How We Organize Ourselves

January 2019

Important Dates:

January 7 Staff Development Day (Campus)
January 8 K-5 iStation ISIP MOY Formal Data Collection Window Opens
January 8 K-1 Math Check Up 2 Window Opens
January 11 2nd Grade Opt. Math Unit 4 Post Assessment Window Closes
January 11 3-5 Science Performance Task Posted
January 14 3rd Nine Weeks Science Modules Arrive
January 25 K-5 iStation ISIP MOY Formal Data Collection Window Closes
January 25 K-1 Math Check Up 2 Window Closes
January 30 4th Grade Critters Arrive (12 crickets per teacher) or February 6 as POI States
January 30 Kindergarten Critters Arrive! (15 snail, 15 pill bugs, 15 red worms per teacher)

Other Dates:

January 11 End of 2nd Nine Weeks
January 14 Writing in Science (Library)
January 15 Tier 3
January 21 Holiday
January 22 Leadership Meeting (Room 2111)
January 24 Instructional Rounds 12:30-2:20
January 28 Focus Groups
January 29 Tier 3

Visit the New and Improved Interactive LISD Learning Model!

Sora (OverDrive for Students)

Exciting news! Overdrive has a new app just for schools called Sora. Sora makes it easier than ever to browse, download, and read books from our digital library.

Students (and teachers) are able to read or listen to books online through any browser (Such as Chrome/Safari) or through the Sora App.

Login Information for Leander ISD Users

To use our Overdrive service, Leander ISD users are required to use their login; see the info below:

Elementary Students:

Username: Last Name (first 8 letters)_ ID# This is to be done with no spaces and an underscore in between

Password: year of birth, month, day EX: 20170112

Secondary Students:

Username: Last Name (first 8 letters)_ ID# This is to be done with no spaces and an underscore in between

Password: Same password used to log in to the school computers

District Employees:

Username & Password: district login

Visit the LISD website for an overview and more information or see Stephanie Beasley in the library!

Website Worth Visiting

Gapminder Dollar Street

Gapminder visited 264 families in 50 countries and collected 30,000 photos. They sorted the homes by income, from left to right. There are many other ways to find out about families such as "Things I dream of having."!

Dollar Street is a Gapminder project - free for anyone to use.

Today they feature more than 300 homes in 56 countries.

In total they have more than 30 000 photos, and counting!

Families all over the world are more similar than we might think.