Staff Polar Bear Express
Updates for Week of July 31
Compass Rose Legacy Middle School
CRA Polar Bears do what's...
- Respect
- Ingenuity
- Growth
- Honesty
- Teamwork
Email: info@compassrosesa.org
Website: https://www.compassrosepublicschools.org/
Location: 3300 Sidney Brooks, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-540-9265
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CompassRoseSA/
Welcome from your CR Legacy Middle School Leadership Team !!!
Hello Team!!
We hope you all are doing well!! We are so excited to see you this week. We have been working hard to ensure that we are well prepared and ready to go. ! Make sure to complete the action steps at the end of the newsletter and see you Monday!
Clear Goals, Full Hearts, All In!
Brittany Mike, Monica, and Vincent
CR Legacy Teacher Spotlight - Meet your team!
Xuan Truong, 5th Grade Science Teacher
Favorite book: Something Other Than God, Rome Sweet Home, The Story of a Soul
Inspirational quote: “We cannot all do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” - Mother Teresa
What are you excited for this school year?
Learning from and being inspired by my kids
Noel Valles, PAICE Paraprofessional
College: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Favorite book: L'Etranger by Albert Camus
Inspirational word: Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever - Mahatma Gandhi
What are you excited for this school year?
I'm excited to start this school year to connect with students and to make an impact on their learning experiences.
Aharon Chavez, Physical Education Teacher
Favorite book: El Alquimista
Inspirational quote: You only need to be brave for 17 seconds.
What are you excited for this school year?
Normality
Casey Webb, PAICE Teacher
Favorite book: So B. It, Used up Bear, Love that Dog
Inspiration Quote: “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.” -Tracee Ellis Ross
What are you excited for this school year?
I'm excited to work with a team that is dedicated to student success and building strong relationships with students.
Virtual and In - Person Schedules
Covid- 19 Updates from Brittany
We hope that all of you are staying safe and continuing to relocate safely to San
Antonio. We have been hard at work here working with new information every day from
local, state and federal agencies and have some significant updates to share. We have
shared the following documents with families and we are asking you all to read and
familiarize yourself with these documents:
• COVID Web page
https://sites.google.com/compassrosesa.org/instructionalhub/covid-19-our-plan-for-a-safe-return?authuser=0 – this is the public web site that we will continue to update and revise as we move forward.
• Virtual Learning Plan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CsK6E4eDfBBCHKmyKJ4nAURbN447zgJqWu4lFwSl9u0/edit?usp=sharing
Building Update - Check out images of the floor plan, cafeteria and a classroom!
Check out out the Academic Calendar !
Action Items
Upcoming Events ! Mark Your Calendars!
Summer PD Dates
- Network PD begins: August 3rd at 8 am Location: See email sent on Wednesday or attached below.
- School-based PD: August 10 at 8 am Location: CR Legacy Elementary
Tech pick up- Please plan to stay late on the days of your grade level tech pick up and the virtual meet the teacher night.
5th grade - 3pm -6pm on Aug. 11.
6th grade - 3pm -6pm on Aug. 12.
7th grade - 3pm -6pm on Aug 13.
Virtual Meet the Teacher Night - 5pm -6pm on Aug 14.
PD information for next week
Remember that we are meeting at the Compass Rose Legacy Elementary Campus: 8005 Outer Circle Road. Ryane’s email is attached below with more key details.
We will START at 8:00 so please arrive earlier so that you can get settled, grab breakfast, etc. The building will be open by 7:30 AM.
Once you are able to open up your work emails you should have a populated invite for PD sessions for the week of August 3rd. The week of August 10th invites will come out next week.
Laptop Setup
- Many of you were able to pick up your laptops today. If you are new to Compass Rose, you will want to do a couple of things to get ahead of the game:
- When you open Google Chrome for the first time it should take you to our network intranet site.
- Click on information technology in the left tab and you can do the following:
- Access the Slack playlist and begin working through that. We will have some time to work through it during PD but it never hurts to get ahead.
- Access Clever and ensure that it is working. If not, no worries, and bring that information to us on Monday.
- Access your Compass Rose Gmail account and ensure you are receiving emails to your new account. You will have this email invites for next week in your inbox. Please let me know if you do not.
Laptop Pick- up for Staff
Next Friday, July 31, we will be distributing to staff their new laptops between 9:00 am
and 2:00 pm at the Legacy Elementary campus - 8005 Outer Circle Rd, San Antonio,
TX 78234. If you are in town and can make it we highly encourage you to come
during this time to pick up your laptops so you have them before Monday, August 3rd.
If you cannot make it then you will need to arrive for PD by 7:00 AM on Monday,
August 3rd to get your laptop then.
Donors Choose Project - Optional but highly encouraged
Here are some quick steps:
1) Go to this site: https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers
2) Use your personal email and select Compass Rose Academy with the Outer Circle address.
3) Begin writing up your project.
Our budget is very tight and we have minimal funds around the following items:
a. Classroom libraries – this would consist of a bank of independent reading books for students that they could read or check out in your classroom.
b. Professional Development – these would consist of, now mostly online, opportunities for you to engage in content relevant to you.
c. Field Trips – a typical bus for a day costs from $1,000 - $1,500. Buses will also have spaced out seating so that means we need twice as many buses per field trip now. These may be limited now, in our situation.
d. Other classroom supplies tied to projects or resources that you may want for your classroom.
4) Once you have set up your account and posted a need, please let both Brittany and Monica know that you set up an account.