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)