Week of August 24, 2026

WOW! What a full first week. I could not be more proud of the way Team Lee has shown up! Your creativity, collaboration, and heart have been on full display. You have supported your learners, partnered with parents, and stepped up for one another. That is what being a TEAM is all about! I also want to celebrate the strong communication already happening with our FamiLEEs. I’m so impressed with how you are using ParentSquare to keep families informed, connected, and engaged. YOU are our greatest ambassadors in the community, and the way you represent Lee matters. Thank you for making us look so good! We have LOVED having classes visit the office this week! It has been such a fun way to connect with your learners, see them in action, and better understand the unique needs of each class. As we wrap up Week 1, remember that I am on YOUR sidelines, too. I am here to support you, cheer you on, and help however I can. I am never too busy for you!!! One week down, TEAM! Have a fabulous Friday and a well-earned, restful weekend. 🏈💙💚 GO TEAM LEE SPURS!

DID YOU KNOW:

• you need to back up items on your desktop to Google drive, One Drive, or your iCloud?  Don't lose important work if your Mac "gets sick."
• if you are having Raptor issues you can let Angel know by filling out this google form:
  Campus Safety Needs, Concerns & Suggestions

CARDS FOR RUBY

Please add your well wishes to the box by the end of the day Friday so Andrea can deliver them to Ruby. ❤️ Thanks, Andrea!

RESPECT AGREEMENTS

Please have your class Respect Agreements uploaded to the 1st quarter folder by Friday, August 21 by 3:00.  The Respect Agreement folder is also linked in Lee Links under the Behavior category.

MAP TESTING

Our 26/27 MAP schedule is here.  Please let Julie and Holly know if you need any assistance.

STAFF MEETING WEDNESDAY

Classroom Teachers: please join us with your Mac in the cafeteria so that we can get everyone access (at once) in HMH version 2. For the remainder of Wednesday's staff meeting, we will give all TIA staff time to complete your final two SLO Modules. Once you have completed all five modules (1–5), please sign off on the blue list outside my office. We will assign the appropriate flex time to everyone who completes the modules, so there is no need for you to submit anything additional in Power School.

ROLL INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH YOUR FAMILEE

Join us for the first big famiLEE event on August 28th at our Back to School Spirit Night at Interskate! Reminder to bring a printed and signed waiver for each skater - rjlpto.org/waiver

LOCKDOWN DRILL

A friendly reminder that when we have lockdown drills that you:

• review with your learners what it means to get to the nearest and safest location (that might not be with YOU- that's okay)
• NEVER open the door, even if we ask you
• pull the shades down quickly and get out of sight pronto
• block the door with rolling cabinets if you can
• stay silent

TEACHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF LEARNER PLANS

An email is forthcoming with directions from Angel.

ATTENDANCE (Share in your newsletters)

Strong attendance is one of the best predictors of academic growth! When learners are present, engaged, and ready to learn each day, they have greater opportunities to grow and succeed. Daily attendance also impacts the funding our schools receive. Every day matters, and every day counts!

BOY GOAL SETTING MEETINGS

Please sign up here for your BOY meeting- they start IN THREE WEEKS.  Please only sign up in areas indicated for your role.  There will be more details in the next blog about what to have ready for this meeting.  For now... sign up. Also, if you want support for this first meeting, Admin and our Learning Coach will be available after school on Wednesday, September 2.

PARENT CONTACT
Did you get a chance to start reaching out and make your happy calls?  If you didn't, remember it is an expectation to pick up the phone and call EVERY family.  Special Education, LAS, and Specials Team, please make some calls, too.  Thank you for depositing in their emotional bank accounts!  You may be surprised how much sunshine it brings YOU when you make these calls.  Remember to document positive calls in Panorama.  If it isn't documented, it didn't happen. 

CURRICULUM NIGHT- SAVE THE DATE (SHARE WITH PARENTS)

Chantel is updating last year's presentation and will send that link out by end of day Monday.  There are some slides the district and PTO want to include as well. 

WALKTHROUGHS THROUGH SEPT

Throughout September, Angel and I will be in your spaces to give you feedback regarding Domain 3.1 Learning Environment (Classroom Routines and Procedures) and 3.2 Managing Student Behavior. We will be looking for:

• • Current character trait posted

  • Daily Schedule 

  • What is on your magnet wall 

  • “I Can” statements posted

  • Anchor Charts in all subject areas

  • Math and Science manipulatives and supplies accessible to learners

  • Reading book boxes with an assortment of readers accessible to learners

  • Each learner has a designated place for their supplies

  • Respect Agreement visible

  • Digital Citizenship Contract signed and displayed

  • Learner Work displayed

  • Guiding Purpose hung

  • Effective Routines, transitions, and procedures in place

  • How you manage learner groups and supplies

LIBRARY HELPERS NEEDED

Mrs. Stout would love library helpers to help shelve books and with other small projects. Please sign up and consider becoming a regular volunteer for the library! rjlpto.org/library  For anyone shelving books, we’ve worked with Mrs. Stout to create a quick training video you can watch before your volunteer slot!

WELCOME BACK FROM YOUR RJL PTO
We are so excited to kick off a fantastic year. Below are some key dates you may want to go ahead and mark on your calendar, especially if you’d like to participate as a volunteer! To stay up to date on all the latest happenings, make sure to subscribe to our newsletter by creating or updating your account at rjlpto.org.

HOUSE FUND DONATIONS OPEN

Our annual house fund donations are open now through September 13th. House funds are what we as a PTO use to support all the celebrations we host throughout the year. Please visit rjlpto.org/housefunds to learn more and donate! Your support is greatly appreciated!

BE YOUR CLASS' MVP:  BECOME A ROOM PARENT

Please consider signing up to be the Room Parent for your class! This role is an easy way to get involved and can be tailored to what works for you! Find out more and sign up at rjlpto.org/roomparent

FALL BOOK FAIR VOLUNTEER SIGN UP IS LIVE

The Scholastic Book fair is coming to RJL Library soon, and the volunteer sign up is live. Act fast to get a slot that works best for you! This is one of the first onsite volunteer opportunities of the year and a great way to get involved and foster young readers! rjlpto.org/bookfair

Reminder, if you plan to volunteer for these or any other future events, complete your yearly required CISD Background Check asap here.

COACH'S CORNER
Ready to Take On a Challenge? 🏆

Great educators aren’t great because everything comes easily. They’re great because they’re willing to try, adjust, reflect, and keep growing. A new curriculum means new plays, new routines, and plenty of opportunities to stretch outside our comfort zones. With HMH as our new playbook, this is the perfect season to take on a challenge—and you don’t have to tackle it alone.

This year, we all have a new playbook: HMH Into Reading Texas. Whether you’re a rookie or a veteran, a coaching cycle gives you a teammate to plan, practice, problem-solve, and try out some new plays.

What could a coaching cycle look like?

• 🏀 Unpack or plan an upcoming HMH lesson
• 📣 Navigate resources and routines
• 🏈 Co-plan, model, or co-teach a lesson
• ⚾ Strengthen small-group instruction
• 🏆 Look at student work and determine the next move
• 💡 Try a new strategy and reflect on how it went
• 🤔 Talk through a simple “How am I supposed to make this work?”

Remember, you don’t have to wait until you’re struggling to call your coach in! Bring a question, an idea, or something you want to improve, and we’ll build the game plan together.

📅 Book Your HMH Coaching Huddle Here! 

New playbook. Same great team. Let’s get in the game! 🏆

LOCAL EVENT FOR FAMILEES

LESSON IN LEEDERSHIP

DATES TO REMEMBER:

BOY GOAL SETTING WINDOW

MOY MAP/MCLASS WINDOW

August 21- Responsible Use Lessons must be completed

August 25- HMH PL at Pinkerton (3:45-4:45)

August 26- Staff Meeting (3:15-4:45 Cafe)

August 27- Sam's Birthday

     HMH PL at Pinkerton (3:45-4:45)

August 28- PTO Skate Night (6:00-8:00 PM) Interskate Lewisville     

Week of August 17, 2026

WOW! You did it! You’ve successfully navigated the first day of school, and we couldn’t be more proud. We’ve truly enjoyed visiting your classrooms. We’re eager to spend even more time with you and your learners in the days ahead with office visits. Spending time in the café the first day has been such a treat.  It’s given me the chance to connect with many of our new and returning friends. I want to commend you for the outstanding practices you’ve been implementing from day one.  The microphone is in there until Friday.  Please use it so all learners can hear you as you teach expectations.  I'm grateful we have such incredible learners and designers here at Lee, and your hard work is already shining. Go Team Spurs!

DID YOU KNOW:

• our Lee Staff Handbook acknowledgement is due on Friday, August 14 (tomorrow)?  Please screenshot and upload the signature page into the Schoology media album or put a paper copy in my box.  Whatever is easiest!  
• IF a learner must be checked out from school, it should occur before 2:45?  After 2:45, we will request parents wait in the car loop to ensure learners get dismissed safely.  Learners should only leave early if there is a doctor's appointment.  (PLEASE ADD TO YOUR NEWSLETTERS) 
• we do not accept drop offs at school?  Please let parents know that they should not bring learner's iPad, lunch, jacket, water bottle, or school project to school after they have dropped their child off at school. We also ask that only individuals who have an appointment or a specific need to be on campus come to our front entrance during the school day. All visitors requesting entry must present a valid photo ID.   (PLEASE ADD TO YOUR NEWSLETTERS) 
• weekly communication should be sent to your parents through Parent Square every Friday?  Parent Square translates what you send home.  Rosters should now be uploaded.  If not... please use eSchool one more week.  Include pictures of the learning/learners each week so parents see what learning looks like at Lee and keep coming back to "see" more.  
• our Novotech trainer Samantha shared this Hyperlinked resource document?
• on Friday you are to send your Grade Syllabus home to you parents (email from Sabrina Khan on 8/10)?  Please send separately from your newsletter.
• Social Spurs has started collecting money for this year?  $30 for professional staff and $20 for paraprofessionals.  Donations can be venmo'd to @Linda-Hoffmann-9.  

ID BADGES
You are required, by the district, to wear your CISD ID Badge at school. If you see visitors or adults in our building without a badge, you must ask to see their badge.  If they do not have one, then please escort them to the office. 

MAP AND MCLASS WINDOW OPEN

Please see below for the MAP testing calendar for BOY.  The window opens on Monday and below is the schedule the leadership team developed.

• The testing window is open until Sept 17
• Open spaces are the only scheduled days - please make sure to keep the building quiet on these days.
• Closed spaces - please make sure to complete MAP testing by September 11th

If you run into any issues or have questions, please send Julie B. And Holly a Teams message!

RESPECT AGREEMENTS

Please create and post respect agreements with your classes for the 1st 9 weeks by the end of next week.  Remember there should be FOUR quadrants: Learner to Learner, Learner to Designer, Designer to Learner, and Learner to School.  All four quadrants should have 3 to 4 bullets with short phrases (ex: be honest, hands to self, feet off furniture, etc.) avoid negative words like don't and never.  Please share a copy in the Schoology folder "Discipline-Restorative Practices -> 26/27 classroom respect agreements" by August 21.  We appreciate you sharing because we use your agreements when we handle discipline.  Are you a new hire needing help, or want to have a refresh in leading this well????  Ask Chantel, Angel or Angela.  We can co-lead this lesson with you.

STUDENT DISCLOSURE
If you learn that you have a learner who may NOT be photographed, please share that learner name/ID with Zeal so that she can add it to our Photo Disclosure List on Lee Links.  Thank you!

DIGITAL LITERACY AND RESPONSIBLE USE
As part of a district initiative regarding digital citizenship and safety, all learners in grades PreK-12 are expected to take part in an overview of digital citizenship.  An email was forwarded to you from Chantel on August 12 titled: Required BOY Responsible Use of Technology Resources (RUTR) Lesson.  After completing your lessons, please have your learners sign the appropriate pledge and post it in your learning space near your guiding purpose or respect agreement.  For quick reference, Click here for the direct link to the resources.

LET'S CELEBRATE THE UPCOMING ARRIVAL OF OUR NEWEST FUTURE SPUR

Registry located here: https://my.babylist.com/jgtyfbvpm

FLEX LEARNING

We will host our first Flex Learning on Wednesday.  We have built in this time to finish SLO Modules 2 and 3.  If you complete some other flex learning on this day and time, please submit it in Power School.  SLO Module completion will automatically be added to your flex portfolios. 

HAPPY PHONE CALL HOME

Please, by Sept 1, pick up the phone and call EVERY family. Tell them/leave a message sharing something special about their child.  It will pay huge dividends to take the time to do this!  Parents are used to only getting phone calls when there is something wrong.  Let's change their perception!  It is also a TTESS Domain 4 descriptor and our campus goal.  Specials Designers and Specialists, please pick 25 learners to call.

GET WELL CARDS FOR MS. BRYANT
Our RJL community would love to come together and send some love and encouragement to Ms. Bryant as she continues her recovery!  Students from all Houses and classes are welcome to make a card, draw a picture, or write a special note for her. We will have a central collection bin at school where students can drop off their creations. Once all the cards are collected, we’ll gather them together and make sure they are delivered to Ms. Bryant. Thank you to everyone who helped come up with this sweet idea and is helping coordinate! We hope to fill the bin with lots of RJL love for Ms. Bryant! 💌

📅 Please drop off cards by Friday, August 21 - the bin will be located near the front office where we set up the candy drop off.

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Every space should have an evacuation map posted at the door and a Standard Response Protocol poster displayed nearby.  Please make sure you have downloaded the Raptor app to your iPad or mobile device. 

EMERGENCY DRILLS

We will have an evacuation drill this week.  Please make sure, by Monday, that Raptor is on your phone or iPad.  If you need help, please see Angel.  It helps to remember when we evacuate:

• classroom doors should be closed
• learners should exit at level zero and sit at level zero looking away from the building
• staff should be at level zero, too
• please help check in learners when you have a sub in your house
• mark yourself safe- you always think of the kids first and sometimes you forget about this step

ATTENDANCE REMINDERS FOR TEACHERS

Please make sure you are taking your attendance between 10:01 and 10:05 AM.  Thank you, in advance, to those who regularly get attendance in on time and have alarms set so you don't forget.  

ATTENDANCE REMINDER FOR PARENTS

As you make vacation plans this year, remember that missing school can impact your child's learning and success, and it also affects attendance laws. Please schedule trips following the holidays on the CISD calendar to ensure compliance and support your child's education. https://www.coppellisd.com/o/cisd/page/calendar

LIBRARY UPDATES

*We will start library on Monday Aug 17. The schedule is here: Library Schedule

*Classroom Libraries Reminder- Remember that your classroom library list must be kept up to date. Here is the video of how to create your list or update, and info on book selection guidelines.

• Classroom Library Video
• Book Selection Guidelines

HOUSE FUND DONATIONS OPEN

Our annual house fund donations are open now through September 13th. House funds are what we as a PTO use to support all the celebrations we host throughout the year. Please visit rjlpto.org/housefunds to learn more and donate! Your support is greatly appreciated!

FINAL STOCK OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SPIRIT WEAR

Still need school supplies or our adorable RJL Spirit shirt for this year? The remaining stock is available at rjlpto.org/spurstore while supplies last! We will deliver to your learner’s classroom within a few days after receiving your order.

BE YOUR CLASS MVP: BECOME A ROOM PARENT

Please consider signing up to be the Room Parent for your class! This role is an easy way to get involved and can be tailored to what works for you! Find out more and sign up at rjlpto.org/roomparent

ROLL INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH YOUR FAMILEE

Join us for the first big famiLEE event on August 28th at our Back to School Spirit Night at Interskate! Reminder to bring a printed and signed waiver for each skater - rjlpto.org/waiver

LEARNING COACH CORNER

Learner Passwords and Login Card Templates

Reset learner passwords in SSO following the steps below.

1. Open SSO
2. Tap the red menu and select People
3. Select Manage Users
4. Sort by grade level and select your learners (Your class does not appear in SSO anymore)
5. Tap Change Password on the bottom toolbar and enter new password
6. Make sure to uncheck the box that would require learners to reset their passwords at next login.

Feel free to edit these basic login card templates to keep track of learner usernames and passwords. 

• Individual Login Cards
• Login Sheets with Instructions (edit for your grade level apps/websites)

LEEDERSHIP QUALITIES

(thanks Hanna for the updated graphics)

DATES TO REMEMBER:

BOY GOAL SETTING WINDOW OPENS

BOY MAP/MCLASS WINDOW OPENS

August 14- Staff Handbook acknowledgement Forms Due

     Send Elementary Syllabus to your parents

August 16- CISD Compliance Courses Due

August 17- Day 4- First Team Time

     First Library Rotations

August 18- Lariettes Greet in the AM

August 19- Flex Learning (3:15-4:15) Cafe

Auguts 20- Coppell VB Greets in the AM

August 21-  Amber's Birthday

     Responsible Use of Technology Lessons Due and Pledges posted in your space.