Week of Sept 19

I MISS YOU!!!  It has been a great three days of learning, but I am ready to be back with our famiLEE.  THANK YOU to all of you for your posts to Twitter.  Those posts fill my bucket when I am away and also gave me "bragging rights" about the incredible efforts of our Designers and Learners at Lee.  Thank you to Ashley, Angela, and April for "holding down the fort" while I was away.  I hope you all found joy in your journey this week!

DID YOU KNOW

• that people are leaving exterior and vestibule doors open?  This is a safety and energy efficiency concern.  Please help by closing these doors if a learner or designer have left them open.
• that the only way we can track technology help is by submitting a help desk ticket?  Please ALWAYS use this system.  In the case of a learner who is locked out, after submitting your help desk ticket, email Layne the learner name, username, and new password so she can get it reset. 
• that the new Apple coding app, Swift, has launched?  Check it out here.
• that our new office assistant will be starting on Monday?  Her name is Candace Haywood and her number is 469-682-9065

PTO MTG
Don't forget to bring a learner to Tuesday night's meeting at 6:30.  They need to be ready to share a brief overview about your house CBL work. Please remind parents in your weekly communciation.

DONUTS FOR DADS
Our Dad's Club will host Donuts with Dads Wednesday morning. Please remind them in your weekly communication.

SPUR SAVINGS
Please remind parents that we will begin Spur Savings.  The registration and information sheets can be found on PeachJar here.

BOOK FAIR

Preview sign ups from Melinda were shared for Friday, September 23 and Monday, September 26.

WEEKLY WALKTHROUGH FOCUS
3.1 Environment- By the end of this week, you should have one walkthrough from Ashley and Chantel.

FROM ASHLEY

Updated attendance information has been added to our Lee website, including a new form to complete for approval for religious holidays.  All attendance approvals for religious holidays and extended absences will come to Ashley.  As a reminder, if a learner is absent, they should bring a handwritten note (not email) to the office within 3 days of their absence that indicates the learner's first and last name, date of absence, and reason for absence.  Thank you for your help in this!   

Please make sure to provide a direct link to this updated page in your weekly communication.    

http://www.coppellisd.com/Page/14000

FROM NURSE AMY
If you are CPR Certified, please give a copy of your card to Amy.  Also, planning on getting a flu shot at Lee this year?  Email Amy so she can get a head count.

THIS WEEK'S CURRICULUM COURIER

BWW NIGHT
We have posted our nights for the year on the faculty calendar for the year.  It is our hope that Houses will take a night (we tried to plan most on a performance night) to go to at least one Buffalo Wild Wings Night this year.

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Encourage- to inspire with courage and hope

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

If someone in the class wins a game or does something well, congratulate that person.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"When someone does something good, applaud.  You make two people happy."

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Sept- 19- Send home Progress Reports (3-5)
                5th Grade Field Trip
                BOY Goal Setting
Sept 20- Spurs Savings Bank Training
               BOY Goal Setting
               PTO Mtg. (6:30)
Sept 21- Convocation T-shirt and Jeans
              Donuts with Dads (Cafe 7:00-7:50)
              Staff Mtg. (3:30-5:00)
Sept 22- Global Character Day
              Spurs Savings Grand Opening (Cafe 7:30-7:50)
              Campus Tour (1:00)
              3rd Science Training (DCE 3:45)
              Kinder Stop Collaborate & Listen (Lee 3:30)
Sept 23- Layne's Birthday
              Fall Book Fair Begins
              BOY Screening Window Ends
              Campus Tour (9:00 and 1:00)
Sept 25- AWARE Data Due in System

Week of May 23

What a busy and exciting week.  THANK YOU for continuing to meet with parents for your Spring Conferences.  Your learners have grown SO MUCH this year- and this is because of YOU!!  We hope you celebrate the growth in, not only your learners, but yourself!

OUR GUIDING PURPOSE: We empower learners to positively impact the world by designing learning experiences that promote relationships, risk taking, and collaboration in a flexible environment.

What YOU are doing to do to LIVE out this VISION at Lee?  

DID YOU KNOW?

• that Newks is opening near our school?  They will be offering us a free dinner for their soft opening.  Stay tuned for a date next week.
• this week's Curriculum Courier addresses Lit Camp and our Elementary Student Survey?  We have 2 K-2 and 2 3-5 spots open if you are interested in attending.  Let CK know- names are due by May 31.  
• part of your end of year check out will be to ensure your house work rooms are organized and inventoried.  The following list documents what was purchased by the campus/district and should be in your closet by the last day of school.  You may also have items checked out to your house from the Media Center.
• we have recommended some folks for hire.  Please welcome Stephanie Richter, Hillary Brown, Akta Patel, and (back for year 3) Nick Coenraad and Suzanne Hunt.  We still have a second grade, Enrichment, and Special Education Resource teacher to hire.  Our Practical Academics teacher will be Karen Johnson.  I am sure each would all LOVE to have a friendly welcome to/back to our FamiLEE, so please email them at: 
• stephanie.richter12@gmail.com  and srichter@coppellisd.com  
• brownhillaryb@gmail.com  
• nic605@mail.harvard.edu  
• s.patelakta@gmail.com 
• suzannehunt40@yahoo.com
• kbmhjohnson@yahoo.com 

FIELD DAY

Feel free to wear shorts or warm ups with your Field Day t-shirts tomorrow.  Shorts should be fingertip length or longer- don't ruin it for others!  Directions about "ZONES" were delivered with your t-shirts.  This information page missing times.  Please use the following schedule:

• 8:15- Go outside to your first zone
• 12:00-1:15-  Lunchtime and lounging
• 1:15-2:30- House Competition/Teacher Games

FUN RUN FUNDS
Don't forget to get your Fun Run money spent by Friday.  Totals are in last week's blog post. You MUST use approved vendors and turn in your receipts after using a tax exempt form.  Approved vendors can be found here.

DRAMA CLUB PERFORMANCE

Join us, on Monday, at 2:00 and 7:00 for our Spring Drama Performances. 

4TH GRADE AUSTIN TRIP:

Safe travels to our fourth graders, Designers, and Chaperones as they head to Austin, Texas on Tuesday.  THANK YOU, 4th Grade, for your hard work and planning for this amazing experience!

LEEdership COUNCIL:

LEEdership Council will have their FINAL pickle sale on Wednesday.  Pickles are $1 each and will be sold during recess times.  Please advertise this in your weekly email to parents!!  Also, please remind learners to wear their shirts on FRIDAY for our last meeting for the year. 

SPECIAL EVENT
Please bring your learners outside the front entrance, on Thursday, for a "surprise" from PTO at 8:30. We can sit on the cement islands along the staff parking lot, and when those are full, final classes  can sit on the loading sidewalk and on the steps into the school.  We should be done by 9:00ish.


BUFFALO WILD WINGS NIGHT:

Feel free to join our FamiLEEs Thursday night.  If you go, this time can count towards your flex time you need to earn.


LIBRARY UPDATE:
THANKS, Megan, for the creation of house accounts!  Staff, please help make sure all books and materials are turned into the media center as soon as possible.

Learners who received invitations to the Bluebonnet Party will stay after school, in the media center, on Friday.

Don't forget to follow directions on this document to help with end of year technology check-ins.

"LEE"DERSHIP QUALITY OF THE WEEK
Humor- comical or amusing quality; ability to see or show the funny or amusing side of things.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." -Victor Borge

LESSON IN "LEE"DERSHIP

Your ability to make people laugh can help others feel comfortable and relieve tense situations. 

DATES TO REMEMBER:
May 23- Drama Club Performance (2:00 and 7:00 Cafe)
              Leadership Meeting (3:30)
              Outgoing Board Member Reception (Admin 4:00-6:00)
May 24- 3rd and 4th Grade Field Trips
May 25- House t-shirt with Jeans
               FOSS Kits Due on Stage
               Talent Show Mtg. (9:00-9:30- Yellow House)
               LEEdership Council Pickle Sales (Recess times)
               New Learner Luncheons (Lunch times)
May 26- Buffalo Wild Wings Night (can count towards 8 hours)
               Hot Air Balloon Visits Lee (8:30 front of school)
               Katie's Shower (3:30)
May 27- Report Card Grades Due in the System
               ESL and GTI Folders Due
               LEEdership Council Meeting (8:00)
               4th Grade Shark Tank (1:30)
               Bluebonnet Party (3:00-4:00)
May 30- NO SCHOOL

Week of January 25

What a fast and furious four day week it was!  MOY meetings were a WONDERFUL time to meet with each of you to check in on your goals.  Todd and I are constantly impressed with the growth we see in each and every one of you.  

I'm sorry I missed out on Staff Meeting, but our friend who went via ambulance for an allergic reaction needed me more.  I appreciate your understanding!  I am reminded that we have alert staff, an incredible nurse, and a dedicated front office staff.  Because of each of you our little guy is safe and we have accurate information at school regarding his allergies.

I want to brag on your effort with our book study and PLC journey.  Your honest discussion posts show the passion you have for teaching and learning.  I sometimes have to remind myself that we are only in year two.  Our systems and procedures are not set in stone yet because our work does not look like any other campus on the planet.  It will get there as we work together to live out our vision at Lee.  EACH OF YOU are an important and valuable part of our team.

OUR GUIDING PURPOSE: We empower learners to positively impact the world by designing learning experiences that promote relationships, risk taking, and collaboration in a flexible environment.

What YOU are doing to do to LIVE out this VISION at Lee?  

DID YOU KNOW?

• Chantel will be in Austin on Wednesday and Thursday this week?  I will be at my Principal's Institute and attending TASA Midwinter while there.
• that Megan WANTS copied on your weekly communication to parents?  Please include her AND ME on your distribution list.  I know I still only get weekly communication from 5 of you.
• when you call 911 that you need to ask for Dallas Medical or Dallas Fire? If you just dial 911 it connects you to IRVING Medical and IRVING Fire.  This will help with a timely response and we will post it on the phones.
• you have a chance to give input regarding Science training?  Stacey shared this in email, so please take time to share your thoughts: https://docs.google.com/a/g.coppellisd.com/forms/d/1PoASn7Y0DsNOWZOiAG7sNV2YtXrcrLTeUgd8KbY9DiQ/viewform?usp=send_form 

CISD LEARNING FRAMEWORK

Part of our District and Campus Improvement Plans has an action step stating we will provide professional learning options that focus on the different chapters of the Learning Framework.  We had one day of training this summer on the Assessment chapter.  Instead of having more meetings I would like to "chunk" some of this learning through my weekly blog.  We will begin with Chapter 1: Environment.  Please reread chapter one.  While reading, frame your thinking with some of these questions:

1. What am I doing to create a learner-centered academic environment?

      2.  Is my physical and virtual environment enhancing learning?

     3.  Are the relationships with my learners and with each other mutually respectful?

      4.  What are things I can do to engage families in our space?

MATHURDAY

Thank you for your hard work preparing for Saturday.  Please arrive by 8:30 and plan to stay until 11:15.  You will need to drop by my office before leaving to sign documentation to get paid.  This will be on your February paycheck.  If you choose flex hours, please submit through Eduphoria and I will approve. 

CURRICULUM COURIER

Please make sure you take the survey in this week's Curriculum Courier.

FED EX

Enjoy your one hour on Wednesday where you learn about a topic of YOUR choice related to YOUR goals, and earn flex credit for it.  This is a time for learning.  Please post to this Today's Meet after 4:30, but before 5:00, on Wednesday.  Please share what you learned during your time to get credit for your hour.  Those who post will automatically be enrolled through Eduphoria.

Alli will be hosting a session during FedEx and all are welcome!

What’s Cooking, Lee? The iPad Test Kitchen

What's cooking in your classroom kitchen? Spice up your classroom and find your inner digital chef by collaborating with others to explore exciting apps and design learning experiences through the art of app smashing.  Bring your “A” game for a friendly competition in the style of the Food Network’s show, Chopped!

If you are interested in joining us, please sign up here!

BUFFALO WILD WINGS
Thursday is Buffalo Wild Wings Night.  Please make an effort to head over after school or for dinner to support this business that is giving back to our campus.  Please also remind parents to share

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

Please share this flyer with your parents. 

"LEE"DERSHIP QUALITY OF THE WEEK
Integrity- acting according to a sense of right and wrong.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"The measure of a man's character is what he knew he wouldn't be found out." Thomas Macauley

LESSON IN "LEE"DERSHIP

Do what you know is right even if no one is watching.

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jan 23:  Angela's Birthday
Jan 24:  Jess' Birthday
Jan 25:  Kick off of Jump Rope For Heart

Jan 27:  House T-shirt w/ Jeans
             Walk at School Wednesday
             New Learner Luncheon (Red, Blue, Green)
             Fed Ex (3:30)  
Jan 28:  Honor Choir (all day)
             Learning Walks @ Lee (8:00-9:00)
             Campus Tours (9:00 and 1:00)
             Buffalo Wild Wings Night 
Jan 29: Super Teacher Nominations Due
            Drama Performance (8:15 and 7:00)
            New Learner Luncheon (Purple, Yellow)
            Social Spurs Happy Hour @ Chilis