguea. She will help us finish the year in Blue 2. Thank you Diana, for jumping in during a hectic time of the year!
Lastly, Happy Mother's Day to all of you. Whether you have children of your own, or not, you mother the children in our school. Thank you for all you do for them and the love you provide them each and every day they are at school.
Here are some ADORABLE pictures of Akta's sweet baby girl to share with you. She texted them to me yesterday. It is amazing how much our FamiLEE has grown (and continues to grow) these first five years!
Speaking of growing. We have recommended a few more staff members for hire this week. To begin with we will be adding a second ESL position on campus. Claudia and Dee will be joined by Julia Pena after she is approved by the board. We also recommended Meredith Blaney for a classroom vacancy (read below). Laura Jennings will also be joining our staff. Laura and Meredith will be stopping by on Friday, at 12:30, to see learning in action. At this time, all of our known vacancies have been filled. This means we can begin finalizing our staff assignments for next school year. My goal is to be able to share this information with you in my next blog.
DID YOU KNOW:
PONYTAIL CLUB
NOTE FROM LEIGH ANN
Thank you for all your hard work with your learners this year in RTI. We have seen lots of growth from all of our learners. As we wrap up the end of the year, please write up a summary for each of your learners who are in RTI. Please state their EOY data, strategies that you have found to work well with them, and any other useful information for next year's designer. After you have written this up, please make sure to put in the Google doc on the RTI Quick Glance and paste an additional copy in Aware. If you need help with where to put this in Aware, please let Leigh Ann know. Once, this has been completed, please complete this Google Form.
MEMORIAL DAY CARDS
Don't forget to have your class start their work on creating cards for Memorial Day by Thursday, May 23. We will take them to the DFW National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25 at 9:00 a.m. Please put each card in a gallon sized ziploc bag. Don't worry, we will add the rocks for you, at the cemetery. Designers, PLEASE send this invitation and map home so that parents have information about the event. If any of you want to join us, you are more than welcome to attend. It is a HEART-WARMING experience!
APEX FUNDS
We have your Apex Fun Run teacher 10% totals. Please save receipts for all purchases and turn them in to Shanna for reimbursement once you have spent the total amount. You will want to use a tax exempt form, as we will not reimburse for tax incurred. You may use any vendor of your choice for these purchases and items purchased must be used for Lee learners on items that will remain at Lee. If you are purchasing a piece of furniture, it must be approved by Chantel, first. Please make sure you thank PTO for giving over $3000 back to our staff!
LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:
We would love to give a warm welcome to Diana Elguea. She will help us finish the year in Blue 2. Thank you Diana, for jumping in during a hectic time of the year!
Lastly, Happy Mother's Day to all of you. Whether you have children of your own, or not, you mother the children in our school. Thank you for all you do for them and the love you provide them each and every day they are at school.
Here are some ADORABLE pictures of Akta's sweet baby girl to share with you. She texted them to me yesterday. It is amazing how much our FamiLEE has grown (and continues to grow) these first five years!
Speaking of growing. We have recommended a few more staff members for hire this week. To begin with we will be adding a second ESL position on campus. Claudia and Dee will be joined by Julia Pena after she is approved by the board. We also recommended Meredith Blaney for a classroom vacancy (read below). Laura Jennings will also be joining our staff. Laura and Meredith will be stopping by on Friday, at 12:30, to see learning in action. At this time, all of our known vacancies have been filled. This means we can begin finalizing our staff assignments for next school year. My goal is to be able to share this information with you in my next blog.
DID YOU KNOW:
- that this short video that Kasey shared about a month ago gives you some AWESOME ideas of ways to use Apple Classroom? Thanks, Kasey!
- our Lee Compost Crew video shared during an Apple Distinguished Schools Twitter chat has over 4000 views? Keep using the ADS hashtag when you tweet, Designers, and THANKS, Keiko!
- there is a schedule for the K-2 Author Visit for today? It is on the second tab in our Master Schedule. Thanks, Megan, for creating it.
CREATION STATION
Thank you to those of you that shared your ideas for our added Specials position. Please cheer on Stephanie Shannon as she embarks on a new journey, at Lee, as a Specials Designer. She has some very clever ideas that she will implement in her new role next school year! Stay tuned!
Are you interested in making a difference by donating your hair? If so, please sign up here, before Monday, to join the club! Hair must be 8” or longer. Your ponytail will be donated to Hair we Share to create a wig for someone with medical hair loss.
STAAR TESTING
Please view the master schedule for scheduling on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Let parents know about adjusted times for our grade level schedules on these days. (we are still adding names in the schedule so it may change before Monday morning). We will visit testing environments at 9:00, on Friday, to check for Reading, Math, and Science items that need covered or taken down.
Please put this information in your weekly newsletter:
- Monday, May 13th: 3rd Grade Math; 4th Grade Math
- Tuesday, May 14th: 3rd Grade Reading; 4th Grade Reading
- Wednesday, May 15th: 5th Grade Science
Please make note of these important dates! Due to the need for a secure test environment, visitors may not go beyond the office on these days. There will be no volunteers for recess duty, helping teachers, helping in the library, helping in the office or tutoring students. In addition, there will be no visitors allowed during lunch. Please keep in mind that there are alternate lunch times on testing days.
FIELD DAY
Feel free to wear shorts (no workout shorts), the PTO provided t-shirts, and hats (if you like) on Friday. Shorts should be fingertip length or longer- don't ruin it for others! Please use the following schedule provided by PTO. They have also provided these descriptions of zone events. We ask that you help your learners label their water bottles (provided by PTO) with their name, grade, and house BEFORE going outside so that all bottles get returned to their owners. Involve the CISD student athletes and parents as much as possible to make the day tons of fun for ALL. Thank you to Kristi, Aparna, Julie, and Carla for your collaboration and efforts to make this a special day for the children! Please re-share the sign up genius links emailed to you on Wednesday.
NOTE FROM LEIGH ANN
Thank you for all your hard work with your learners this year in RTI. We have seen lots of growth from all of our learners. As we wrap up the end of the year, please write up a summary for each of your learners who are in RTI. Please state their EOY data, strategies that you have found to work well with them, and any other useful information for next year's designer. After you have written this up, please make sure to put in the Google doc on the RTI Quick Glance and paste an additional copy in Aware. If you need help with where to put this in Aware, please let Leigh Ann know. Once, this has been completed, please complete this Google Form.
MEMORIAL DAY CARDS
Don't forget to have your class start their work on creating cards for Memorial Day by Thursday, May 23. We will take them to the DFW National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25 at 9:00 a.m. Please put each card in a gallon sized ziploc bag. Don't worry, we will add the rocks for you, at the cemetery. Designers, PLEASE send this invitation and map home so that parents have information about the event. If any of you want to join us, you are more than welcome to attend. It is a HEART-WARMING experience!
We have your Apex Fun Run teacher 10% totals. Please save receipts for all purchases and turn them in to Shanna for reimbursement once you have spent the total amount. You will want to use a tax exempt form, as we will not reimburse for tax incurred. You may use any vendor of your choice for these purchases and items purchased must be used for Lee learners on items that will remain at Lee. If you are purchasing a piece of furniture, it must be approved by Chantel, first. Please make sure you thank PTO for giving over $3000 back to our staff!
TAKE CARE OF YOU
What are some ways to combat stress during the hectic end of the year? Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus, suggests these strategies:
LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:
Responsibility- making the right choice to be reliable and dependable
LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:
After we eat, we will clean up after ourselves. This includes cleaning off the tables and making sure we haven't left any trash on the floor or around the eating area.
LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself." -Henry Ward Beecher
DATES TO REMEMBER:May 10- K-2 Author Visit
May 13- 3/4 STAAR Test (Math)
5th STAAR Retest
Kinder Zoo Field Trip
May 14- 3/4 STAAR Test (Reading)
5th STAAR Retest
May 15- School Shirt with Jeans
5th STAAR Test (Science)
Leadership Meeting (3:30-5:00 Art Room)
May 16- Talent Show Rehearsal
Kindergarten Zoo (2:00 Cafe)
Stephanie's Shower (3:30)
May 17- Field Day
May 18- Micha's Birthday (8:00-10:00 Cafe)
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