Week of May 20, 2019

THANK YOU for another incredible year at our school.  #rjlyear5 was filled with HAPPINESS because of each and every one of you.  Your hard work, dedication, perseverance, and genuine love of children goes unmatched and you are applauded for all that you have contributed to making our school the incredible place that it is!  I hope you will always remember that you are were hand picked to be at Lee because of the gifts and talents that you possess. Sometimes you already knew them, other times we brought them out of you.  The special and unique blessing is that we are each on our own journey, yet we can all reflect back over the last year and see that we are better because of each other.  It is exciting looking forward and dreaming about #rjlyear6!

It will be sad to see some of our famiLEE move along on different paths, however, I feel confident that the bonds and lessons made at Lee will have lasting positive effects on your new adventures. We are super excited to watch some of our Spurs become Coyotes.  Gwen, Kristen, Micha, Leslie, Meredith, Mariah, Kylie, Stephanie, Satish, Rucha, and Karli... we wish you well as you grow new traditions and beginnings in your new building.  WHAT A FUN RIDE YOU WILL HAVE!  Megan, Michelle, Hillary, Carla, and Akta... we wish you nothing less than the best.  All of you mentioned will forever be Lee Spur famiLEE members.  Please keep in touch!  

Enjoy the last couple of days of school.  We know this is the BEST school, with the AWESOMEST staff and learners.  We only get our kiddos 187 days, so make the most of these last 5 1/2 with them! THEY ADORE YOU-  AS DO I!

Want a laugh?  MAYcember Medley should help!

DID YOU KNOW?

• schedules for the last days of school are updated on the Master Schedule document and Faculty calendar?
• that only positive comments are expected on your report cards?  Please ensure this happens for the last nine weeks and that you remember to sign and mark what grade learners will be going into for the next year.  Make a second copy of the signed report card for their permanent folders.
• that lost and found is filled with clothing?  Please remind parents to check lost and found before the last day.  Anything not claimed will be added to our clothing donation bin.
• that I will continue to blog important info over the summer?  I will email you when I do, so you stay informed.
• you can still sign up for summer professional learning?  Attendance this summer counts towards your flex hours for 2019-2020.
• learning is expected to happen until the LAST day at Lee?  I am not in support of videos being watched, unless I am aware, and there is a book study connection.  For example, some appropriately watched Wonder this week, with permission from me.  Learners come home and tell their parents that they "watched videos" at school and it can create a misconception.  In addition, ANY time a video is watched, it is to be previewed in its entirety to avoid inappropriate content.

FIELD DAY
THANKS, again, to Kristi, Aparna, Julie, and Carla for your collaboration and efforts to make this a special day for the children!  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 THIS schedule for FIELD DAY on our Master Schedule.   Here are 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, Specials Team and Support Staff, for making sure everyone gets a 55 minute break in your assigned house.

EOY CHECKOUT

Here is a copy of the EOY Check Out Procedure page.  I am giving it to you in digital form so you have live links. Please create a digital copy that you can mark up and send to us, digitally, after we check you out.  Please have everything completed by your house check out time.  We will get the check out schedule to you by next Thursday.


FARMERS MARKET AT LEE
Our Garden Gurus have done an outstanding job this year!  They will be hosting a Farmer's Market during lunch time to sell the items they have grown.  They will also sell before Monday night's Choir performance.  There are potatoes, carrots, herbs, onions, AND MORE!  All proceeds go back to our school garden.  Please help us spread the word!

MOOVELOUS MONDAY
Don't worry about lunch on Monday.  The office will be providing you lunch from Chick-Fil-A.

TALENT SHOW
Please come down when called (7:45ish) on Monday morning.  We will have the broadcast crew live on the stage before our Talent Show begins.  We will have an alternate schedule on Monday.  Please remind parents so there are not any lunch mix ups.  THANK YOU, Yellow House and Melinda, for all of your hard work and preparations for this event for the school!

STAFF MEETING

Please join us in Red House for Michelle's 27 Years in Heaven Celebration.  We will follow her recognition by acknowledging service award recipients.

END OF YEAR TECHNOLOGY CHECK-IN
Please read the Lee End of Year Technology Checklist that explains how and when we will check in/out devices and presentation station carts.  Dates and info are also on the staff calendar.  In addition, if you need help with wiping devices (Dr. Applegate's email), please see Kasey.


5TH GRADE GRADUATION

Want to see our fifth grade graduation on Wednesday afternoon?  Tune in to watch via our YouTube Live channel from morning broadcast.  Thank you, Kasey, for setting this up for us.  Remember to eat lunches in your space this day and that there is an alternate schedule.  Please inform parents.  LEEdeership Council members who wear their shirts will help with walking our guests to the cafeteria if they wear their LEEdership shirts. 

SPIRIT RALLY

Please notify your parents if their child is getting an award at Thursday's Spirit Rally.  They may want to come and watch them be honored.  Learners will get awards from Leedership Council, Citizens of the Year, Spelling Bee, Yearbook Cover, Math Olympiad, Red and Black, Art, PE, Music, Library, STEAM, Enrichment, and more.  We will start at 8:00 and conclude about 9:30.

YEARBOOKS
We will host yearbook signing, from 10:00-11:00, after Thursday's Spirit Rally.  PLEASE ONLY SEND LEARNERS WITH YEARBOOKS around the building at this time.  Memory sheets and homemade signature books can be signed in your houses.  This prioritizes learners who have the purchased books from PTO.

LAST DAY LUNCHES
Please let the cafeteria know on this form what your learners will need for lunch on the last day. All learners should eat before we release on Thursday.

FIFTH GRADE FAREWELL PARADE
We host a FINAL WALK for 5th graders on the last day of school.  Early release is 12:15, so at 12:00 we will ask that you line a path with learners (starting in the cafeteria) around the first floor so that our fifth graders can be recognized by their school.  Bring your Kleenex! They walk the building two times followed by all of us assisting with dismissal duty on the last day.

REPORTS IN TEACHER ACCESS CENTER

Please help Kathy Creek by cleaning out your reports in Teacher Access Center as outlined in her email on Monday.

STORAGE ROOMS
Thank you for organizing and getting done with your inventory of your storage spaces.  Please create a digital copy that you can mark up and send to us, digitally, as we check your house out. Please pull your Probots, BeeBots, and Blue Bots out of your house storage closets.  Team leaders email Melinda how many you are sending down to the Media Center and have learners bring these to the Media Center before the last day of school.  They need barcoded and we will return to your house storage during the summer.

REMINDER FROM LEIGH ANN
Just a reminder that the Pearson site will wipe their records in early June.  If you need your TELPAS certificate, please go into the Pearson site and retrieve it before they clear all the information out.  The link is:  https://tx.scoring.pearsonassessments.com/scoring/signIn


REMINDER FROM THE NURSE
Please send to parents: Please pick up any medication or medical supplies your student has in the clinic on or before Thursday, May 23.  Medication must be picked up by a parent.  All medications not picked up will be thrown away.

• No medication, including EpiPens and inhalers, will automatically be sent home with students at the end of the year
• Parents must pick up medication.  If parents are not able to pick up medications, please contact Ameira Olayan at aolayan@coppellisd.com
• All medications will be discarded if not picked up by the end of the day on May 23rd.

MEMORIAL DAY CARDS
Don't forget to bring down your class cards for Memorial Day by the end of the day on Thursday.  We will deliver them to the DFW National Cemetery on Saturday, May 25 at 9:00 a.m.  This is a rewarding experience, so feel free to join in.  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 resend this invitation and map home, to your class, so that their parents have information about the event.  It is open for ANY to attend.

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Humor- comical or amusing quality; ability to see or show the funny or amusing side of things.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Your ability to make people laugh can help others feel comfortable and relieve tense situations.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." - Victor Borge

DATES TO REMEMBER:
May 20- Satish's Birthday
     Grades Due (8:00)

     Talent Show (8:00-10:00)
     Farmer's Market (Lunchtime and 5:45pm)
     Special Delivery (11:45-12:15 Front Car Loop)
     Choir Concert (6:30 Cafe)
May 21- NRH20 Performance
     Learner Led Conferences for Howard, Greer, Patel, Khan, and Godinez (2:00-03:00)
May 22- House Shirt and Jeans
     Lunch in Houses
     5th Grade Graduation (1:00-3:00 Cafe/Gym)
     Ponytail Club Hair Cutting (3:15-3:30)
     Michelle's 27 Years of Heaven (3:30-4:00)
     Staff Meeting (4:00-5:00)
May 23- Last Day of School
     Spirit Assembly (8:00-9:30)
     Yearbook Signing (10:00-11:00)
     Lunches in Houses
     Farewell Walk (12:00-12:15)
     Early Dismissal (12:15)
May 25- Deliver Memorial Letters to DFW National Cemetery (9:00am)