Stallion Staff Smore

We have successfully made it through the 1st 9 Weeks of the school year. It's amazing how quickly the first nine weeks flew by.

We hope that the 1/2 Day Grade Level Plannings over the last two weeks have helped you feel prepared for a solid launch into the second nine weeks. We know the value of time and we hope that you will be excited to know that we are working on a plan to offer additional 1/2 day plannings during the month of December to prepare for the 3rd 9 Weeks. Let's move into the 2nd 9 Weeks to ensure not a moment of learning is wasted to support our students reach their highest growth potential. #theresnoplacelikeSRE

1/2 Day Plannings:

• November 28th: 1st/2nd-Grade
• November 29th: Kinder (am)
• December 5th: 5th-Grade (ELA-am & Math-pm)
• December 6th: 4th-Grade (ELA-am & Math-pm)
• December 7th: 3rd-Grade (ELA-am & Math-pm)

Just a reminder, our PTA Fall Fundraiser Color Run is on THURSDAY this week. Please remind your parents that they will need to fill out the Color Run RSVP if they are planning to attend the event.

Please take a few minutes to read through our Stallion Staff Smore to make you stay up-to-date on all the events taking place next week. Please make sure you use the To-Do List at the bottom of the newsletter as a guide.

Thanks,

Britteny Clifford

Principal

Monday, October 16th

• PALS (A Day) Begin
• HOP Planning 3-4PM

Tuesday, October 17th

• Third PLC/RTI during planning

Wednesday, October 18th

• Unity Day- Wear Orange
• PALS (B Day) Begin
• HOP Slide DUE to Anne
• Fourth PLC/RTI during planning
• Bus Evacuation Drill 9:30-10:50 (Bus Evacuation Training Schedule)
• Grade DUE 3PM
• SAMA Practice 3:10

Thursday, October 19th

• Fifth PLC/RTI during planning
• Color Run (see times below)

Friday, October 20th

• Fall Fun Friday- Silly Day (hat, hair, socks)
• HOP Orders DUE
• HOP Voting Day

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Healthy Choices/Red Ribbon Week 10/23-10/27
• PTA Sock Drive

October Birthdays

• 15th - Deana LeGassick

• 16th - Jason Foley

• 21st - Jennifer Severinson

This week students have working hard to raise funds for our PTA. As your students earn class prizes, please schedule times give them their rewards.

Also, we reached our 80% registration goal today! Yay! So, now I need to either dye my hair like a rainbow, or spend the night at school. Please have your class vote right after the announcements. **Have students secret vote with heads down for one of the two options. Then write on a sticky note the totals for your class and send it down to Zan. We will announce the outcome on Tuesday's announcements!

Fundraising Dates: October 10th-19th

• 10/16 Launch it NOW

• 10/17 Grit it Out

• 10/18 Resolution

• 10/19 Color Run Event

Fun Run: Thursday, October 19th

• 8:00-9:00 2nd-3rd
• 9:00-10:00 Kinder-1st
• 10:00-11:00- 4th-5th

• Parents can be invited to the run to watch, but must check in. SRE Color Run RSVP

• Teachers come out to the run to cheer or run with students (and still get planning)

PALS program begins this week with Monday being an "A" day for PALS. Your PALee will see their PAL each Monday or Tuesday. Teacher helper PALS travel on Wednesday or Thursday. This link includes your student's schedule and PAL's name. PALS 2023-2024

On Wednesday, October 18th we will have our Bus Evacuation Training for all students and staff. Please see the Bus Evacuation Training Schedule. Teachers will need to bring their classes down to the bus loop at their respective time and remain with them throughout the drill. Teachers please support students on the bus when the driver is providing the training.

Bus Evacuation Training Details:

• There will be 3 buses total, so that we can get everyone through the drills.

• We will schedule the groups in 20 minute increments. The drill should last about 20 minutes please be ON TIME so that you do not hold up the classes behind you. Be at the Bus Loop at your start time.

• Please walk directly to the bus number you are assigned to (see chart above.)

• Please talk with your students ahead of time about being respectful and using audience basics.

• There will be 2 classes on a bus at a time. Students will need to sit two students to a seat.

• 3rd Grade and SPECIALS TEACHERS- **Third grade students will attend at the very end of specials. Specials teachers, please take the third graders to the Bus Loop right at the end of class and the 3rd grade teachers will meet you there.

Unity Day was started by PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center as a signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month. The call to action was to "Make it Orange and Make it End. Unite Against Bullying!" Participants are encouraged to wear orange to show their support for bullying prevention.

We show unity for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion and to send a visible message that no child should ever experience bullying. So wear ORANGE on Wednesday, Oct 18th.

Message from Lareina: Thank you so much for using the Character Coupons this week! I've seen so many students holding them in their hands as they leave for the day:).

To close out each Ethical Principle at the end of the month, we'll be having a school-wide D.E.A.R Morning (Drop Everything and Read). Beginning after announcements in your classroom, students will watch (links provided later) or you can read aloud to them (books available in the library for check-out) pre-selected stories on our monthly Ethical Principle.

Since we started a little late, we will have two book choices this month. One for Honesty and one for Integrity. This scheduled time will be your daily SEL time. After the school-wide story has been shared and discussed in your room, you can have your students do independent reading or buddy reading for the remainder of the SEL time. If you want to include flightlight reading, especially since our first one lands on Halloween, feel free to make the D.E.A.R Morning special and fun!

It is time to get ready for Open Enrollment 2024. Open Enrollment will be available from October 9th - 27th. All Open Enrollment-related information can be found at www.leanderisd.org/benefits. Open Enrollment informational meetings start 9/20/2023. Click here for informational meeting details and links to join the sessions. OE 2024 Virtual Mtgs.pdf

Thank Anne for organizing the information for our Fall HOP Time. Thank you to everyone who has teamed up! If you need the information from the HOP presentation, here are the slides.

HOP Action Items:

• Monday 10/16- HOP Planning 3-4PM
• Tuesday 10/17- HOP Slide DUE
• Friday 10/20- HOP Orders DUE
• Friday 10/20- Students VOTE on sessions after announcements

I cannot express how grateful I am for each of you and the work that you are doing at SRE. Each day brings new challenges, yet also new opportunities to do something GREAT!

I wanted to check in and see how I can support you and your team. I would love to hear from you regarding your specific needs and then use your feedback to provide support.

I would also love feedback on my performance so that I can continue to grow and reflect as a leader. Thank you for taking time to share your feedback.

I have made each survey question optional, so if there is something you do not want to answer you can skip it. I have also made it anonymous, but you can leave you name if you would like me to reach out to you directly.

This week, take a moment to reflect on the learning we have done over the last month around removing barriers and building expert learners by offering choice or using choice boards in the classroom.

Reflect on one thing you tried this month:

• How did you provide options to remove barriers for your students?
• Did offering options allow for more students to reach the learning target?
• How did students feel about having choice? What did they learn about themselves?
• What are you willing to try next?

Thank you all for helping to compost, plant seeds and transplants for our Winter Garden. We are excited to have it up and running. A big shout out "THANK YOU" to the University of Texas EdEN lab for providing us with all of our compost, transplants and seeds.

Here is our Garden Map Mrs. Riddle made for us. Please utilize this for your grade level's garden bed. Thank you for signing up for your Golden Shovel month.

Please continue to include the Garden Water SignUp in your parent newsletter. We have families helping through the end of November.

When your class visits the garden, don't forget to scan the QR code to let us know you went. This helps the garden committee know that the garden is being used. The class who visits the garden the most each semester, will receive a garden stone with their name on it.

If you see neat things happening in the garden, please let us know if the SteinerStallions chat. Things will begin sprouting soon! Continue to come check things out!

Did you know...

• What's the difference between mulch and compost?
• Mulch is used on the top layer of the soil to control weeds, retain moisture and regulate soil temperature. Compost is beneath the top layer of soil to benefit the soil in providing nutrients. Think of it as mulch being a blanket and compost being a vitamin.
• Why do we have a Passion Vine growing in our garden?
• These plants are native to North America, growing from Delaware west to Missouri and south to Texas and Florida, and also grow in Central and South America.The genus Passiflora is native to North America and South America. It attracts Gulf Fritillary butterflies. The butterflies will lay their eggs on the plant, and then we can watch the life cycle of the butterfly!

As you look forward to completing report cards, here are a few resources for you:

• Adding Free Text Comments in the Teacher Access Center (TAC)

• Elementary, PK-5 Report Card Standards

The end of the 1st nine weeks ends on Friday, October 13th. Report cards will be DUE Wednesday, October 18th at 3:00PM.

BOY Running Record Data Collection Window- data entry is DUE TODAY Oct 13 in Eduphoria.

• Running Record Protocol
  
• Reading Expectation Chart
  

K/1 teachers and Reading Specialist: Please use this Link to give feedback from the Reading Intervention Redesign and Phonics Initiative session on October 9.

• 5th-grade teachers, you can now access a new resource to support PACE instruction (in addition to Illustrative Math), Desmos. You will notice some Desmos lessons being linked in the units of study, starting with Unit 3.

• Your K12 LISD math team is PROUD to share that MIKE FLYNN will be at the Continuous Improvement Conference next month. Please be on the lookout for more details! For those of you on X, here is his account! The video pinned to the top of his account was shared with participants on October 9th!

Eclipse

• The 2023 annular solar eclipse is Saturday, October 14, and begins at 10:24 a.m. for the Austin area. Maximum coverage will be at 11:54, with the eclipse ending at 1:32 pm. Check out the greatamericaneclipse.com website, including their Texas page. NASA has an eclipse safety website that includes information on viewing the shadows formed by the eclipse with a colander or eclipse projector.

Science Kits Delivery

• The 2nd 9-week modules will be delivered to your campus by Tuesday, 10/17.

Goodbye Jamboard - Hello FigJam!!

• Are you mourning the upcoming loss of Jamboard? We are, too! Check out friEd's webinar introducing FigJam as an engaging, easy alternative (and free for educators!). Register at fried.tech/figjam-faves

Vocabulary Support

• Watch this video to learn more about Vocabulary Supports on the Read&Write toolbar!

Teachers if you are currently tutoring or interested in tutoring SRE students. Please fill out the link with your information. We want to have something to share with parents when they are looking for tutors.

SRE Teacher Tutor List 23/24

Do you want to celebrate a student for their hard work or their character? If so, click here for the STUDENT shout-out link. Write a short note and a certificate with your note will be sent directly to their parents!

Do you want to celebrate of thank a staff member for their hard work? If so, click here for the STAFF shout-out link. Write a short note and a certificate with your note will be sent directly to them!

• Running Records DUE TODAY
• HOP Slide to Anne DUE 10/17
• Grades DUE 10/18 @3PM
• Check Bus Evacuation Drill Schedule for 10/18
• HOP Voting with students DUE 10/20 to Anne

• RTI items- DUE for 3rd-5th

Email: britteny.clifford@leanderisd.org
Website: https://steiner.leanderisd.org/home
Location: 4001 North Quinlan Park Road, Austin, TX, USA
Phone: (512) 570-5700
Facebook: facebook.com/SteinerRanchElementarySchool
Twitter: @SREStallions