AM Announcements - December 09

AM Announcements
December 09, 2008

1. Today is Day 68.

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 09
Science Fair projects due
Student Council - 1:30 PM
Staff Meeting (Holiday Social) - 2:40 PM
CiCi's Pizza night - 5:00-8:00 PM
A's and Bee's Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday: December 10
Science Fair Judging
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert Off-campus all day

Thursday: December 11
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Science Fair viewing
4th Grade (On-demand) Writing test - 8:15 AM
Meeting for Team meeting with Dr. Martin - 1:00 PM (Powell, Mincer, Marston, and Reichert
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15 PM - Certified Staff

Friday: December 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
SIT team meets with Dr. Martin - 9:30
All Science Fair Projects taken home
Mid-year Evaluation Conference with Toni Bigham - Reichert - 1:30-3:00
Staff Social - La Caretta - 3:00 PM - Everyone welcome

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. The drawings and blue prints are on display in the tutoring room. Please feel free to ask questions and make comments. Comments for the architect's considerations should be made via e-mail.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. December 12 - Speas Meeting with Dr. Martin
b. dECEMBER 17 - RJR Jazz Band - 10:00 AM
c. December 18 and 19 - Classified staff members depart an hour early

7. We are beginning to run low on paper. If you have paper in your classroom, we want to use it up before we purchase more. Feel free to take it to the Hive and place it on the shelves so it can be used.

8. Timesheet Information for classified employees: Classified staff should use a Staff Calendar (available on the WS/FCS web site) when they fill out their timesheets. Remember to indicate if you are using Holiday Leave, Annual Leave, Sick Leave, Petty Leave, COMP time, Other Paid Leave, or Early Release before a Holiday. Remember that COMP time coupons should be attached to the time sheet for which you are using them. Don't forget to use your Special Comment or Explanations. Thanks for your help.

9. Student Council Meeting - For all Student Council Members will take place today at 1:30 PM in the media center and they will need to bring their things as we will dismiss from there.

10. If you have not had a chance to turn in your Night Beneath the Stars Basket idea in to Ms. Mincer yet you need to do so before the end of the week. Thanks a Bunch.

11. Dollar Dress Down Day is the next two Friday's please encourage your students to participate. All Dollar Dress Down Money in December goes towards the Holiday Families that the Student Council is sponsoring.

12. Our Superkids officer, Kim Ruff, will be here December 15 through February 06. Kindergarten, Second and Fifth grades will receive classes. She was here on Friday picking up her schedule. She is really looking forward to being at Speas.

13. In order for rooms to be cleaned daily, chair must be placed on top of desks or tables when the children leave at the end of the day. Please make this part of your end of the day routine.

14. Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. - H. L. Mencken

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home. - Robert Orben

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. - Frank Zappa