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