AM Announcements - November 10

AM Announcements
November 10, 2008

1. Today is Day 51.

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: November 10
SIP Committee Meetings - 2:40-3:40
Report Cards go home

Tuesday: November 11
No School - Veterans' Day Holiday

Wednesday: November 12
Leadership Winston-Salem - Community Day - Reichert off-campus all day
Ms. Powell - Staff Development - Off-campus until 10:45
Smith Field Trip to Reynolda Manor - 8:15

Thursday: November 13
Linhart Field Trip to Reynolda Manor - 8:15
Ident-A-Kid - 8:15
Elementary Principal's Meeting - Reichert off-campus 7:15-12:00 PM
SIP Committee Meetings - 2:40-3:40
WS/FCS Staff Policy Committee - 4:00-5:00 PM - Reichert off-campus
Make It , Take It Night - 6:30-7:30

Friday: November 14
Honor Roll - 8:15

4. All certified staff members are expected to remain for the entire Family fun might.

5. I want to remind you again that you are to TURN ALL TV's, MONITORS and COMPUTER (CPU's) off every day when you leave. This will be checked on a regular basis by Energy Management. I found a number of TV's and computers on Thursday and Friday evenings. Remember that we will have an energy audit over the Veteran's Day holiday.

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. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. December 02 - Holiday Program
e. December 06 - Holiday Open House - The Reichert's House
f. December 12 - Speas Meeting with Dr. Martin

9. A sign-up sheet for first quarter review conferences is in the mail room. Please sign -up for a time that is convenient for you. Please check with the other individuals on your grade level so that everyone uses a similar form. We want to review the performance of every child and put strategies in place to help them be successful.

10. I want to thank all of you who worked so hard to make Family Fun Night a success. Special "Thanks" go to Ms. Fletcher for organizing things so well. It really does take all of us. Classified staff who worked should see Ms. Powell for their COMP Time Coupons.

11. Thank you notes for our author/illustrator presentation can be sent to the following:

Anna Chamis
Jefferson Elementary School
4000 Jefferson School Ln.
Winston-Salem, NC 27106

12. We will be meeting this afternoon Thursday afternoon on our SIT plan rough draft. Committee assignments are listed below on the blog. Please let me know if your name has been inadvertantly left off.

13. There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating: people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing. - Oscar Wilde

We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong. - Bill Vaughan

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. - Lester B. Pearson