Giesinger Elementary Staff Update
October 28 - November 1, 2019
Eagles Soar To Excellence in All We Do!
Monday - Team Leaders and anyone else wanting to be trained: Stop the Bleed and CPR training in the activity room 3:30 pm; Girls on the Run; Destination Imagination
Tuesday - Early Voting ends November 1st. - Go Vote!
Wednesday - BOY 4th grade Writing Benchmark (4th/1st specials switch); Girls on the Run 3:30 pm
Thursday - Kindergarten field trip; LPAC training during Grade Level meetings (Kinder will meet after school)
Friday - School Spirit Day! Last Day to Early Vote!
Upcoming Events
28 - Food drive Continues - See schedule below.
30 - 4th grade Writing Benchmark - 1st/4th specials switch
31 - Kinder fieldtrip
November:
5 - Class Pictures and Individual Retakes
6 - 3rd grade music dress rehearsal at 2:05 pm - 1st/3rd Specials Switch
6 - Fundraiser Game Truck Party - more information coming 12:30-2:30 pm
7 - Grade Level meetings (no conferences during your planning time on this day please)
Fundraiser DJ party for selected students 1:00pm - more info coming
3rd grade music program 6:30 pm
8 - 3rd grade music program for our students 8:30 am
Progress report cards are pulled at 5:00 pm
11 - Staff Workday; 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
Have You Voted?
As of the 4th day of early voting, Giesinger had 14 staff voters. Even if you don't live in CISD, please get your voice heard and vote!
This Is the Last Week to Early Vote!
Early voting for the November 5th Bond Referendum continues this week through Friday, November 1st. Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. For more information about the upcoming Bond Election and to view voting polling locations and times, please visit www.conroeisd.net/bond or www.elections.mctx.org.
"I Voted" Challenge Continues this Week!
Early voting begins Monday and we have been challenged to collect 100 “I voted” stickers! I know we can do this but the question is how quickly can we get them?
There will be a poster size 100 chart in our faculty hallway on Monday. Encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to vote! Ask them for their “I voted” stickers and stick them on our chart. As soon as we reach 100 then we will get jeans from that day until November 30th!
If we collect 100 stickers before November 1st then those of you with remaining October jeans passes can redeem them in December.
Gather your people and VOTE!
Voting Dates
- Last Day to Register to Vote – Monday, October 7, 2019
- Early Voting Begins – Monday, October 21, 2019
- Early Voting Ends – Friday, November 1, 2019
- Election Day – Tuesday, November 5, 2019
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.
Get 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!
October 28-November 1 Cereal
November 4-8 Snack Bars (Granola, Fruit, Nut, Etc.)
November 12-15 Baby Items
Postivity Project Character Strength of the Week:
This weeks Positivity Project character trait is Creativity.
Creative people can look at the world in original ways.
They are open to new experiences, and have an
imaginative and independent thought process. They
generate lots of different ideas and can pursue them with
energy and enthusiasm. Creativity is a process that takes
courage. Anytime you share your original ideas with the
world, you risk being criticized or even ostracized.
Positive psychology breaks creativity into two components:
First, he/she must produce original ideas or behaviors.
Second, the original idea or behavior must make a positive
contribution to that person’s life or the lives of others.
There are both big and small acts of creativity. Big acts
are exemplified by great artists and scientists. Small acts
include everyday acts of creativity, such as how people
Grade Level Professional Learning Communities
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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