AM Announcements - February 27

AM Announcements

February 27, 2009

1. Today is Day 112.

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: February 27

Teacher Evaluation training - Ms. Powell off -campus all day

Box Tops for Education collected

UNCC Recruiting Trip - Reichert Off-campus - 9:00-5:00

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. I spoke with Rose Rusch on Wednesday afternoon and it appears that her treatment regimen will be longer and more extensive than she originally planned. As a result she will not be released to return to work until sometime in the fall. Thinking of the children first, she has determined that she will release her teaching position here so that we can employ someone on a full-time basis. She has been in touch with Lynn Foltz, who directs all WSFCS art programs, and she believes that other positions will be available for her at the point when she is able to come back. It was with great reluctance that I accepted the voluntary release of her position.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. March 3 - SIT

b. March 6-13 - Book Fair

c. March 9-10 - Really Big Night afternoon rehearsals

d. March 10 - Really Big Night - 7:00-8:30

e. March 18 - Dental Screening

f. March 19-26 - 3rd Quarter EOQ testing

g. March 24 - AR Benchmarks due

h. March 27 - Dollar Dress Down Day

i. April 1-3 - Spring Break

7. Please note the preview schedule for the Book Fair that was sent out on Thursday afternoon. If there is a conflict of some type, please contact Ms. Fussell. Please be prompt according to the time you have been given.

8. I will be off-campus today on a recruiting trip to UNC-Charlotte. Ms. Powell will be off-campus all day as well attending the second day of training on the new teacher evaluation instrument.

9. Teacher's in grade 3 and 5 who have tutoring students should remind them that they are to stay for the entire tutoring session. Students who leave early will not be given credit for completing the session.

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AM ANnouncements - February 26

AM Announcements
February 26, 2009

1. Today is Day 111.

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: February 26
WS/FC Science Fair - SciWorks
Title-1 Parent Involvement Audit

Friday: February 27
Teacher Evaluation training - Ms. Powell off -campus all day
Box Tops for Education collected
UNCC Recruiting Trip - Reichert Off-campus - 9:00-5:00

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

5. If grade four teachers have taken totals for books read over the last 3 weeks for the MEAC Challenge, please report them to me today so I can turn them in.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. March 3 - SIT
b. March 6-13 - Book Fair
c. March 9-10 - Really Big Night afternoon rehearsals
d. March 10 - Really Big Night - 7:00-8:30
e. March 18 - Dental Screening
f. March 19-26 - 3rd Quarter EOQ testing
g. March 24 - AR Benchmarks due
h. March 27 - Dollar Dress Down Day
i. April 1-3 - Spring Break

7. I have been approached by a number of individuals regarding my requests for specific items to be included in your weekly plans. I am reviewing those requests at the present time to see how we can minimize the time and effort on the part of the individual and yet provide for the inclusion of need information. There is no need to feel that you have to prepare pages and pages of plans. This does not achieve the goal of providing more information while not burdening the teachers. I have been working on a form we might be able to use that would be teacher friendly; easy to complete; and require very little additional time. I should have it available on Monday. Please do not spend additional hours in planning. That is not my intent, nor has it been since we discussed this in the last staff meeting.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. The Art's Council Fund Drive ends soon. Don't miss your chance to help us reach 100%.

10. I have a request from an A & T student to observe a social studies or health class. Send me an e-mail if you would like to have her sit in on yours.

11. I have received a number of donated items from Carson Dellosa. We will make them available to the teaching staff as soon as we have cataloged them so we can send a "Thank You" note. The were a gift from one of my neighbors, Gail Easley.

12. Addie Hymes will be here today to audit our Title-1 Parent Involvement notebook.

13. I will be off-campus tomorrow on a recruiting trip to UNC-Charlotte. I will be here at the beginning of the day and then leave for Charlotte from here. Ms. Powell will be off-campus all day as well attending the second day of training on the new teacher evaluation instrument.

14. The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)

Today's scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.
Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July, 1934

AM Announcements - February 25

AM Announcements

February 25, 2009

1. Today is Day 110.

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: February 25

Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-4:00 - Ms. Marston off-campus

Author Susan Crummel visits Speas - 8:15-9:15 - gym (classes will not be called)

Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15 - gym - Ms. Alston directs

Thursday: February 26

WS/FC Science Fair - SciWorks

Title-1 Parent Involvement Audit

Friday: February 27

Teacher Evaluation training - Ms. Powell off -campus all day

Box Tops for Education collected

UNCC Recruiting Trip - Reichert Off-campus - 9:00-5:00

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. If grade four teachers have taken totals for books read over the last 3 weeks for the MEAC Challenge, please report them to me today so I can turn them in.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. March 3 - SIT

b. March 6-13 - Book Fair

c. March 9-10 - Really Big Night afternoon rehearsals

d. March 10 - Really Big Night - 7:00-8:30

e. March 18 - Dental Screening

f. March 19-26 - 3rd Quarter EOQ testing

g. March 24 - AR Benchmarks due

h. March 27 - Dollar Dress Down Day

i. April 1-3 - Spring Break

7. Classes will not be called to today's author presentation. They should come to the gym immediately following Morning Broadcast.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. The Art's Council Fund Drive ends soon. Don't miss your chance to help us reach 100%.

The piece above is by Georgia O'Keefe. It is a landscape of her adopted home in New Mexico. If you are ever in Santa Fer, the Georgia O'Keefe Museum is a must for any art lover.

10. I have a request from an A & T student to observe a social studies or health class. Send me an e-mail if you would like to have her sit in on yours.

11. Fifth grade students Parent Surveys should be turned in today. Once we have the list of students who brought them I will have Ms. Higgins get the money from the bank. We will pay the $1.00 tomorrow at lunch time.

12. Addie Hymes will be here tomorrow from the Title-1 office to audit our Parent Involvement notebook.

13. I will be off-campus most of Friday on a recruiting trip to UNC-Charlotte.

14. Ms. Alston's Jump Rope for Heart students have raised almost $800 so far. The activity will take place today at 12:15 in the gym.

15. Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
Pat Paulsen

It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.
Darrin Weinberg

Conceit is God's gift to little men.
Bruce Barton

There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.
Cullen Hightower

AM Announcements - February 24

AM Announcements
February 24, 2009

1. Today is Day 109.

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: February 24
Teacher Evaluation - Training - All Day - Ms. Powell off-campus
Technology staff-development - 2:45-4:15

Wednesday: February 25
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-4:00 - Ms. Marston off-campus
Author Susan Crummel visits Speas - 8:15-9:15 - gym (classes will not be called)
Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15 - gym - Ms. Alston directs

Thursday: February 26
WS/FC Science Fair - SciWorks
Title-1 Parent Involvement Audit

Friday: February 27
Teacher Evaluation training - Ms. Powell off -campus alll day
Box Tops for Education collected
UNCC Recruiting Trip - Reichert Off-campus - 9:00-5:00

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

5. If grade four teachers have taken totals for books read over the last 3 weeks for the MEAC Challenge, please report them to me today so I can turn them in.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. March 3 - SIT
b. March 6-13 - Book Fair
c. March 9-10 - Really Big Night afternoon rehearsals
d. March 10 - Really Big Night - 7:00-8:30
e. March 18 - Dental Screening
f. March 19-26 - 3rd Quarter EOQ testing
g. March 24 - AR Benchmarks due
h. March 27 - Dolar Dress Down Day
i. April 1-3 - Spring Break

7. Today is Fat or Shrove Tuesday! In Liberal, Kansas, they celebrate by having a Pancake Race. Women race against each other and the women of Olney, England every Shrove Tuesday since 1950. Liberal holds the lead 28-24 over Olney.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. The Art's Council Fund Drive ends soon. Don't miss your chance to help us reach 100%.

10. Ms. Fletcher will be off-campus at NCWISE Data Manager training all day.

11. Fifth grade students need to turn in their parent Surveys by tomorrow. We will pay students a $1.00 for bringing back a completed Parent Survey. Fifth grade teacher should advise the office if they have done the student surveys with their classes. If not, I would like to meet with all fifth grade students regarding this once the last second grade class has left the lunch room today.

12. Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
Woody Allen (1935 - )

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Nikita Khrushchev (1894 - 1971)

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - )

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow.
Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)

AM Announcements - February 23

AM Announcements
February 23, 2009

In Monet's Garden -

Collage by Gerald F. Brommer

1. Today is Day 108.

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: February 23

Interim Reports go home

Tuesday: February 24

Technology staff-development - 2:45-4:15

Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-4:00 - Marston off-campus

Wednesday: February 25

Author Susan Crummel visits Speas - 8:15-9:15 - gym (classes will not be called)

Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15 - gym - Ms. Alston directs

Thursday: February 26

WS/FC Science Fair - SciWorks

Friday: February 27

Box Tops for Education collected

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

5. Ms. Powell will be off-campus today from 10:00-1:00 picking up Susan Crummel at the airport and taking her to her hotel in Clemmons.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. March 3 - SIT
b. March 6-13 - Book Fair

c. March 9-10 - Really Big Night afternoon rehearsals

d. March 10 - Really Big Night - 7:00-8:30

e. March 18 - Dental Screening

f. March 19-26 - 3rd Quarter EOQ testing

g. March 24 - AR Benchmarks due

h. March 27 - Dolar Dress Down Day

i. April 1-3 - Spring Break

7. The Zone Choice period begins today and runs through March 6. Parents wishing their children to remain at Speas do not have to do anything. The child will be automatically assigned to Speas. If they desire to switch to one of the other schools in Zone 5, they must request a Choice Card from our office. The out-of-zone transfer period will follow later in the spring. Fifth grade students receive their Middle School Choice Packets today to take home.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. We will be bringing our Art's Council Fund Drive to a close soon. Please help us to hit 100% in honor of Rose. We will only get there with your help. Thanks for considering our request. This is a gift that directly impacts every one of our students.

10. We had twelve students attend our Saturday Tutoring session. Third and Fifth grade teachers should really emphasize the importance of attending to their the students. Every little bit help build success.

11. Fifth grade students need to turn in their parent Surveys by Wednesday. We will pay students a $1.00 for bringing back a completed Parent Survey. Fifth grade teacher should advise the office if they have done the student surveys with their classes. If not, I would like to meet with all fifth grade students regarding this once the last second grade class has left the lunch room today.

12. Ms. Grisard is doing well following her surgery and we look for her to return as early as next Monday.

13. A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.

Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953)

Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.

George F. Will (1941 - )

Fall not in love, therefore; it will stick to your face.

National Lampoon, "Deteriorata"

I do not know which makes a man more conservative—to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.

John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946), The End of Laissez-faire (1926) Ch. 1

14. The collage above, In Monet's Garden, was done by Gerald F. Brommer a noted California watercolorist. He has exhibited in more than 300 solo and group shows throughout the United States and abroad during his illustrious fine art career. His work is represented in over 300 private and corporate collections worldwide. He was also my high school track coach.

The above information regarding Mr. Brommer was retrieved from www.newmastersgallery.com/ArtistsB/brommer.htm February 22, 2009.

AM Announcements - February 20

AM Announcements

February 20, 2009

1. Today is Day 107.

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: February 20
System-wide Spelling Bee - 10:00-12:00
Operations and School Board at Speas - 3:30

SolEd Meeting with Dr. Martin - 3:30-5:00 - Reichert off-campus

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. If you saw yesterday's paper, Martha Land, principal at Mt. Tabor High School, has annouced her retirement effective 7/01/09.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. February 23 - Interim Reports go home

b. February 24 - Technology Staff development

c. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym

d. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. The Zone Choice period is February 23- March 6. Any parents wishing their children to remain at Speas do not have to do anything. The child will be automatically assigned to Speas. If they desire to switch to one of the other schools in Zone 5, they must request a Choice Card from our office. The out-of-zone transfer period will follow later in the spring.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. If you haven't filled out your Art's Council Fund Drive pledge sheet, there is still time. Film is also supported by the Arts Council. Who knows where the next academy award nominee will come from? It might be one of our students.

10. I have a SolEd meeting with Dr. Martin this afternoon from 3:30-5:00 and will be off-campus.

11. There is a tutoring session tomorrow morning from 8:30-11:30 here at Speas. It is for students in grade 3 and 5 who normally attend afternoon tutoring on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

12. He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
John Mason Brown (1900 - 1969), drama critic

My work is a game, a very serious game.
M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972)

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928 - )

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)

AM Announcements - February 19

AM Announcements
February 19, 2009

1. Today is Day 106.

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: February 19
IEP Training - EC Staff

Friday: February 20

System-wide Spelling Bee - 10:00-12:00

Operations and School Board at Speas - 3:30

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

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6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 23 - Interim Reports go home
b. February 24 - Technology Staff development
c. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym
d. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. The Zone Choice period is February 23- March 6. Any parents wishing their children to remain at Speas do not have to do anything. The child will be automatically assigned to Speas. If they desire to switch to one of the other schools in Zone 5, they must request a Choice Card from our office. The out-of-zone transfer period will follow later in the spring.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. If you haven't filled out your Art's Council Fund Drive pledge sheet, there is still time. 1005 only happens if each of you take it seriously and make even a small donation.

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12. If you are interested in volunteering to work with small groups of tutoring students this Saturday from 8:30-11:30 please send a return e-mail. Our students would really appreciate it as would I.

13. No one is 100% certain of how it originated, but two stories in particular seem to capture some of the mystique surrounding these oddly humorous creations. The first is that folks of Appalachia kept their moonshine in jugs designed with scary faces to keep kids from sampling the jugs contents. (The face jug, different from the other jugs in the house served as an early child proof cap.) The second story has to do with devil jugs, or scary faces jugs with devil horns. The story is that these devil jugs originated in slave communities and when someone died, a devil jug was made and placed on the grave for one year. If the jug broke sometime during the year, it meant that the deceased was wrestling with the devil. (Reprinted from the website of Heather Quinn http://www.polesapartgifts.com/)

(North Carolina Face Jugs by Heather Gwynn)

AM Announcements - February 18

AM Announcements

February 18, 2009

1. Today is Day 105.

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: February 18
ENCORE Staff-development - Ms. Powell off-campus - 9:00 AM

Fifth Grade Science Session - Goal 3 - Room 169 4:00-6:00 PM

Thursday: February 19

IEP Training - EC Staff

Friday: February 20
System-wide Spelling Bee - 10:00-12:00
Operations and School Board at Speas - 3:30

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. "Thanks" go out to our Arts Council committee for the refreshments yesterday. They have done a wonderful job in Rose's absence and we appreciate their hard work.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. February 23 - Interim Reports go home

b. February 24 - Technology Staff development

c. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym

d. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. The Zone Choice period is February 23- March 6. Any parents wishing their children to remain at Speas do not have to do anything. The child will be automatically assigned to Speas. If they desire to switch to one of the other schools in Zone 5, they must request a Choice Card from our office. The out-of-zone transfer period will follow later in the spring.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. If you haven't filled out your Art's Council Fund Drive pledge sheet, there is still time. Year after year our students benefit from this drive. Remember we are striving for 100% participation. That means, "We need you!" It doesn't matter how much you give. It only matters that you give. Who knows maybe one of our students will be the next Alexander Calder.

10. Yesterday's Marzano staff-development was proof that really good things are going on right under our noses here at Speas. You are to be commended for the creative ways you have implemented these ideas.

11. Ms. Powell will be off campus this morning at an ENCORE Staff-development.

12. If you are interested in volunteering to work with small groups of tutoring students this Saturday from 8:30-11:30 please send e a return e-mail today. Our students would really appreciate it as would I.

13. There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.
L. M. Boyd

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
Tom Stoppard (1937 - ), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.
Marquis de la Grange (1639 - 1692)

It's not a matter of whether or not someone's watching over you. It's just a question of their intentions.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 03-24-07

AM Announcements - February 17

AM Announcements
February 17, 2009

1. Today is Day 104.

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: February 17
Marzano Staff Development - 2:40-4:00
McDonald's Night - 5:00-8:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
Meet the Principal - 6:30-7:30

Wednesday: February 18

Fifth Grade Science Session - Goal 3 - Room 169 4:00-6:00 PM

Thursday: February 19
IEP Training - EC Staff

Friday: February 20

System-wide Spelling Bee - 10:00-12:00

Operations and School Board at Speas - 3:30

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

5. The copier in the Hive will be reconnected on March 02. I will reiterate one thing we have said time and time again, do not print classroom sets of materials on the printer. That has already happened and I had to speak to those individuals. That is the most expensive way to make copies and we can't afford it.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 23 - Interim Reports go home
b. February 24 - Technology Staff development
c. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym
d. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. The Zone Choice period is February 23- March 6. Any parents wishing their children to remain at Speas do not have to do anything. The child will be automatically assigned to Speas. If they desire to switch to one of the other schools in Zone 5, they must request a Choice Card from our office. The out-of-zone transfer period will follow later in the spring.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. Don't forget to fill out your Art's Council Fund Drive pledge sheet. Our students attend the Nutcracker or Swan Lake thanks to the generosity of the Arts Council

10. Representatives from Operations and the School Board will be here Friday afternoon to take a walk around the building and get a sense of how Plans A and B will impact the renovation.

11. Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
David Broder

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)

AM Announcements - February 16

AM Announcements

February 16, 2009

1. Today is Day 103.

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: February 16

No events at this time

Tuesday: February 17

Marzano Staff Development - 2:40-4:00

McDonald's Night - 5:00-8:00

A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00

Meet the Principal - 6:30-7:30

Wednesday: February 18

Fifth Grade Science COntent Session - Goal 3 - Room 169 - 4:00-6:00 PM

Thursday: February 19

IEP Training - EC Staff

Friday: February 20

System-wide Spelling Bee - 10:00-12:00

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. The cord for the copier in the Hive has been removed. It will be replaced on March 02. No other cord can be used for this because there is a specific transformer attached to it that provides the appropriate amount of power. DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO USE ANOTHER CORD. THIS MAY CAUSE IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE MACHINE.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. February 23 - Interim Reports go home

b. February 24 - Technology Staff development

c. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym

d. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. Remind your parents in your newsletters that the Zone Choice period is February 23- March 6. If they want their child to remain at Speas they do not have to do anything. The child will be automatically assigned to Speas. If they want to choose from all of the schools in Zone 5, they must request a Choice Card. We will provide the card for any parent who wants one.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. Don't forget to fill out your Art's Council Fund Drive pledge sheet. Our kids are counting on you. Without you they may never hear a symphony orchestra like the one above.

10. A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Everybody's Political What's What? (1944) ch. 30

Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.
Rita Rudner

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
Paul Beatty

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

AM Announcements - February 12

AM Announcements
February 12, 2009

1. Today is Day 101.

Psst! Don't forget the Art's Council Fund Drive. I'm counting on you all!


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: February 12
Elementary Principals' Meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Review Conferences -
Blackberry Training - 8:40-10:20 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Horace Mann Representative available in Cafeteria at 2:45

Friday: February 13
Review Conferences -
Pastries for Parents - 10:30-1:00 - Cafeteria
Dollar Dress Down Day

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

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place this week. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room. Today's conferences are:

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 17 - McDonalds' Night
b. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development
c. February 19 - IEP Training
d. February 23 - Interim Reports go home
e. February 24 - Technology Staff development
f. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym
g. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. A representative of the Horace Mann Insurance Company will be in the cafeteria today at 2:45. He would like to meet with any individuals interested in opening a 403(b) account. Horace Mann is one of the providers selected by WS/FCS to provide this product to its employees.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. I will be off-campus this morning at an Elementary Principals' meeting from 7:15-12:00 PM.

10. A two sided board showing a rough drawing of the proposed plan-B for our renovation is in the tutoring room. Please stop by and look at it. The Building and Grounds Committee asked the architect to draw up the schematics and return to them in two weeks so they can see the plan and make a decision. In the meantime, the entire committee will be stopping by Speas to look at the site and determine which plan is better in the long term. Plan-B is not perfect and I will be expressing some of my concerns to the architect and to operations later today or tomorrow.

11. Don't forget to fill out your Art's Council Fund Drive pledge sheet. (See Mona above!) Our students are counting on each and every one of us.

12. Ms. Powell will be off-campus today from 8:40-10:20 at Blackberry training.

13. This week is "National Take your Family to School Week."

Thursday - Family Game Night @ Home - encourage them to turn off the TV and play a board game at home.

Friday - Dollar Dress Down Day & Pastries for Parents Student Council will not be going to the nursing home on Thursday.

14. There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
Doug Larson

The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness, can be trained to do most things.
Jilly Cooper

AM Announcements - February 11

AM Announcements

February 11, 2009

1. Today is Day 100.

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: February 11

Leadership Winston-Salem - 7:15-5:30 - Reichert off-campus

Review Conferences -

Fun with Fiddles - 9:00-9:45 - Kindergarten - Gym

Thursday: February 12

Elementary Principals' Meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus

Review Conferences -

Blackberry Training - 8:40-10:20 - Ms. Powell off-campus

Horace Mann Representative available in Cafeteria at 2:45

Friday: February 13

Review Conferences -

Pastries for Parents - 10:30-1:00 - Cafeteria

Dollar Dress Down Day

4. At the end of each day, please do the following:

a. CLOSE ALL BLINDS

b. TURN OFF ALL MONITORS and COMPUTERS (CPU's)

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place this week. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room. Today's conferences are:

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. February 17 - McDonalds' Night

b. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development

c. February 19 - IEP Training

d. February 23 - Interim Reports go home

e. February 24 - Technology Staff development

f. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym

g. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. A representative of the Horace Mann Insurance Company will be in the cafeteria tomorrow at 2:45. He would like to meet with any individuals interested in opening a 403(b) account. Horace Mann is one of the providers selected by WS/FCS to provide this product to its employees.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. Thanks to all of you who attended PTA Family Fitness Night. Hopefully it laid a foundation for a healthier life style for you and your family.

10. A two sided board showing a rough drawing of the proposed plan-B for our renovation is in the tutoring room. Please stop by and look at it. The Building and Grounds Committee asked the architect to draw up the schematics and return to them in two weeks so they can see the plan and make a decision. In the meantime, the entire committee will be stopping by Speas to look at the site and determine which plan is better in the long term. Plan-B is not perfect and I will be expressing some of my concerns to the architect and to operations later today or tomorrow.

11. Once again, congratulations to Ms. Clodfelter for achieving National Board Certification. Cyndy, we are very proud of you!

12. Please see Ms. Say or other Arts COuncil COmmittee members if you have questions about the Arts Council Fund Drive.

13. Ms. Powell will be off-campus tomorrow from 8:40-10:20 at Blackberry training.

14. This week is "National Take your Family to School Week."

Wednesday - Classroom Sharing - Parents have been invited in to the class to participate in a reading or writing lesson. Pre-K - 9:00-11:00 a.m. , K - 11:30-1:30 1st 12:00-2:00 p.m. , 2nd -9:00-11:00 a.m. , 3rd - 8:30-10:30a.m. , 4th - 8:00-9:00 a.m. , 5th - 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Thursday - Family Game Night @ Home - encourage them to turn off the TV and play a board game at home.

Friday - Dollar Dress Down Day & Pastries for Parents Student Council will not be going to the nursing home on Thursday.

15. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.
George Wald (1906 - )

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)

Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them.
Pam Davis, House M.D., It's A Wonderful Lie, 2008

AM Announcements - February 10

AM Announcements
February 10, 2009

1. Today is Day 99.

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: February 10
Review Conferences - Merrill - 9:30; Linhart - 1:30
Student Council Officers - 1:30
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00 PM - Marzano - Similarities and Differences
CiCi's Pizza night - 5:00-8:00 PM
Building and Grounds Committee re: Renovation/Construction - 5:00-6:00 - Reichert off-campus
Family Fitness Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
School Board recognizes new NBPTS certified teachers - 6:00-8:00
WS/FCS PTA Council - 7:00-8:00 - IRC

Wednesday: February 11
Leadership Winston-Salem - 7:15-5:30 - Reichert off-campus
Review Conferences -
Fun with Fiddles - 9:00-9:45 - Kindergarten

Thursday: February 12
Elementary Principals' Meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Review Conferences -

Blackberry Training - 9:00-10:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Horace Mann Representative available in Cafeteria at 2:45

Friday: February 13
Review Conferences -
Pastries for Parents - 10:30-1:00 - Cafeteria
Dollar Dress Down Day

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

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place this week. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room. Today's conferences are: Merrill - 9:30; Linhart - 1:30

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 17 - McDonalds' Night
b. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development
c. February 19 - IEP Training
d. February 23 - Interim Reports go home
e. February 24 - Technology Staff development
f. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym
g. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. A representative of the Horace Mann Insurance Company will be in the cafeteria this Thursday at 2:45. He would like to meet with any individuals interested in opening a 403(b) account. Horace Mann is one of the providers selected by WS/FCS to provide this product to its employees.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. We will have a presentation on Gangs as part of today's staff meeting.

10. Please be prepared to share with your colleagues at today's Staff Meeting. We would like to review how you are implementing similarities and differences and are particularly interested in your use of graphic organizers. Please bring at least one you have used and be prepared to share.
11. Third and Fifth grade teachers should provide the after school tutors each Monday with a listing of vocabulary they will be using during the upcoming week and the objectives for the week in reading and mathematics. The tutors are front loading vocabulary and skills so that our students have multiple opportunities to work with the same content.

12. As we enter the Zone Choice Window at the end of the month, there may be an increase in the number of tours that we give. When we come in your classrooms, please go on about your normal business.

13. Ms. Powell will be off-campus Thursday from 8:40-10:20 at Blackberry training.

14. This week is "National Take your Family to School Week."

Tuesday - Family Fitness Night @ 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the school. Encourage them to attend with their family.

Wednesday - Classroom Sharing - Parents have been invited in to the class to participate in a reading or writing lesson. Pre-K - 9:00-11:00 a.m. , K - 11:30-1:30 1st 12:00-2:00 p.m. , 2nd -9:00-11:00 a.m. , 3rd - 8:30-10:30a.m. , 4th - 8:00-9:00 a.m. , 5th - 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Thursday - Family Game Night @ Home - encourage them to turn off the TV and play a board game at home.

Friday - Dollar Dress Down Day & Pastries for Parents Student Council will not be going to the nursing home on Thursday.

15. I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
Jackie Mason (1934 - )

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Henry Kissinger (1923 - )

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)

AM Announcements - February 09

AM Announcements
February 09, 2009

1. Today is Day 98.

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: February 09
Review Conferences - Say - 9:45; Miller - 12:15; and Kooken - 1:30
Interim Reports go home -
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee - 11:00-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Equity+ Principal's meeting - 12:00-1:30 - Reichert off-campus
Equity+ Steering Committee mees with Dr. Martin - 1:30-2:30 - Reichert off-campus

Tuesday: February 10
Review Conferences -
Student Council Officers - 1:30
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00 PM - Marzano - Similarities and Differences
CiCi's Pizza night - 5:00-8:00 PM
Building and Grounds Committee re: Renovation/Construction - 5:00-6:00 - Reichert off-campus
Family Fitness Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
School Board recognizes new NBPTS certified teachers - 6:00-8:00
WS/FCS PTA Council - 7:00-8:00 - IRC

Wednesday: February 11
Leadership Winston-Salem - 7:15-5:30 - Reichert off-campus
Review Conferences -
Fun with Fiddles - 9:00-9:45 - Kindergarten

Thursday: February 12
Review Conferences -

Friday: February 13
Review Conferences -
Pastries for Parents - 10:30-1:00 - Cafeteria
Dollar Dress Down Day

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

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place this week. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room. Today's conferences are: Say (9:45), Miller (12:15) and Kooken (1:30).

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 17 - McDonalds' Night
b. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development
c. February 19 - IEP Training
d. February 23 - Interim Reports go home
e. February 24 - Technology Staff development
f. February 25 - Author Susan Crummel's visit - 8:15-9:00 - gym
g. February 25 - Jump Rope for Heart - 12:15

7. I will be off-campus from 10:45 until 3:00 this afternoon and unable to handle car riders. Mr. Cokley will serve in my place.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. Please send an e-mail to Ms. Powell confirming that your Interim Reports have gone home in today's Monday Packet.

10. Please be prepared to share with your colleagues at tomorrow's Staff Meeting. We would like to review how you are implementing similarities and differences and are particularly interested in your use of graphic organizers. Please bring at least one you have used and be prepared to share.

11. Third and Fifth grade teachers should provide the after school tutors each Monday with a listing of vocabulary they will be using during the upcoming week and the objectives for the week in reading and mathematics. The tutors are front loading vocabulary and skills so that our students have multiple opportunities to work with the same content.

12. As we enter the Zone Choice Window at the end of the month, there may be an increase in the number of tours that we give. When we come in your classrooms, please go on about your normal business.

13. I should be able to add some clarity to the renovation/construction discussion following tomorrow evening's Building and Grounds Committee meeting. I have been asked to attend as they discuss the "Plan-B" we told you about last week. This would move the entrance of the school to our current cafeteria; place the office suite in the current cafeteria, tutoring room and kitchen; and build a new media center/cafeteria and kitchen on the playground side of the gym.

14. Teachers remind your students about " National Take your Family to School Week" this week and encourage them to participate.

Monday - Family Dinner Night at home encourage them to talk their parents about their week.

Tuesday - Family Fitness Night @ 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the school. Encourage them to attend with their family.

Wednesday - Classroom Sharing - Parents have been invited in to the class to participate in a reading or writing lesson. Pre-K - 9:00-11:00 a.m. , K - 11:30-1:30 1st 12:00-2:00 p.m. , 2nd -9:00-11:00 a.m. , 3rd - 8:30-10:30a.m. , 4th - 8:00-9:00 a.m. , 5th - 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Thursday - Family Game Night @ Home - encourage them to turn off the TV and play a board game at home.

Friday - Dollar Dress Down Day & Pastries for Parents
Student Council will not be going to the nursing home on Thursday.

The following Student Council Members need to report to the computer lab on Tuesday @ 1:00 p.m. and they need to bring their things: Dakota Pickney, Tierra Wilson, Jendah Thomas, Dezeray Hickman, Jason Jowers, Maya Williams, Mac Smith, Sharissha Thedore, Kelly Ubabuike, Caryn Fletcher, Danytza Cisneros, Dorain Stafford.

The following students will need to report to the computer lab on Wednesday @ 1:00 p.m. and they will need to bring their things: John McClurkin, Chrisptopher McClurkin, Christa Fletcher, Avery Denny, Christain Keltner, Domminic Tyler, Tianna Wilson, Taylor Thomas, Dillion Simmons, Rhio Isa, Fredrick King, Silva Lima.

The following students need to report to the cafeteria @ 1:50 p.m. on Thursday afternoon with their things to help decorate the cafeteria for Pastries for Parents: Jendah Thomas, Mac Smith, Caryn Fletcher, Christa Fletcher, Maya Williams, Kelly Ubabuike, Tierra Wilson, Tianna Wilson.

There has been a Student Council notice placed in the teacher's boxes to be sent home on Monday. If you don't have enough in your box there are extras in the front office. We need a few volunteers for the Family Fitness Night if you are willing to volunteer please e-mail Shanta and give her your name. They will need someone from 5:30-7:15 p.m.

15. The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.
Al Franken, "Oh, the Things I Know", 2002

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )

A poem is no place for an idea.
Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937), Country Town Sayings, 1911

AM Announcements - February 06

AM Announcements
February 06, 2009

1. Today is Day 97.

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: February 06
Review Conferences - None scheduled at this time
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:15

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

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place from February 3-13. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 09 - Interim Reports go home
b. February 13 - Pastries for Parents
c. February 13 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development
e. February 24 - Technology Staff development

7. This month we will honor Rose Rusch as we participate in the 2009 Winston-Salem Arts Council Campaign! Let's work together to achieve 100% participation in her honor! No donation or pledge is too small. Participation is what counts! Your pledge/donation slips along with brochures listing the Campaign's recipients will be put in your boxes this week. Please turn them in February 16 at "Rose's Tea". If you have questions ask:Chris, Kim, Billie, or Gretchen.8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. Classes will be called to the Honor Roll Assembly beginning at 1:00 PM. In that way we should be ready to begin at 1:15.

10. Anyone wishing additional information on the revised plan for our renovation, please feel free to ask. I'll share the schematics and drawings as soon as I have therm available.

11. Wake Forest University has discounted tickets available for Wake's game against Boston College at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, in appreciation of employees' efforts. Tickets are available for $25, a $10 discount from the normal price of $35. To take advantage of this offer, please call Ike Fullard of WFU Sports Marketing at 758-5010 or fullaril@wfu.edu.

12. Thanks go out to the fifth grade and Title-1 teachers who made yesterday's Pen Pal Valentine reception a huge hit. Kim Underwood was here interviewing for his column. Watch for the story upcoming in the Winston Salem Journal.

13. The Bogen phones are now operational to the classrooms. We will hold a training session as part of our Tuesday Staff Meeting to show everyone how to use them.

14. Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
Max Frisch

Only the mediocre are always at their best.
Jean Giraudoux (1882 - 1944)

Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H. H. Williams

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)

AM Announcements - February 05

AM Announcements
February 05, 2009

1. Today is Day 96.

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: February 05
Review Conferences - Larson -8:50, Johnson 10:50
Group Pictures only

Friday: February 06
Review Conferences
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:15

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

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place from February 3-13. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 09 - Interim Reports go home
b. February 13 - Pastries for Parents
c. February 13 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development
e. February 24 - Technology Staff development

7. This month we will honor Rose Rusch as we participate in the 2009 Winston-SalemArts Council Campaign! Let's work together to achieve 100% participation in her honor! No donation or pledge is too small. Participation is what counts! Your pledge/donation slips along with brochures listing the Campaign's recipients will be put in your boxes this week. Please turn them in February 16 at "Rose's Tea". If you have questions ask:Chris, Kim, Billie, or Gretchen.

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. The field trip to the Stevens Center for the African American Dance Ensemble has been cancelled for today and rescheduled for March 11.

10. The following took place last night at the neighborhood meeting with Dr. Martin regarding Speas renovation:

Dr. Martin and Bill Powell went over the construction projects for the 2006 bond referendum and then focused on Speas. They fielded a series of questions prepared by the neighborhood group. These are posted in the mail room. They discussed the difference in cost between the proposed renovation and the construction of a new school and why renovation was selected. They listened to the concerns of the neighbors as to why they thought a new school was needed. Dr. Martin invited them to a school board planning session that will make the decisions regarding what is eventually done. They also shared a new proposal from the one I presented to you. This proposal would build a new media center/kitchen/cafeteria on the space between the gym and the playground. The offices would move into the kitchen/cafeteria space and the entrance to the school would be moved to the center of the cafeteria so that it would line up with the corridor to the back building. All other renovations would remain the same as originally proposed. I have seen a hand drawing of this proposal and the architect is doing the schematics right now. If this is chosen it will necessitate a delay in the start of about 2-6 months while the plans are approved by the city/county planning board. I'll share the information with you as I receive it. You can be very proud of Cathy Smith and Leah Adkins. They spoke very passionately and eloquently in support of our students and our school.

11. Now is the time for all good men to come to.
Walt Kelly (1913 - 1973), "Pogo" (comic strip)

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

When love is gone, there's always justice.And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom.Hi, Mom!
Laurie Anderson

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
Art Spander

AM Announcements - February 03

AM Announcements
February 03, 2009

1. Today is Day 95.

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: February 03
Construction Meeting with Operations - 7:30-8:00 - Reichert off-campus
Joint Principals' Meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
SIT meeting - 2:40-4:00
Review ConferencesTutoring meeting - all tutoring staff members attend - 2:00-2:30 - Media Center
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday: February 04
Review Conferences
After school tutoring - 2:30-4:00
Neighborhood meets with Dr. Martin - Speas Media Center - 6:00-8:00 PM

Thursday: February 05
Review ConferencesGroup Pictures only

Friday: February 06
Review Conferences
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:15

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

5. Classroom teachers should sign-up for a review conference taking place from February 3-13. The sign-up sheet is in the mail room.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. February 09 - Interim Reports go home
b. February 13 - Pastries for Parents
c. February 13 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. February 17 - Marzano Staff Development
e. February 24 - Technology Staff development

7. This month we will honor Rose Rusch as we participate in the 2009 Winston-SalemArts Council Campaign! Let's work together to achieve 100% participation in her honor!No donation or pledge is too small. Participation is what counts! Your pledge/donation slips along with brochures listing the Campaign's recipients will be put in your boxes this week. Please turn them in February 16 at "Rose's Tea". If you have questions ask:Chris, Kim, Billie, or Gretchen. Tuesday, February 9 Staff Meeting - Arts Council Campaign Kick Off - Terri Pratt from the Arts Council will speak to us about how our monies support the arts in Winston-Salem.Tuesday, February 16 Marzano Training"Rose's Tea"Refreshments will be served. Due date for donations or pledges to the Arts Council Campaign(a box will be provided!)

8. If anyone asks you about registering for Kindergarten, remind them that beginning this year, children must turn five (5) on or before August 31.

9. Please give a list of Honor Roll students to Ms. Rhodes today.

10. As a reminder, when we operate on a delay, staff members are expected to arrive at their normal time. If they must arrive late they should stay late in order to compensate. The work day remains 8 hours for classified and 7 hours 45 minutes for certified. At no time can the work day be less than 7 hours. The aggregate number of hours in a week remains the same.

11. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

The only thing I like about rich people is their money.
Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)

A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), The Gay Science, section 41

I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'
Jack Handey (1949 - ), Deep Thoughts