Week of April 22, 2019

WOW!  It is hard to believe we are halfway through the last nine weeks of the school year.  Thank you for playing along with our PEEP War.  We hope ALL houses will get super involved tomorrow.  Each peep you find is worth DOUBLE POINTS, so be observant and keep those tallies coming!  We have enjoyed our Summative meetings this week and having the chance to have dedicated time with each and every staff member.  We  enjoy the opportunity to brag on you and celebrate the growth we have seen in ALL.  A huge thank you to the team of designers who have helped with screening and interviewing this hiring season.  It has been an absolute joy to share in the decision making with all of you.  We have found some excellent famiLEE members to bring on board for the next school year, and it wouldn't be possible with the help of each of you!

DID YOU KNOW:

• Charlene needs your field trip orders?  Please get these to her as soon as possible.
• that paraprofessionals can use comp time for April 22?   Unfortunately, you cannot use a personal day.  Please get with Leigh Ann to let her know if you will be here on Monday, or not.
• Melinda is always seeking input for books she can collect for you in the Media Center?  Here is her form.
• that the Garden Gurus will be selling smoothies and harvest items at Friday's Movie Night?  Please tell your famiLEEs.
• the Elementary DLC team has put together a Life Science GridPals Community through Flipgrid to connect classrooms around the district as they learn about the life cycles, needs and characteristics of different animals?  You can use this Flipgrid to share your learning about the animal(s) you have studied or to ask questions about other animals around the district.  You can access the GridPals Community on a computer here: https://flipgrid.com/cisdlife or use the code cisdlife in the app on an iPad.

RED AND BLACK SUPERSTARS
Please make sure you have nominated at least one learner from your class by Friday.  The nomination form is here.


SPRING MOVIE NIGHT
Join us on Friday night for Movie on the Lawn Night.  Bring a blanket or chair and cuddle up for Mary Poppins.  PTO will be serving refreshments and snacks as well as our Garden Gurus.  Set up begins at 7:00 and the movie starts at sundown.  We hope you can stay for a little bit!

ALLERGY TABLE AT LUNCH

Please remember that two of the cafeteria booths are to remain open for learners with allergies.  Learners who eat peanut butter or have nut products should NEVER sit at these tables. Thanks for helping to monitor this when you are on lunch duty.  Let's also work on picking up after ourselves on the floor and tables.  This goes along beautifully with many of your Respect Agreements.

PONYTAIL CLUB

Please share with your parents.  Thank you, Layne, for heading up this endeavor.  Are you interested in making a difference by donating your hair?  If so, please sign up here to have your ponytail and hair cut during our spirit rally on May 23rd!  Hair must be 8 inches or longer.  Your ponytail will be donated to Hair we Share to create a wig for someone with medical hair loss.

SAVE THE DATE

CISD SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
If you are interested in participating in one or all of these, please see Chantel.  I have to sign you up on a district document by April 29.

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?

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Resiliency- recovering from or adjusting easily to misfortune or change

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Accept that you are going to make mistakes.  Learn from them and move on.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." -Napoleon

DATES TO REMEMBER:
Week of April 21-April 30- Clarity Survey Window Open
Week of April 22-26- Admin Professionals Appreciation Week
Week of April 22-26- National School Volunteer Week
April 22- NO SCHOOL (for learners)
     Earth Day
April 23- Shelby's Birthday
     Progress Reports Due (8:00)
     TOY Recognition Banquet
     4/5 Shelley Brown Author Visit (2:00 Cafe)
April 24- House shirt with jeans
     EOY Summatives
     Staff Meeting (3:30-5:00 Blue House)
April 25- Anthony Hill IBM Visits @ Lee
     Volunteer Breakfast (7:00-8:00 Media Center)
     Spurs Savings (7:20 Cafe)
     Lee Learning Walk (8:00)
     Tour (9:00 and 1:00)
     Speed Stacking Tournament (3:05-8:00 Gym)
     Austin Parent Chaperone Meeting (6:00 Media Center)
April 26- Red and Black SuperStars Due
     Send home Progress Reports
     EOY Summatives
     FamiLEE Movie Night (7:15 Field)

Week of April 15, 2019

We have had another awesome week at Lee!  We tackled Spring pictures, testing, and Family Engineering Night all in one week!  We were tickled pink to see all of the awesome tweets on #LoveMySchoolDay.  Thank you for sharing your classroom with others and loving our school so much! Lee truly is Our Happy Place!!! If you didn't see this video on Twitter, take a look.  It shows reflections from one of our latest tours in the building.  You should see what our guests said they saw, heard, and felt at Lee.  You all ROCK!

Thank you for all of the efforts during STAAR testing this week.  We know that it is a challenge to keep everyone quiet- you all amaze us!  Great job test administrators, we had no issues this round!

What a FABULOUS Family Engineering Night.  Thank you Priscilla for organizing and for all of our staff for hosting the sessions.  We saw smiles, excitement, designing and redesigning happening.  If you attended the event, sign in here and we will add flex credit to your Strive portfolio.

We are looking forward to continuing our summatives.  This is our time to visit with each of you and brag on you some more!

Speaking of bragging...look who got to go home yesterday!!  Please continue to lift the Khan family and sweet Asiya in your thoughts and prayers!

DID YOU KNOW:

• Priscilla would like feedback on Family Engineering Night?  Please share this link with your parents to provide her this information. 
• Spring Movie Night is on Friday, April 26?  Mark your calendars so you can attend.
• Kasey got this Numbers workflow today for Earth Week and thought it would be great to share out?  ENJOY!  Thanks, Kasey!

more info coming in an email on Friday!

LUNCH AND LEARN

Thank you for learning more about Schoology AMP this week with Jacque and Kasey!

FED EX DAY

Wednesday is our last Fed Ex Day for this school year.  Please complete this form at the conclusion of your learning session on Wednesday.  The form will open at 4:30.

PTO MEMBERSHIP TOOLKIT
Please ask parents to go HERE to register to get weekly updates from our PTO.  We have a new system, so they must go in and request the information.  It will take only a couple of minutes.  THANK YOU!

VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST

THANK YOU for helping to celebrate our volunteers.  Please send all parents the invitation below.  Don't forget to review the sign up for what you are bringing for the Volunteer Breakfast.

TALENT SHOW
Please share this flyer with your parents.

SAVE THE DATE

SUMMER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Mark your calendars! This year, CISD will host a two-day summer conference in May and another two-day conference in July for you to continue learning, growing and being inspired. Please see below for more details! If you are interested in serving as a facilitator during one or both of the conferences, complete this Google form to indicate your interest and availability. Be on the lookout for an email from CoppellPL@coppellisd.com with more information for potential facilitators and attendees.

Two-Day Summer Conference

Dates: Thursday, May 30, and Friday, May 31
Focus: Digital Learning
Location: Coppell Middle School West
Click Here to view schedule and sign up

Dates: Wednesday, July 17, and Thursday, July 18
Focus: Social Emotional Learning
Location: Coppell Middle School West
Click Here to view schedule and sign up

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Optimism- to anticipate the best possible outcome

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Be positive and enjoy life.  Keep everything in perspective and focus on the good.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Everyday may not be good, but there is something good in every day." -Anonymous

DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 13- Coppell EcoFest (9:00-12:00 Downtown Coppell)
April 14- Suzanne's Birthday
April 15- Clarity Survey Window Opens
     EOY Assessment Window Opens
     EOY  Summatives
April 16- Education Foundation Shirt and Jeans
     Lunch and Learn
April 17- School Shirt with Jeans
     EOY Summatives
     Fed Ex (3:30-4:30) and Lucy Cohort
April 18- Akta's Birthday
     Spurs Savings (7:15 Cafe)
     Yellow House Field Trip
     EOY Summatives
     Tour (9:00-10:00)
April 19- NO SCHOOL
     Melinda's Birthday

Week of April 8, 2019

Thank you for another wonderful week at Lee! We appreciate everyone accommodating our large tour groups today.  We are excited to share that our tour dates are wrapping up the end of April. 

DID YOU KNOW:

• that this is what an Apple guest had to say about you all?  "Richard J. Lee is an amazing building, a beautifully designed structure. But the true power lies not in the building, but in the connection between leadership, educators, learners, community, and that space. It was so clear that when the people and structures are in harmony, amazing things can happen."
• you can customize profile pictures in your blog posts in Bulb?  Thanks Kasey!

SPRING PICTURE DAY

Please remind parents, in this week's email, about Monday being Picture Day.  If they want a class picture, they need to bring the envelope, that was sent home with them, on Monday.  The cost is $13.  They also need to fill out the Picture Day Selection Form.  Proofs will be sent home for individual portrait orders.  Also, remind parents that the class picture is from head to toe, so learners need to be in their best outfits, including shoes.  They can change clothes before going to recess or PE.  Our schedule will be:  Purple ->Blue -> Yellow -> Red -> Green.  Purple, we will get started promptly at 8:00 and start with 5th grade, working our way down.  After the group picture, your class will head to the flex space for individual pictures.   Our staff picture is at 7:00, in the cafeteria, and we will make an announcement when they are ready for the group so that you do not waste your morning time.  

WALL WALKS

We will be doing our final wall walk-through for STAAR on Monday, April 8 at 12:00pm.  Please ensure that you work together as a house to take down or cover up all Writing, Math, and Reading materials in the testing rooms and designated walkways to the restrooms.  If you are in a a space that will be used for small group testing, please work together with the small group administrator assigned to your space to ensure it is prepped and ready to go.  THANKS!

STAAR

Everyone has worked hard growing our learners and having them ready to test.  We don't want you to sweat STAAR (they are READY) so, please feel free to wear your sweats and sneakers on Tuesday.  Please remind parents that there are no guests on STAAR testing days.  Good luck learners and designers and thank you to Angela for being our Campus Testing Coordinator!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

On Tuesday, and Wednesday morning broadcast will be pre-recorded for you.  Please watch broadcast in your individual spaces at your convenience each day.  I request that even testing classes watch broadcast before they start testing.  Admin will have a message for testers each day. Thanks Sam, Taylor, and the Broadcast Crew for pre-recording announcements for us!

#LOVEMYSCHOOLDAY
This initiative was designed to encourage teachers, principals and staff to use the power of social media to share with the world the positive and wonderful things that exist in their school.  On this day, please take time to tell the world what you love about Lee!


FAMILY ENGINEERING NIGHT
We look forward to seeing everyone on Thursday night.  Please read the challenge catalog to see what is being offered in your space.  Priscilla has worked super hard to have everything prepared and organized for you.  Please see her if you have questions about what to do this night.

Some reminders for our guests (please put in your newsletters):

• Please bring a device with a stopwatch and a QR Code reading (camera app).  Certain challenges will require the stopwatch and the catalog and event poll can be easily accessed by scanning a QR code
• Please tweet while you are here #RJLFamilyEngineeringNight
• The catalog of challenges is here
• Mrs. Shaner could still use pennies and empty paper towel rolls until the day for the event.

LEEDERSHIP COUNCIL 
Our learners will be selling plastic eggs filled with treats at recess time, on Friday.  Please spread the word to your parents.

SPRING CONFERENCES
A friendly reminder that as you schedule your Spring Conferences that these are LEARNER-LED.  All learners should be present and reviewing data and their goal sheets during this time.  Yellow House, thank you for scheduling, as a house, on May 20.  If other houses are doing this, please let me know so that I can put it on the Lee Calendar and our office staff can be prepared for guests.


SAVE THE DATE
Thank you, Kristen, for making these!

Sign up here to bring something for the breakfast.

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Curiosity- the eager desire to learn, to explore, to investigate

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Learn and inquire about things that interest you.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"The future belongs to the curious. The ones who are not afraid to try it, explore it, poke at it, question it, and turn it inside out." -Anonymous

DATES TO REMEMBER:
April 8- Megan's Birthday
     RtI Meetings
     Staff Picture (7:00 Cafe)
     Spring Pictures
     STAAR Wall Walks (start at 12:00)
April 9- STAAR Testing (4th/5th Grades)
     Warm Up to STAAR
April 10- STAAR Testing (5th Grade)
     Convocation t-shirt and jeans
April 11- #LoveMySchoolDay
     Spur Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Family Engineering Night (5:00-7:00pm)
April 12- LEEdership Council Egg Sale
     #YouMatterHR
April 13- EarthFest  (9:00-12:00 Old Coppell)

Week of April 1, 2019

Happy Friday, ya'll!  Are you ready for your new MacBooks?  YAY!  Please be on time to help the technology department be efficient.  They will be at the tables in the media center by the atrium.  I hope you have something special planned for the weekend and take time for some work-life balance.  It has brought me much joy being in classrooms this week and spending time with you and the children.  Keep up the engaging lesson design!

DID YOU KNOW:

• you can create a Digital Breakout using Apple Apps?  Check out Kasey's blog post that takes you through the workflow to design a digital breakout using iWork files.
• We raised $9462.18 for the American Heart Association through the Kids Heart Challenge?  WAY TO GO!
• Linda Cook will be retiring in June?

APPLE SNAPSHOT TOOL
Don't forget to observe your accountability partner with the Apple Snapshot Tool by Wednesday.  Here are some samples you can use to help you fill in the tool.  


BALLPARK NIGHT
Please share this information with your parents Tickets for CISD Night at the Ballpark on, April 3, are now on sale.  To sit in the Lee section, click here to order your tickets by April 1.  If you have a learner going on the field: please wear a TX Ranger or Lee Spirit Shirt.  We will start meeting on the ramp inside the 3rd base gate at 6:00.  You must arrive by 6:15 or forfeit your learner's chance to go on the field.  (Look for the Principals and the Lee Banner to line up.)  Parents can wait on the ramp until we walk down to the tunnel, or go to the stands to take pictures, but cannot walk on the field with us.  The best place to retrieve their child after they are on the field is the entrance to the tunnel. 

EOY SUMMATIVE SIGN UPS
Please make sure you signed up for your EOY Summative Conference here.  Hourly employees, educators should be signed up, so feel free to sign up in any open spots remaining, regardless of color, at this time.  The form will lock on 3:00 pm on Monday, April 1, so all staff member need to sign up by then.  If you are not signed up we will assign you a time.

• agenda we will follow for non-hourly employees
• agenda we will follow for hourly employees

SPRING CONFERENCES

Please start getting your Spring conferences scheduled.  

BABY SHOWERS

It is so exciting to welcome all the Blue House babies.  We will start staff meeting in the lounge and then relocate to Brooklyn and Jessie's space for the remainder of the meeting.  

DISCIPLINE THAT RESTORES
As the end of year approaches we want to send a reminder.  When you fill out a discipline referral for a learner, please put it in LA's or CK's box.  We will get the learner at our first availability.  Please do not send or walk learners down to the office with their referral.  Learners should complete one of these reflection sheets when you write the referral so that we can review it when we come get them. These reflection sheets support our Discipline that Restores work and can also be found in our RJL Schoology Course.

• Behavior Reflection Sheet #1
• Behavior Reflection Sheet #2
• Sample Behavior Reflection Sheet Completed

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Flexibility- the ability to make adjustments or alter plans.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

A leader is able to change and adjust to different situations and settings with a positive attitude.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Expect the best.  Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes." -Zig Ziglar

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 31- Megan Sonnamaker's Birthday
April 1- Last Day to Order Ballpark Tickets
     National Poetry Month
     School Library Month
April 2- Education Foundation t-shirt and Jeans
     World Autism Awareness Day
     PTO Meeting (7:00 Cafe)
April 3- College Shirt and Jeans
     Jacque's Shower (7:00 Lounge)
     Hillary's Shower (3:30 Lounge)
     Staff Meeting (4:00-5:00)
     Ballpark Night (6:00)
     Dad's Club Meeting (7:30)
April 4- Librarian's Appreciation Day
     Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Green House Music Performance (8:00 and 6:30)
     Tour (8:30-10:30)
     Tour (1:00-3:00)
April 5- CISD Dyslexia Specialist Appreciation Day
     GEM Nominations Due

Week of March 25, 2019

Thank you so much for getting your grades in for report cards and for an incredible Fun Run today.  I appreciate the enthusiasm you bring to this event and I am so proud of our runners.  We will be excited to share how much we raised next week, so stay tuned!  Our Hosp tour was blown away, AGAIN, by what they saw when they visited today.  Some of the biggest compliments they had were how engaged our learners were and how involved the educators were with the children.  THANK YOU for leaving such a positive impression on them.  I notice the increased use of the outdoor spaces with the nicer weather.  THANK YOU for continuing to take advantage of ALL of our learning spaces.  YOU ROCK!

DID YOU KNOW:

• your new technology will be delivered next Friday?  I will be forwarding an email with details for your assigned times.
• you are supposed make time in this week's house meeting to share exemplar products in this document to support our next iBook for ADS renewal and as inspiration for others?  Don't forget to go observe your accountability partner using the Apple Snapshot Tool in the next two weeks.
• Jacque and Kasey are hosting a Lunch and Learn on Schoology AMP on April 16th?  Sign up here.
• it is time to nominate Red and Black Superstars? Please nominate at least one learner from your class here.  
• if you looking for ways to spice up how your learners are using their iPads in the classroom that by clicking here you can check out some great apps that will spark learner creativity?

DADS CLUB CAMP IN
Please share this information with your parents about our Spring Camp In.  This event is open to anyone that wants to sleep over in the school gym and cafeteria.  Parents can register at www.leedads.org and pay online.  It is lots of fun. 

WRITING CAMP

Thank you fourth grade, and Jacque, for hosting Writing Camp next week.  Thank you, also, to those of you that have been flexible with your schedules to accommodate this learning opportunity for the children.  We know this will help them grow in their skills.  

NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK

Please share this information with your parents Tickets for CISD Night at the Ballpark on, April 3, are now on sale.  To sit in the Lee section, click here to order your tickets by April 1.  

EOY SUMMATIVE SIGN UPS
Please take time to sign up for your EOY Summative Conference here.  We tried to block out house times on the schedule to match conference times.  Specialists, please sign up in a white or extra colored rectangle and Specials sign up for a grey rectangle.  Thank you.  I will be sending an email the beginning of next week about how to prepare for your meeting.  You can start by making sure the artifacts supporting your goals are uploaded in Strive.  Hourly employees, we will set your end of year conferences up, separately.

ENROLLMENT FOR 2019-2020

Please share this with your parents ONE LAST TIME:

Now that CISD has finalized Boundary Realignment, it will help our school to get information from our FamiLEEs so that we can prepare accordingly for the 2019-2020 school year.  Thank you for the 300 responses we have received so far.  We kindly request that the rest of our 860 famiLEEs take time to fill out this SHORT form so that we can plan for adequate placement for learners at Lee.  The Grandfathering and Transfer deadline is 4:30 pm on March 29.


KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION CONTINUES
Please share this with your parents ONE LAST TIME:
FamiLEEs,
Are you the parent of an incoming Kindergartener for the 2019-2020 school year?  Kindergarten registration begins Monday, March 18.  It is important that you register early to ensure your learner has a spot at Lee.  Please fill out and submit this NEW LEARNER FORM.  Once we have received it, the office will email the next two steps to complete your child's enrollment.  Please note: If your child is in PreK in Coppell ISD, you DO NOT have to re-register your child.  They will be transferred over internally.  We look forward to welcoming your new little Lee Spur to our FamiLEE!

YEARBOOKS

Please put a strong reminder in your newsletters that, THIS SUNDAY (March 24) is the LAST day to order 2018-2019 Yearbooks.  The cost is $30.  Go HERE to order and enter Richard J Lee's Yearbook code 13015819.

SPRING CONFERENCES

You can begin your Spring Conferences at any time, now.  Please give due diligence to make contact with all parents to review their learner's data and goal setting.  Keep documentation of parents who attend conferences.  During your time together, I would encourage you to listen for if a parent/child would like to make a change in house for the 2019-2020 school year.  Maybe their learner is not working well with classmates?  Perhaps they need a change of classmates after multiple years? Please write these requests down and EMAIL them to Chantel.  This makes sure that we have a second layer of documentation to double check when class lists are created.  In addition, remind parents that we DO NOT take requests for house colors or designers and we do our best to have siblings in the same house.  With the realignment, we will do our very BEST to keep as many learners in their house to loop up, but we will have to move some to balance our building.  Parents WILL be notified by campus administration before Meet the Designer Night, if their learner is being moved.  Please ask me if you have any questions!!!  You can log extra hours, outside of contract time, here to document for May 24.

SAVE THE DATE

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Compassion- ability to share another's feelings or ideas

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

When a designer is having a serious conversation with a learner, don't look at that learner.  You wouldn't want your classmates looking at you in a similar situation.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"It is the weak who are cruel.  Gentleness can only be expected from the strong." -Leo Roskin

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 26-April 2- Rate TELPAS Samples
March 25-29- 4th Grade Writing Camp
March 25- RtI Meetings
March 26- #TXEdTuesday Celebrate Music in Schools
     CMSW Visit (8:30 Cafe)
     Bluebonnet Showcase (6:30 Cozby Library)
March 27- House shirt w/ Jeans
     First Grade Field Trip (Arboretum)
     Purple CBL Group to Scottish Rite
     New Learner Lunches (10:30)
     Leadership Meeting (3:30 Stephanie's Space)
March 28- Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Lee Learning Walk (8:30-9:30)
     ADS Tour (17 guests 9:30-11:00)
     Coppell Leadership Tour (1:00-2:00)
     Bluebonnet Party (3:15-4:00 Media Center)
March 29- Last Day to Transfer in CISD
     New Technology delivered at Lee
     Positive Post It Day
     Dad's Club Camp In (7:00pm- 8:00am)
March 30- Nikki gets married!!!!!!

Week of March 18, 2019

THANK YOU for pumping up our Fun Run and for participating with your learners.  Learners are doing an awesome job of securing pledges!  Our success is because of YOU, your encouragement, and your communication with our FamiLEEs.

THANK YOU for an incredible Open House and for showcasing your children and their learning in such creative ways!  Our parents are SO COMPLIMENTARY of you and our school.  We appreciate all of the extra help covering classes for teachers who were out and in the help in the Art Show.  These extra efforts make Lee Our Happy Place!

Have a wonderful Spring Break!  Be safe as you make memories with your loved ones and friends.

DID YOU KNOW:

• we will clean out the refrigerator tomorrow at 1:30?  Please have your items out of there so they don't spoil over the week off.  Please make sure you have plans for class pets.
• you might want to consider changing your password before leaving for Spring Break?  
• you should be adding evidence of your professional goals in Strive? Don't wait until End of Year summatives to have to curate your evidence.   Thank you for uploading your SLO trackers last week!
• CISD summer learning opportunities are planned and an infographic about the topics and dates are here.
• Child Nutrition is hosting a full day gardening training at Denton Creek on April 24?  We can send up to three teachers.  If you are interested, please let me know before leaving for Spring Break so I can send in your name. 
• our DLCs are hosting learning opportunities in March?  Check them out here. 
• RTI Meetings start back up on Monday?  Please check the schedule and make sure you have uploaded your documents for your learners.
• there are boundary realignment brochures from CISD in your teacher mailboxes that must go home on Friday?

ENROLLMENT FOR 2019-2020

Please share this with your parents:

Now that CISD has finalized Boundary Realignment, it will help our school to get information from our FamiLEEs so that we can prepare accordingly for the 2019-2020 school year.  We kindly request that you take time to fill out this SHORT form so that we can plan for adequate placement for learners at Lee.  

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION BEGINS
Please be patient with our front office when we return from Spring Break.  In addition to the number of families they will continue to enroll, they will also be registering new Kindergarteners.  Please send this to your parents:
FamiLEEs,
Are you the parent of an incoming Kindergartener for the 2019-2020 school year?  Kindergarten registration begins Monday, March 18.  It is important that you register early to ensure your learner has a spot at Lee.  Please fill out and submit this NEW LEARNER FORM.  Once we have received it, the office will email the next two steps to complete your child's enrollment.  Please note: If your child is in PreK in Coppell ISD, you DO NOT have to re-register your child.  They will be transferred over internally.  We look forward to welcoming your new little Lee Spur to our FamiLEE!

GRADES AND REPORT CARDS
Please get your grades in by 8:00 on Tuesday morning.  Report cards will go home on the Friday we return from Spring Break. Thank you!


STAFF MEETING
We will be digging into Apple's Deeper Learning Book at Wednesday's Staff Meeting and also gathering artifacts to start designing our new Apple Book that is due this summer.  Please come with at least one learner creation you are proud of.  Thank you Courtney, for designing this graphic and part of our Staff Meeting!

FLEX TIME

You can start logging flex hours, for May 24, here.  Please mark your calendars, NOW, for April 11, from 5:00- 7:00, for Engineering Night.  This will earn each of you two of your six hours.  Your attendance at this campus event aligns with CISD's core values of Engagement and Relationships.  Hours for May 24 can also be earned by participating in Family Movie Night, PTO Meetings, Kindergarten Round Up, and Spring Conferences.  

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

It is important that we revisit our school supply lists for PTO for next year so that PTO can secure the best pricing from EPI.  Please review, as a grade level, and make any adjustments.  Once your adjustments are made, change the date on your tab to "Your Grade 2019-2020" so we know you are done.  PLEASE do not increase items without taking other items off and also visit lists that are already completed to make sure you are not duplicating house supplies.  The total should be as close to $50 as you can get it.  Please have this done by March 29.

CISD FOCUSED WALKTHROUGH

We will give feedback on Domain 2 Dimension 1:  Achieving Expectations.  We will be looking for evidence that your learners have mastered content and are held to high levels of accountability for their learning.  This looks like self-assessing, reflecting on menu work or assignments, posting to Schoology or SeeSaw, etc. 

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Fortitude- strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

If someone in the class wins a game or does something well, we will congratulate that person.  If you win or do well at something, do not brag.  When you lose, do not show anger.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"He who knows others is wise.  He who knows himself is enlightened." -Lau Tzu

DATES TO REMEMBER:
March 11-15- Spring Break
March 15- Linda's Birthday
March 18- New Phones installed at Lee
     Claudia's Birthday
     Kindergarten Registration Begins
March 19- Education Foundation Shirt and Jeans
     #TxEDTuesday (Celebrate Arts in Schools)
     Grades Due (8:00)
     Tour (9:00-10:00)
     Stay Interviews from CISD HR
March 20- #internationaldayofhappiness
     School Shirt and Jeans
     TELPAS Makeups
     Staff Meeting (3:30-5:00)
March 21- Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Fun Run (See Schedule)
     Tours (9:00, 10:00 and 1:00)
March 22-  Report Card Day
     Jessie T's Birthday
     World Poetry Day
     Blue House Field Trip
   

Week of March 4, 2019

Boy, I MISS YOU ALL, but I am so excited to be sitting with 9 of the most incredible and passionate educational leaders in Apple Distinguished Schools.  It has been my absolute pleasure to brag about the AMAZING work you are doing with our Lee learners and how you are using your 1:1 iPads to design conditions for learning that deepen the learning experiences for our children.  Please remember to use the #AppleDistinguishedSchools hashtag to tell your Lee story.  Thank you for "holding down the fort" in my absence.  I am tuning in the best I can virtually, but you are in great hands with Leigh Ann!

DID YOU KNOW:

• there are letters that must go home on FRIDAY to Kinders and First graders who are being assessed for the GTI program.  The office will put these in your teacher mailboxes on Thursday.  Please ensure they go home with the children.
• we have a tour coming through Lee on Friday morning? Please make sure you spaces are picked up.  We know you will make sure they leave inspired by you!

READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY
Enjoy participating!


MICOCINA NIGHT
Please share with parents that we have MiCocina Night for all FamiLEEs on Monday Night.  If they tell their server they are from Lee Elementary or show them this flyer proceeds come back to Lee Elementary.  Thank you, Green House designers, for representing our staff.

FUN RUN UPDATE
Get ready for orange, blue, and excitement to start working its way through the building.  This group does a great job of teaching citizenship and being present on campus.  Monday's pep rally in the gym will get the kids excited and they will go home with their pledge packs.  We will have a modified schedule so PLEASE communicate this to your parents (see 2019 Fun Run Pep Rally Schedule tab).  We will have Team Time, and it is Day 3.  Thanks Julie and Carla for letting the company set up early in your gym! Specials, you do not have to stay for the Pep Rally, so you get a full conference time.


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 complete this form at the conclusion of your learning session on Wednesday.  The form will open at 4:30.

OPEN HOUSE
THANK YOU for the work that is already being put up for next week.  We can't wait to walk the building before Open House to take it all in!  If any windows or carpets need extra attention, please let custodial know NOW!  You may wear your green RJL "This is Our Happy Place" shirt with jeans this night. Also, encourage parents to stop by the cafeteria to view/purchase their child's artwork. We hope they will tweet out what they like to #rjlyear5.  Lastly, have a system in place for how you will manage the check in of technology before heading home at the conclusion of Open House.  All devices must be back in the iPad carts before you leave.

SPIRIT RALLY
Friday morning we will recognize this 9 week's accomplishments.  We will also recognize all DI participants.  Please let parents know that we would love them to attend Friday's event!

WARM UPS?
Thank you for posting your @ITSTIME Teacher Pledge pictures so you could wear jeans today.  If you would like a warm up pass to use on a day of your choice, please download the teach app, upload, and post to Twitter and we will put a pass in your box.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

It is important that we revisit our school supply lists for PTO for next year so that PTO can secure the best pricing from EPI.  Please review, as a grade level, and make any adjustments.  Once your adjustments are made, change the date on your tab to "Your Grade 2019-2020" so we know you are done.  PLEASE do not increase items without taking other items off and also visit lists that are already completed to make sure you are not duplicating house supplies.  The total should be as close to $50 as you can get it.  Please have this done by March 29.

FAMILY ENGINEERING NIGHT

Please share this information with your families in this week's newsletters: 

Who: All Richard J Lee learners and families 

What: A time to work and learn together as a family to solve different engineering challenges

When: April 11, 2019 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Why: To learn about and explore different types of engineering fields

How: Throughout the night you will have the chance to participate in several mini challenges called openers, engineering challenges, learn about digital citizenship, see items printed by our new 3D printer, and learn about iCode Coppell 

Where: House Open Spaces (see specifics in course catalog below), downstairs outdoor atrium, Media flex space, and iCode will be in Media Center

FamiLEEs, please let us know ASAP whether or not you plan on attending Family Engineering Night w/ this quick Google Form. This will help us make sure we have adequate supplies.

Check out the course catalog to see what we’re offering!

CISD FOCUSED WALKTHROUGH

We will give feedback on Domain 2 Dimension 1:  Achieving Expectations.  We will be looking for evidence that your learners have mastered content and are held to high levels of accountability for their learning.  This looks like self-assessing, reflecting on menu work or assignments, posting to Schoology or SeeSaw, etc. 

LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:

Courage- strength to act even when afraid or uncertain.

LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:

Make eye contact.  When someone is speaking, keep your eyes on him or her at all times.  If someone makes a comment, turn and face that person.

LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -Winston Churchill

DATES TO REMEMBER:
TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIANS WEEK
March 4- Fun Run Pep Rally (8:00-8:30 Gym)
     MiCocina Night
March 5- Education Foundation t-shirt and jeans
     PTO Meeting (7:00 pm Cafe)
March 6- College Shirt and jeans
     First Grade Field Trip (Arboretum)
     Fed Ex (3:30-4:30)
     Dad's Club Mtg. (7:00)
March 7- Spurs Savings (7:20-7:40)
     Tour (9:00 and 1:00)
     Open House and Art Show (5:30-7:00)
March 8- NO TTESS
     Spirit Rally (8:00-9:00 Gym)
     Tour (10:30-11:30)
     Flood Control Meeting
March 9- Hillary's Birthday
March 10-16- SPRING BREAK!!!
March 15- Linda's Birthday