AM Announcements

AM Announcements
August 28, 2008

1. Today is Day 4.

2. It is the mission of Speas elementary School to provide its students with the tools necessary to successfully meet the challenges they will face in a diverse world.

3. Calendar items for this week:

Thursday: August 28

Kindergarten – All students attend
Behavior Assembly – K - 8:15-8:45 (Gym)
Classified staff leaves 30 minutes early

Friday: August 29

Classified staff leaves 30 minutes early

4. Please remember to fill out an Air Quality Complaint Form whenever issues arise. We will verify your report and send it in to maintenance.

5. Classified staff members leave at 2:45 today and tomorrow.

6. There will be a Behavior Assembly today for all Kindergarten classes at 8:15 AM. Please be in the gym and seated so we can begin promptly. Classes will not be called.

7. We are planning a Fire Drill for today if we don't have issues with rain.l hold off until Thursday since we have all the Kindergarten students and their parents at K-screening today.

8. Social Committee does a lot of wonderful work here at Speas. They represent all of us in family emergencies, family celebrations, and faculty activities. This of course costs money. Dues are now due. Membership is $25. Check should be made out to Speas Elementary School. Do not make them out to Ms. Johnson. Social Committee is not a personal account.

9. Today is the first day for all Kindergarten students to attend. This may cause a back-up in the cafeteria. Please be prepared for this eventuality. Arriving on-time at the cafeteria is very important in order for us to remain on schedule.

10. Toni Bigham will be here this morning from 10:00-12:00 going over the Self-Assessment portion the Principals' Evaluation Instrument.

11. Below you will find the link to Speas Group Calendar. Please cut and paste it into your favorites so you can access it more easily:

http://wsfcs8.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/calendars/speascal.nsf/iNotes/Calendar/?OpenDocument&PresetFields=s_CalView;M&KIC&UNH=30ahlacbh8d33j8b51j29kgiq8s

12. Whenever there is bad weather at afternoon dismissal, the following locations will be used for specific buses: 2nd Grade Hallway - Bus #175; Media Center - Bus #71.
These locations will no longer be announced over the intercom.

13. There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
Thomas Sowell (1930 - )

One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Critic as Artist, part 2, 1891

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.
George C. Marshall (1880 - 1959)

I don't care what it is, when it has an LCD screen, it makes it better.
Kevin Rose, Diggnation, Our Lip Dub Is Better Than Yours, 2008