Week of February 3, 2025

Happy Thursday, sweet folks.  What a GREAT week spreading and celebrating kindness.  Your beautiful banners look glorious hanging through our school!  I am reminded, daily, what a blessing it is to be at Lee Elementary with each of YOU!  Stay healthy!!

DID YOU KNOW:

• houses have professional learning during conference time on Monday?  K-2 will receive training on Science 4 Us in your design studios and 3-5 will receive training on Gizmos in the conference room.  This learning is provided by and recommended by Samira.  Please come with any questions or ideas for implementation or enrichment with these resources.
• we will not have our staff meeting on Wednesday?  We will move our required school training on on STAAR and TELPAS security to our February 14 campus professional learning day.  Enjoy having that Wednesday afternoon back.
• we will have a presentation on Thursday, Feb 20, from Oncor?  They are going to all CISD elementary schools and teaching them about the importance of electric safety, how to identify potential danger, and what to do in harmful situations.  This presentation will take place in the cafe from 8:00-9:00 for K-2 and 9:00-10:00 for 3-5.  Letting you know now, so that you can mark your calendars. 
• we have school Board walks on Thursday?  Please make sure you are showing off excellence at Lee and that spaces are tidy.  Guests will be here between 8:30 and 10:30.  

SCHOOL COUNSELOR APPRECIATION WEEK

We are fortunate to have an incredible school counselor at Lee Elementary.  Please help us in celebrating Mrs. Garvin for ALL that she does not only on the frontline, but behind the scenes to serve our learners, famiLEEs, and staff.  

100th DAY OF SCHOOL

Monday, February 3, is the 100th day of school.  We can't wait to help celebrate everyone being 100 days smarter!

COLLEGE SHIRT DAY

Wednesday is College Shirt Day.  Encourage learners to participate by wearing a college shirt on the first Wednesday of each month.  

RODEO GOAT SPIRIT NIGHT

Join us next Thursday, February 6, at Rodeo Goat in Cypress Waters starting at 4 PM for a fun night of food and fundraising! 🎶 With the Purple House music performance happening the same evening, it’s the perfect chance to grab dinner before or after the show. 20% of sales go to Lee PTO! Don’t miss out!

FABULOUS FRIDAYS IN FEBRUARY

We hope you enjoy the month of February filled special Friday events.  Thank you to Social Spurs for sponsoring our first Fabulous Friday with a Nacho Bar.

BOOK FAIR

Our Spring Book Fair is one week away.  We WILL be open during the Valentine Day parties so stop by.  Create your e-wallet here.

VALENTINE PARTIES COMING SOON

Parents, please make sure that if you want to attend and help at the Valentine Party that you have signed up to volunteer and have your background check completed.  

TELPAS TESTING

Don't forget that we have school-wide testing on February 24 and February 25.

COACH'S CORNER

• We have two more flex learning opportunities.  What would you like to learn about?  Flex learning input
• 100th day of school activities (scroll down a little bit)
• 🔦District Resource Spotlight
• Discovery Education has a section called Spotlight on Strategies.  These SOS Instructional Strategies are research-based strategies for integrating Discovery Education digital curriculum resources in meaningful, effective, and practical ways.
• Timely Reminders:
• All K-5 educators:  We are in the middle of our MOY NWEA MAP & mCLASS testing window.  Remember to complete your MAP makeup tests as soon as you can. Learning Coaches will send periodic updates of incomplete assessments.
• Use this graphic organizer with the learning strategy AEIOU. Interpret information from images or videos and write down thoughts next to five descriptive categories: A-E-I-O-U.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP

DATES TO REMEMBER:

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
NATIONAL DENTAL HEALTH MONTH

CTE APPRECIATION MONTH

NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK

MOY MAP and MCLASS WINDOW

Feb 1- Blue House on Lounge Duty this month- thanks with clean up and helping with silverware

Feb 3- Professional Development during conference time

     100th Day of School

Feb 5- College Shirt Day

     Staff Meeting CANCELLED- enjoy the gift of time back

Feb 6- LEEdership Council Mtg. (8:00)

     CISD Board Walk (8:30-10:30)

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

     Rodeo Goat Spirit Day

Feb 7-  Chantel Off campus