AM Announcements - October 27

AM Announcements
October 27, 2008

1. Today is Day 45.

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 27
Quarter Test make-up's

Tuesday: October 28
Quarter Test Make-up's
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday: October 29
Quarter Test Make-up's
Box Tops for Education collected
Little Symphony Concert - Grades K-5 - 9:00 AM

4. The Technology staff development is Thursday for certified staff members beginning at 7:30 AM.

5. 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

6. Social Committee 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.

7. Fliers regarding The "Retirement Information Center dates for 2008-2009 are in the lounge and the mail room.

8. Any certified staff member who desires may take annual leave on Friday as long as they have leave to take.

9. This is only a three day week with students, then we get four school days and a weekend to refresh ourselves and get ready for the Holiday Quarter.

10. Make sure to inform your parents that there is no school October 30-November 04. It's in Bee Lines but you can say it too many times. We'll do an Alert Now on Wednesday evening as a reminder as well.

11. The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.
Calvin Trillin (1935 - )

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
Vannevar Bush (1890 - 1974)