AM Announcements
November 20, 2008
1. Today is Day 58.
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:
Thursday: November 20
Ms. Say's class field trip to Salemtowne 9:30-11:30
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:00
PTA Teacher of the Year Dinner - Village Inn - Clemmons - 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 21
Fourth Grade field trip to Old Salem 9:00-1:00
Dollar Dress Down Day
Reichert Off-campus after 11:00
4. There is a Technology staff development this afternoon. We will be divided into two groups like we were in October.
5. At the end of every day:
a. TURN ALL TV's OFF
b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTER (CPU's)
6. The office will be open on Wednesday, November 26 but the building will not be heated. It will be closed on November 27 and 28. Once again the building will not be heated over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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
b. December 06 - Holiday Open House - The Reichert's House
c. December 12 - Speas Meeting with Dr. Martin
9. Review conferences scheduled for today are: 8:50 - Gifford; 11:30 - Badarin; 12:20 - Kelly
10. Classified staff members should depart at 2:30 PM on Monday and Tuesday of next week to give them the time for Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving.
11. Human Resources has announced 403b Fairs for the following companies: American Century, Edward Jones (The Hartford), Wachovia Securities (The Hartford, ING), Horace Mann, Security Benefit.
Wednesday, December 3: East Forsyth HS, Cafeteria, 4:00-6:00pm.
Thursday, December 4: North Forsyth HS, Media Center, 4:00-6:00pm.
Wednesday, December 10:West Forsyth HS, Cafeteria, 4:00-6:00pm.
Thursday, December 11: Parkland HS - Cafeteria, 4:00-6:00pm.
(Registration is not required for these events!)
12. If you followed the news yesterday, the State of North Carolina has asked school districts to return a portion of the funds allocated earlier this year. It amounts to about $39 per student or around $2.3 million for WS/FCS. Our system has not announced where the cuts will be as of yet. The board will decide this at its meeting next Tuesday.
13. I base my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. - Gilda Radner
The purpose of life is to fight maturity. - Dick Werthimer
A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. - Sir Barnett Cocks
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2 comments:
To echo what Dr. Reichert said, I had an FCAE meeting last night. Buddy Collins, of the school board, was there as well. He said they don't know anything yet and will obviously be discussing this issue at the school board meeting. It was also said at the meeting (by Tripp Jeffers) that this may have some effect on the increase of the equity plus bonus as that was "new spending," which probably is out of the question right now. However, nothing is set yet and FCAE asked for teacher presence at the school board meeting.
On another note, we discussed the new options of the 403b. FCAE endorses the Security Benefit Group option. It has no penalties or sales fees like some of the others.
I need to send out the results to last years' IPT ESL test to the parents. We will place these results in your boxes to be put into this Monday's packets. I think this is the safest way to get the results to the parents. Thank you for your help.
Virginia Spaventa
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