Week of April 11, 2022

This week, I am reminding myself that being an educator is the BEST profession in the world and Lee Elementary is the BEST place to be!  Why do I feel this way?  Because of EACH OF YOU!!  Starting end of year goal setting conferences this week has truly reminded me of my WHY.  The creative ways that you have showcased your year of growth in your Bulb portfolios is super impressive.  Listening in on some RTI Time, I'm so proud of the progress monitoring you are doing.  Our children and famiLEEs are blessed to have YOU as their educational partner!  Have a great weekend!

(Thanks for the picture, Keiko)

DID YOU KNOW:

• the April Imaginarium is out and available?  Check it out here. 
• that some hires for next year have been approved by the CISD Board?  Congratulations to Brooklyn Burt and Chandana Mohite.  We excitedly share that they will be part of our FamiLEE for the 2022-2023 school year. 

PTO MEETING

You will get an email on WEDNESDAY morning to send on to parents including our Zoom link for the meeting.  Thank you for sending it on!  Please remind parents in your newsletters that there is a meeting this WEDNESDAY at 6:00.  

YOUR INPUT WANTED/VALUED

Employees are encouraged to share feedback on the CISD Visioning process during the following come and go sessions:

• Monday, April 11 from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Large Group Instruction (LGI) room at CMS West located at 2701 Ranch Trail in Cypress Waters
• Thursday, April 14 from 8 a.m. to noon in the Board Room at the Vonita White Administration Building located at 200 South Denton Tap Road

Staff are asked to provide input on priority areas and statements, which were developed by teams as part of the district’s Visioning process. Details on these statements and the CISD Visioning process can be found at go.coppellisd.com/VisioningStatements. 

COPPELL EDUCATION FOUNDATION

There is an opportunity to participate in the CISD Education Foundation's 20th Annual Run to Fund on May 7.  Register here!  $2 for each registration go back to the Lee PE program.

CISD NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK

This district-wide event will take place on Friday, April 29 as the Texas Rangers take on the Atlanta Braves.  You can purchase tickets in the CISD section at go.coppellisd.com/22BallparkNight 

SAVE THE DATE

We are looking forward to the upcoming Movie Night.  PTO requests that you fill out this form so they can plan for attendance and concessions.

DLC UPDATE

Since the technology department has implemented the two-factor authentication process through Duo, The DLC team has noticed that getting a push can be difficult in areas where the Wi-Fi is not strong. When the Duo push is not working well, we have found that entering a passcode manually works well! If you would like to use this method, follow the instructions below:

If you have any issues with, or questions about, Duo please put in a help desk ticket so the technology department can troubleshoot with you.

COACHES CORNER

EOY Assessments | April 11th - May 20th, 2022

This week the window for End of the Year Assessments opens up. This window will close on May 20th, 2022. As a grade level team you will decide when you are going to test your learners. It is imperative that we create an authentic testing environment and set goals with our learners. Help them learn the importance of showing what they know. We are looking forward to seeing growth in all learners based on all the wonderful teaching and learning that has happened during this challenging year. 

Please let me know how I can help with mClass or MAP assessments.  Use this link to book a time with me so we can collaborate.

ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK

To make read-alouds more comprehensible for Emergent Bilinguals, it is recommended to accommodate and practice techniques that maximize your instruction. 

Techniques:

• Explicitly model expectations, practices, and peer interactions

• Activate background knowledge with a guiding question

• Pre-read the text and review vocabulary in a small group to prepare them for the larger group experience.

• Display sentence stems that students can use when answering your questions or in peer interactions (be aware of your font size)

• Share read in a small group while the rest reads independently

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Curiosity- the eager desire to learn, to explore, to investigate

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Learn and inquire about things that interest you.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out." -Anonymous

DATES TO REMEMBER:

April 9- Job Fair

April 11- EOY MAP and MClass window opens

April 12- Meredith's Birthday

April 13- Mr Hunt Roadshow at Lee (Cafe 3:15)

     Virtual PTO Meeting (6:00)

April 14- Suzanne's Birthday

     Green House Field Trip

April 15- InfoSEQ Training must be completed

April 16- Carley's Birthday