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Principal's Blog 5/24/19

What a year it has been! We have so much to celebrate and the energy in our staff is palpable.  We have made "Safe and Collaborative Culture" our focus this year and our end of the year data is off the charts.  The percentages below indicate how many staff members agreed with the statement.

1.1 The faculty and staff perceive the school environment as safe and orderly: 98%

1.2 Students, parents, and the community perceive the school environment as safe and orderly: 100%

1.3 Teachers have formal roles in the decision-making process regarding school initiatives: 98%

1.4 Teacher teams and collaborative groups regularly interact to address common issues regarding curriculum, assessment, instruction, and the achievement of all students: 100%

1.5 Teachers and staff have formal ways to provide input regarding the optimal functioning of the school: 98%

1.6 Students, parents, and the community have formal ways to provide input regarding the optimal functioning of the school: 98%

1.7 The success of the whole school, as well as individuals within the school, is appropriately acknowledged: 98%

1.8 The fiscal, operational, and technological resources of the school are managed in a way that directly supports teachers: 100%

The statewide TLCC data, which is found on the Colorado Department of Education site supports this data as does the Leader in Me data that we collected. Our success is clear, as are our next steps.

In addition to this, we have created monthly Leadership Assemblies in which we celebrate students, we have established a school-wide incentive system with students filling compasses, created systems and routines to create an effectively run school, and implemented ways to honor and acknowledge staff success. We will keep all of the impactful things we have done this year and shift our focus to "Effective Teaching" next year. Our theme will be about empowering instruction to make a difference for students. We can't wait!

Thank you for your generous donations for our retreat! Because of your generosity, we are able to provide a lunch for staff on the first day of the retreat, and a catered breakfast for the second day. We are truly humbled and can't wait for our time together. Thank you!

This summer we encourage you to continue to collect Box Tops.  Go to this link and select the Flip Flops and Box Tops image.  Print and help us raise money all summer long!  Return the filled sheet at the beginning of the year in our box located at the front office. 

Today your child received a leadership certificate.  On the back are some ideas on how to bridge the gap of leadership from school to summer.  Please have them fill out the back of the certificate, sign it and return it on the first day for a leadership prize.  If you'd like to keep the certificate, feel free to make a copy of it to sign and return.  Thank you for your support with this!

Thank you to the following parents who have served on our SAC or PTIB and are retiring from their positions: Molly Hinrichs-Ramos, Tiffany Grizzle, Susan Johnston, and Christine Rumler.  We appreciate all of the hard work, dedicated service and strong leadership they provided to LPE.  You have left your legacy at Legacy Point! 

Thank you for making this year so successful and welcoming me back into the community.  I have enjoyed every minute. 

We look forward to seeing you on August 6th at 4:30-6:30 for our Meet and Greet and School Supply Drop Off.  If you need us, the office will be open on Wednesdays at 8:00-2:00.  I hope you all have a wonderful and safe summer. 

Thank you!

Kristin Drury
Principal

Principal's Blog 5-3-19

5-3-19

Dear Legacy Point families,

3 more weeks left! This year has definitely flown by. The LPE Staff is feeling the
restraints of time and it is certainly bittersweet for us. Here are a couple of things of which
to be aware...

DCSD Strategic Plan

Over the past few weeks, the Douglas County community has provided valuable input into
our strategic planning process. In March, approximately 300 community members and 500
staff participated in facilitated conversations where they provided feedback about Douglas
County School District. That input was used to craft questions for an online survey.

In early April, over 30,000 staff, community members and students participated in that
online survey, which helped outline community priorities for the upcoming strategic plan.

Now, we encourage community members to attend an upcoming meeting to learn
more about how community input is being incorporated into the creation of DCSD’s
new strategic plan. Attendees will learn about the strategic plan themes that have been
generated from community feedback, so far, and have the opportunity to provide input into the
Strategic PlanFramework. The Parker Region session will be held at the following...

Parker

Monday, May 6 | 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Legend High School

22219 Hilltop Road, Parker

Please help us make sure that the Legacy Point voice is well represented at one of these upcoming community conversations. No RSVP is required. However, it is so important for our community members to provide input and insight into this plan. I strongly encourage you to attend!

Help us determine the next steps necessary to ensure that each and every student in Douglas County School District is ready for a successful life after high school, and beyond.

If you have any questions about the DCSD strategic plan, or these community conversations,
please reach out to me.

Box Tops Coordinator

We are in need of a volunteer to coordinate the Box Tops for Education initiative. This helps our school raise money for our school each year. Responsibilities would include collecting, sorting and counting the box tops on a schedule that meets your needs. Coordinator would also access online redemption opportunities, sweepstakes and collection sheets. You may have some friends join you for this to help. Please call the LPE office if you will help us. Thank you in advance!

Lost and Found

We will be donating all of the Lost and Found items at the end of the school year. We will place all items out beginning mid May. Please come by to claim to see what might have been left behind.

SAC/PTIB

We are still seeking interested parents to help with events throughout next school year. If you are interested in helping in very small or larger ways, please call our office. It takes all of us to make this community amazing!

Have a great weekend and let's finish strong!

Kristin Drury

Princpal's Blog 4-18-19

4-18-19

Dear Parents,

Thank you for your patience, understanding and dedication to our Legacy Point Community.  We have had quite the past couple of days!  We've had a fire truck on site due to a false alarm being pulled, a controlled dismissal with our lock out (thank you for helping us with this), and a news crew on site this morning.  The news was here doing a story on the heightened presence of security at our schools.  Here is the link to the story: 

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2019/04/18/denver-schools-parker-police-heightened-security-school-threats-over-colorado/.  

As a reminder, please remember to bring your Drivers License into the building with you.  We need to check all adults into the office upon arrival to ensure the safety of our staff and students.  Thank you for your cooperation with this.

Upcoming Dates:

Friday, April 19th - No School, Teacher Comp Day

Friday, April 26th - College Gear Friday!  Bring $1.00 (or two) and students will wear their favorite college gear.  All money raised will go toward purchasing a cooler so we can recycle our uneaten and still closed/wrapped food.  We will donate all of these items to the Parker Task Force.  One cooler is $1,200.  This is a student designed and coordinated project.  Let's make a difference in our community!  Ponderosa has generously donated $250.00 to get us going.  

Friday, May 10th - Muffins with Mom (before school)

Saturday, May 11th 9:00 a.m. - Graduation Gallop at Sagewood,  Registration - join us for this fun PHS Feeder Event!



Survey:
We need to hear from you! Our SAC is going to be using this data to evaluate where we are as a school this year. If you haven't already, please take this Leader in Me Measurable Results Assessment. https://mra.leaderinme.net/survey/index.php?r=survey/index&sid=827926&token=b113b941ba56c00e1d05fbf8ed1a79d3&lang=en&newtest=Y
Your son/daughter should have brought home a half sheet of paper  for you to sign to show when you have completed this.  We will be hosting a donut party for randomly selected students who have turned in the parent completion slip, and the class with the highest percentage of returns of the slip will receive a pizza party with me.  We need to have 80% of our community participate and this is the data we find most valuable so please help us!


PTIB/SAC Involvement
LPE can't do the things we currently do without your help. We are in NEED of parent involvement. Please Click this link to find out what types of things each of these parent groups do as well as a quick sign up to express your interest. We are interested in people who want to help with just one event a year, or who want to dive in with all of them. Research shows, parents who are involved in education have kids who perform better and are well adjusted. Please help!

As always, please let us know if you have questions.  Legacy Point appreciates you!

Kristin Drury

Principal's Blog 3-14-19

3/15/19


Legacy Point Community, 

I hope you all had a wonderful couple of snow days.  It is always nice to get that unexpected gift of time.  My daughter was home from college so for me, it was priceless. 

Reading Goal
We are on the downhill slide for this school year, if you can believe it.  I believe you have received information from teachers about your child's reading level.  Now is the time for all of us to dig in together to make a minimum of one year's growth in reading.  If you don't remember receiving this data, or don't know what you can do to help your child make this school goal growth, please contact your child's teacher.  As a school 84% of our students have made their benchmark or more toward reaching one full year's worth of growth. 

Security Presentation
On March 26th Legacy Point has the distinct pleasure to host Rich Payne, Director of Security for DCSD.  He will be giving a short 30 minute presentation regarding what security measures are in place for our school and our district, as well as what the future may hold.   This will be followed by a question/answer session.  Child care will be provided so please join us! 

Testing

It's testing time again!  Students in grades 3 through 5 will be taking the Colorado Measure of Academic Skills (CMAS) assessments in early April. We ask that you refrain from scheduling appointments or trips for students during the testing window. The testing schedule is linked HERE and is also on the "State Mandated Assessment" tab on the Legacy Point website. 

The Colorado Department of Education requires a 95% participation rate for schools taking the assessments. For a school of our size, as few as 9 students opting out of CMAS testing will drop our overall performance one full level. Schools are rated by CDE in four categories: Performance, Low Performance, Priority Improvement, and Turnaround. Student scores could fall in the Performance range, however, due to low participation, the overall school rating would be considered Low Performance. We wanted to share the impact that opting out has on our building as this question comes up frequently. If you have any questions about CMAS testing, the testing schedule, or any other items related to these assessments, please contact Amy Corr, School Assessment Coordinator, at: amy.corr@dcsdk12.org

Parents, please support your son/daughter with their reading goals by having them practice sight words, read for fluency, or read for higher levels of comprehension.  We can't do this alone and appreciate your partnership.  Have a wonderful spring break, Explorers!

Kristin Drury

Principal's Blog 2/12/19

February 12, 2019

Dear Parents,

Thank you all for attending our Student Led Conferences this week.  It was wonderful to see you and have students share and lead their learning.  I had an opportunity to listen in on many sessions and loved seeing students celebrate their progress as well as next steps for their educational.  Through the Leader in Me we believe students have an integral part of this journey.

Some Dates to Remember:

Students don't have school on Friday the 15th.  

Monday, February 18th NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS DAY

Friday, February 22nd 5:30-8:30 Legacy Point's Annual SOCK HOP!  Please join us! Additional information is in your Thursday Folder.  

February 26th is a Parent Teacher Involvement Board meeting at 4:15.  We are looking for new members to help out with one or several of our events.  Please come to see how you might help or share some fresh new ideas!  We need your involvement as many of our current members are retiring.

Leader in Me Recertification

Franklin Covey representatives came to LPE last week to provide an annual recertification check up.  Our biggest strengths were 1.  Ongoing Professional Learning for staff  2.  The safe and collaborative community we have with parent and student involvement and 3.  Our systems to align and monitor student achievement in reading.  It was a wonderful celebration for us. Next steps will include continuing to empower our students in various roles and their learning.  We are ready for it!

7 Habits Training for Parents

We currently have approximately 20 parents going through the 7 Habits training.  This is a shortened and condensed 3 night training.  The feedback from this has been sensational and we hope to continue to offer these types of options.

Thank you!

We can't thank our Parent Teacher Involvement Board enough for providing dinner for our two nights of conferences.  This is such a treat for all who are here throughout the evening.  Also, thank you to all of the parents who are helping to make the book fair such a success!  It has been stated that our parent community is going above and beyond to help provide the teacher books requested.  We can't thank you enough for your help raising money for our school!

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Now that we have our rock wall, our next priority for our building will be to finalize installing share walls and projectors in the final two rooms as well as beginning to replace teacher computers.  Our staff is operating on systems that are quite antiquated and need attention.  Please help us with these two priorities.

Student Leaders

You may have noticed the student greeters in the morning.  Students sign up for this leadership position and help hold doors, provide smiles, and start the day off on a positive note by greeting fellow students.  If your son or daughter is interested, please have them grab a leadership application in Town Square.  There are also availabilities with the Flag Team and Kitchen Servers.  

As always, thank you for your involvement and support.  Legacy Point is a special place because of your help.  We appreciate you!

Kristin Drury

Principal

Principal's Blog 1-18-2019

January 18, 2019


Dear Parents,

7 Habits of Highly Effective People
We have a unique opportunity for you to get involved with the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  It is a shortened and condensed training of 7 Habits and it will take place at Legacy Point Elementary.  Reasons you should consider this...

• Close to home
• Free for you
• Child Care Provided
• Snacks Provided
• Enter a raffle for a free Franklin Covey planner
• Come learn how to live your best life by using highly effective practices
• Learn how you can support your son/daughter by using these habits

Sign up here: 

• 7Habits Foundations 7Habits Foundations for Parents

Please email  Kristin.Drury@dcsdk12.org if you would like to take advantage our FREE child care option.  

Donuts with Dad

Donuts with Dad will take place January 25th from 8:30-9:00 at Legacy Point Elementary.  Students may bring their dad or another significant person to this event to enjoy a donut before school begins.  Additionally, parents are welcome to stay and join our Leadership Assembly which will take place at 9:15.  Hope to see you there!

We hope you all had a wonderful break!  We are so glad your kiddos are back with us and we are looking forward to the second half of the year!

Kristin Drury

Principal's Blog December 6, 2018

December 6th, 2018


Dear Parents,

The holidays are upon us and it is quite a hectic time of year for all.  I hope you are enjoying the process and managing the stress that can come with it!  I am looking forward to both of my college kids coming home.  My very quiet house is sure to get busy soon!

Here are some dates of which to be aware...

December 14th  LPE's Student Led Annual Pancake Breakfast:  Please join us for pancakes from Flippin' Flapjacks.  We will have our Student Lighthouse Council leading and helping to greet, serve, and clear; and our LPE Choir entertaining us.  If you haven't had these scrumptious pancakes you have been missing out!  I don't enjoy pancakes and I can't get enough of these.  Come join us!  This event is sponsored by our Parent Teacher Involvement Board so there is no cost to your family.  The RSVP for this event is coming soon.

You do not need to print and bring tickets to the event.  We ask that you please try to come during the time slot you RSVP for, to keep the flow of traffic in the cafeteria moving.  Parents are required to supervise their children until the school day begins.  Feel free to move to the library to enjoy a holiday film after you finish breakfast until that first bell rings. 

If you are able to lend a hand for about 30 minutes before or after you enjoy breakfast, please sign up to help out at the check in table or to help after the event here.

December 14th 9:15  December Leadership Assembly in the gym.  For our monthly assembly we will be randomly drawing 2 names per grade level and awarding those students a "Leader Lives Here" yard sign.  We will also be engaging in come fun sing alongs and having a small student led leadership lesson.  These assemblies are student designed and led.  Please join us for this uplifting event!

December 19th 10:00 a.m.  The Elementary Progress Report will go live!  We will send you a reminder to let you know that you will be able to see your son/daughter's EPR at this time.  Classroom teachers will also send a reminder for you to review them.  This timeframe will give you time to contact the classroom teacher if you have questions.  

December 20th after 2:30  (exact times are shared via classroom teachers) Holiday Parties.  We will wrap up the first semester with classroom celebrations.  Your son/daughter's classroom teacher should be connecting with you to share details.  You are welcome to check students out early on this day, we just ask that you sign them out via the office.

Raptor Security System  Legacy Point is thrilled to announce a new level of security being implemented at our school.  It is called the Raptor System and it requires parents to use their Driver's License or other ID to be scanned upon entry.  A badge with the picture of the ID bearer is printed out for wearing when entering the building.  This system is currently in use at all secondary schools and most elementary schools.  Legacy Point is in the last phase of  implementation for Douglas County School District.  Please be aware as using Raptor takes a bit longer than traditional sign in, yet is more secure. 

Volunteers, you will be able to grab your Volunteer Tag and sign in on a Volunteer sheet.
Visitor tags from Raptor are for those entering the building without the intent to volunteer at that time.  Please remember to bring your Drivers License. 

Thank you for your patience as we adjust to using this new system together.

Winter Break December 21st-January 6th  As you go on break with your kids keep in mind... keeping balance with your family.  We know kids shouldn't be spending more than 1-2 hours of  screen time that includes ALL screens.  It creates the space for our kids to be creative and find alternate activities they may not select initially.  Taking time to READ is key.  Parents of K-3 students you have a big job.  Research shows if students aren't reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade, they likely won't catch up with peers.  Your intervention and support is key.  Read to your child, let them read with you, ask your family to create time to do this.  Let them WRITE!  Let them be creative and entertain you with their thoughts.  Create the space to practice and LISTEN to show you value this.  You can make a big impact!  

Leader in Me  As you know we are a Leader in Me Light house school.  We are only one of approximately 400 schools worldwide to achieve this designation. Please see https://www.leaderinme.org/ for more information!  

Thank you for your continued support.  This has been an incredible semester for our community.  We wish you all the best during the holidays.  Please feel free to reach out at any time for any questions and know I always value your feedback.

Warmly,
Kristin Drury