AM Announcements - January 05

AM Announcements
January 05, 2009

1. Today is Day 77. *This posting is being made on 1/04. Please check again tomorrow morning for updates and additional information.

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 05
School-wide Job applications go out

Tuesday: January 06
Joint Principals' Meeting - 7:15-12:00 PM - Reichert off-campus
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee meeting - 12:00-1:30 PM - Reichert off-campus
Be Healthy School Kids Campaign begins (1/06 - 1/16)
SIT Meeting - 2:40-4:00 - Media Center
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday: January 07
No items at this time

Thursday: January 08
K-5 Vision Screening - 8:15-10:45 AM - gym
WS/FCS Staff Policy Committee - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Retirement Information Center open - 2:30-4:30 - Career Center Dining Room

Friday: January o9
School-wide Job applications due

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

5. Teachers in grades 3-5 should really talk up school-wide jobs. The applications go out today and are due back on Friday. We will promote them on Morning Broadcast everyday this week.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. January 12 - Interim Progress Reports go home
b. January 13 - Staff Meeting - Final vote to approve 2008-2011 School Improvement Plan
c. January 16 - SIP Due at Central Office
d. January 16-23 - End of Quarter Tests
d. January 19 - No School - MLK Holiday
e. January 20 - AR Benchmarks due
f. January 23 - End of Quarter
g. January 26 - No School - RS day for report cards
h. January 27 - Technology Staff Development - 2:30-5:00
i. January 27-29 - AR Celebrations - (27/K; 28/1-2; 29/ 3-5)

7. Please keep Marleen Logan, Linda Dagenbach and their families in your thoughts and prayers. Marleen's father passed away the weekend before Christmas and Linda's father passed away on Saturday. Linda is currently in Connecticut. As soon as we have additonal information we will make it available.

8. We have a technology staff-development on Smart Boards scheduled for January 27. This session will last two and a half hours from 2:30-5:00. It is being presented by the company.

9. We are supposed to start a Be Healthy School Kids campaign on nutrition tomorrow. Since Ms. Coleman is no longer with the department, we will have to see what is forthcoming. To date I have not received anything.

10. My wife is having hand surgery on Wednesday and I will be off-campus first thing in the morning. I will be back as soon as the surgery is over and she is settled in her room.

11. Any staff members thinking about retirement at the end of this school year may want to stop in at the Retirement Information Center in the Career Center Cafeteria this Thursday, January 08 from 2:30-4:30. There are also Retirement Planning Conferences held around the state. A listing of these can be found on the NC Treasurer's website in the "retirement" section. Individuals planning on retiring should notify Human Resources 120 days prior to their projected retirement date.

12. Ms. Rusch normally handles our Arts Council Fund Drive. This year, due to her absence, I need someone else to head this effort up. I received notification today that the orientation meeting is this Thursday, January 08 from 4:15-5:30 in the Arts Council Theater in the Hanes Community Center. If you can attend and help with this effort, please let me know by e-mail.

13. Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.
Maurice Chevalier (1888 - 1972)

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)

We are bits of stellar matter that got cold by accident, bits of a star gone wrong.
Sir Arthur Eddington (1882 - 1944)

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1895)