AM Announcements - March 04

AM Announcements
March 04, 2009

Monday's sunrise on Speas parking lot

1. Today is Day 113.

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: March 04
Joint Principals' Meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus

Thursday: March 05
No events at this time

Friday: March 06
Book Fair begins
State-wide Tornado Drill - 9:30
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 make-up dates for the Monday and Tuesday snow days are Thursday, June 11 and Friday June 12.

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

7. There will be a State-wide Tornado Drill scheduled for today has been rescheduled for this Friday at 9:30 AM. It will begin with staff members receiving a note from the front office that we are in a "Tornado Watch." Once the word is received that we are in a "Tornado Warning" we will sound the alarm signaling teachers to take their children to the designated areas in the hallway. Please make sure that your students are aware of the procedure and how they are to position themselves. Once we have gotten all students into position we will let the children sit up. We will, however, remain seated on the floor until we get the "all clear" from central office.

8. Please welcome Ms. Ami Cook to our staff. She is serving as a long term substitute in third grade as Ms. Zinn moves from Speas to Hanes Middle School as a PE teacher. Please make her feel a part of our staff and provide any assistance you can.

9. The make-up dates for the rescheduled Zone 5 Training for Day 3 of K-5 Partners for Mathematics Learning were set at March 10, 17 and 24. Since we have staff development planned for those dates, we will not send anyone to the third day.

10. Ms. C. Smith is off-campus all week attending a session of NCCAT.

11. Please note the Terms of Employment for 2009-2010 sent out on Tuesday morning. This sheet indicates the date staff members are expected to return to work from their summer vacations. The dates vary based on your particular job classification. Please keep your date in mind as you plan trips and vacations.

12. I don't really trust a sane person.
Lyle Alzado (1949 - 1992)

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
Quentin Crisp


Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)