Lost and Found

Good Morning Christie Families!
After only 9 days back from the break, our Lost and Found is full of unclaimed items. We are making some changes to the system:
All items will be kept in the hallway along the office, so you and your student will have an easier time when looking for items that were misplaced.
All items will be donated MONTHLY (at the end of each month) to keep the collection manageable.
The Lost and Found is now stored on the rolling hanging cart for ease of viewing items and will be on display during family nights, such as this Thursday, January 12th, for Fine Arts Night.
Please tell your students to visit the Lost & Found to claim their jackets, hats, etc. as soon as possible.

College Week Next Week!

Next week is college week!  We will celebrate all week long with decorations, sharing college experiences and dressing up!

Christie Elementary

College Week

January 9-13, 2017

My path to college leads me through…

Monday January 9- Christie Cubs Day

                                Wear Christie Cubs spirit wear or colors

Tuesday January 10- Carpenter Cowboys Day

                                   Wear a blue shirt or cowboy boots

Wednesday January 11- Clark Cougars Day

                                    Wear red, white or black and sunglasses

Thursday January 12- Plano Senior High Wildcats Day

                                    Wear maroon and white

Friday January 13- DREAM BIG!!

                               Dress up as your chosen career

We look forward to celebrating all week long!

Hour of Code

Friday, December 9th is our annual Hour of Code Even from 1:30-2:30.

This is where we invite parents to come code with their students for one hour at the end of the day.  We are asking parents to BYOD (bring their own devices), but we will also have unplugged activities for kids to rotate through during the event.

If a student has a parent, then they can either choose to come to the Learning Commons or go to their classroom and code. If a parent has student in multiple grades, they can all go to the LC together.

This is always a fun activity for everyone and we can’t wait to see how many people come to code this year!

Don’t forget that we will have the Perot Tech Truck here hosting events out of our Learning Commons.  Any student that has a parent attend is welcome to go with their parent to the LC to participate!

Here are just a few activities we will do :)

https://code.org/learn

https://code.org/curriculum/unplugged

Code in Artist here

Code in Frozen here

Code in Infinity here

Code in Minecraft here

Code in Play Lab here

Code in Star Wars here

Can Food Drive and November Info

Our Christie Student Council is collecting cans throughout November to help out the Plano Santas Holiday Food Drive.  Please encourage your children to bring cans throughout the whole month,

Last year we collected 743 cans, and we want to surpass that and collect at least 850 cans this year.  The 743 cans we collected last year were enough to feed 1 person for 135 days or a family of 4 for 5 weeks! We can make a difference!

Come on Christie Cubs...let's show how compassionate and giving we can be!

EVERY CAN COUNTS!
We are asking for cans or non-perishable food items
-cans (veggies, fruit, soup)
-boxes (spaghetti, mac and cheese, cereal)
-plastic bottles (peanut butter)
*no glass please
-bags (rice, noodle, cereal)

Raising Awareness

Building a school with an authentic inclusion vision is a difficult task.  It is a state of mind, a focus, and a purpose we have a build together as a community.  It starts with awareness and understanding and moves to building opportunities for different experiences together. I stumbled upon these resources on Teachers with Apps and I really wanted to share.  

One resource is an app called Autism Discovery Tool it promotes not only understanding, but also ways to help address an individual’s needs, and gives kids and adults a chance to “walk a mile in someone’s shoes”.  

The next comes from Bluebee TeeVee and Geek Books.  It is a series of short videos from 2 individuals with ASD and are full of information to help bring awareness and understanding to kids and adults.  

Autism Awareness isn't something we talk about or celebrate in April, but a focus we need to take everyday.

A Message from our PE Coaches

Hello Christie Parents, 

This year PE/Fitness is wanting to incorporate a drumming fitness activity into our workout. However, we want to make sure our students have the materials they need to succeed, so I just created a DonorsChoose.org classroom request.   Please click on the Fit to the Beat link below to donate.

 

Fit to the Beat

When you give to our classroom by October 6, 2016, your donation will be doubled thanks to DonorsChoose.org. Just enter the code LIFTOFF during checkout and you'll be matched dollar for dollar (up to $50). 

Thank you so much,
PE/Fitness Team

P.S. If you know anyone who may want to help all our students, please pass this along! 

Help Christie Get a Playground Makeover!

Dear Parents-

This year Christie Elementary has the opportunity to win some amazing prizes for our wellness program.  Anyone in our community can click on the link below and enter for a chance to win a $30,000 grant for our school's healthy transformation AND a new playground.  While there are other prizes available, this would clearly be an amazing opportunity of our kids!  The sweepstakes runs until March 24, 2017 which is a very long time.  Please set your alarm on your phone or post a sticky note on the fridge to log on each day and vote.  Also, feel free to share with family and friends to help increase our voting numbers.  Thank you!

http://www.togethercounts.com/at-school/win-for-your-school/sweepstakes