When it's ALMOST Friday

Need I say more?

Happy ALMOST Friday!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The holiday season is upon us! This truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Students are gearing up for Winter parties, Hour of Code, an assembly, and a 2 week break. Many kids are busying themselves with preparation for the return of the big guy in the red suit.

Elves have popped up in homes and classrooms around town to monitor behavior and provide daily entertainment.

The end of 2015 is quickly approaching... calendars are completely full with end of year activities, appointments, and celebrations.

Stress levels are high but attitudes remain chipper.

December in an elementary school is a pretty amazing place to be!

eExpo Presentation Schedule

Click HERE to view Canva

eExpo 2015

Parent Workshops

Below are a list of available parenting workshops available through PISD. What a great resource for parents! Pass it on... 

11/6 8:00am Memorial ES *Sibling Rivalry

11/10 12:00pm Bethany ES How to Handle the In’s & Out’s of Girl Drama

11/12 7:45am Mathews ES I Can Handle It: Facing Up to Bullies

11/13 8:00am Sigler ES *Stay Cool in the Heat of the Moment – Managing Anger

11/17 8:00am Hickey ES *Doing the Homework/Extra-Curricular/Family Time Boogie

11/17 7:15pm Otto MS *What are our Children doing in the Digital Age

11/18 7:45am Weatherford ES *Creating Harmonious Nurturing Families

11/19 6:00pm Rasor ES Who’s in Control? Reducing Power Struggles

One Time Workshops ES = Elementary School MS = Middle School

Lollipop Moments

Christie Elementary is gearing up for our second annual Engineering Expo (eEXPO). Yesterday at our staff meeting we shared a TED Talk about leadership with our staff. The story shared in this video about the "lollipop moment" really stuck with me. 

How many people in your life have created lollipop moments for you?

How many of you have actually told that person?

Think about how amazing our eEXPO would be this year if teachers and students really started to believe in their leadership abilities. 

So I ask you....

What's YOUR lollipop moment?

Schedule Change

Dear Christie Families, 

We want to thank you for your flexibility as we moved to a blocked specials schedule for the first part of the school year. The instructional planning time gained by teachers during the blocked schedule was used to plan ahead and review the larger picture of the school year. As the first nine weeks has come to an end, we are excited to share that beginning November 1st, we will be returning to the traditional schedule where specials takes place each day. 

As always, thank you for your continued support!

Christie Elementary