Giesinger Elementary Staff Update
November 11-15, 2019
Eagles Soar To Excellence in All We Do!
Monday - Staff Development Day; Ryan Landrum's Baby Sprinkle 7:30 am in lounge
Tuesday - Progress reports sent home; $3 Kona Ice Day; Fact Check 2 this week for 1st-4th
Wednesday - Girls on the Run 3:30 pm
Thursday - Fire drill 10:20 am; 2nd grade field trip; McTeacher Spirit night 5-8 pm
Friday -
Happy Birthday to...
Andi Zapalac - 5th
Amber Arnold - 18th
Amy Martinez - 19th
Cissy Bridwell - 20th
Cheryl Satterfield - 22nd
Sara Pitt - 28th
Lauren Baker - 28th
Upcoming November Events
11 - Staff Development; Student Holiday
12 - Progress Reports send home
Kona Ice Day $3.00
Wave Club meeting 3:30 pm
14 - 2nd grade fieldtrip
McTeacher Night 5:00 - 8:00 pm
15 - Fire Drill 10:20 am
18 - Generation Texas Week - Themed days; more info coming
19 - 3rd grade reading benchmark (3rd/Kinder specials switch)
20 - 4th grade math benchmark (4th/1st specials switch)
21 - Grade level meetings (no parent conferences)
22 - Caring Character Program 8:30 am
23 - Girls on the Run 5K in Houston
25-29 Thanksgiving Holiday
2020-21 CALENDAR SURVEY
Details to note:
- The calendar must meet a minimum of 75,600 minutes for all students.
- High schools currently have 435 minutes a day.
- Elementary, intermediate, and junior high schools have a 430 minute day.
- Early Release counts for 420 minutes of instruction, and no waiver is needed if meeting the minimum 240 minutes of instruction.
- Currently, each grade span (elementary, intermediate, junior high, or high school) has the equivalent of 940 to 1,050 minutes of additional time built into the day and available to use to prevent the need to make-up two missed instructional days for students.
- For the 19-20 school year, the approved waiver for staff development days is for November 11 and January 7.
- Conroe ISD has an approved District of Innovation application which allows the District to start school before the fourth Monday in August (8/24/20).
2020-21 Calendar Survey - English
2020-21 Calendar Survey - Spanish
*Please feel free to share this survey link with members of the community.
ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS - NOVEMBER STAFF DEVELOPMENT
November 14 - Making the Most of Performance Assessments and Progressions
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Jett Cafeteria
November 21 - When Readers Struggle Grade 1
8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Jett Cafeteria
Have you Downloaded the NEW CISD App?
Get Connected and stay in touch with CISD by downloading our new mobile app!
Download the app on your mobile device today and select ‘yes’ to receive push notifications with the latest news and updates from the District.
The link to the App Store and Google Play is on the Giesigner Gazette this week.
You can choose the schools you want to receive updates from. I chose Giesigner (of course) and my kids' schools. It's brand new and I'm encouraging our families to get it on their phones too!
Key Features:
- Push Notifications - Select ‘yes’ when you download the app to receive the latest push notifications from the District.
- Calendar Events - Add events to the calendar on your personal mobile device directly from the calendar section on the app.
- News - Check out the latest District-wide and school news all in one place!
October-November Food Drive at Giesinger
Giesinger Elementary Needs You to Help Drive Out Hunger!
During the weeks below we will be collecting different items. The items for each week are listed in the chart below. These donations will go to help the families in Conroe ISD and The Montgomery County Food Bank.
The grade level that collects the most items will win a brownies and ice cream party the week of November 18th. Thank you so much for helping our community.
Eagles Soar in Everything We Do!
November 12-15 Baby Items
Postivity Project
This week we will begin this year’s third week of the Other People Matter Mindset. Students will be specifically focused on the OPM2 element of “Knowing that my words and actions affect others.”
This means that everything we do, say, text, tweet, snap, or post can positively or negatively impact other people. According to research from McKinsey & Co, “the typical American hears or reads more than one hundred thousand words every day.” Think about that for a moment: 100,000 words every single day. Now, stop and ask yourself, “Are the percentage of words someone else hears or reads from me helping or hurting that person?” As Rachel Wolchin says, “Be mindful with words. A string of some that don’t mean much to you may stick with someone for a lifetime.”
So, why does this matter?
On an individual level, our words and actions impact our relationships with other people. They have the power to lift others up or tear them down. But, our words and actions also impact ourselves. If I am consistently speaking or acting with an entitled, arrogant, or mean attitude, I’m going to find it tougher to tap into and exemplify the character strengths of gratitude, humility, and kindness.
When a group is comprised of individuals who are thoughtful about their words and actions; individuals who show respect and consideration for the people around them – we’re likely to have a happier and healthier culture.
Grade Level Professional Learning Communities
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:
"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
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Twitter: @GiesingerElementary