Week of February 10, 2025

How is it that Open House is a little over a month away?  That means- Spring Break, too!  You all have hung in there this week with all of the sickness in North Texas.  Thank you for helping each other out in your houses and grades.  Stay well!  I'm off tomorrow.  If you need anything Kat and Angel have you covered. 

DID YOU KNOW:

• Dr. Hunt says we can wear jeans from February 10-14?  You know what that means!!!
• Jacky and Audrey need all the pictures you can share for yearbook?  Please add them to the folders here: 

• we were recognized as a 2025 Certified School of Kindness?  Thank you, all of you, for your work to bring the Great Kindness Challenge to life each year.

• one of our former Lee Spurs, Ishitha Mallidi, is competing in this weekend's wrestling tournament at CHS arena?  Ishitha is a junior who has been wrestling since middle school. She previously qualified for state her sophomore year, on top of maintaining solid grades in advanced classes. She recently became district champion last week and helped her team win the district title. She has even competed nationally, becoming an All-American at last year’s Folkstyle National Championships.  How cool is this?

FOOTBALL FIESTA FRIDAY

Thank you, Social Spurs, for helping to organize our Nacho Bar.  Thank you to all of the houses for all the other "fixin's" to help feed the whole "team."  

BOOK FAIR

Our Spring Book Fair is here.  Please give permission for learners to come down when Holly communicates with you.  The Book Fair will be open on Valentine's Day during the Valentine Party. Create your e-wallet here.

PTO MEETING ON TUESDAY

Save the date! Our next Virtual PTO Meeting is coming up on Tuesday, February 11th, at 6pm. Tune in for key updates from the Lee administration and your PTO team. A link to join will be emailed prior to the meeting. We can’t wait to see you there!

VALENTINES DAY

Thursday is going to be a fun-filled day with a school wide program (Patrol Stories) in the cafe/gym at 2:00 and Valentine Parties at the end of the day.  Do you have any learners who need valentines?  Please get with Angela.  The day's schedule is below and is also on our Master Schedule document.  We KINDLY ask that all houses eat lunch in their houses, on Thursday, so that we can get the cafe prepped and our program can get set up. 

FABULOUS FRIDAYS IN FEBRUARY

FRIDAY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY

• Overview:  The day will begin with a waffle bar in the lounge starting at 8:00 am. We will end our day at 3:30 pm.
• Lunch on Your Own: Enjoy the flexibility to choose where and what you'd like to eat.  Don't want to spend $, our lounge is always an option.
• Attire: Dress comfortably for a day of active learning.
• What to Have Ready: Fully charged Mac, iPad, and Apple Pencil

NO SCHOOL

Although we have professional learning on Friday, please communicate to learners and parents that they do not have school on Friday and Monday.  Enjoy your Monday off!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

2nd Grade is throwing a Star Party for 2nd graders and their families on the evening of Thursday, February 20th.  We are looking for 7-10 volunteers to help us man the stations at the event from 6:00-7:30PM.  We will have an inflatable planetarium, craft stations, space-themed math connections, and an out-of-this-world scientific photography gallery.  All activities will be pre-planned and materials provided, we just need help with facilitating.  2-3 flex hours will be given to those who sign up.  Please reach out to a 2nd grade designer if you are interested in helping out!

COACH'S CORNER

Here is the Explore Learning Google folder for more resources. You can find lesson planning support and more! Laura Maisel (who did our training) really recommends using the Facebook pages for Reflex and Gizmos supplemental information. *K-2 designers: We will reschedule your Science4Us training soon.

‘RAZ News You Can Use’

 eTool Tips

Retell Practice

Use the microphone to practice retelling.  Have students listen or read the story and record themselves giving a retell of the story.  Go to the In Basket to listen to their retell.

 

Finding Textual Evidence

Have students use a highlighter to go back to the story to highlight textual evidence to support a response to a quiz question.

 

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Grades K-2

Phonics Lessons

Teach effective phonics using explicit, systematic instruction and practice.  Manipulatives in each lesson provide small group and learning center manipulatives for intentional practice.

 

Grades 2-6

Close Read Packs

Help students think critically to uncover layers of meaning within a text and deepen comprehension as students collaborate to answer Key Questions. 

(active engagement, differentiated resources, and intentional practice)

ESL UPDATES

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP

DATES TO REMEMBER:

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
NATIONAL DENTAL HEALTH MONTH

CTE APPRECIATION MONTH

SPRING BOOK FAIR WEEK

February10-  Upstander Presentations for 3rd and 5th Grades

     Kinder Dentist Visit (Cafe 2:00)

February 11- Amirtha's Birthday

     Progress Report Grades Due (8:00 AM)

     Virtual PTO Mtg. (6:00)

February 12- 5th Grade Visit from CMSW (8:30 Cafe)

     Leadership Mtg. (3:15)

February 13- Day 0- Alternate schedule

     Patrol Stories Program (1:00)

     Valentine Parties (2:00-3:00)

February 14- Valentine's Day

     Campus Professional Development (8:00-3:30)

February 15- Bethany's Birthday

February 17- Bad Weather Day- NO SCHOOL