SLE News
April 24 - 28
Monday - Pre/K Registration
Tuesday - Kindergarten Registration
Volunteers wear your grey SLE - EXD shirt with jeans or slacks!
TTESS - Domain 4
THIS Saturday! Rachel's Challenge Rally
We hope you will join us! It is going to be a great morning.
Night at the Rangers
I emailed you a flyer with all of the details!
Twitter / Facebook Challenge
You are doing amazing things in your classrooms and serving students all over our building! Let's share the good news on social media this week. (This includes everyone!) Use the hashtag #SLExDTwitterChallenge
Monday - Tweet about an experience that you have planned for the week!
Tuesday - Tweet a compliment for one of your peers in the building! This one should be easy!
Wednesday - Tweet about the SHINE behavior of one student or a group of students. Tell them that you took the time to share about their good choices.
Thursday - On this Thankful Thursday tweet about GCISD and one thing that you are thankful for!
Friday - Tweet about people who help make your job easier! (PTA, volunteers, parents, your team mates, coaches in the district, etc...)
On Friday, if you have tweeted each day, please email me your name and it will go into a drawing for something special!
Teachers - Just so you know!
STAAR Portal: The announcement about the STAAR Parent Portal has been posted on the District Web Page and Campus Web Pages.
There will not be an email blasted to parents of fifth and eighth grade parents. You can place this announcement in your newsletters to inform parents or send a blast out as you see appropriate.
Parents of other students who tested in March are a bit confused as to why their scores are not present yet. Scores for third through eighth will be posted in the Parent Portals on June 14. Printed copies of the CSR's will arrive in the district by July 10. They will be available for viewing online by June 30.
Not far from....NEAR POD!
Nearpod for GCISD Teachers: At the request of many teachers, all GCISD K-12 teachers will soon have access to the District Edition of Nearpod.com, a presentation tool that works on any device. Teachers should receive a "welcome email" from Nearpod very soon. If they already have a free account it will simply be a welcome message. If they do not currently have an account the email will include their account credentials.
Some features included in the district edition include:
- More storage space
- 3D objects
- Virtual reality field trips
- Student notes and other interactive features
- Student paced mode/homework mode
- Access to all content - over 4,000 lessons from third party publishers
- Digital Citizenship Curriculum from Common Sense Media
- Private shared library- ability to create lessons and share them with all teachers at the site/district
- Complete integration with Google Classroom/Apps
For more information about Nearpod, check out their Youtube channel. When teachers receive the welcome email, they should begin exploring. There will be upcoming opportunities for professional learning.