Week of December 9, 2024

We hope you are looking forward to our second week of gingerbread activities for December to Remember.  We have SO MUCH FUN planning out ways to show you how much we love you and to bring the fun each December!  Thanks for making this a December to Remember for your learners as well! 

DID YOU KNOW:

• your SLO update is to be added to Power School Perform by January 24?  Here is a 2 minute tutorial to walk you through uploading it in Power School.  Please go ahead and get started now.
• we will have a FUN item on the stage for houses to interact with next week?  Please take opportunities as a house create a schedule to take photos and videos with your kids.  We kindly ask that teachers assist so the surprise is not damaged and can be used for years to come.
• Monday- Purple House
• Tuesday- Red House
• Wednesday- Yellow House
• Thursday- Blue House
• Friday- Green House
• Monday's DTR is breakfast, so save yourself time that morning?
• starting tomorrow, Officer Thames will give Blue Recess teachers walkies when you are outside at recess.  These will be passed to yellow, then green, then red, then purple.  Purple will give them back to Officer Thames and he will charge them for the next day.  We will talk more in Leadership about this, but we want you to have direct access to admin and the nurse when you are on the playground.  

DECEMBER TO REMEMBER

Have FUN this week!

 

Here is a spirit day calendar for you to share with your families.

HOUR OF CODE:

HourOfCode is here! Need ideas as you plan? Check out the resources curated by CISD on their Hour of Code Website.

GEM AWARDS

There will be a reception for Josna and Ed, on Monday, at the Admin Building at 5:30 for anyone that wants to show them their support. They will be recognized by the Board at 6:00. Thank you to these great employees!

LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL SALE

Please share to support our LEEdership Council Fundraising.  All money earned will go back to buying canned food, boxed food, and toys for the Lions Club collection drive for the Lions Club.  LEEdership Council will be shopping for these items, so stay tuned about a "field trip" with your leader on Thursday morning. 

PTO LUNCHEON

Please join us for lunch in the lounge on Wednesday.  Thank you to our wonderful PTO for providing lunch.

PTO is excited to spoil you all during lunch on Wednesday, December 11 - come warm your belly and your heart in the Staff Lounge between 10am-1pm. ***Each House Lunch Duty will be covered by parent volunteers to allow you an opportunity to enjoy lunch together with your team**

STAFF PARTY

We hope you can join us for the Staff Winter Party sponsored by our wonderful Social Spurs.  See you there!  PS- Don't forget your White Elephant gift.

MTSS REMINDER

MTSS is Thursday! Please make sure your goals are updated and you are ready to discus next steps! 

TOY AND FOOD DRIVE

Blue 5 is heading up our toy and food drive.  THANK YOU!  Please talk this up and have learners place their donations in the boxes in your house. 

REPORT CARDS

Report cards have been opened for grade entry. Since we have many learners traveling and withdrawing at this time, we want to make sure we have grades entered before their departure. 

If you have a learner who has left and will be back, you will need to enter grades for them. To see them in TAC, please follow these instructions. 

In the upper right of a grade entry screen or a report card screen, click on the person icon:

 

 

Select the middle or bottom option and the student will show up in red. 

PANORAMA SURVEY

The district Panorama survey window is now open.  Grades 3-5, it is my expectation that you build 30-45 minutes of time into your schedule to complete the survey WITH your learners.  There are more questions on this survey than ever before and learners will need help with you explaining what words mean in elementary language so please go question by question as a class.  If a child cannot log into the survey, this is most likely because their parent has opted out.  Chantel has emailed the five teachers who this applies to.

Staff members, please complete your survey as well.  If you are not done by the 19th, I will expect you to complete yours before leaving on December 20.  

• Students 

• Students can access surveys by visiting surveys.panoramaed.com/coppellisd and inputting their student ID as the access code.

• Staff 

• Staff can access surveys by visiting surveys.panoramaed.com/coppellisd and inputting their staff ID as the access code.

• Family 

• Here is your universal anonymous link to share with families: surveys.panoramaed.com/coppellisd/FamilyFall2024/surveys

Support staff and specialists, if there are any questions that do not apply to your job, please skip the question.  CISD would like 100% participation in the survey.  Thank you for your cooperation.

LIMITED NUMBER OF WINTER WEAR AND HOUSE COLOR SPIRIT WEAR AVAILABLE

Our winter wear is available to take home beginning Monday December 9th. In stock items are limited, so don’t wait—visit bit.ly/rjlstore to grab yours while supplies last!

COACH'S CORNER

SLO Progress Checklist
As winter break approaches, ensure these SLO tasks are on track:

• Evidence Collection
• Complete and score three evidence pieces.
• Update the Growth Tracker
• Have this done by mid January so it is ready to input into Perform for mid year conferences.
• Learner Artifacts
• Collect evidence for digital portfolios or have learners upload them as they go.

Need help? Contact a learning coach. You're doing great—keep it up!

LESSONS IN "LEE"DERSHIP

DATES TO REMEMBER:

DECEMBER TO REMEMBER

HOUR OF CODE WEEK

WINDOW TO DOCUMENT STUDENT GROWTH ON GROWTH TRACKER SPREADSHEET

PANORAMA WINDOW (12/4-12/19) 

Dec 8- Holly's Birthday

Dec 9- CMSW Band and Choir Performance (8:45)

     5th Leave Early

     GEMS Recognized at Board Mtg.

Dec 10- April's Birthday

     Kinder Leave Early

     Picture Retake Day

Dec 11- PTO Luncheon

     Staff Party (3:45 San Danielle)

Dec 12- MTSS Meetings

     Winter Choir Performance (2:00 and 6:30)

Dec 13- Purple House Field trip