AM Announcements - September 29

AM Announcements
September 29, 2008

1. Today is Day 25.

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:

Monday: September 29
Interim Progress Reports go home
WINGS Volunteers begin
W-S Symphony - Woodwinds - Grades 4-5 9:00-9:45 AM - Gym

Tuesday: September 30
POY Interviews - Reichert off-campus - 8:00-12:00
All PEP's signed or documentation available to attempts
Box Tops for Education collected
Technology staff development - 2:45-4:15
A's and Bee's Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday: October 01
No events as of this time
NCI Training -2:30-5:30 - Reichert, Powell, Grisard, and Tuttle
EC Caseload forms due to Reichert for signature

Thursday: October 02
Teacher of the Year Banquet - 4:30-6:30 Powell and Goliszek
Reichert off-campus all day
PTA Board Meeting - 5:30-6:30
Make It, Take It Night - 6:30-7:30

Friday: October 03
Reichert off-campus all day

4. The Dixie Classic Fair begins this Friday. Keep that in mind as you plan your assignments for the week of October 6.

5. Box Tops for Education will be collected tomorrow. Please remind your students today.

6. The PTA Membership dues are $3.50 per person. You can see Ms. Fletcher who will be happy to help you.

7. Just a reminder that Dr. Martin visits Speas next week on October 9. Be sure you know your data . He will be here from 10:00-12:00 and will most likely eat lunch in the cafeteria.

8. Social Committee dues are still being collected. This benefits everyone, even those who do not pay. Please find it in your heart to contribute your dues of $25.

9. Ms. Powell, Ms. Marston and I are doing our walk-thru's as a team so that we can standardize what we are looking for

10. Certified staff should remember to put October 2 on their calendars. This is "Make It, Take It" night and attendance is mandatory. This item has been in Bee Lines for several weeks and on the master calendar since mid-August. There should be no questions regarding attendance.

11. EC teacher should complete their caseload forms by Wednesday so I can sign them. I will be gone on Thursday and Friday and they are due Friday.

12. Mr. Cokley was out sick yesterday and custodial services did not provide a substitute. Mr. Hummings (Gus) did the priorities which are bathrooms and pulling trash. There is the likelihood that your room may not have been swept. That is because he did not have enough time to get to it. Hopefully Mr. Cokley will be back with us today.

13. Thanks go out to all of you. Even with all the subs we had in the building yesterday, the day went very smoothly. Thanks for your contribution to the calm.

14. Student Council Members - Teachers please make a note of which Student Council Members are in your class. Please keep in mind that the Student Council members are leaders of the school. If they are having problems in your class please bring it to my attention as soon as possible so that this can be brought to the student's attention that they are jeopardizing being taken off Student Council due to their actions and behavior. The Student Council Members will resume their meeting schedule in October that is on the school wide calendar.
Officers - (These attend the Executive Board Meetings)
President - Jason Jowers
Vice President - Tierra Wilson
1st Vice-President - Caryn Fletcher
Secretary - Ruby Cardenas
Assistant Secretary - Maya Williams
Treasurer - Sharissha Theodore
Assistant Treasurer - Dezaray Hickman
Historian - Mac Smith

Senate Board Members
Char'tayia Cunningham
Malik Neal
Nikeyta Parker
Christian Keltner
Fredrick King
Alejandro Nunez
Dillion Simmons
Taylor Thomas
Christa Fletcher
Amiya Stevenson
Dominic Tyler
Andre Walters
Tianna Wilson
Silva Lima
Danytza Cisneros
Dorain Stafford
Shipra Vaidya
Rhio Isa
Manuael Castillo
Gabrielle Tonsay
Kelly Ubabuike
Ana Guajardo
John McClurkin
Christopher McClurkin
David Mittelman
Nygel Young
Oscar Cisneros
Zechariah Gibson
Ruriko Isa
Lee Sales
Vincent Crosby
Josue Guzman
Dakota Pickney
Antonio Martinez
Alex Jones

15. Family Night is greatly approaching in November. This year all grade levels and specialists have been divided to handle certain areas and locations for Family Fun Night. As a team you need to create a schedule for coverage for the entire event along with 30 minutes before hand for set-up and 30 minutes afterwards for clean up. A schedule needs to be turned in to Ms. Fletcher by Friday, October 10, 2008 showing how your team will cover their given location. The teams and locations are listed below:

Friday, November 7, 2008 - 5:00-7:30
4th & 5th Grade - Haunted House
Pre - K - BINGO
2nd - Two Ticket Table Locations
Rose Rusch - Face Painting
Lowe,Starling, Hoots - Cake Walk
Mrs. Gerber - Animal Balloons
1st Grade - 5 Game Stations
Fussell, Powell, Reichert,Schwabe - Hot Dog Supper
K - Cotton Candy, Snow Cones, & Popcorn
Baby Gap Volunteers - Inflatable in the gym.
Salas, Clodfelter, Baker, Alston - Spin Art
Office and First Aid Center - Rhodes, Spaventa

16. PTA Board Meeting on Thursday, October 2, 2008 @ 5:30-6:30 p.m. before the Make-It-Take Night. We are asking for at least two staff members to act as staff representatives and attend a monthly meeting. If you are interested please notify Cathy Smith and Shanta Fletcher. Thank you for your support.

17. You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.
Jeannette Rankin (1880 - 1973)

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
Ellen DeGeneres

To believe is to know you believe, and to know you believe is not to believe.
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)