We hope you enjoyed your Thirsty Thursday Sonic drinks today. It is November and we are going to host Thankful Thursdays for you this month. I wonder what we will do next Thursday? Thank you so much for the beautiful ways you have told our Lee story on Twitter this week. Being home sick and having FOMO Twitter is my lifeline to school. I have been so proud of the things I have seen with your design days, your house collaboration, celebrating holidays, recognizing our learners and acknowledging each other. It is clear that our staff goes ALL IN in every campus initiative (can we talk about all of your work with digital citizenship?!). THANK YOU for the extra effort you put in and for sharing glimpses into your days. You are a remarkable group!!!
I hope you see the intentionality in our staff meetings this year to help support you with the "extras" that are put on your plates and also being mindful of your time. You are in for a real treat at our next staff meeting!
Welcome back to Meghan and Kristina this week. We missed you! Chandana will be sliding into Hannah's class to finish out Hannah's absence and Aparna will be back in her office paraprofessional role (helping Julie, for now). Thank you to Aparna, Omi, and Chandana for the incredible job each of them have done in your classes and in our building. You three teachers are true rock stars and valued and LOVED at Lee Elementary!
- that we are seeing an uptick in behavior issues when we have subs in the building? Please put reviewing your Respect Agreement in your sub plans if it is not already there. Also leave behavior reflection sheets for your subs.
- Hour of Code is coming up next month? Please sign up if you plan to participate and start reaching out to our DLC for coding assistance for the week of December 6-12. I'm sure our DLCs would love to design with you!
- each year our Campus Improvement Plan is based off the District Improvement Plan? You will notice that all of our campus initiatives are required improvements from the DIP or repeats of our CIP from last year with the exception of our campus goal of digital citizenship.
- CISD has been responsive to our continued concern about substitute shortages on Reading Academy days? The adjustment to dates should ensure we have ample coverage for this next round!
- your next set of House Design Days are January 25-Jan 27?
FINAL REMINDER!!! NOMINATIONS DUE TODAY!!! Please take time to nominate someone in our building for this incredible honor. If you need admin to cover your class so you can observe your nominee, to help you better answer the questions, please arrange that with us. We are happy to help. The nomination form can be found here.
In order to be nominated for Teacher of the Year, the teacher must:
- Be certified to teach in Texas public schools
- Have been employed in Coppell schools for a minimum of three years (that means he/she must have completed three years in CISD)
- Be a classroom teacher (including PE, art, music, special education, literacy, etc.)
- Plan to continue teaching in Coppell ISD through the 2020-2021 school year
Mark Your Calendars: National Go Red Day is Feb. 4, 2022
- DEADLINE: T-Shirts must be ordered by Thursday, Jan. 13, to receive them in time for National Go Red Red Day.
- HOW TO ORDER: To make your $25 donation, simply text DHCCOPPELL to 41444. You will immediately receive a link to a quick donation form or click HERE to order online.
Allow time for free reading
Free reading is the best way for our students to become better readers. Read more. Read, read, read. When we assign students what they must read, they usually don’t want to read it and many of them don’t read it. But if we give them choice in their reading and the time to read, it becomes less constraining. We can’t rely on letting students read at home. That won’t always happen and we can’t control what happens at home. But what we can control is creating an environment where reading is pleasurable and inviting.
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