Being the Principal of this school is a dream come true. If you ever wonder what my story is and why Richard J. Lee Elementary is so special to me, read the first blog post on Elementary Done DifferentLEE. (sorry to those of you that have heard about this for the TENTH time) It is the story of me finding out when I got "THE JOB," the BEST JOB in the world at the most incredible school on the planet. I have no children of my own, so birthing this school is one of my hugest accomplishments. WHY am I here? I'm here because of our beautiful children, I'm here because I want to make a difference, I'm here because of each and every one of YOU. You are FamiLEE to me, and I would have it no other way. Cheers to #rjlyear10, team. We are here to LOVE on each other because each of you and our Spurs deserve it. There is nowhere else I would rather be!
- CISD communications is looking for team Tik Tok videos for Convocation Roll Call? Wanna participate? If you do, send your video to me before end of day on Monday, and I will make sure it gets to the right person.
- our hashtags this year are #rjlyear10 and rj10ve?
- our AMAZING PTO will be gifting you a $50 Amazon Gift Card on Monday as a Back to School Gift to purchase items for your classroom? Fill up your cart, now!
- on Monday, communication from CK was sent out to parents about "all things beginning of the year?" Here is the link if you want to include in your introduction email to parents. Content is continually added.
- these are the CISD Grading Practices for 2023-2024? They are also posted in our RJL Schoology Course under assessments and in our Lee Staff Handbook.
- the district would like you to know about their Strategic Plan and CBAS Overview?
WELCOME TO OUR FAMILEE
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Kat Yegge comes to Lee with five years of assistant principal experience in both Coppell and Lewisville ISDs. In her 18 years in education, she has also served as a bilingual teacher, an instructional coach, and a literacy specialist. She has a 19 year old daughter, Savannah, and enjoys spending time outdoors with her two dogs or traveling across the globe.
My name is Kirthika Banu Saravanakumar. I have been living with my family in Texas for the past 5+ years. I have 2 children, my son, who is a sophomore at CHS and my daughter, who is a 4th grader. This will be my first year teaching in Active Learning in Coppell and I am very excited to meet you all. Thank u.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR NEXT WEEK?
You got an email from Nancy Garvey with all the details for next week. The district shared this schedule document to help you understand where to go. There are tabs at the bottom and we can help you with understanding the document if you have ANY questions. We are here to support you!
We also have a campus day by day glance to help our visual learners (like me). We are going to LOVE for us all to be together on Monday! If you are not sure where to be, and when, please ask. Bring your charged technology each day. Please know this is subject to change as more information comes in from CISD. We also were SUPER INTENTIONAL to give you as much time as we could in your grades and houses to be able to be ready for the first day. We got this!
CLASS LISTS
Next week class lists will start to be populated in eSchool Plus. Remember these are constantly changing, so please do not make class labels or send emails, until Friday or Monday. All grade level designers will email a welcome to their learners and parents through Parent Square to be scheduled to send out at 1:00 PM on Thursday, August 10. Time will be provided, on Monday, to work together, as a grade, so you can comprise your welcome email.
CONVOCATION
On Thursday, you can get into CHS arena starting 7:30, but must be seated ON THE FLOOR (thanks, Laura for being the district Teacher of the Year and earning us the BEST seats in the arena) by 8:30. Wear your CISD convocation t-shirt that we deliver to you next week. It is advised to carpool because traffic is a BEAST when you depart.
MEET THE DESIGNER NIGHT
Please share on your social media. We will wear our CONVOCATION shirts on this night. Remember that your room does not have to be PERFECT for Meet the Designer, just tidy. First impressions are first impressions. Think about how your famiLEEs can capture a memory in your space/house.
SYNCING YOUR GMAIL TO OUTLOOK (thank you Julie, our fabulous Digital Learning Coach!)
This is new information that was JUST added to the Lee Handbook. You will want to sync your CISD Gmail account with your Outlook account so that you only have one email account to monitor. Here are the steps to accomplish this task:
- On your computer, open Gmail using the account you want to forward messages from. You can only forward messages for a single Gmail address, and not an email group or alias.
- In the top right, click Settings
See all settings.
- Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAPtab.
- In the "Forwarding" section, click Add a forwarding address.
- Enter the email address you want to forward messages to.
- Click Next
- A verification message will be sent to that address. Click the verification link in that message.
- Go back to the settings page for the Gmail account you want to forward messages from, and refresh your browser.
- Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.
- In the "Forwarding" section, select Forward a copy of incoming mail to.
- Choose what you want to happen with the Gmail copy of your emails. We recommend Keep Gmail's copy in the Inbox.
- At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
TO DO FOR ALL:
- Finish reviewing the RJL Campus Handbook. This gives you ALL the ins and outs of Lee Elementary. You will want to be logged into your CISD google account to access linked documents. We request you read the handbook by August 14. New/changed items are highlighted in yellow. Any new district policies that are in the 2023-2024 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. All staff should submit for flex credit after they complete reading the handbook.
- Add the Lee Staff Calendar to your Outlook Calendar
- Go to your Calendar in Outlook
- On the left hand side, click Add Calendar
- Select your account with your email.
- Type in "Lee Calendar" and select the email with leecalendar@coppellisd.com
- Click Adder, open Gmail using the account you want to forward messages from. You can only forward messages for a single Gmail address, and not an email group or alias.
CISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
You can order your 2023-2024 CISD Ed Foundation T-shirt here. We will wear them every Tuesday. They will be delivered the end of September.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Aug 7- CAMPUS DAY
Aug 8- District Day- Curriculum Updates and Digital Portfolios
Aug 9- District Day- Unit Previews and mClass Training
Aug 10- Convocation and Campus Day
Meet the Designer (5:30-6:30)
Aug 11- Campus Day
Aug 14- Option to work at school or from home today
CISD Compliance Courses Due
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