The GRIZZLY WEEKLY
February 25, 2024
2 weeks
Two weeks until SPRING BREAK! Let's maximize the days we have until Spring Break. Keep the expectations high and we can ensure students are on the right track and focused on the right things before the well-deserved break. They will rise to the expectations you set. If you get lax, then they will too. Keep pushing ... our students do not know how far and how much they will accomplish this year. There is still so much time. Keep..... pushing.... every day matters, every lesson counts and YOU ARE Making a Difference! Let's do this!
Solar Eclipse Safety Precautions (repeat)
On April 8, the state of Texas will experience a rare total solar eclipse. This is a valuable opportunity for our teachers to use this day as a learning opportunity for students. While outside experience does enhance student learning, we need to encourage all staff to take the proper safety precautions.
According to the recommendations of TEA and according to NASA, the only safe way to look directly at an eclipsed sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses” or hand-held solar viewers. Of note, homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses are not safe for looking at the sun.
To view the crescent sun at any point during the eclipse, teachers should ensure that all students.
- Look at it directly through special “eclipse glasses.”
- Look at it indirectly with a home-made pinhole projector (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14391/); or
- Look at it indirectly by taking binoculars or a telescope and orienting them so they project the shadow onto the ground. ( https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety/projection)
The glasses for viewing may be found at local home improvement stores like Home Depot or Loews or even on Amazon. Please remember these are not like sunglasses. You cannot see anything except the sun when you are wearing them.
Do Not Look at the sun without valid eclipse glasses. Do Not Look at the sun through a camera lens, telescope, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer. While you may not feel anything, you take the risk of burning your retina, which may cause permanent vision loss.
While this event is of interest to many students and teachers, safety is strongly encouraged more than anything else.
To learn more about proper safety precautions and safe ways to experience or view the eclipse, please visit the NASA website at https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/.
Teacher and Support Staff Member of the Year
This week we will be nominating our TOY and SSMOY of the year! Stay tuned for your chance to vote early this week!
Upcoming Dates
3/1 - Grade level Assemblies
3/1 - Possible Retention list due to Crosby
3/2 - Read Across America Day
3/2 - LCISD Job Fair
3/2 - LCISD Honor Choir Performance
3/11 - 3/15 - Spring Break
3/22 - PreK Field Trip
3/27 - Be ready for a quick pic in your black Grizzly Shirt
3/28 - Spring Picture & Class picture day
3/29 - DMA Day