🦃🍁 Happy Thanksgiving Break, Little Griffin Families! Enjoy some of our Little Griffins' art work!🍁🦃
We are so grateful for our amazing students, families, and staff who make NDLE such a special place to learn and grow. We hope your week is filled with rest, joy, and time spent with the people you love! 💙
📅 Reminder: Schools will be closed November 24-28 for Thanksgiving Break.
📚 Students will return to school on Monday, December 1.
Enjoy the break, and we can’t wait to welcome our Little Griffins back soon! 🦅✨
#DreamBelieveAchieve #DeSotoDifference
We are so grateful for our amazing students, families, and staff who make NDLE such a special place to learn and grow. We hope your week is filled with rest, joy, and time spent with the people you love! 💙
📅 Reminder: Schools will be closed November 24-28 for Thanksgiving Break.
📚 Students will return to school on Monday, December 1.
Enjoy the break, and we can’t wait to welcome our Little Griffins back soon! 🦅✨
#DreamBelieveAchieve #DeSotoDifference
🌟 Portrait of a Graduate Spotlight! 🌟
Today, we are excited to celebrate our Portrait of a Graduate winner for this month! A Portrait of a Graduate student demonstrates the important qualities we want all our learners to develop.
This month, we’re highlighting one special quality: being an empathetic listener, which connects to Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. This means listening carefully—not just to respond, but to truly understand others.
👏 Now, help us celebrate a student who models this every single day…
🎉 Congratulations to Rufus from Ms. Burford’s class! 🎉
Rufus is a wonderful friend and an outstanding listener. He listens with purpose—not only to follow directions but to understand his teacher and classmates. He does the right thing without needing reminders, loves learning new things, and shows kindness and care to everyone around him.
Rufus, thank you for showing us what Habit 5 looks like in real life. We are so proud of you! 💙
Today, we are excited to celebrate our Portrait of a Graduate winner for this month! A Portrait of a Graduate student demonstrates the important qualities we want all our learners to develop.
This month, we’re highlighting one special quality: being an empathetic listener, which connects to Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood. This means listening carefully—not just to respond, but to truly understand others.
👏 Now, help us celebrate a student who models this every single day…
🎉 Congratulations to Rufus from Ms. Burford’s class! 🎉
Rufus is a wonderful friend and an outstanding listener. He listens with purpose—not only to follow directions but to understand his teacher and classmates. He does the right thing without needing reminders, loves learning new things, and shows kindness and care to everyone around him.
Rufus, thank you for showing us what Habit 5 looks like in real life. We are so proud of you! 💙
The NDLE Booster Club is the BEST 😍! Surprising our staff with a coffee bar and Chick fil A biscuit on the day before Thanksgiving Break! Thanks for putting a pep in our step!
✨ National Substitute Teacher Day ✨
A huge shoutout to our amazing substitute teachers! You fill in, lift up, and help our classrooms shine. Thank you for your dedication to our students and for supporting our teachers whenever you’re needed. We are grateful for you! 💙 ❤️
Not pictured: Mrs. Burris, Mrs. Terry, and Mrs. Crawford who are some of our regular substitute teachers. We appreciate you!
📚✨ Celebrating High Attendance at NDLE! ✨📚
A huge thank you to our amazing students, supportive parents, and dedicated teachers for helping us maintain high attendance at school! Your teamwork and commitment make all the difference. 💙
When students come to school regularly, they:
✔️ Build strong learning habits
✔️ Stay connected with friends and teachers
✔️ Keep up with important skills and lessons
✔️ Grow in confidence and progress toward their goals
Every day matters — and together, we’re making each day count! 🌟
Let’s keep showing up, learning, and leading the way! 💫
A huge thank you to our amazing students, supportive parents, and dedicated teachers for helping us maintain high attendance at school! Your teamwork and commitment make all the difference. 💙
When students come to school regularly, they:
✔️ Build strong learning habits
✔️ Stay connected with friends and teachers
✔️ Keep up with important skills and lessons
✔️ Grow in confidence and progress toward their goals
Every day matters — and together, we’re making each day count! 🌟
Let’s keep showing up, learning, and leading the way! 💫
🌟 Congratulations to Our Leaders of the Month! 🌟
We are so proud to recognize this month’s students who consistently show what it means to be a Leader in Me school! These outstanding Little Griffins have demonstrated the Habits in action — from Being Proactive and Putting First Things First to Thinking Win-Win and Synergizing with their classmates.
They also shine by meeting our school-wide behavior expectations each day, showing kindness, responsibility, and respect in all they do. 💙✨
Thank you for leading by example and making NDLE an amazing place to learn and grow! Keep soaring, Leaders! 🦅💫
Not pictured: Thomas from Ms. Beasley's Class, Laikyn from Ms. Freeman's Class, and Aly from Ms. Moore's Class
We are so proud to recognize this month’s students who consistently show what it means to be a Leader in Me school! These outstanding Little Griffins have demonstrated the Habits in action — from Being Proactive and Putting First Things First to Thinking Win-Win and Synergizing with their classmates.
They also shine by meeting our school-wide behavior expectations each day, showing kindness, responsibility, and respect in all they do. 💙✨
Thank you for leading by example and making NDLE an amazing place to learn and grow! Keep soaring, Leaders! 🦅💫
Not pictured: Thomas from Ms. Beasley's Class, Laikyn from Ms. Freeman's Class, and Aly from Ms. Moore's Class
💜 More Purple for Lydia pictures 💜
💜Our Little Griffins love to support a good cause. So many students showed up in their purple to support Lydia and donated their $1 in the office. 💜
Little Griffin Family: Here is another opportunity to give!
📚 ⭐️ Here are this week's AR buttons in First Grade! ❤️ 💙
Good morning NDLE Families! As we enter this holiday season, I ask that you continue to keep the importance of student attendance in mind. As we finish this week, and come back from Thanksgiving, your students will be busy progress monitoring their goals and movement towards mastery or above. Please help us to get back to our goal of 97% Attendance. #AttendanceMatters #DreamBelieveAchieve
Children get in free at the NDHS Girls and Boys soccer games tonight beginning at 5:30. Jambalaya plates will be for sale at the games.
Hey NDLE families! Our Monday Memo is our school's main form of communication. Please take the time to read it to stay informed about the events going on at our school. It is sent through email, text, our Facebook page and Live Feed on the DeSoto Schools app or our website. Click the link to open this week's newsletter. https://desotoparishschoolsla.edurooms.com/engage/north-desoto-lower-elementary/newsletters/ndle-monday-memo-nov-17
🍂🦃 Thank You, NDLE Families! 🦃🍂
A huge thank-you to all of our families who joined us for Thanksgiving Lunch today! Your smiles, hugs, and support made the day so special for our students and staff. We are grateful for the wonderful community we have here at North DeSoto Lower Elementary. 💙❤️
💪🏽🤩Shout out to our FABULOUS cafeteria staff who cooked and plated food for over 500 people today. They are the true MVPs! And they were looking beautiful in their new hats that our precious Booster Club gave them. ❤️ 💙
NDLE Construction Update.....Significant progress on the Administration Building/Media Center, with the installation of metal studs nearing completion and exterior sheeting underway. The Classroom Wing has plumbing and footings installed, with the slab to be poured soon. Upcoming tasks include roofing and the mobilization of fire sprinkler work. #Progress #Growth #DreamBelieveAchieve
Another awesome Cluster Day at NDLE!! After we recruit the best, we support the best, to retain the best, and that's what we did today in Cluster. New Teachers went on a field trip to see high-quality teaching practices, in which they could add to their toolboxes to strengthen their own teaching practices and student outcomes. #RecruitSupportRetain #DeSotoDifference #DreamBelieveAchieve
🎉Congratulations to our Leaders of the Month for October! Thank you for consistently showing respect, responsibility, and kindness to others. We are so proud of your leadership!🥳
❤️Here are this week's First Grade students who earned AR buttons. ❤️
NDLE Students can wear Thanksgiving attire to school tomorrow (Thursday, November 13) in honor of our Thanksgiving Lunch. Remember to look at the schedule to see what time and place your child's class will be.
📌Hi Little Griffin Parents! Please take some time to complete this survey and leave comments if you feel the need to offer feedback. The schools and district uses these surveys to plan for the future so your voice is heard and considered!
📌Pro Tip for parents with kids at multiple DeSoto schools: After you submit for our school, you can use the link again to choose one of the other schools and get all of your surveys finished at once.
https://app.satchelpulse.com/s/rQTyByLXfQMZU6LtgwF6hrUJ?country=us
📌Pro Tip for parents with kids at multiple DeSoto schools: After you submit for our school, you can use the link again to choose one of the other schools and get all of your surveys finished at once.
https://app.satchelpulse.com/s/rQTyByLXfQMZU6LtgwF6hrUJ?country=us
