AM Announcements - October 13

AM Announcements
October 13, 2008

1. Today is Day 35.

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: October 13
Ms. Powell Off-campus
Pennies for Patients Drive begins
United Way meeting - 2:45 PM - All staff attends
Grade 3-5/Title-1 Schedule meeting - following the United Way meeting

Tuesday: Ocotber 14
Ms. Powell Off-campus
Student Council - officers only - 1:30-2:15
Staff Meeting - 2:45-4:00 PM
CiCi's Pizza night -5:00-8:00 PM
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday: October 15
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert Off-campus
Colonial Penn Representative at Speas - 8:00 AM-2:30 PM - Lounge
Harris Teeter - Together in Education Van at Speas - 10:30 AM-12:45 PM

Thursday: October 16
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert Off-campus
Colonial Penn Representative at Speas - 8:00 AM-12:00 PM - Lounge

Friday: October 17
Pennies for Patients Drive ends
Teachscape Classroom Walk-through training - 12:30-4:30 - Powell and MArston Off-campus

4. Someone broke a large internal component of the HIVE copier Thursday. We don't know who even though we would have appreciated knowing when it was broken. We have called it in and are awaiting its repair. Please submit all copying jobs to Ms. RHodes in the office until further notice.

5. There is a Staff Meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 2:45 PM.

6. SIP Committee assignments and information will be placed in boxes today.

7. There will be a meeting of Title-1 teachers and 3-5 teachers to finalize the revised schedule of service immediately following the United Way meeting at 2:45 in the cafeteria.

8. The student scheduled to do BMI screening did not show up. We do not know why. Ms. Alston had planned everything very well and WSSU confirmed the times on Thursday. We do not know when this will be made up. We will keep you informed.

9. At the end of each day please take the following steps:
a. Turn off your TV
b. Log off your computers but do not shut them down
c. Turn off all monitors

10. I will be off-campus this afternoon after 4:00 PM at an Equity+ Principals' meeting.

11. Social Committee is still collecting dues for the 2008-2009 school year. Dues are $25 and can be paid in a single payment, or installments throughout the year. See Ms. Johnson to work out payment of your dues.

12. Ms. Smith will be staying after school today to assist teachers who wish to learn how to download pictures from digital cameras or help with Photo Story. Please let Ms. C. Smith know if you plan on attending. If you plan to use the digital camera, let her know a day ahead so she can insure that one is charged for you.

14. The media center will be closed this week as the books are boxed up and removed in order for the carpet to be removed; a moisture barrier applied and new tile laid. We realize that this is an inconvenience but we could not wait until the end of the month. This had to be taken care of now. Ms. Fussell will conduct her lessons in the classrooms until the job is complete.

15. Ms. Powell will be off-campus today and tomorrow. Dr. Reichert will be off-campus at a Leadership Winston-Salem retreat on Wednesday and Thursday. Ms. Powell and Ms. Marston will be off-campus Friday afternoon at classroom walk-through training.

16. Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Henry Kissinger (1923 - )

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
Wendell Johnson

After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)