Week of: September 11th-15th, 2017
Monday- Coaches Meeting 8-10 - Kristan's Room
Team Leader Meeting - 3:15 - Kristan's Room
Team Leader Meeting - 3:15 - Kristan's Room
Wednesday - Jeans Day - Any Shirt
Vertical Meeting - 3:15 Kate Seifert's room(Math/Science) and Morgan Peccarelli's room (LA/SS)
Thursday - Angie Out
Annelise Out (AM)
Friday - Jeans Day - Dot Day! Wear polka dots or make some dots!
Texan Town - 1st Session Starts!
Angie Out
Annelise Out (part of AM)
Kelly Out (part of AM)
TCBY Spirit Event (Off of Denton Tap) - 3:15
TCBY Spirit Event (Off of Denton Tap) - 3:15
Important Reminders
Compliance Training
Don't forget about finishing up the compliance training modules in Schoology. Scroll back to the past blogs if you need more info!
We will be meeting briefly for vertical meeting on Wednesday to share any updates from our content specialists as well as gather feedback on needs, resources and how the curriculum is going so far within the areas it has been developed. Specials and specialists, please choose which areas you would like to attend as far as core content for this meeting. We will also make sure everyone is able to upload their plans to Schoology as we will start using these throughout the year for walkthroughs, evaluations as well as planning purposes across the campus.
Goal Setting
Go ahead and try to start entering in your goals for this year into Eduphoria - Strive. Remember that you can create a profile, watch video connections to help for support in the (?) area of the program. If you have any troubles or if something is not working please let us know. The district has told us that everything should be good to go! Also, remember that you will have an individual goal and a team goal. If you have questions or would like to brainstorm with Annelise or myself we can help! Please have these entered by Friday, September 15th at 3:00pm.
Join PTO
If you haven't joined our PTO this year, please do so in order to receive updates from our TCE parent teacher organization. They have created a website that updates members each year, so you will need to update everything! This is a great way to show we support our PTO as well as have continued communication. Find the log-in area in order to set up your account.
Join CGA
Another wonderful organization that you can join as a Coppell educator is the Coppell Gifted Association. You have the opportunity to sign up for free before September 26th. This is another great way to keep up with communications from the district and parents for gifted and talented as well as enrichment opportunities for all learners!
PTO Grants
We are going to start gathering grants for our PTO to review. Please review the following samples as this is the format they will need to be in: Requestor, What the grant is and why it would be beneficial, Links if available to show what it is or conference and any more info you feel would help in getting approval. Please let me know as you are working on these, I have to sign off as well as present all of these to the PTO grant committee. If you want to brainstorm and think about some ideas together, just give me and Annelise a holler and we will be happy to meet and talk ideas!
Ed Foundation Grants
The Coppell Education Foundation Grants will open up this week on September 13th! Here is the link for more info!
Click here for link!
"Who made you happy this week?"
Shout Out Your Happiness!
Jessica, Thank you
for leading my class in guidance this week. You did such a great job and they
loved getting to know you better! Renee
Annelise, Thank you for getting the Special Friends Day
schedule out so families can plan ahead! –Mary
Logan, you are such a wonderful friend to share kids with.
You give them so much love and support. They are lucky to have you. ❤
Thank you Courtney Rice, Rachel Lim, Beth Reynolds, Kristan
Hruby, Candace Coffee and Savita Chandra for coming to our garden meeting on
Thursday! I appreciate you brainstorming of how we will be using our garden in
learning this year and thinking of future ways to grow! – Angie
Logan, Beth, Erin, and Erica, y'all are helping to get this
year off to such a great start! 2nd Grade is a great place to be with y'all as
my teammates!
Thank you to Patrick, Beth, Mike, Kristan, Lisa and Tina for
a great planning day! I was blown away with your ideas and so excited about
what specials will bring to the table this year! (also thank you Candace for
letting them know they can reach out to you, since you had to be out!) – Angie
Julie Fidler - for putting up with me and the strange things
that I say and do in the gym. And for being the best PE aide in Coppell!! –
Mike
Thank you to Annelise for everything you are doing to get
safety patrol prepared and ready to go! – Angie
Kelly Spears thank you for sharing out at faculty meeting
for our district training needs! We appreciate your willingness to share out
and how you help us with all of our kiddos each day! – Angie
Dianne Johnston and Anne Lawler for making my transition
easy and helping get paperwork to and from.
Beth, Mike and Patrick--Thank you for an awesome STEM
planning day! I love how open to new ideas you three are and I really enjoyed
helping your team design some incredible upcoming units for our learners! –Tina
Meredith and Megan--Thank you for being willing to take a
risk with me this week and try out Breakout Edu with your learners! We had no
idea what to expect, but without a doubt, it was a hit! –Tina
Casey and Kasey,
Thank you so much for being so supportive and encouraging! What would I
do without y'all? ❤ Rachel
Lori--Thank you for capturing and sharing such a sweet
Mommy/Daughter moment for me that I'll never forget. I appreciate it more than
you know! –Tina
Candace, Thank you
for coming in to talk to our classes. We are glad to have you so close!
Mentors, We are
beyond thankful for your continuous support this year. We couldn't survive and
learn to thrive without you! Mentees
To the teachers that taught 3rd grade writing last year...
As we have been doing mentor sentence mini-lessons, my new fourth graders have
really been impressing me with all that they already know! They are starting
the year with a great knowledge base! –Marly
Dianne, You are a ROCKSTAR. You must be getting 20,000 steps
in each day with as much as you are in and out of our classrooms, checking on
our learners, and spending time talking to us about the kids. We appreciate
you! -4th Grade
Ashlin-oh my! Amazing and fast is all I can say!! Thanks for
the help with the Gizmos this week my friend. My kids were able to create their
own accounts thanks to your video you made to get them started. It made mass
and weight in science easy and fun!
Catherine-thanks for helping with Texan Town, technology
issues, sharing your room for announcements and always helping a person out
when they need a hand!!
Megan and Heather- thank you for being so prepared and
planned each week. Working and planning with you both makes coming to TCE easy
each day!!
Rachel,
THANK YOU for filling in for me at the garden
meeting! You
are the absolute BEST!
Casey
Kasey,
THANK YOU so much for taking my class while I took
care of some IMPROTANT matters in the office last Friday!!
Much love, Casey
I want to give a huge shout out to Candace for her
help with a shared learner. It is not often that I get to share a learner with GT! Your insight on how to
best meet his needs while challenging him is a blessing to me! Thank you so much!
Tina, thank you for your patience with me on setting
up my school wires and google site.
I appreciate you! What a great resource
you are to TC and especially me!
Kelly, Thank you for always helping our team with
our technology issues. You're always so willing to go above and beyond for us and we
appreciate you! You are very busy with your own kiddos and you still found the time to
make all of our login cards!! Thank you so much!! We love you! Lori, Marie, and Julie
Lori, You are amazing!!! No matter how much
pain you are in with your foot, you keep smiling and helping others!! You are on more
committees than I can count , and you never complain! You always find the
good in things! You make me happy!!!! Love you, Julie
Thank you to my team for helping on Thursday when I
had to leave early with a sick child!- Beth P
Thank you to Kristin for helping me get my new
student onto iStation! ~ Beth P
Thank you all for your Happy Birthday wishes. It made my day very
special!!! Sue
Lorri B & Brooke S.- Thank you so much for
organizing us and a time for us to get our SeeSaw Accounts all straightened
out! --First
Grade Team
September Birthdays
Sue Kane - 5th
Martha Cruz - 20th
Dianne Johnston- 24th
Curriculum Connection - Outdoor Learning
As we begin thinking about how we will incorporate our TCE garden into our learning this year, here are a few articles and video connections that give some great background as to the why in having a school garden. Also, team leaders we will be talking about our garden as one of our items at team leader meeting this week!
Final Quotes for the Week
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