Happy Labor Day!

Week of: September 7th-11th, 2015

Monday -Have a wonderful Labor Day!  

Tuesday - 2nd Grade Assessment Day - Room A201 

Wednesday - 1st Grade Assessment Day- Room A201

Specials STEM Planning Day - Literacy Library

Faculty Meeting 3:15-5:00pm 

Coppell Homecoming Parade

 
Thursday - Kinder Assessment Day - Room A201

PTO Meeting - 9:15am

Brett AP Meeting - 1:00-3:00pm (Admin bldg.)

Friday - Counselor Meeting - 8:30-11:30am

Coppell Homecoming Game
  

Important Reminders and Updates

Assessment Planning and STEM Days
Brett and I will be meeting with you during these days in order to get you started each day.  We will have an agenda for you on what we will try to cover during these times.  

Please make sure that your sub knows that you are not to be disturbed during these planning days.  If they need something, they need to contact the office.  They should not be calling, texting or trying to locate you to ask questions during the day.  

Also, please make sure your sub folder is up to date with any info needed for learners as well as safety/emergency info and procedures for the day.  There are times when we have a sub who has never been in our building before, so you cannot count on someone knowing the everyday routine.  Everything needs to be spelled out clearly for them. 
 
Faculty, Vertical and TLC Meetings
Just a reminder to please not schedule any doctor or other appointments on Wednesdays during the school year.  These will be our afternoon meeting days and we need to do our best to be in attendance at all times for professional learning and information being covered.

Copiers and Office Needs

Please make sure that everyone is taking care of our copier machines by not slamming doors and using them appropriately when installing paper.  Remember if there is an issue, please check with Laura or Sherri to help resolve.  This also includes the laminator.  I am fine with you laminating your own materials at this time, but if we have issues we will need to go back to having one person use the machine.

We will be placing an order to Office Depot this week, so if you have needs, please make sure you let Laura know as soon as possible!

Lesson/Unit UbD Plans

I will be meeting with team leaders to discuss how we will be housing our plans for this year.  Until then, please make sure that you are keeping up with your lesson plans and that you are utilizing the TCE UbD Template for your planning. 

September Birthdays
Alicia Montgomery - 2nd
Sue Kane - 5th

Shout Outs!

Shout to everyone for an amazing curriculum night!  I appreciate the hard work that went into presenting and your communication with parents!  

Shout out to Alicia Montgomery for filling in for Candace as team leader while she is gone and for taking on learning about KTEX in the morning!  We appreciate your dedication!

Shout out to Marly Natherson for getting our announcement schedule ready to go for this year!   

Shout out to Brett Shelby and the 5th grade teachers for helping to get our kiddos ready to start our TCE Safety Patrol!

Engineer of the Week!

Gonna try a little something different this year with our Engineer of the Week!  We will have short video clips to hear a little about you and then will have some fun questions for you to answer!  Thank you Alicia for being our 1st engineer!

Here's Alicia!

Curriculum Resources
Continue thinking about how we are instilling a growth mindset in ourselves and all of our learners.  As we begin getting ready for beginning of the year goal setting for you and for you kiddos, think about this question. . .

How can one's mindset make a difference in accomplishing  goals and being/feeling successful?

 

Click here to check out article!

Final Quotes

As we are going through this year, make sure you are taking time for yourself and spending time with friends and family as you appreciate all the world has to offer.