Week of January 18

I hope that you have a wonderful THREE day weekend!  Don't forget that there are two very large tours coming through on Thursday.  The morning is a revisit from Eagle Mountain Saginaw and the afternoon is from Wichita Falls ISD.   Nancy Garvey will also tour 4 Apple representatives during our 9:00 tour time.

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 we will participate in the HEB Community Challenge again this year?  Check out this site to learn more, to register, and earn our community points.  Coppell WON the mid-size city last year. The challenge lasts from January 1 - March 31.  Join today!
• Stacey sent out Gizmo webinar dates? Here they are again!
• that Kandice got a full time PE job in Duncanville?  Please welcome Alexandra Lucas to our famiLEE as she takes on the role of Enrichment Hour Designer starting Tuesday.  Good luck Kandice, we will miss you!
• you can put your common assessments in AWARE.  Thanks, Stephanie, or inquiring with the district. Here is a link with directions on what you need to do for online testing. 
  https://eduphoria.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202395634-Administer-a-Test
  Once tests are ready, the learners will log on to:
  http://eduphoria.coppellisd.com/Aware/OnlineTesting
• there are National Health Observance Days that can help with your CBLs?  THANKS, Amy! http://healthfinder.gov/NHO/nho.aspx?year=2016#649

80's DRESS UP DAY

It would be like totally RAD if you channeled your inner 80's by joining us for the Red House Breakfast in your 80's attire on Friday.  If you wear 80's attire on Friday, you can wear jeans and a school shirt on Thursday.

CHUCK E CHEESE NIGHT
We hope you can join our PTO and learners at Chuck E Cheese for a short time between 3:30 and 9:00 this Friday night at the Grapevine Mills location.  Your attendance MATTERS and is APPRECIATED!


FRIDAY SCHEDULE
Please make sure you notified parents of the adjusted lunch schedule for this day.

SPIRIT RALLY
Please follow this map and sit with your learners for Friday's Spirit Rally.  We will call you down to the gym when it is time for your house to head to the gym.  Thank you, Todd, for restructuring for us.

CogAT TESTING
Don't forget if you have a K or 1 learner being tested, Ayesha will be pulling them Tuesday-Thursday.


REPORT CARD GRADES
Since there is no school on Monday, report card grades will be due on Wednesday, instead of Tuesday.  ENJOY Monday off, and THANK YOU, TODD for your flexibility!!


PLC BOOK STUDY
Please make sure that you post to the two discussion questions and complete the action items by Wednesday.  This is a campus expectation.


JRFH PEP RALLY

Please join us in the gym on Thursday to help kick off our Jump Rope For Heart Program in PE. Learners will be reviewing how to stay heart healthy, practice jumping in PE, and watch a jumping demonstration as a school.   If this is during your conference time, please let Specials Designers take care of your learners during this time.

SPIRIT STICKS

LEEdership Council will sell Super Hero spirit sticks during their recess this week.  Grade 1, 3, and 5 council members will sell during Thursday's recess and grade K, 2, and 4 council members will sell during Friday's recess.  Please advertise this in your weekly email to parents. 

DRAMA PERFORMANCE

Please join us in the cafeteria at 8:15 next Friday.  Our Drama Club learners will perform for the school.

MATHURDAY

Please make sure to complete the extra duty pay form on Saturday in order to get paid for working this day.  We also request that you link your presentation (asap) to the catalog so that we may share it with our parents ahead of time.  Here is the flyer to advertise.

MID YEAR GOAL SETTING CONFERENCES

We have enjoyed our meetings so far and look forward to visiting with the rest of you for your middle of the year goal setting!  Please reflect on these questions before your meeting so that we can have a meaningful thirty minutes together.

BEHAVIOR RTI

The Middle of Year Behavior RtI Screening Window is from January 18 – February 12. The folder can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4mahO8s0BsRfmZpUU5udWRhcU1ackxjd1FsM1ZGVlZGd2JRd3JhWGRKZEtBTmNQaXB5S0U If after meeting as a House, you have learners to bring forward to Tier II Behavior RtI, simply email Todd and Angela to get that meeting scheduled.

"LEE"DERSHIP QUALITY OF THE WEEK
Commitment- keeping a promise or pledge

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Go put your creed into deed." Ralph Waldo Emerson

LESSON IN "LEE"DERSHIP

Be committed to your family, friends, and your values.  Follow through with your responsibilities at school and at home. 

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Jan 18:  NO SCHOOL (Flex Day)  ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Jan 19:  Mid Year Goal Setting

Jan 20:  Report Card Grades Due (8:00 a.m.)
             Mid Year Goal Setting
             House T-shirt w/ Jeans
             Walk at School Wednesday
             PLC Chapters 5 & 6 Due in Schoology
             Jump Rope For Heart Pep Rally (8:40 Gym)
             Staff Mtg. (3:30)  
Jan 21:  Spurs Savings (7:30-7:50 a.m.)
             LEEdership Council (8:00 Cafe)
             Campus Tours (9:00 and 1:00)
             Spirit Sticks for Sale During Recess
Jan 22:  Report Cards Go Home
             Drama Performance (8:15 and 7:00 p.m. Cafe)
             ESL Walkthroughs (9:00-10:30)

             Spirit Sticks for Sale During Recess
Jan 23:  MATHurday (9:00-11:00)
             Online Store closes for Yearbook
             Angela's Birthday
Jan 24:  Jess' Birthday

Week of October 26

Thank you SO MUCH for the celebration of Todd and I for Bosses Day.  We truly work with the BEST STAFF ON EARTH!!  We appreciate you following through with expectations for our visitors this week.  Your digital signage looks fantastic, your displays of learning are informative, and your spaces look incredible!!! EXCELLENT JOB OF DISPLAYING CHALLENGE LANGUAGE, TOO!!  Today's guests were in AWE of what you are doing.

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.

DID YOU KNOW?

• this blog post has great thoughts about work that can be done in a professional learning community?  Collaboration, team designed rubrics, and common assessments are ideas throughout the entry.  Don't forget to finish Chapter 2 in our book study and post in Schoology.
• this is the link to our Lee Gizmo account?  This website shows how accounts are created.  If you would like future training on Gizmos (which we get because we are a Title I school) please let Chantel know.
• that Shanna attached this year's individual photos in your permanent files for you?  Please take time to thank her!
• All, except 5, of our learners were given permission to attend a school-sponsored field trips when they were enrolled using Infosnap?  This means that a “permission” slip is not required but you will still need to communicate specific details about the trip.  A parent could decide that their child should not attend a specific trip.  This permission does not include trips such as Austin or Allaso Ranch, but includes everything else in the DFW area.
• this video about Halloween will make you laugh? Especially 2 minutes in!! (I expect comments on my blog about this one!)

WRITE A CHECK

Thank you ALL for your excitement with our Write a Check fundraising.  We know it is because of YOU that learners are bringing in their acknowledgement sheets and donations.  Thank you for your continued HYPE!

SPIRIT RALLY
We will start our Spirit Rally at 8:05.  3-5 will sit in the bleachers with K in front of 3rd (closest to water fountains), 1st in front of 5th (center of the bleachers), and 2nd in front of 3rd (closest to the gardens).  If you have learners in Instrumental Ensemble, please have them sit in the front row of the fifth grade bleachers so that they can easily get out to perform.  Please follow this grade level schedule and inform your parents of adjusted lunch times for this day.


TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Please use the following link to nominate a colleague for RJL's 2015-2016 Teacher of the Year.  We have special permission to nominate anyone with TWO years or more in CISD.  Nominations are due by Friday, October 30.  Remember to include as much detail as possible because we will score each form submitted with a district rubric and can only score what is written in the responses. PLEASE PUT THE PERSON'S NAME ONLY in the nomination box.  For the other responses DO NOT put their name.  This helps us judge based on what is written and not the person.

LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL

Please give your LEEder a few minutes to come back and talk with your class.  They will inform your learners about our norms and treasurer, secretary, VP and President.  We will share their "big ideas" in our next meeting on November 5.  Please remind them to wear their shirt.  THANK YOU! 


SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
THANK YOU for planning to attend the dance.  Please remind your learners to sign their name (once) on the butcher paper on the wall that matches your house color.  We need your help reminding them to write their REAL name (sadly, issues last year).  The house with the greatest attendance will win a surprise.  Designers, sign up, too!  Dancing with designers will happen at 7:15.  Beware...you are going to need to "shake it" to win!!!  The winning house for Write a Check donations will be announced at the end.


RED RIBBON WEEK

Next week is Red Ribbon Week.  Please encourage your learners to participate in each Spirit Day.

• Monday:  “Love Yourself”- Wear as much RED as you can. 
• Tuesday: “Follow your Dreams” – It’s PJ Day! 
• Wednesday: “Be Strong and Confident!”- Wear your work-out clothes to support a healthy lifestyle. 
• Thursday: “The Heart of the Matter”- Learners will digitally share or bring in a photo of their family.
• Friday: “Show Your Character”- Learners will bring their favorite book and come dressed to school as their book character.

NEED YOUR FEEDBACK
We have the opportunity to bring Write From the Beginning and Beyond to our school for support and training.  It could potentially be during the school day, or after the school day.  If it is after the school day, we will pay you for your time.  Please comment here if you are interested/not interested in WFTBB support as you grow as a designer.


BOOK CHARACTER PARADE
Friday, after broadcast, we will have our Book Character Parade.  If the weather cooperates, we will make two passes around the track.  Those who did not participate can sit along the inside loop of the track and cheer on our participants.  If the weather does not cooperate, we will walk through the building and learners can sit along the walls as we pass through the PreK hall, in front of the office, through yellow house, then red house, through the cafe, and past Art.


RED HOUSE MUSIC PERFORMANCE DRESS REHEARSAL 
Thursday will be our school dress rehearsal for our Red House Music program.  Please bring your classes down to the cafe at 8:30.  We will practice audience etiquette and celebrate the hard work of our Red House learners and Mrs. Benson.


LANYARDS AND NAMETAGS
Please make sure your learners wear these all day, everyday.  THANK YOU!

"LEE"DERSHIP QUALITY OF THE WEEK

Problem solving- creating solutions; finding answers

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” -Charles Swindoll

LESSON IN "LEE"DERSHIP

You should never complain if the line is too long, the food isn’t good, or there is a wait.  You don’t want to be negative to the point where you spoil the enjoyment of the event for others.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Red Ribbon Week
Oct 26:  RJL receives recognition @ Board Mtg. (7:30)

Oct 27:  Report Card Grades Due (8:30)

Oct 28:  House Shirt w/Jeans

              Walk at School Wednesday

              New Learner Luncheons w/Angela (10:30-1:30)

Oct 29:  Buffalo Wild Wings Night  
              Learning Walks @ Lee (8:15)
              Music Performance Dress Rehearsal (Cafe 8:30)
              Campus Tours (9:00 and 1:00)
              Leadership Mtg.(3:30)

              Red House Music Performance (Cafe 6:30)

Oct 30:  Report Cards Go Home

              Jessica F's Birthday

              TOY Nominations Due
              Book Character Parade (8:05)
Nov 1:  Daylight Savings Time