Around Our Campus

• Students have completed 750 classes and we have had 23 graduates so far this year!!! Keep up the amazing work!!!
  
  

• There are only 10 days until Winter Break..... we can make it.
  
  

• 12 days of Christmas change..... waffles will be on Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
  
  

• Remember.... students should not be charging their phones at school.
  
  

• Standing Ovation Nominations
  
  

  The new internal employee recognition program, The Standing Ovation Award, seeks to recognize outstanding employees who serve the mission of the district in a manner that exceeds job expectations...those who go "above and beyond the call of duty".

  
  

  One nomination may be made from each campus or department each month. The campus/department may determine the process for their submission (Ex: campus committee, staff meeting vote, or campus/department survey). The nominee DOES NOT necessarily need to be from your campus/department, but may be any non-teaching staff member from anywhere in the District that you feel is deserving. For more details on the recognition program, please click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CgWHUGSttnNHIAxjK0txzGdQEOt_eeqJT8OUIRXw5Do/edit?usp=sharing.

  
  

  Nominations must be submitted to the Survey Monkey form below and received by the committee before the 25th of each month in order to be considered for that month’s award. Nominees who do not receive the award for the month in which they were nominated, may be nominated again. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRQ8JZD
  
  

  
  

• ESL Exam Certification Prep Class

  
  

  We will be offering another ESL certification exam prep course on Saturday, January 19, 2019 from 8:00am -3:30pm at the CTE.
  
  

• Video Highlight to Support Growth and Learning INFORMATION

  
  

  The special education department has shared training videos (in addition to the special education learning modules) with your special education staff. These videos are available through the Compliance Training tile on the staff portal. You would log into the Safe Schools Training site with your credentials to access.
  
  At the bottom of your mandatory trainings is a link to extra training. When you click that arrow, you have many areas of training to choose from. We are highlighting behavior courses to support campuses (15 courses available here). These would be appropriate to support learning at your campus.. There is a brief quiz at the end of the video.
  

• Advisory Week of 12/10/18 Lesson Plan

• Special Education Faculty Survey

  ACTION REQUIRED

  Action to take: Share faculty survey with all staff on your campus and request that the survey be completed by Dec 12th.

  
  

  As we have discussed, we have contracted with Stetson and Associates, Inc. for a review staffing practices and conduct a program evaluation for students with disabilities in Frisco ISD School District for the purpose of continuous improvement. The evaluation will include an analysis of data pertaining to enrollment, policies, procedures, and staffing patterns. It will also include classroom observations and interviews and focus groups with key stakeholders as well as faculty and parent surveys. Below you will find a link to the faculty survey to be shared with all of your staff:
  https://fs19.formsite.com/TriciaWillms/4qhjkon64k/index.html
  
  

• We are adopting Chris Stevenson and Madison James as our Christmas angels this year. If you would like to contribute, please give your money or gift card to Trudi by Dec. 14th.
  
  

• LAST CALL! ESL Certification Reimbursement

  
  

  Frisco ISD is offering an ESL certification reimbursement of $300 for any classroom teacher who currently does NOT have the ESL supplemental certification. Teachers must complete the Google form to be eligible for reimbursement. Certification MUST be posted to teacher's current Texas certificate by February 1, 2019. Please see attached flier for additional information.
  

  ESL Certification Reimbursement
  
  

Greg has a Business Administration degree from Williams Baptist College in Arkansas and was a small business owner in Tyler, Texas before moving to Frisco in 2017. He previously worked in the insurance and retail industries. Greg enjoys selling real estate on the side, fishing, playing/watching soccer and spending time with family.

Congratulations to our FEF winners. Both Elma, Ms. Kirk, and the CABS teams received FEF grants this year!!!!

• 2 - Andrew Martinez
  
• 2 - Keyarea Payne
• 2 - Vinicius Pavesi
• 3 - Kelli Medford
• 4 - Devon Caplicki
• 4 - Brandon Richardson
• 4 - Taylor Reid
• 5 - Mickel Nichols
• 5 - James Hemphill
  
• 5 - Dylan Wulf
• 5 - Hannah Coursey
• 5 - Yaliyah Lewis
• 6 - Jacob Gallo
• 6 - Hunter Henderson
• 6 - P'lar Young
• 7 - Jordan Sado

• Dec 10th - Secret Santa Starts
• Dec 11th - Lock Down Drill
• Dec 17th - Dana out of office
• Dec 19th - Conf period staff meetings
• Dec 19th - Secret Santa reveal
• Dec 20th - Potluck
• Dec 21st - Last day of school for this calendar year!!!!

• Cindy, Mary Jane, Samanthi for proctoring all the EOC tests.
• Ashley did a great job going over the 1/2 day program and motivating students who are having to stay all day due to lack of progress.
  
• Lisa and Elma for all the work they did on the Statewide Parent Conference.
• Lesli for helping chapparone all the student volunteers for the conference.
• Tyrone for helping with the Art project.