AM Announcements
January 04, 2010
1. Today is Day 78.
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: January 04
DIBELS testing window - 1/4-29
Tuesday: January 05
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
SIT - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
Meet Ms. Heyland and Ms. Logan - 6:00-8:00
Wednesday: December 16
No items at this time
Thursday: December 17
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
c. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
d. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. All teachers in grades 2-5 should call two parents today and invite them to bring their student to A's and Bees tutoring. We've had lot's of tutors and virtually no students. Now that the holidays are passed, we need to keep the tutors interested and a the students need the help. Please do your part and offer a personal invitation.
6. There will be a SIT meeting tomorrow from 2:40-4:00 PM. Please give any items to your representatives.
7. Now that all PLC leaders have been trained we will begin working with the processes we have been taught this week.
8. There are three weeks left in the second quarter. It ends 1/22. Currently Speas certified staff has not voted on taking January 25 off if they choose. Please click on the link below and cast your vote. Votes will be tallied tomorrow at noon.
Click here to take survey
9. The tentative date to move into the pod is March 27. We may be able to move before that time. As a result, teachers in rooms 21-28 should be going through their cabinets and getting rid of items that haven't been used recently. Storage will be at a premium to say the least. Grades 4 and 5 will move into the pod along with Ms. Smutek. We will be placing art on a cart for the remainder of the 09-10 school year from the move in date, March 27, until the close of school in June. Any teachers in need of boxes or other packing materials should contact the office. Teachers in rooms 9-20 should also be looking at what is in their cabinets and preparing for their move on June 10. These teachers will need to have everything packed by that time so workers from the warehouse can move it into storage trailers for the summer. Work is set to begin on phase two, the remainder of the back building, on June 13. The entire back building will be ready to move back into by August 15.
10. Jerry Bryant, Barbara's husband, serves on a committee with the Knights of Columbus that distributes grants to school for worthy causes. He has asked if we would be interested in seeking one of these grants from their current cycle. Grants are usually in the $250-$500 range. If you have an idea that we could submit, please let me know by return e-mail.
11. I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.
Steve Martin (1945 - )
Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.
Hodding Carter
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
AM Announcements - December 18
AM Announcements
December 18, 2009
1. Today is Day 77.
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:
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge ends today. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.
6. Thanks to all of you who have shared your ANIMOTO shows with me. Emory would be proud!
7. Please do everything in your power to get out of here soon after the kids do. It is time to start your Christmas hoiliday.
8. We will keep you updated on the weather forecast and what is happening with school. If inclement weather begins and school is closed early, we will operate on an early lunch schedule which means that lunch is moved up one hour for everyone. Right now everything is speculation until something actually begins to fall.
9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:00 - Taylor; 9:30 - Chitty; 10:15 - Jewell
10. WS/FCS will be offering H1N1 flu vaccinations for employees, retirees and dependents covered by the State Health Plan and/or Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The dates for the H1N1shots are Friday, January 8, and Monday, January 11, in the Central Office 3rd Floor Auditorium, The times will be from 7:30 AM until 7 PM on both days. There is no sign-up for the shots -- just come during the clinic hours for your vaccine.
Children between the ages of 10 and 17 must have parents present to receive the shot. Children under 10 must have two shots and must go to their doctor to get both doses of the H1N1.
Employees and dependents who are not covered by the State Health Plan or BCBSNC must pay $15 per shot for family members and employees. This payment may be paid in cash, checks and Medicare, Part B. Medicare Part B participants will not be required to pay a co-pay. NO CREDIT CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED,
PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING YOUR INSURANCE CARD ON THAT DAY or you will have to pay for the shot.
11. Ms. Claybon will not be at Speas today. She will be spending the whole day at Kimberly Park.
12. You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times, Dec. 23, 1929
The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), Orthodoxy; p. 14
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
December 18, 2009
1. Today is Day 77.
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:
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge ends today. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.
6. Thanks to all of you who have shared your ANIMOTO shows with me. Emory would be proud!
7. Please do everything in your power to get out of here soon after the kids do. It is time to start your Christmas hoiliday.
8. We will keep you updated on the weather forecast and what is happening with school. If inclement weather begins and school is closed early, we will operate on an early lunch schedule which means that lunch is moved up one hour for everyone. Right now everything is speculation until something actually begins to fall.
9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:00 - Taylor; 9:30 - Chitty; 10:15 - Jewell
10. WS/FCS will be offering H1N1 flu vaccinations for employees, retirees and dependents covered by the State Health Plan and/or Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The dates for the H1N1shots are Friday, January 8, and Monday, January 11, in the Central Office 3rd Floor Auditorium, The times will be from 7:30 AM until 7 PM on both days. There is no sign-up for the shots -- just come during the clinic hours for your vaccine.
Children between the ages of 10 and 17 must have parents present to receive the shot. Children under 10 must have two shots and must go to their doctor to get both doses of the H1N1.
Employees and dependents who are not covered by the State Health Plan or BCBSNC must pay $15 per shot for family members and employees. This payment may be paid in cash, checks and Medicare, Part B. Medicare Part B participants will not be required to pay a co-pay. NO CREDIT CARDS WILL BE ACCEPTED,
PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING YOUR INSURANCE CARD ON THAT DAY or you will have to pay for the shot.
11. Ms. Claybon will not be at Speas today. She will be spending the whole day at Kimberly Park.
12. You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), New York Times, Dec. 23, 1929
The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936), Orthodoxy; p. 14
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), (attributed)
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
AM Announcements - December 17
AM Announcements
December 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 76.
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: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge will be ending tomorrow, December 18th. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.
6. My wife's surgery went well yesterday and I will be off-campus this morning when she is discharged so I can take her home and get her settled there.
7. Holiday parties are today at 1:00 PM.
8. Student Council items:
a. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
b. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items tomorrow.
9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:00 - Taylor; 9:30 - Chitty; 10:30 Smith
10. Ms. Rhodes does not come in today until 9:30 and will be leaving at 12:30. Please keep this in mind when making requests from the office. Remember that all classified staff are leaving early top get in the two hours of released time they are entitled to prior to the Chirstmas holiday. A listing of departure times can be found above under Thursday and Friday items.
11. Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Life of Boerhaave
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.
Lillian Carter, in her 80s
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
Bob Thaves, "Frank and Ernest", 1982
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
Arnold Lobel
- More quotations on: [Books]
December 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 76.
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: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge will be ending tomorrow, December 18th. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.
6. My wife's surgery went well yesterday and I will be off-campus this morning when she is discharged so I can take her home and get her settled there.
7. Holiday parties are today at 1:00 PM.
8. Student Council items:
a. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
b. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items tomorrow.
9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:00 - Taylor; 9:30 - Chitty; 10:30 Smith
10. Ms. Rhodes does not come in today until 9:30 and will be leaving at 12:30. Please keep this in mind when making requests from the office. Remember that all classified staff are leaving early top get in the two hours of released time they are entitled to prior to the Chirstmas holiday. A listing of departure times can be found above under Thursday and Friday items.
11. Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Life of Boerhaave
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.
Lillian Carter, in her 80s
Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
Bob Thaves, "Frank and Ernest", 1982
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
Arnold Lobel
- More quotations on: [Books]
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
AM Announcements - December 16
AM Announcements
December 16, 2009
1. Today is Day 75.
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:
Wednesday: December 16
Spirit Week continues - Wacky Tacky Day
Assistant Principals' meeting - Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Thursday: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge will be ending this Friday December 18th. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.
6. I will be off-campus this morning while my wife is having surgery. I will be in the office following its completion and her arrival in her room. I will also be off campus tomorrow morning when she is discharged so I can take her home and get her settled there.
7. Ms. Powell will be off-campus this morning at an Assistant Principals' meeting. She will be gone from 9:0
8. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
b. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Today, Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: Falor - 12:30; Miller 1:30
10. Please keep Chris Say and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Chris has gone to West Virginia to be with her daughter and grandaughter. Little Daisy is suffering from pneumonia and whooping cough and is hospitalized there. We have no further word on Ann Smith's son at this time.
11. Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.
Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), "Keep the Faith, Baby!", 1967
December 16, 2009
1. Today is Day 75.
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:
Wednesday: December 16
Spirit Week continues - Wacky Tacky Day
Assistant Principals' meeting - Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Thursday: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge will be ending this Friday December 18th. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.
6. I will be off-campus this morning while my wife is having surgery. I will be in the office following its completion and her arrival in her room. I will also be off campus tomorrow morning when she is discharged so I can take her home and get her settled there.
7. Ms. Powell will be off-campus this morning at an Assistant Principals' meeting. She will be gone from 9:0
8. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
b. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Today, Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: Falor - 12:30; Miller 1:30
10. Please keep Chris Say and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Chris has gone to West Virginia to be with her daughter and grandaughter. Little Daisy is suffering from pneumonia and whooping cough and is hospitalized there. We have no further word on Ann Smith's son at this time.
11. Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.
Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951)
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), "Keep the Faith, Baby!", 1967
Monday, December 14, 2009
AM Announcements - December 15
AM Announcements
December 15, 2009
1. Today is Day 74.
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 15
Spirit Week continues - Dress Up Day
PTA Staff Breakfast - 7:15-7:55
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Marston off-campus
Dr.'s appointment - Reichert off-campus 2:00-3:30
Superintendent's Holiday Open House - 3:30-5:00 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45 PM
NO A's and Bees Tutoring tonight
Wednesday: December 16
Spirit Week continues - Wacky Tacky Day
Assistant Principals' meeting - Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Thursday: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. We need to review staff arrival times on days when we are operating on a delay. The delay refers to students not staff. Staff members are expected to arrive at their regular time. Of course we do not want to endanger anyone, so if you feel that it is unsafe for you to drive, we want you to wait until it is safe. If you arrive after 7:15, the expectation is that you will work longerthat day to make up the time you missed. In essence you are operating on flex-time in these situations. Classified staff members time sheets should reflect the actual arrival and departure time of the individual.
6. There is a technology staff-development this afternoon for certified staff members from 2:40-4:15. I will be off campus due to a Dr.'s appointment and then Ms. Powell and I will be attending the Superintendent's Holiday Open House at 3:30 PM.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
b. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
9. There is no A's and Bees Tutoring tonight.
10. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:30 Gifford, 11:00 - Dagenbach
11. WFMY News 2 incorretly announced that WS/FCS were on a delay this morning. They have corrected but we may see some students who are late as a result. Also, buses may be running late due to this incorrect announcement.
12. Please keep Ann Smith and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Ann's son was in a car accident over the weekend. He swerved to miss a deer and hit a tree. He is hospitalized at University Hospital in Charlottesville, VA with a fractured vertebrae. They are placing him in a "turtle shell" to bring his spine into the correct alignment. If this works, he may be discharged on Thursday. Ann was on her way to northern Virginia for her mother's eye surgery. Her mom came through things fine. She was very thankful for that.
13. Breakfast this morning is courtesy of the PTA. Be sure to let them know. Yesterday's delicious goodies were all courtesy of Mary Billingsley. We want to say a big "Thank You" for her kindness.
14. Teachers will receive coupons for students to receive a free hot chocolate or a hot apple cider. There are not enough for all students so please give them as a reward to deserving students.
15. I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003)
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.
Barbara Tober
December 15, 2009
1. Today is Day 74.
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 15
Spirit Week continues - Dress Up Day
PTA Staff Breakfast - 7:15-7:55
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Marston off-campus
Dr.'s appointment - Reichert off-campus 2:00-3:30
Superintendent's Holiday Open House - 3:30-5:00 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45 PM
NO A's and Bees Tutoring tonight
Wednesday: December 16
Spirit Week continues - Wacky Tacky Day
Assistant Principals' meeting - Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Thursday: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. We need to review staff arrival times on days when we are operating on a delay. The delay refers to students not staff. Staff members are expected to arrive at their regular time. Of course we do not want to endanger anyone, so if you feel that it is unsafe for you to drive, we want you to wait until it is safe. If you arrive after 7:15, the expectation is that you will work longerthat day to make up the time you missed. In essence you are operating on flex-time in these situations. Classified staff members time sheets should reflect the actual arrival and departure time of the individual.
6. There is a technology staff-development this afternoon for certified staff members from 2:40-4:15. I will be off campus due to a Dr.'s appointment and then Ms. Powell and I will be attending the Superintendent's Holiday Open House at 3:30 PM.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
b. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
9. There is no A's and Bees Tutoring tonight.
10. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:30 Gifford, 11:00 - Dagenbach
11. WFMY News 2 incorretly announced that WS/FCS were on a delay this morning. They have corrected but we may see some students who are late as a result. Also, buses may be running late due to this incorrect announcement.
12. Please keep Ann Smith and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Ann's son was in a car accident over the weekend. He swerved to miss a deer and hit a tree. He is hospitalized at University Hospital in Charlottesville, VA with a fractured vertebrae. They are placing him in a "turtle shell" to bring his spine into the correct alignment. If this works, he may be discharged on Thursday. Ann was on her way to northern Virginia for her mother's eye surgery. Her mom came through things fine. She was very thankful for that.
13. Breakfast this morning is courtesy of the PTA. Be sure to let them know. Yesterday's delicious goodies were all courtesy of Mary Billingsley. We want to say a big "Thank You" for her kindness.
14. Teachers will receive coupons for students to receive a free hot chocolate or a hot apple cider. There are not enough for all students so please give them as a reward to deserving students.
15. I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003)
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.
Barbara Tober
Friday, December 11, 2009
AM Announcements - December 14
AM Announcements
December 14, 2009
1. Today is Day 73.
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: December 14
Spirit Week continues - Pajama Day
Tuesday: December 15
Spirit Week continues - Dress Up Day
PTA Staff Breakfast - 7:15-7:55
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Marston off-campus
Dr.'s appointment - Reichert off-campus 2:00-3:30
Superintendent's Holiday Open House - 3:30-5:00 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45 PM
Wednesday: December 16
Spirit Week continues - Wacky Tacky Day
Assistant Principals' meeting - Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Thursday: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Web pages were checked over the weekend. Individuals out of compliance will be notified today.
6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until close of business today. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS! If you need assistance please let the office know.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
Monday, December 14: 3rd - 4th - 5th - 1:15 p.m. in Room 3 (Bring book bags for dismissal)
b. Spirit Week begins today and the following committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Thank you for all your donations toward purchasing items for our families that are less fortunate this holiday season. We will be wrapping gifts on Monday, December 14, 2009 in Room 3 in the afternoon ; please feel free to stop and in and see all the gifts that your donations help to provide.
e. The following students need to meet in room 3 to wrap gifts @ 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2009:
Christa Fletcher, Kaycee Adkins, Sakurra Walters, Cameron Parker, John McClurkin, Daniela Hernandez, and Lee Sales.
f. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
9. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Redd Foxx (1922 - 1991)
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Bernard Berenson (1865 - 1959)
Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
December 14, 2009
1. Today is Day 73.
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: December 14
Spirit Week continues - Pajama Day
Tuesday: December 15
Spirit Week continues - Dress Up Day
PTA Staff Breakfast - 7:15-7:55
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Marston off-campus
Dr.'s appointment - Reichert off-campus 2:00-3:30
Superintendent's Holiday Open House - 3:30-5:00 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45 PM
Wednesday: December 16
Spirit Week continues - Wacky Tacky Day
Assistant Principals' meeting - Powell off-campus
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Thursday: December 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45
Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. Web pages were checked over the weekend. Individuals out of compliance will be notified today.
6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until close of business today. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS! If you need assistance please let the office know.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
Monday, December 14: 3rd - 4th - 5th - 1:15 p.m. in Room 3 (Bring book bags for dismissal)
b. Spirit Week begins today and the following committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Thank you for all your donations toward purchasing items for our families that are less fortunate this holiday season. We will be wrapping gifts on Monday, December 14, 2009 in Room 3 in the afternoon ; please feel free to stop and in and see all the gifts that your donations help to provide.
e. The following students need to meet in room 3 to wrap gifts @ 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2009:
Christa Fletcher, Kaycee Adkins, Sakurra Walters, Cameron Parker, John McClurkin, Daniela Hernandez, and Lee Sales.
f. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
9. Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Redd Foxx (1922 - 1991)
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Bernard Berenson (1865 - 1959)
Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
Thursday, December 10, 2009
AM Announcements - December 11
AM Announcements
December 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 72.
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:
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Make sure that you have updated your web page by today.
6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Science Fair projects should be taken down today.
9. Plants in the front lobby are watered every Thursday. Please do not take it upon yourself to water in between. It results in a flood in the lobby that has to be cleaned up. Thanks.
10. many of you remember Shirley Fennel from the cafeteria. George Fennell, her husband, passed away yesterday morning. PLease keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Shirley worked in kitchen with Barbara for 4 yrs.
11. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
Friday, December 11: 1st and 2nd Grade - 10:10 a.m in Room 3
Monday, December 14: 3rd - 4th - 5th - 1:15 p.m. in Room 3 (Bring book bags for dismissal)
b. Spirit Week begins today and the following committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Thank you for all your donations toward purchasing items for our families that are less fortunate this holiday season. We will be wrapping gifts on Monday, December 14, 2009 in Room 3 in the afternoon ; please feel free to stop and in and see all the gifts that your donations help to provide.
e. The following students need to meet in room 3 to wrap gifts @ 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2009:
Christa Fletcher, Kaycee Adkins, Sakurra Walters, Cameron Parker, John McClurkin, Daniela Hernandez, and Lee Sales.
f. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
11. Pray for your fellow staff members who are staying over tonight for the sleepover.
12. Night Before Christmas readings today: 8:15 - Kooken; 11:00 - Kelly; 12:15 - Smutek
13. Right after the first of the year, all teachers will have the opportunity to visit other classrooms either here at Speas or throughout the school system. Please give some thought to where you would like to go and what you would like to see. These visits can be either individual or by grade level. Speas will pick up the cost of a sub for half the day as part of staff development. We would like all visits to be completed during the month of January.
14. There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Muhammad Ali (1942 - )
Health food makes me sick.
Calvin Trillin (1935 - )
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 1
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people.
Doris Egan, House M.D., The Right Stuff, 2007
December 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 72.
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:
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Make sure that you have updated your web page by today.
6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Science Fair projects should be taken down today.
9. Plants in the front lobby are watered every Thursday. Please do not take it upon yourself to water in between. It results in a flood in the lobby that has to be cleaned up. Thanks.
10. many of you remember Shirley Fennel from the cafeteria. George Fennell, her husband, passed away yesterday morning. PLease keep her and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Shirley worked in kitchen with Barbara for 4 yrs.
11. Student Council items:
a. Student Council Members need to come to Room 3 on the following days to prepare for our Nursing Home Visit:
Friday, December 11: 1st and 2nd Grade - 10:10 a.m in Room 3
Monday, December 14: 3rd - 4th - 5th - 1:15 p.m. in Room 3 (Bring book bags for dismissal)
b. Spirit Week begins today and the following committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough
c. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items on Friday, December 18, 2009.
d. Thank you for all your donations toward purchasing items for our families that are less fortunate this holiday season. We will be wrapping gifts on Monday, December 14, 2009 in Room 3 in the afternoon ; please feel free to stop and in and see all the gifts that your donations help to provide.
e. The following students need to meet in room 3 to wrap gifts @ 1:00 p.m. Monday, December 14, 2009:
Christa Fletcher, Kaycee Adkins, Sakurra Walters, Cameron Parker, John McClurkin, Daniela Hernandez, and Lee Sales.
f. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - All Student Council Members will need to meet in the gym at 1:15 p.m. with their things to practice music for our Nursing Home Visit.
11. Pray for your fellow staff members who are staying over tonight for the sleepover.
12. Night Before Christmas readings today: 8:15 - Kooken; 11:00 - Kelly; 12:15 - Smutek
13. Right after the first of the year, all teachers will have the opportunity to visit other classrooms either here at Speas or throughout the school system. Please give some thought to where you would like to go and what you would like to see. These visits can be either individual or by grade level. Speas will pick up the cost of a sub for half the day as part of staff development. We would like all visits to be completed during the month of January.
14. There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Muhammad Ali (1942 - )
Health food makes me sick.
Calvin Trillin (1935 - )
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 1
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people.
Doris Egan, House M.D., The Right Stuff, 2007
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
AM Announcements - December 10
AM Announcements
December 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 71.
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: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Science Fair projects may be viewed in the gym today.
9. Congratulation to Ms. Merrill our 2010-2011 Teacher of the Year! No honor is more appreciated than being recognized by your peers for a job well done.
10. When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
Rita Rudner
December 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 71.
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: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
8. Science Fair projects may be viewed in the gym today.
9. Congratulation to Ms. Merrill our 2010-2011 Teacher of the Year! No honor is more appreciated than being recognized by your peers for a job well done.
10. When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
Rita Rudner
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
AM Announcements - December 09
AM Announcements
December 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 70.
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:
Wednesday: December 09
Science Fair Judging
WS Symphony - Strings - Grades 4 and 5 - 9:00-10:00 - Cancelled
Thursday: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. We were notified yesterday that Tianna Wilson's art piece entitled Portrait of a Young Girl has been selected for possible publication in Forsyth Family magazine.
6. Grade K-1 teachers can select 10 mbooks for their classroom library this morning between 8:00-8:45 in the meida center.
7. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
9. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
10. Science Fair projects will be judged in the gym today.
11. The symphony performance for today has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. No explanation was given for the cancellation.
12. Certified staff who have not voted for Teacher of the Year should see Ms. Linville or Ms. Miller.
13. There is now only one way to get to the playground and that is to walk on the parking lot. There are no other viable options when going or returning. Please be mindful of cars lining up for dismissal. You may wish to consider changing the time of your PE/Recess on the playground if you wish to avoid the cars. Please keep all children outside the fence. Do not enter into the fenced in area via the two holes for the track. All children and staff should be outside the fenced in area at all times. Thanks fior your cooperation. (Immediately after writing this I received an e-mail from the construction company requesting everyone to stay out of the fenced in area and off of the playground equipment. According to the e-mail there were several classes inside the construction fence and playing on the playground equipment. The playground equipment is off limits until it is moved, reinstalled and inspected by the city.)
14. We had 9 tutors last night and two children. I sent the tutoes on at 6:30 and kep the students. Then a third student showed up around 7:00. I am open to any ideas you might have in order to boost attendance. The tutors will not continue to come unless there are students to work with. How can we shake up parents and students to get here for this assistance? Just drop me an e-mail with your idea. It has been suggested that we offer an incentive. Any ideas on what might work?
15. Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.
Floyd Dell
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Journal of a Character, 1931
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Pygmalion, Act 2
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Terry Pratchett
December 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 70.
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:
Wednesday: December 09
Science Fair Judging
Thursday: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. We were notified yesterday that Tianna Wilson's art piece entitled Portrait of a Young Girl has been selected for possible publication in Forsyth Family magazine.
6. Grade K-1 teachers can select 10 mbooks for their classroom library this morning between 8:00-8:45 in the meida center.
7. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
9. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
10. Science Fair projects will be judged in the gym today.
11. The symphony performance for today has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. No explanation was given for the cancellation.
12. Certified staff who have not voted for Teacher of the Year should see Ms. Linville or Ms. Miller.
13. There is now only one way to get to the playground and that is to walk on the parking lot. There are no other viable options when going or returning. Please be mindful of cars lining up for dismissal. You may wish to consider changing the time of your PE/Recess on the playground if you wish to avoid the cars. Please keep all children outside the fence. Do not enter into the fenced in area via the two holes for the track. All children and staff should be outside the fenced in area at all times. Thanks fior your cooperation. (Immediately after writing this I received an e-mail from the construction company requesting everyone to stay out of the fenced in area and off of the playground equipment. According to the e-mail there were several classes inside the construction fence and playing on the playground equipment. The playground equipment is off limits until it is moved, reinstalled and inspected by the city.)
14. We had 9 tutors last night and two children. I sent the tutoes on at 6:30 and kep the students. Then a third student showed up around 7:00. I am open to any ideas you might have in order to boost attendance. The tutors will not continue to come unless there are students to work with. How can we shake up parents and students to get here for this assistance? Just drop me an e-mail with your idea. It has been suggested that we offer an incentive. Any ideas on what might work?
15. Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything.
Floyd Dell
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Journal of a Character, 1931
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Pygmalion, Act 2
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Terry Pratchett
AM Announcements - December 08
AM Announcements
December 08, 2009
1. Today is Day 69.
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 08
Science Fair Set-up
Staff Holiday Social - 2:45-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: December 09
Science Fair Judging
WS Symphony - Strings - Grades 4 and 5 - 9:00-10:00
Thursday: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. A parent called me yesterday concerned that she had driven by and seen two young girls walking the track alone. They were over by the storage building by the tennis courts and the closeest teacher she could find was over by the playground equipment. Please remember to supervise your classes with proximity to them. If children are going to walk the track, please walk with them and keep them in a group for safety since there is a parking area at the tennis courts and they are used throughout the day by community members. Thanks.
6. The Staff Holiday Social is today in the media center following dismissal.
7. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
9. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
10. Science Fair projects can be set up in the gym today.
11. Teachers in grades 2-5, please call at least two parents of students who could benefit from A's and Bees Tutoring tonight. We had 9 tutors ready for last week. If we have that many this week, I'd love for them to students to work with.
12. I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
Steven Wright (1955 - )
By the time we've made it, we've had it.
Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
December 08, 2009
1. Today is Day 69.
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 08
Science Fair Set-up
Staff Holiday Social - 2:45-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: December 09
Science Fair Judging
WS Symphony - Strings - Grades 4 and 5 - 9:00-10:00
Thursday: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. A parent called me yesterday concerned that she had driven by and seen two young girls walking the track alone. They were over by the storage building by the tennis courts and the closeest teacher she could find was over by the playground equipment. Please remember to supervise your classes with proximity to them. If children are going to walk the track, please walk with them and keep them in a group for safety since there is a parking area at the tennis courts and they are used throughout the day by community members. Thanks.
6. The Staff Holiday Social is today in the media center following dismissal.
7. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
9. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.
10. Science Fair projects can be set up in the gym today.
11. Teachers in grades 2-5, please call at least two parents of students who could benefit from A's and Bees Tutoring tonight. We had 9 tutors ready for last week. If we have that many this week, I'd love for them to students to work with.
12. I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.
Steven Wright (1955 - )
By the time we've made it, we've had it.
Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)
Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Friday, December 4, 2009
AM Announcements - December 07
AM Announcements
December 07, 2009
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:
Monday: December 07
Title-1 plan due to Title-1 office
Interim Reports go home
Author presentation - 1:15-2:15 - gym
ESL Principals' Meeting - Room #169 - 3:30-5:00 - Powell
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee meets with Dr. Martin - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert
LWS Education Day meeting - Career Center - 4:00-5:30 - Reichert
Tuesday: December 08
Science Fair Set-up
Staff Holiday Social - 2:45-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: December 09
Science Fair Judging
WS Symphony - Strings - Grades 4 and 5 - 9:00-10:00
Thursday: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council for the month of December will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the blog closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Days. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. The December evaluation of computers left on throughout the WS/FCS found 904 which had not been turned off. Two of those were found at Speas. According to Doctor Martin, schools will be held financially responsible for these oversights beginning with the January evaluation. At it's next meeting SIT will determine whether we will pay the fines out of instructional monies or hold individuals responsible. Simply stated, turn off all computers, desktop and laptop, before you leave at the end of the day. Place this statement prominently in your sub plans.
7. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
9.
10.
11. The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth.
Charles Luckman
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.
Cullen Hightower
December 07, 2009
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:
Monday: December 07
Title-1 plan due to Title-1 office
Interim Reports go home
Author presentation - 1:15-2:15 - gym
ESL Principals' Meeting - Room #169 - 3:30-5:00 - Powell
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee meets with Dr. Martin - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert
LWS Education Day meeting - Career Center - 4:00-5:30 - Reichert
Tuesday: December 08
Science Fair Set-up
Staff Holiday Social - 2:45-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: December 09
Science Fair Judging
WS Symphony - Strings - Grades 4 and 5 - 9:00-10:00
Thursday: December 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30
Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council for the month of December will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the blog closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Days. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. The December evaluation of computers left on throughout the WS/FCS found 904 which had not been turned off. Two of those were found at Speas. According to Doctor Martin, schools will be held financially responsible for these oversights beginning with the January evaluation. At it's next meeting SIT will determine whether we will pay the fines out of instructional monies or hold individuals responsible. Simply stated, turn off all computers, desktop and laptop, before you leave at the end of the day. Place this statement prominently in your sub plans.
7. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.
9.
10.
11. The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide-open spaces surrounded by teeth.
Charles Luckman
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.
Cullen Hightower
Thursday, December 3, 2009
AM Announcements - December 04
AM Announcements
December 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 67.
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:
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council for the month of December will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the blog closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Days. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7. If you have not updated your web page since the first quarter, you need to take care of it by 12/11. I have reviewed everyone's web pages and all their parts and some have not been changed since August. Only three had been chaged during the month of November. Please update these. This includes calendar pages if you have them. I will check again on the 11th and contact all teachers who have not updated by that time. Remember that the WS/FCS expectation is that web pages are updated at least quarterly. Some of you began posting your newsletters but then stopped. Once you begin this, parents will expect to find them and be diappointed when they don't find them.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. Holiday Doors will be judged today at 1:00.
10. Ms. Miller, Ms. Mincer and I will be in Greensboro this morning at UNCG accepting the Signature School Award in recognition of Speas having the highest growth in WS/FCS for 2008-2009. Thanks for all your hard work that made this recognition possible. This is your award.
11. There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), Prejudices: Second Series, 1920
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
Robertson Davies
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
December 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 67.
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:
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council for the month of December will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the blog closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Days. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7. If you have not updated your web page since the first quarter, you need to take care of it by 12/11. I have reviewed everyone's web pages and all their parts and some have not been changed since August. Only three had been chaged during the month of November. Please update these. This includes calendar pages if you have them. I will check again on the 11th and contact all teachers who have not updated by that time. Remember that the WS/FCS expectation is that web pages are updated at least quarterly. Some of you began posting your newsletters but then stopped. Once you begin this, parents will expect to find them and be diappointed when they don't find them.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. Holiday Doors will be judged today at 1:00.
10. Ms. Miller, Ms. Mincer and I will be in Greensboro this morning at UNCG accepting the Signature School Award in recognition of Speas having the highest growth in WS/FCS for 2008-2009. Thanks for all your hard work that made this recognition possible. This is your award.
11. There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), Prejudices: Second Series, 1920
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
Robertson Davies
Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
AM Announcements - December 03
AM Announcements
December 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 66.
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: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria today at 1:30 p.m. They will need to bring their things with them. For the month of December we will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the bloq closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Day. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7. If you have not updated your web page since the first quarter, you need to take care of it by 12/11. I have reviewed everyone's web pages and all their parts and some have not been changed since August. Only three had been chaged during the month of November. Please update these. This includes calendar pages if you have them. I will check again on the 11th and contact all teachers who have not updated by that time. Remember that the WS/FCS expectation is that web pages are updated at least quarterly. Some of you began posting your newsletters but then stopped. Once you begin this, parents will expect to find them and be diappointed when they don't find them.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. Holiday Doors will be judged on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. I will be off-campus at a Joint Principals' meeting this morning from 7:15-12:00.
12. If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
Jimmy Buffett, Song Title
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
Alvin Toffler
Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.
Clive James
December 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 66.
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: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria today at 1:30 p.m. They will need to bring their things with them. For the month of December we will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the bloq closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Day. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7. If you have not updated your web page since the first quarter, you need to take care of it by 12/11. I have reviewed everyone's web pages and all their parts and some have not been changed since August. Only three had been chaged during the month of November. Please update these. This includes calendar pages if you have them. I will check again on the 11th and contact all teachers who have not updated by that time. Remember that the WS/FCS expectation is that web pages are updated at least quarterly. Some of you began posting your newsletters but then stopped. Once you begin this, parents will expect to find them and be diappointed when they don't find them.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. Holiday Doors will be judged on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. I will be off-campus at a Joint Principals' meeting this morning from 7:15-12:00.
12. If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
Jimmy Buffett, Song Title
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
Alvin Toffler
Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.
Clive James
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
AM Announcements - December 02
AM Announcements
December 02, 2009
1. Today is Day 65.
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:
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Mid-year Evaluation Conference with Toni Bigham - Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. They will need to bring their things with them. For the month of December we will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the bloq closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Day. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard making last night's Holiday Concert a success. We want to thank Ms. Thompson-Totten for putting the program together along with Ms. Laney, Ms. Bushey, Ms. Johnson and all the other staff members who helped make the gym more festive with their decorations.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. Holiday Doors will be judged on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
Granville Hicks (1901 - 1982)
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), An Ideal husband, 1893
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
December 02, 2009
1. Today is Day 65.
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:
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Mid-year Evaluation Conference with Toni Bigham - Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. They will need to bring their things with them. For the month of December we will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the bloq closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.
*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Day. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.
* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard making last night's Holiday Concert a success. We want to thank Ms. Thompson-Totten for putting the program together along with Ms. Laney, Ms. Bushey, Ms. Johnson and all the other staff members who helped make the gym more festive with their decorations.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. Holiday Doors will be judged on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.
Granville Hicks (1901 - 1982)
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), An Ideal husband, 1893
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
Monday, November 30, 2009
AM Announcements - December 01
AM Announcements
December 01, 2009
1. Today is Day 64
.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 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Mid-year Evaluation Conference with Toni Bigham - Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. All teachers whose emergency escape routes have been altered by the construction fencing have received new maps. If you have questions please ask. Car dismissal went well yesterday, even with the shortened lanes.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7.8. Due to the Media Center's upcoming switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials, no one is to use the old OPAC system. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers. Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the Holidays.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. The Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. Now SIT minutes can be found on Speas website and on the shared volume. Many thanks to Ms. Dagenbach for serving as our secretary.
11. If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
December 01, 2009
1. Today is Day 64
.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 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Mid-year Evaluation Conference with Toni Bigham - Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. All teachers whose emergency escape routes have been altered by the construction fencing have received new maps. If you have questions please ask. Car dismissal went well yesterday, even with the shortened lanes.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7.8. Due to the Media Center's upcoming switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials, no one is to use the old OPAC system. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers. Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the Holidays.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. The Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. Now SIT minutes can be found on Speas website and on the shared volume. Many thanks to Ms. Dagenbach for serving as our secretary.
11. If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
AM Announcements - November 30
AM Announcements
November 30, 2009
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:
Monday: November 30
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Box Tops for Education due
SIT Meeting - Media Center - 2:40-4:00
Tuesday: December 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Mid-year evaluation conference with Toni Bigham- Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
J. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Last Wednesday, the construction fencing was installed to delineate the construction area for safety and security reasons. In its current form we will be able to maintain the same car rider dismissal pattern. We will do so until we are required to change. Access to the playground should be through the building using the gym doors and front doors. Once you exit the doors, please proceed along the construction fencing toward the tennis courts until your students can access the playground. All students and staff are to stay outside the construction fencing which means they will not be able to use the playground equipment. I realize this is an inconvenience but it is for the safety of the children. Please be vigilant, nothing attracts young boys like construction equipment in action. All construction workers have been directed not to talk with students or staff in order to prevent problems.
FIRE/EMERGENCY EXIT:
Those clsses that use the double doors by the Art room as their emergency exit should continue to do so. Exit the doors, turn right and follow the construction fencing toward Polo Rd. Enter back into the building at the double gym doors. Proceed to the double doors where we dismiss car riders and exit along the construction fence all the way to the playground. No other exits should be effected by the construction fencing.
7. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas.
8. Our Media Center is getting ready to switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials. The following information is from Ms. Childres regarding this transition:
No one is to use the OPAC after Tuesday, Nov. 24, as we begin to make the transition to Destiny. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers.
Also, after Nov. 24, normal circulation will be down, and Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the December holidays. Please inform students of this policy. I attend Destiny training on Dec. 14. I will have a sub to teach classes that day, but we will NOT have check out that day, either with my classes or open checkout. Please do not send students to the media center to check out books that day, and do not let the students drop off books, as we will have no way of knowing who brought them. Thanks for your patience.
9. The following is an important message for all WS/FCS Employees. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
As we stated in our informational e-mail this past Friday, November 20th, we are requiring all employees to sign an updated Criminal Background Check Release Form. Here is the link to the on-line form:
http://intranet.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Public.nsf/BGMenu?OpenForm
The deadline for completing the form is 4:30 PM, December 14, 2009. You will see two links on this web page. If you have a WS/FCS e-mail account, use the first link. The user ID and password to use are the ones you use to access Lotus I-notes when accessing e-mail from home. Employees without e-mail accounts but with access to a computer at work or home can use the second link on this web page.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to reassure our constituents that our schools are safe places for our students, staff and parents.
10. Ms. Bushey and the student council Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
11. In case you missed this last Tuesday:
Congratulations to the Speas staff for reaching 110.22% of the school's United Way goal! Exceeding your goal is truly commendable. Hats off to you for your generous giving which will make a positive difference in addressing needs in our community ! - Toni Bigham
12. Now we being the anticipation and crush of the holidays. It is our job to keep our students interested and excited about school while everything else is swirling around them. There is much to do curriculum-wise during the next three weeks. Everyones' nerves get a little frazzled during the holiday season. Well-planned, exciting hands-on lessons help to reduce discipline issues and keep students engaged.
13. We have always posted our SIT minutes on the shared volume for staff to review. A new state law requires that all SIT Minutes be posted on the school's web site for parents and the general public to review. Beginning with today's meeting. The secretary will no longer post minutes on the shared volume. Instead, these minutes will be sent to our tech facilitator, Ms. C. Smith and she will post them on our school web site.
14. Since we are in the second quarter now, please remember that, at minimum, all teacher web-pages are to be updated on a quarterly basis.
15. In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Akira Kurosawa (1910 - 1998)
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), 1895
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
November 30, 2009
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:
Monday: November 30
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Box Tops for Education due
SIT Meeting - Media Center - 2:40-4:00
Tuesday: December 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Mid-year evaluation conference with Toni Bigham- Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
J. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Last Wednesday, the construction fencing was installed to delineate the construction area for safety and security reasons. In its current form we will be able to maintain the same car rider dismissal pattern. We will do so until we are required to change. Access to the playground should be through the building using the gym doors and front doors. Once you exit the doors, please proceed along the construction fencing toward the tennis courts until your students can access the playground. All students and staff are to stay outside the construction fencing which means they will not be able to use the playground equipment. I realize this is an inconvenience but it is for the safety of the children. Please be vigilant, nothing attracts young boys like construction equipment in action. All construction workers have been directed not to talk with students or staff in order to prevent problems.
FIRE/EMERGENCY EXIT:
Those clsses that use the double doors by the Art room as their emergency exit should continue to do so. Exit the doors, turn right and follow the construction fencing toward Polo Rd. Enter back into the building at the double gym doors. Proceed to the double doors where we dismiss car riders and exit along the construction fence all the way to the playground. No other exits should be effected by the construction fencing.
7. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas.
8. Our Media Center is getting ready to switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials. The following information is from Ms. Childres regarding this transition:
No one is to use the OPAC after Tuesday, Nov. 24, as we begin to make the transition to Destiny. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers.
Also, after Nov. 24, normal circulation will be down, and Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the December holidays. Please inform students of this policy. I attend Destiny training on Dec. 14. I will have a sub to teach classes that day, but we will NOT have check out that day, either with my classes or open checkout. Please do not send students to the media center to check out books that day, and do not let the students drop off books, as we will have no way of knowing who brought them. Thanks for your patience.
9. The following is an important message for all WS/FCS Employees. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
As we stated in our informational e-mail this past Friday, November 20th, we are requiring all employees to sign an updated Criminal Background Check Release Form. Here is the link to the on-line form:
http://intranet.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Public.nsf/BGMenu?OpenForm
The deadline for completing the form is 4:30 PM, December 14, 2009. You will see two links on this web page. If you have a WS/FCS e-mail account, use the first link. The user ID and password to use are the ones you use to access Lotus I-notes when accessing e-mail from home. Employees without e-mail accounts but with access to a computer at work or home can use the second link on this web page.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to reassure our constituents that our schools are safe places for our students, staff and parents.
10. Ms. Bushey and the student council Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
11. In case you missed this last Tuesday:
Congratulations to the Speas staff for reaching 110.22% of the school's United Way goal! Exceeding your goal is truly commendable. Hats off to you for your generous giving which will make a positive difference in addressing needs in our community ! - Toni Bigham
12. Now we being the anticipation and crush of the holidays. It is our job to keep our students interested and excited about school while everything else is swirling around them. There is much to do curriculum-wise during the next three weeks. Everyones' nerves get a little frazzled during the holiday season. Well-planned, exciting hands-on lessons help to reduce discipline issues and keep students engaged.
13. We have always posted our SIT minutes on the shared volume for staff to review. A new state law requires that all SIT Minutes be posted on the school's web site for parents and the general public to review. Beginning with today's meeting. The secretary will no longer post minutes on the shared volume. Instead, these minutes will be sent to our tech facilitator, Ms. C. Smith and she will post them on our school web site.
14. Since we are in the second quarter now, please remember that, at minimum, all teacher web-pages are to be updated on a quarterly basis.
15. In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Akira Kurosawa (1910 - 1998)
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), 1895
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Monday, November 23, 2009
AM Announcements - November 24
AM Announcements
November 24, 2009
1. Today is Day 62.
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 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Because of early release for classified employees, the building closes at 5:00 today.
7. Today is a Dollar Dress Down Day!
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Regarding my discussion of instructional times with Dr. Sheehan, she realizes that the reality of a schedule includes transition times, bathroom issues, arrival and departure preparedness, bus departures and many other intangibles. We were shown a schedule that provided 90-90-60-30-30 at the Equity+ meeting yesterday. When I asked the school about transitions they said they probably lost 20 minutes or more of instructional time due to these issues. They were not written into the schedule however.
10. Today is an early release day for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier than their normal time.
11.When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
Rita Rudner
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
November 24, 2009
1. Today is Day 62.
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 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Because of early release for classified employees, the building closes at 5:00 today.
7. Today is a Dollar Dress Down Day!
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Regarding my discussion of instructional times with Dr. Sheehan, she realizes that the reality of a schedule includes transition times, bathroom issues, arrival and departure preparedness, bus departures and many other intangibles. We were shown a schedule that provided 90-90-60-30-30 at the Equity+ meeting yesterday. When I asked the school about transitions they said they probably lost 20 minutes or more of instructional time due to these issues. They were not written into the schedule however.
10. Today is an early release day for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier than their normal time.
11.When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
Rita Rudner
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
Friday, November 20, 2009
AM Announcements - November 23
AM Announcements
November 23, 2009
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:
Monday: November 23
Marzano Staff-Development - 2:40-4:00
Equity+ Principals Meeting - Kimberly Park - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
Powell off-campus - all day
Fletcher off-campus - all day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
Samaritan Penny Drive begins
Tuesday: November 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Remember that you do not need to turn in lesson plans today or send home a newsletter. There is no Bee Lines for this week since it is only two days long.
7. The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. I had a long talk with Dr. Meg Sheehan, the assistant superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and she realizes the difficulty of fitting everything in a 90-90-60-30-30 schedule into a day/week. It is obvious that a lot of things have to be integrated and therefore do not show up as discrete times in a schedule.
10. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
11. Today and tomorrow are early release days for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave both days at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier tomorrow. This means that the building will close tomorrow at 5:00 PM. I will remain with the magnet bus students and Mr. Hart until they leave around 5:30 PM.
12. I will be off-campus this afternoon at an Equity+ Principals' meeting at Kimberly Park. Ms. Powell and Ms. Fletcher are out today. Please keep this in mind when you need office assistance.
13. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
Bruce Cockburn
Never have children, only grandchildren.
Gore Vidal (1925 - )
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
November 23, 2009
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:
Monday: November 23
Marzano Staff-Development - 2:40-4:00
Equity+ Principals Meeting - Kimberly Park - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
Powell off-campus - all day
Fletcher off-campus - all day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
Samaritan Penny Drive begins
Tuesday: November 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Remember that you do not need to turn in lesson plans today or send home a newsletter. There is no Bee Lines for this week since it is only two days long.
7. The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. I had a long talk with Dr. Meg Sheehan, the assistant superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and she realizes the difficulty of fitting everything in a 90-90-60-30-30 schedule into a day/week. It is obvious that a lot of things have to be integrated and therefore do not show up as discrete times in a schedule.
10. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
11. Today and tomorrow are early release days for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave both days at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier tomorrow. This means that the building will close tomorrow at 5:00 PM. I will remain with the magnet bus students and Mr. Hart until they leave around 5:30 PM.
12. I will be off-campus this afternoon at an Equity+ Principals' meeting at Kimberly Park. Ms. Powell and Ms. Fletcher are out today. Please keep this in mind when you need office assistance.
13. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
Bruce Cockburn
Never have children, only grandchildren.
Gore Vidal (1925 - )
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
AM Announcements - November 20
AM Announcements
November 20, 2009
1. Today is Day 60.
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:
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Today is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup.
10. If you have not turned in your updated schedule showing the all the times you teach reading, math, writing and science, please do so today before you leave. I have to send them all to Toni Bigham this afternoon.
11. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), Notebooks, 1912
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939), Sitting on the World, 1924
November 20, 2009
1. Today is Day 60.
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:
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Today is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup.
10. If you have not turned in your updated schedule showing the all the times you teach reading, math, writing and science, please do so today before you leave. I have to send them all to Toni Bigham this afternoon.
11. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), Notebooks, 1912
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939), Sitting on the World, 1924
AM Announcements - November 19
AM Announcements
November 19, 2009
1. Today is Day 59.
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 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries today, November 19, 2009 during the school day. They will need to be allowed to speak to your class tomorrow for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it. Please take care of this today
9. Tomorrow is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup. If you're going to buy coffee anyway, why not from Student Council and support them at the same time? See you in the front parking lot any time after 7:00 AM. There will also be some of Ms. Bushey's delicious muffins for sale as well. What a way to start the day!
10. There will be no A's and Bees Tutoring next Tuesday.
11. Yesterday we received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. We have found several employees spending time on Facebook instead of working. Please understand that there may be back ways into Facebook or you may be able to access it directly because it has not been blocked by the system's filter for some reason. At no time during the work day, however, is any employee to be on any social networking site like Facebook, My Space or Twitter. I hope this is advice sufficient to bring this practice to an end. Yes, we have spoken with the individual(s) who were caught, but I fear the practice is more widespread hence the reason for this post.
13. The coupon books placed in your boxes are courtesy of Hanes Mall.
14. We have worked out the details and the Marzano staff-development will be held on Monday, November 23 from 2:40-4:00. The vote from the staff was 23 in favor and 5 opposed.
15. There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001)
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Minna Thomas Antrim
A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Thomas Hardy
November 19, 2009
1. Today is Day 59.
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 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries today, November 19, 2009 during the school day. They will need to be allowed to speak to your class tomorrow for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it. Please take care of this today
9. Tomorrow is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup. If you're going to buy coffee anyway, why not from Student Council and support them at the same time? See you in the front parking lot any time after 7:00 AM. There will also be some of Ms. Bushey's delicious muffins for sale as well. What a way to start the day!
10. There will be no A's and Bees Tutoring next Tuesday.
11. Yesterday we received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. We have found several employees spending time on Facebook instead of working. Please understand that there may be back ways into Facebook or you may be able to access it directly because it has not been blocked by the system's filter for some reason. At no time during the work day, however, is any employee to be on any social networking site like Facebook, My Space or Twitter. I hope this is advice sufficient to bring this practice to an end. Yes, we have spoken with the individual(s) who were caught, but I fear the practice is more widespread hence the reason for this post.
13. The coupon books placed in your boxes are courtesy of Hanes Mall.
14. We have worked out the details and the Marzano staff-development will be held on Monday, November 23 from 2:40-4:00. The vote from the staff was 23 in favor and 5 opposed.
15. There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001)
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Minna Thomas Antrim
A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Thomas Hardy
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
AM Announcements - November 18
AM Announcements
November 18, 2009
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:
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
3-5 AR Celebration - 8:15 AM
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Career Center Dining Room - Reichert off-campus
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS TestingMove meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
November 18, 2009
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:
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
3-5 AR Celebration - 8:15 AM
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Career Center Dining Room - Reichert off-campus
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS TestingMove meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 lbs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. The Social Committee does not serve to collect money but they must collect money in order to serve. We need everyone' support in order to be able to respond when there is a need. Often there is ill will when an individual is not recognized by the staff when, in reality, they haven't paid to support the Social Committee which is charged with that recognition. Step up to the plate if you haven't paid your dues and take care of that omission today. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it.
9. This Friday is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup. If you're going to buy coffee anyway, why not from Student Council and support them at the same time? See you in the front parking lot any time after 7:00 AM. There will also be some of Ms. Bushey's delicious muffins for sale as well. What a way to start the day!
10. We had 5 students and 3 tutors last night at A's and Bees.
11. The vote on Survey Monkey to change the Marzano staff-development was 23 - Yes and 5 - No. We have encountered a problem with the switch however. We are working to resolve it and will keep you informed.
12. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.
Adrienne E. Gusoff
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937)
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Monday, November 16, 2009
AM Announcements - November 17
AM Announcements
November 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 57.
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 17
ITBS - Practice Test - Grade 2 and selected Grade 5 students
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
Pre-construction meeting - 9:00-10:00 - cafeteria - Powell and Reichert
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Location to be determined
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 lbs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. The Social Committee does not serve to collect money but they must collect money in order to serve. We need everyone' support in order to be able to respond when there is a need. Often there is ill will when an individual is not recognized by the staff when, in reality, they haven't paid to support the Social Committee which is charged with that recognition. Step up to the plate if you haven't paid your dues and take care of that omission today. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it.
9. There are recycling bins in the teachers' lounge. These are used to recycle paper. Please refrain from placing trash in them. Many individuals have thrown paper towels, plastic, and garbage in them. When this happens we have to clean them out before we can recycle the paper. Thanks for your cooperation.
10. It has been proposed that we move the Marzano staff-development from Tuesday, November 24 to Monday, November 23 in order to facilitate certified staff members leaving for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please click on the link and cast your vote in this matter. Votes will be tallied at 12:00 and the result announced in tomorrow's AM Announcements.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SKUOiX0CHj_2f4oMmz3hfgLQ_3d_3d
11. Teachers in grades 2-5, please contact two parents about bringing their children to A's and Bees tutoring tonight. The personal invitation makes a big difference. Remind you students as well and have them bring their homework with them.
12. Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.
Donald Foster
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"
November 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 57.
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 17
ITBS - Practice Test - Grade 2 and selected Grade 5 students
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
Pre-construction meeting - 9:00-10:00 - cafeteria - Powell and Reichert
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Location to be determined
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 lbs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. The Social Committee does not serve to collect money but they must collect money in order to serve. We need everyone' support in order to be able to respond when there is a need. Often there is ill will when an individual is not recognized by the staff when, in reality, they haven't paid to support the Social Committee which is charged with that recognition. Step up to the plate if you haven't paid your dues and take care of that omission today. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it.
9. There are recycling bins in the teachers' lounge. These are used to recycle paper. Please refrain from placing trash in them. Many individuals have thrown paper towels, plastic, and garbage in them. When this happens we have to clean them out before we can recycle the paper. Thanks for your cooperation.
10. It has been proposed that we move the Marzano staff-development from Tuesday, November 24 to Monday, November 23 in order to facilitate certified staff members leaving for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please click on the link and cast your vote in this matter. Votes will be tallied at 12:00 and the result announced in tomorrow's AM Announcements.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SKUOiX0CHj_2f4oMmz3hfgLQ_3d_3d
11. Teachers in grades 2-5, please contact two parents about bringing their children to A's and Bees tutoring tonight. The personal invitation makes a big difference. Remind you students as well and have them bring their homework with them.
12. Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.
Donald Foster
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"
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