Thank you to everyone who helped with STAAR testing. We're DONE! Thanks to those joining us tonight for Kindergarten Round Up. It is always so fun to feel the energy and see the excitement our newest Spurs have. Enjoy an incredible weekend and pull out your stretchy pants for Staff Appreciation Week. It is time to celebrate all of you!! We LOVE our TEAM beyond words and so does our PTO! They have awesome plans to spoil you all week long!
DID YOU KNOW:
- we are having some issues with trash around our school? Please encourage learners to pick up after themselves and leave our school better than they found it. I see problems in our restrooms and the playgrounds.
- we are needing a friendly reminder about being on phones during the school day? As I move through the building I see phones in staff hands. I know some of you are taking photos, checking/responding on teams, and posting to your school social media. Those tasks are fine with me, but please be mindful to limit your personal business on your phones when you have learners in your classroom.
- we are needing a reminder about end of year absences? Personal days need two weeks of notice and if you are using a sick day you need to make contact with CK to inform her. As stated in our handbook: When you must be absent, due to illness or emergencies, please call/text Chantel as early as possible. Her phone number is 214-725-----. After making contact, use Red Rover to request a substitute. Red Rover directions are here.
RJL BOARD POSITIONS OPEN
Join the fun and make a difference by serving on the PTO Board for the 2026–27 school year! We have a variety of roles available to fit any schedule, whether you have a little time or a lot to give. Click here to explore open positions, see what to expect, and submit your application. We’d love for you to be part of the team! Applications close Friday, May 1st.
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS ALMOST HERE
Game on! 🎲 Teacher Appreciation Week is THIS WEEK, May 4–8. Help us celebrate our amazing Lee Designers and Staff all week long. Check out all the details below on how you can join in the game of appreciation throughout the week! Make sure to check out the staff Favorites list to get a head start on your game plan!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
As part of giving back to our staff during Teacher Appreciation Week this year, we’d like to cover lunch duty on May 4th and drop off car line duty on May 6th to allow our teachers and staff to enjoy their special meals together. Please sign up here to show your appreciation and volunteer!
COLLEGE SHIRT DAY
Wednesday is our last College Shirt Day of the year. All learners and staff are encouraged to participate in wearing a college shirt on the first Wednesday of each month.
LIBRARY BOOK REMINDER
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PARIS BAGUETTE: FINAL SPIRIT NIGHT ON MAY 7
Our final Spirit Night of the year is here! Come join us for a delicious treat from 2pm-9pm on Thursday, May 7th, at Paris Baguette Coppell. Just mention our incredible school Richard J Lee Elementary when you order and 20% of your purchase will come back to RJL PTO! When: May - 7th, 2-9pm
Where: Paris Baguette, 1525 S Belt Line Rd #100, Coppell, TX - 75019
WE NEED YOU TO VOLUNTEER FOR FIELD DAY
The coaches have asked for our help this year for field day, and we still need 15 or more volunteers for all the available time blocks! Please sign up to contribute through volunteering or donating! Whether you can spare some time to supervise the little ones at the event on May 8th or to provide snacks to keep our staff energized, every bit counts! NOTE: This signup will go out to other volunteer organizations soon, so if you plan to volunteer, grab your slot asap!
FIELD DAY
Field Day is here and thank you to coaches and PTO for getting it all organized. Here are some reminders:
- Please be sure to show the Field Day presentation to your house before Field Day to ensure everyone is familiar with what to expect.
- Please fill up the front parking lot before parking in the rear parking lot on Friday. We need spots in the back for our volunteers who will check in with PTO by the custodial door.
- Please permit learners to eat breakfast in your learning spaces because the cafeteria will be set up and used for one of the zones.
- No chalk on walls or areas that rain will not wash away.
- Officer Thames will watch the PE door closer to the ecoPond for learners who need to go in to use the restroom. Staff will have to badge in learners on the cafeteria side.
- Please make sure whatever movie you show your class/house is rated "G" and NOT DISNEY.
- Please make sure that ANY adult you see outside has a Raptor sticker on them. If you see someone without a sticker, please ASK.
- Staff may wear appropriate shorts and hats. Don't forget to wear/have your "schedule" to keep everyone on track.
- All kids should bring a change of clothes.
- PTO will provide snacks and Jimmy Johns, for lunch, in the teacher's lounge.
FACILITY AND EVENTS REQUEST FORM
It's that wonderful time of year when our calendars are full of events. Please don't forget to enter your requests, get your event approved by CK, and enter on our Facility & Events Google Form. This will help us to get everything on the calendar and communicated to Aramark. Chat with Angel if you have any questions.
CLASS LIST SUGGESTIONS for 2026-2027
RJL SENIOR RECEPTION- SAVE THE DATE
Please help us spread the word as we welcome back former Spurs and staff to Lee Elementary. We can't wait to see our learners back at Lee.
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KINDERGARTEN PROJECT OPEN FOR CAMPUS PARTICIPATION
Please start sharing with learners and families that Zoo Crew will be at Lee on May 15. This mobile truck will have stuffed animals that will be made with the learners during the school day. They will bring them home in a string backpack with a birth certificate. Here is the link to order one of the two packages online.
Please start sharing with learners and families that Zoo Crew will be at Lee on May 15. This mobile truck will have stuffed animals that will be made with the learners during the school day. They will bring them home in a string backpack with a birth certificate. Here is the link to order one of the two packages online.
FIFTH GRADE GRADUATION SAVE THE DATE
STORAGE ROOMS AND INVENTORY
It is that time where you need to start inventorying and organizing your storage closets. Please make this a team effort and not left to Leadership. HINT: START NOW!! Here is the NEWEST Shared Curriculum List. You will be forced to make a copy. Thank you to Sam, Hannah, and Layne for working on getting our list even more organized. We will have you share your house inventory on the last 1/2 day of school. Please wait to complete your Furniture Inventory until May 22. Thank you!
END OF YEAR UPDATES AND TASKS
The final cycle of Team Time will conclude on May 13. Based on staff feedback, scheduling needs, and a desire to ensure consistency across grade levels, all classes will have learners from 2:00–3:00 after May 13. Sorry to have to change from last week's communication.
COACHES CORNER
You may start seeing me pop into classrooms over the next few weeks with my camera — I'm capturing photos and videos of iPads in action as part of our Apple Distinguished School renewal. No need to do anything differently, just keep being awesome!
If you have something coming up where students will be using their iPads, I'd love to know about it so I can swing by and get some footage. Here's the kind of moments I'm looking for:
You may start seeing me pop into classrooms over the next few weeks with my camera — I'm capturing photos and videos of iPads in action as part of our Apple Distinguished School renewal. No need to do anything differently, just keep being awesome!
If you have something coming up where students will be using their iPads, I'd love to know about it so I can swing by and get some footage. Here's the kind of moments I'm looking for:
- Students working on iPads during a real lesson (not posed — just working!)
- A student-created project on screen — Keynote, Pages, GarageBand, iMovie, digital art- Apple apps preferred
- Teachers using an iPad as an active teaching tool during instruction (Apple Classroom, using the iPad to demonstrate, etc)
- Students collaborating together on a shared task (great opportunity for a fun Swift coding lesson - paired programming would be great for this. Let me know if you're interested and I can come do a lesson!)
- Students making choices about their own learning — picking a tool, directing their own project
- Any creative or joyful moment where technology is bringing students to life.
- Accessibility tools or supports being used
LEE LIFE PRINCIPLE:
Success- the gain of something desired or attempted
LESSON IN LEADERSHIP:
Never stop improving. Great people are always learning and keep their minds open to new possibilities.
LEE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple...know what you’re doing, love what you’re doing, believe in what you’re doing.” -Will Rogers
DATES TO REMEMBER:
MCLASS WINDOW OPEN
MAP WINDOW OPEN
ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
May 1- Hannah B's Birthday
May 4- Green House Field Trip
National Star Wars Day (wear your Star Wars shirts)
Imagine Learning Party on Pavillion (2:00)
May 6- Angel's Birthday
College Shirt Day
National School Nurse Day
Leadership Meeting (3:15)
May 7- LEEdership Council Meeting (8:00-9:00)
Paris Baguette Spirit Night (2:00-9:00)
Green House Music Performance (2:00 and 6:30)
Green House Art Show (6:00)
May 8- Field Day
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