Week of August 1, 2022

It has been a wonderful first week back for your Admin Team.  I even have an Admin Intern this year so welcome to Samira Khan!!  We have been working behind the scenes to set up the 2022-2023 school year.  We are super excited for the upcoming school year with all of you being part of our FamiLEE!  We had our Administrator's Academy last week, so I am sharing information as I get it from CISD.  Construction continues at our front entrance and under the building.  That means, use your badges to access the building through the cafeteria.  Please do not prop open the first set of doors.  If you see exterior doors propped open, please close them for the safety of everyone.  If your badge is not working, please text one of us to let you in.

DID YOU KNOW:

• we found a teacher for our fourth grade opening?  Welcome to Preeti Malhotra.  We met her at the CISD Job Fair and she is going to be a valuable part of our team!

SAVE THE DATE

What a great way to hang out with your FamiLEE and earn 3 hours of flex time on Friday, August 5.  This is an optional event, and flex will be provided for those who attend.  Dress is casual as we will be hopping on and off of the charted bus driving through our neighborhoods.  Please bring signs, balloons, and your school spirit- it will be loads of fun!  Please be here by 8:00 so we can leave on time.

AIR PURIFIERS

All HEPA filters have been replaced in the air filter systems in your learning spaces.  Remember, these are to be on 8 hours a day.  They should be turned on when you arrive and tuned off when you leave.  Following this timeline will make sure your filter makes it until the next replacement date.  The time on your system can help with this. 

NEW NEWS FOR CISD STAFF

Did you know there will be options to "telecommute" to work on certain days this year?  You will learn more about this during the week of August 8th.

Did you see the email that there is going to be assistance to staff members who have learners that need to get to CHS9 and CHS in the mornings?  We, unfortunately, will not have transportation to CMSW.  CISD encourages them to walk using the pathway.

KEYS AND BADGES

Each staff member should have keys to their Design Studio and Storage Room for their House. If you are in a classroom, you should also have a key to the classroom. If you are in need of these keys (or any others), please indicate that in this form or reach out to Leigh Ann or Angel.

FURNITURE AT LEE
We do our best to ensure that there is equitable distribution of furniture in houses. Please do not "borrow" furniture from the media center or other places in the building.  Let Leigh Ann or Angel know if you have extra, or are short, and they can help you problem solve.   Here is the breakdown of furniture.  Please cross check it with what is in your house in case it got moved while cleaning this summer. We also added 4 rectangular tables and some chairs to every house this summer.  If you are a special program designer and need additional/different furniture, please fill out a furniture request form.

HOUSE STORAGE

Want to know what resources you have available to you?  Check out this comprehensive list that documents what is available in each house.  If you want to know what something is, or how to use a resource, PLEASE reach out to someone in your house/grade, campus administration, or our Instructional Coach.

NEW HIRES

As a new hire, I am sure you are thinking about what you can do to start getting ready for your new adventure at Lee.  Each blog I pepper out some suggestions so that you are not too overwhelmed during Back to School.  This blog I would encourage you to:

1. Please make sure you have sent a bitmoji headshot of yourself to Leigh Ann to add to our FamiLEE tree wall.
2. Check out our Faculty Website.  You will want to bookmark this site as it is a one stop shop that has all you need to know about Lee Elementary and MORE!
3. Connect with your House and Grade leads.  You can find their name on this staffing list and email them.  I know they will want to get your phone number to share with teammates.
4. Set up a school Twitter account, if you don't already have one.  Our school account is @NetZeroLee.  Please follow us as we will follow you back.

It is OKAY if you are taking this time for YOU- please do not feel guilt if you wait until you are on contract. 

TO DO FOR ALL:

• Sign up for your health care with our benefits department.
• Fill out this form so we can learn all about your favorites.  It also helps us with ordering the proper size for your school shirt for the school year.  
• Review the RJL Campus Handbook so you don't have to worry about it when school is in session.  We request you read this by August 31.  New/changed items are highlighted in yellow.  Any new district policies that are in the 2022-2023 CISD Employee Handbook supersede our campus handbook.  We do not have access to the new handbook yet, so they are not reflected in our campus one.  

BACK TO SCHOOL SAVE THE DATE

DATES TO REMEMBER

Aug 1- Diags, LAS, Counselors, Librarians back on campus

Aug 3- Leadership Retreat (8:00-4:00 Lee)

Aug 4- New Hires TTESS Training (8:30-11:30)

     New Hire Digital Learning Overview (12:30-3:30)

Aug 5- RJL Bust Tour (8:00-11:00)

     New Hire Alive and Thrive Training on Campus (12:30-3:30)