AM Announcements - October 28

AM Announcements
October 28, 2008

1. Today is Day 46.

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:

Tuesday: October 28
Quarter Test Make-up's
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Early voting at Polo Park Recreation Center - 10:00-7:00

Wednesday: October 29
Quarter Test Make-up's
Box Tops for Education collected
Little Symphony Concert - Grades K-5 - 9:00 AM
Early voting at Polo Park Recreation Center - 10:00-7:00

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. Certified staff members who came in early for the August 15 workshop make take Friday, October 30 in return without an Annual Leave day being deducted. Individuals who do not have "Reserved Central Office" staff development on Monday or Tuesday may also take those days off.

9. Early voting is now open at Polo Park Recreation Center. It's open from 10:00-7:00 Tuesday and Wednesday and 10:00-5:00 Thursday and Friday. For those who live in the area, it is even open 10:00-1:00 on Saturday.

10. Please complete the half page "Health Form for when a Child Gets Sick or Hurt" and send it to the office with the child. You have access to more up to date phone numbers than the office does. We expect that teachers will have called parents if at all possible. The office will also call. We would rather have two calls to the parent than none. We are still working on activating phone lines from the classrooms.

11. Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)

Play: Work that you enjoy doing for nothing.
Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary