Titan Families,

Welcome back from a long weekend! Seeing our Titan Community again after a break is always life giving. Thank you for sharing your children with our Titan Life Changers. I hope this newsletter reaches you doing well and flourishing in our community!

As mentioned last week, there will be opportunities for your child to show what they know and develop goals through various universal screeners like the NWEA MAP and iStation Indicators of Progress (ISIP). These beginning, middle, and end of year universal screeners allow our Titan life changers to know how to support your child's learning progress throughout the year. Over the next few weeks, your Titan's classroom teacher will reach out about scheduling a parent conference to review this data as well as areas of focus for this semester.

We launch our APEX two week-long event on campus starting on September 13th. The purpose of this organization is to mix leadership, fitness, and entertainment in the school day while growing our school funds to support innovative, flexible spaces in our library and expanding our teachers' access to instructional tools and devices. Be on the look out for more information next week!

Please look at our upcoming events and consider adding them to your family's activity calendar like Grandparents Day lunch. Yes, we are welcoming our grandparents! We invite grandparents to join their grandchildren for lunch on Friday, September 9th during their grandchild's scheduled lunch period.**Please note that due to cafeteria staffing, we will not be able to serve adult lunches (but grandparents are welcome to bring outside food in with them if they would like to eat lunch too), we apologize for any inconvenience. **Please note that students will ONLY be able to eat at their scheduled grade level time and cannot be pulled from class to eat with siblings. In the days leading up to the event, we ask that grandparents come to campus during regular hours to pre-scan their ID into our systems. All grandparents that RSVP and have their ID scanned will have a pre-printed badge waiting for them so they can head right into the cafeteria for lunch and not have to wait in line.The form will close TOMORROW, so if you have plans to attend, please RSVP as soon as possible.

If you would like to be more involved, please review how to serve on Watch D.O.G.S., become a substitute teacher or cafeteria volunteer, and join our Parent Teacher Association (PTA). PTA will have their first general meeting on Wednesday, September 14th at 6 PM. That right, we will have our meetings in the evenings so that our families have a better opportunity to attend. We hope to see you there!

All that being said, we have plenty of ways for you to serve our Titan Community, and we hope you get plugged in. Thanks for your consideration and for being a part of our Titan Community! Please feel free to reach out anytime. We are here to serve!

Thank you,

Dr. Amy Sharp, Proud RPE Principal

Information sessions in our area are coming soon!

We will form six subcommittees to focus on:

• High schools – maximum of 9 members for each high school feeder pattern
• Middle schools – maximum of 6 members for each middle school feeder pattern
• Elementary schools – maximum of 2 members for each elementary feeder pattern
• Technology – 25 members
• Ancillary services – 25 members
• Security – 25 members

Each subcommittee will work with a district administrator to evaluate district needs. Applicants will be expected to attend the kick-off meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20, 2022, at the LEO Conference Center as well as all subcommittee meetings. As we build our committees, please know we are working to balance representation to include all regions of our district.

The culmination of the CFAC planning could include a recommendation for a future bond election package, which will ultimately go to the Board of Trustees for final approval before being presented to voters.

The deadline to submit an application for a CFAC Subcommittee is Friday, Sept. 30.

While most of our students bring healthy snacks daily, we have families who need some support. Therefore, we are holding a snack drive to support our Titan Community!

You may be asking yourself, what can I send in?

• Individually bagged snacks
• Nut-free items
• Healthy (low in sugar)

Please deliver snacks by dropping them off with our receptionist, Natasha Lewis. In advance, thank you for your generous donations!

WATCH D.O.G.S. is a national program focusing on the prevention of violence in our children’s schools by using the positive influence of fathers and father-figures to be a positive role model for all students. While on campus, WATCH D.O.G.S may:

• read and work on flash cards with kids,

• play at recess, eat lunch with their child,

• watch the school entrances and hallways,

• assist with pick up and drop off

• Mentor students

How do I get involved?

1. Read through the expectations and sample schedule

2. Register as a Leander ISD Volunteer

3. Fill out the RPE Watch Dogs Registration Form

4. After confirming volunteer status, Marc Grace will reach out with more information and schedule a Friday to volunteer.