Giesinger Elementary Staff Update
October 7-11, 2019
Eagles Soar To Excellence in All We Do!
Monday - Lockdown drill 10:45; Team leader meeting 3:30; Girls on the Run 3:30 pm;
Tuesday - Art Fundraiser begins; Texas Roadhouse spirit night from 4:00-10:00pm (You have to show them the PTO flier in order for Giesinger to get the proceeds)
Wednesday - National Dyslexia Day; Academic Conference 1:00-2:00 pm; Girls on the Run 3:30 pm
Thursday - RTI cycle meetings; BLT meeting 3:30 pm
Friday - Storybook Character Parade 8:30 am; Early Release 12:05 pm; Grade are due by 5:00 pm; PTO luncheon
Upcoming Events
11th - Bunco at Tiffany Moore's house 5:30 pm
14th - Holiday
15th - Fire drill/Reverse 9:35 am; Kona Ice day $3.00
17th - Grade level meetings (no parent conferences please); Art Fundraiser ends; 4th grade field trip to the Woodlands Pavilion; Bond Block-Walk after school - more info coming
18th - Poster Method
21st - Scholastic Book Fair week; Team Leader meeting 3:30 pm; Red Ribbon week; School-wide program (anti-bullying) 1:45-2:30 pm
22nd - Report cards go home
23rd - Breakfast with Buddies 7:30-8:00 am
24th - 50th day of school; 1st grade field trip to P6 Farms; Faculty meeting 3:30 pm
25th - Fairness program 8:30 am; School-wide dance: Sock Hop 5:30-7:30 pm
Giesinger Block Walking
Student Data Folders
Scholastic Book Fair
*Book Fair dates: October 21-25, 2019.
*Shopping hours: During school hours 8-3 and Tues/Thurs 3:00-4:00.
*Special Event: Breakfast with Buddies, Weds, 7:30 Am, Oct. 23rd.
*Book Fair will close at Noon on Friday, Oct. 25th.
Staff Parking
Blue Employee Information Sheets
Please complete and return the blue Employee information sheet by Tuesday, October 1st, to Neva.
Grade Level Professional Learning Communities
Learn more about John Hattie below:
Hattie defines d=0.4 to be the hinge point, an effect size at which an initiative can be said to be having a 'greater than average influence' on achievement. Hattie claims that the intellectual maturation of students leads to effect sizes of between d=0.0 to d=0.15- as revealed from studies with no or limited schooling.
EMPLOYEE SPEECH RIGHTS DURING BOND ELECTIONS
Giesinger staff will Block Walk on October 17th. We will meet in the library after dismissal to get the "game plan" before we walk a neighborhood. The goal is to have at least 15 people participate. Of course, everyone is invited to "walk."
Everyone has an opinion about elections, and CISD employees are no different. When you are acting as a CISD employee, you can only share FACTUAL information about the bond election. As a private citizen, you can share your OPINION. Be sure you know the difference!
Below are some tips to help you comply with state law and exercise your First Amendment Rights.
In your capacity as a CISD employee, you can provide FACTUAL information about the bond by:
- block-walking;
- posting factual information on your professional social media account;
- putting factual information in the school newsletter;
- making factual information available at events at your school; and
- sharing facts when talking to or emailing your parents, staff, co-coworkers, and friends.
Just be sure that in your role as an employee, you are only providing factual information, and do not advocate “for” or “against” the bond.
As a private citizen, you can give your opinion and advocate “for” or “against” the bond by:
- block-walking;
- posting on your personal social media accounts;
- talking to or emailing from your personal account your family and friends;
- putting a campaign sign in your yard or a bumper sticker on your car;
- wearing a t-shirt or button advocating your position; and
- taking a personal day off from work or on the weekend to stand at a polling location.
When you are advocating, be sure you don’t use any CISD resources, like CISD facilities, your paid time, or CISD supplies and equipment.
Conroe ISD Bond Referendum
The November 5th Bond Referendum includes projects to address the needs of district support services that will largely focus on items for the Transportation Department including purchasing new buses with seat belts and air conditioning to replace the oldest vehicles in the fleet. Funds will also be provided for technology infrastructure items and land purchases for proposed and future school sites in Conroe ISD.
To view the full list of projects and learn more about the November 2019 Bond Election, please
visit www.conroeisd.net/bond or visit our Facebook page at @CISDBond2019.
EMPLOYEE WELLNESS CENTER
New, regular hours:
Monday-Thursday 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sunday - Closed
Go to www.conroeisdclinic.com to schedule an appointment, review the services offered, and more. The cost is $10 for all CISD group health plan members and $50 for all other CISD employees.
Postivity Project Character Strength of the Week:
Happy Birthday to...
Elizabeth Kainer - 3rd
Katie Wyatt - 5th
Jenna Araki - 6th
Taylor Cohen - 14th
Joanne Tessem - 19th
Ryann Landrum - 21st
2019-2020 Giesinger Staff Handbook
Please copy and paste the link below to read and reference our staff handbook.
2019-2020 Giesinger Student Handbook
A new working link for the student handbook is here:
Please Avoid Parking at the Church of Christ on Longmire
The Church of Christ on Longmire will begin repairs on their parking lot and has asked us to please avoid parking there until the end of September. We appreciate using their parking lot for the overflow of our school events and want to accommodate to help them with their needs.
Thank you for your assistance.
"Feels Like" Temperature
We will be using Weather Underground for our daily weather check.
Please use this link and/or app. Graystone Hills has a weather station here so we will use this unless it goes down.
https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/tx/conroe/KTXCONRO198
The app looks like this. Our ZIP code is 77304 then you may have to select the weather station "Graystone Hills".
Come see me if you have trouble.
If the "feels like temp" is 95-98 degrees, you may have 15 minutes of outside recess instead of 30.
If the "feels like temp" is 99 or greater there is no outside recess.
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Email: giesinger@conroeisd.net
Website: http://giesinger.conroeisd.net
Phone: 936-709-2600
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GiesingerCISD/
Twitter: @GiesingerElementary