Staff Update
August 26-30, 2019
Eagles Soar To Excellence in All We Do!
Monday (Aug.26) -First Day of PLC/Active Start/Eagles Time; Team Leader meeting 3:30 PM
Tuesday -PTO fundraiser: Catalog Kick-off in the cafeteria
PK/K/2nd at 1:45-2:10
1st/3rd/4th at 2:15-2:45 PM
Wednesday - Cumulative folders filled out and sorted by teacher in Robin's office - due today
Thursday - YOU are amazing!
Friday - Jeans and school spirit shirt; Character Pep Rally (school-wide) 2:15-2:45 PM
Staff Handbook Acknowledgement form due
Grade Level Professional Learning Communities Begin
Big Ideas That Drive the Work of PLC
- A FOCUS ON AND A COMMITMENT TO LEARNING.
- A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE WITH A FOCUS ON LEARNING FOR ALL.
- COLLECTIVE INQUIRY INTO BEST PRACTICE AND CURRENT REALITY.
- ACTION ORIENTATION: LEARNING BY DOING.
- A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
- RESULTS ORIENTATION.
Canvas Home Pages & Course Design
Wednesday, Aug 28, 2019, 04:00 PM
Conroe ISD Administration Building, West Davis Street, Conroe, TX, USA
Grade Level Schedules
Team leaders: please put a copy of the grade level schedule in the share drive by the end of this week.
September Soaring Staff Member
Postivity Project Character Strength of the Week:
Upcoming Events
August:
26 - PLC/Active Start/Eagles Time begins
26 - Team Leader meeting 3:30 pm
27 - PTO catalog fundraiser kick-off in the cafeteria: PK/K/2nd at 1:45; 1st/3rd/4th at 2:15
30 - School-wide Pep Rally in the cafeteria at 2:15 pm
September:
2 - Holiday
3 - Wendy Andrada's baby shower 3:30 pm
5 - Open House and Title I/PTO meeting
PK/K/1st/Life Skills from 5:00-6:00 pm
2nd/3rd/4th from 6:00-7:00 pm
6 - Progress Report grades are pulled from your gradebooks
7 - School will be open with air and lights from 8:00-4:00 pm
9 - RTI documentation of interventions begins
Girls on the Run begins
Happy Birthday to...
Krystina McGoldrick Aug.3
Ireyda Gutierrez Aug.11
Laura Vanckhoven Aug. 23
Shawn Malin Aug. 25
Kudos to...
Our awesome special education team: AdriaAnn Brock, Alisa Starcher, Brian Stone, Carol Gray, Cissy Bridwell and Stephanie Muckleroy for being proactive and supporting our Eagles and staff.
Our incredible pre-kindergarten teachers and support angels: Krystina McGoldrick, Elizabeth Kainer, Amber Arnold, Alicia Ventura, & Twyla Gentles.
Worth Quoting
Staff Handbook Acknowledgement Form
2019-2020 Giesinger Staff Handbook
Please copy and paste the link below to read and reference our staff handbook.
2019-2020 Giesinger Student Handbook
file:///C:/Users/mhammond/Desktop/Giesinger%20Student%20Handbook2019.2020.pdf
Walkers - Permission slips for students to walk "alone"
Giesinger's Top 10 List
10. Have frequent and open communication with your parents. Have a positive contact the first week of school with your students’ parents.
9. Take time to build relationships with your students, their parents, your peers.
8. Do not reply to emails, texts, letters, etc. when you are angry.
7. You will make mistakes, we all do. Admit them, learn from them and move on.
6. Tomorrow is always a new day. Our students appreciate that and so do we.
5. Ask questions. Always be a learner.
4. Be flexible and a team player. There is no one way to do something.
3. Listen to understand and not always to respond.
2. Make decisions based on what is best for kids.
1. Have public conversations as if they are posted on social media. Be
aware that conversations (kid talks, about parents, etc) can be overheard.
** Kindess matters.
Are you CPI trained?
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.
Conroe ISD Bond Referendum
Conroe ISD Nov. 5 Bond Referendum: No Tax Rate Increase
The Conroe ISD Board of Trustees approved the Election Order and Notice for a November 5, 2019, School Bond Election containing two propositions. If the voters approve both propositions on November 5, there will be NO TAX RATE INCREASE to District residents.
Get the facts at www.conroeisd.net/bond or Conroe ISD Bond.
No Place For Hate
Giesinger has earned the No Place for Hate® designation for the 2018-2019 school year! Thank you, Amanda Barton, for leading the charge!
No Place for Hate® is an initiative of the Anti-Defamation League offered free to schools. The initiative is designed to rally the entire school around the goal of creating a welcoming community committed to stopping all forms of bias and bullying.
"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.
Safety & Security Building Reminders
- Classrooms and pod offices must stay locked. If the “lock down magnet” does not work on your door then you can put a magnet in the door frame. The door will be closed and locked when the magnet is removed.
- All doors should have a door-width space free from furniture, storage, and supplies in order to safely exit in emergencies.
- Classrooms, closets, and pod offices should have at least 18 inches of clearance from the ceiling.
- Wear your ID badge daily.
- Keep up with your building and classroom keys. Wearing them is an easy way to do that.
- Keep purses in locked drawers or cabinets.
- Keep candles at home and room sprays in cabinets.
- Aerosol sprays are flammable and need to be stored in locked cabinets.
- Economy size hand sanitizers should be kept in cabinets. Smaller bottles are okay for students to use.
Our Pre-K teachers are superwomen!
When great minds think alike...
So proud of this amazing staff!
The Most Talented Educators on the PLANET! Eagles Soar!
Connect with Us!
"Eagles Soar to Excellence In All We Do!"
Email: giesinger@conroeisd.net
Website: http://giesinger.conroeisd.net
Phone: 936-709-2600
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GiesingerCISD/
Twitter: @GiesingerElementary