AM Announcements - November 25

AM Announcements
November 25, 2008

1. Today is Day 61.

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: November 25
2-3 AR Celebration - 8:15
SIP Rough Draft Due
A's and Bees Tutoring 6:00-8:00 - cancelled

4. There will be an energy audit during the Thanksgiving vacation. Please follow the steps listed below:
a. PLEASE CLOSE ALL BLINDS
b. TURN ALL TV's OFF
b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. The office will be open tomorrow but the building will not be heated. It will be closed Thursday and Friday. If you want to come in and work for some reason, make sure you dress warmly.

6. There is a display by Book are Fun in the media center. Orders may be placed through December 03 and delivered on December 04.

7. 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

8. Remember that classified staff members may depart at 2:30 PM today. Ms. Rhodes, Ms. Higgins, Ms. Fletcher, Mr. Ireland and Mr. Cokley will leave an hour earlier than their normal time. That means that the building will close at 5:00 today. Mr. Hart will be the last one out the door on Tuesday following the departure of the last magnet express student.

9. When we return from Thanksgiving we will begin scheduling quarterly visits to teachers at other schools.

10. The AR celebration for 2-3 is at 8:15.

11. Remind your students that there will be no A's and Bees tutoring tonight.

12. Some individuals have raised the question about the relationship between the Open House my wife and I host each December and support from Social Committee dues. My wife and I have hosted a Christmas Open House for 30 years. We invite her staff, my staff, our neighbors and our friends. It is our way of kicking off the holiday season. There is no relationship between our Open House and Social Committee or any other group. We receive no support in terms of money or personnel. It is wholly and completely a gift from our family to all invited. We hope you will be able to join us on December 6 between 4:00 and 10:00.

13. Our Superkids officer, Kim Ruff, will be here December 15 through February 06. Kindergarten, Second and Fifth grades should sign-up for sessions on the sheet in the mail room by the sign-in sheet.

14. Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion. - Robertson Davies

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. - George Bernard Shaw

Competence, like truth, beauty and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder. - Laurence J. Peter