AM Announcements - December 02

AM Announcements
December 02, 2008

1. Today is Day 63.

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: December 02
Joint Principals' Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 7:30-12:00
Architect's Meeting on Speas renovation plans - 1:30-3:00
SIT - 2:40 PM
Holiday Program practice per Mr. Baker's schedule
Holiday Program 7:00 PM - Students arrive by 6:30

Wednesday: December 03
Spelling Bee Practice - 1:00 PM
Orders due for Books are Fun

Thursday: December 04
NCI Training - Reichert off-campus
CWS Training Powell and Marston off-campus
Orders delivered for Books are Fun

Friday: December 05
Speas Spelling Bee - 9:00 AM
2nd Grade - Moravian Candle Tea - 10:00 AM
NCI Training - Reichert off-campus

4. At the end of each day please do the following:
a. PLEASE CLOSE ALL BLINDS
b. TURN ALL TV's OFF
c. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. Ms. Powell will be selling T-shirts and coffee for Student Council before and after tomorrow night's Holiday Program.

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 06 - Holiday Open House - The Reichert's House
b. December 12 - Speas Meeting with Dr. Martin

8. Classified staff members may depart at 2:30 PM on December 18 and 19. Ms. Rhodes, Ms. Higgins, Ms. Fletcher, Mr. Ireland and Mr. Cokley will leave two hours earlier than their normal times on December 19. That means that the building will close at 4:00 PM on December 19. Please place this on your calendars.

9. It is time to schedule quarterly visits to teachers at other schools. We will post a schedule in the mail room of when you can schedule your observation. We will bring in a substitute for the day who will spend the morning in one classroom and the afternoon in another.

10. Pre-K staff should get together with Mr. Ireland and Mr. Cokley to determine which toy storage sheds need to be repaired.11. Remind your students that there will be no A's and Bees tutoring tomorrow night due to the Holiday program.

12. If you would like me to read a version of The Night Before Christmas to your class December 08-19, please sign-up on the sheet in the mail room.

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. I saw Jennifer Dobey yesterday at the Police Department. Her husband was promoted to Sergeant yesterday. She is as crazy as ever.

15. Invention is the mother of necessity. - Thorstein Veblen

I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty. - George Burns

If little else, the brain is an educational toy. - Tom Robbins