Week of February 20, 2023

Tomorrow will be a busy day of learning.  Please review the email from Nancy Garvey so you know where to be.  A friendly reminder that you are an ambassador of Lee Elementary, so please show everyone your growth mindset and remember to wear jeans, not warm ups. Thank you to the Spurs that are serving on panels tomorrow- you make us look SO GOOD!  ENJOY the three day weekend!  I hope you and your family enjoy special time together.  

DID YOU KNOW:

• if you have learners who want to still shop the book fair that they can shop online through February 22?  Here is the link to do so.
• the district is vigilantly sending phishing emails disguised as ones from Principals?  I will never email you that I need help or that you can help me by sending gift cards.  Pay attention to the return address on these sketchy emails and please report them as phishing so you don't have to do extra technology training.  
• that CISD Transfers will open up on 2/27/23?  Please remember to talk to me before placing your name on the district transfer list.  Directions will be emailed from HR next week.
• since every space in our building does not have a working phone, the office will call you through TEAMS if they need a learner from your classroom?  Please have Teams set up on your iPad so that they can contact you.  Parents get impatient when they are here to pick up their learners.  We want you to have healthy work-life balance so read the DLC Update for ways to manage Teams and notifications so you are not bothered after hours.
• CK will be at Crucial Conversations training next Thursday and Friday, so she will be off campus these two days?

PARENT REMINDER

HOUSE FIELD TRIPS

We must start collecting funds for our upcoming House Field Trips. Here is the link to School Pay for parents.  Please share this link with your parents and remind your families about this fee.  

https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Richard-J-Lee-Kidzania-Field-Trip/SUDEbi

Remember, if a learner pays you cash or check, you need to complete this form and turn funds into the office at the end of each day.

PTO SPIRIT NIGHT AT RAISING CANES

Don't worry about cooking dinner on Thursday night.   Support our Lee PTO by having dinner at Raising Canes.

TELPAS UPDATE

TELPAS for grades 2-5 starts on Tuesday.  Please make sure learners have a charged iPad and they bring their keyboard with them.  Alex and Corinne will come and get your learners.  We will be testing in the Art rooms and Ms. Floyd and Ms. Allen will be pushing into your spaces for art class.   Thank you all for your flexibility.

GREEN HOUSE MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Please follow the adjusted schedule on Thursday.   We will call you down when we are ready for houses, so please wait to be called over the intercom.

FABULOUS FRIDAY

You are "Nacho" ordinary staff so we hope you will stop by the lounge for some nachos on Friday.  

RED AND BLACK SUPERSTAR NOMINATIONS DUE

Help the Coppell ISD Education Foundation spotlight the dedicated and hardworking students, teachers, administrators and support staff in CISD by nominating them for a Super Star award.  The deadline for Super Star nominations is April 7. Teachers, Staff, and parents, nominate a student today! 

Nominate a Student: https://forms.gle/CUx7EfLbPyPZQwSX9

 

Nominate a fellow CISD Staff Member: https://forms.gle/1nX6ghh8bpQ3krV69

 

YEARBOOK

Order your 2022-23 yearbook from Lifetouch today!  Thank you Samira, Audrey and Jessica for your work on the Yearbook.

DLC UPDATE

Teams notifications making you crazy? Try these strategies for managing Teams on the go, including how to mute notifications during a pre-set "quiet time"!

Click here to learn how in less than 2 minutes!

COACH'S CORNER

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SAVE THE DATE

ESL STRATEGY OF THE WEEK

Believe in your student and yourself. Set high expectations but give accommodations to level the linguistic playing field. Remember that a person who is cognitively capable of learning does not need lower level materials. Your students who are learning English will need linguistic accommodation to have access to the same grade level standards that all other students have access to. Accommodations may include adapted texts, visuals (lots of visuals), support in native language (bilingual dictionaries), gestures, word banks, sentence frames, opportunities to hear peers and speak with peers using academic language, etc.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

BLUE HOUSE LOUNGE DUTY

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
NATIONAL DENTAL HEALTH MONTH

CTE APPRECIATION MONTH

February 20- NO SCHOOL

February 21- 5th TELPAS R/W

     Green Design Day (AM)

     Yellow Design Day (PM)

February 22- Mayra's Birthday

     5th TELPAS L/S

     School Bus Driver Appreciation Day

     Blue Design Day (AM)
     Red Design Day (PM)

     Staff Meeting (3:15 Cafe)

February 23-4th TELPAS R/W

     Purple Design Day (PM)

     Green House Music Performance (2:00 and 6:30)

     Raising Canes Fundraising Night (5:00-10:00)

February 24- Wear RED Day

     4th TELPAS L/S

February 25- Stormi's Birthday