AM Announcements - March 05

AM Announcements

March 05, 2009

1. Today is Day 114.

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: 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. REMINDER TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS: When WS/FCS is operating on a delay, staff members are expected to report at their normal time. If it is unsafe to travel and they must arrive late, they are expected to make up their time by remaining after their normal departure time. At no point should the workday be less than 7 hours. (Individuals who arrived late yesterday have been addressed.)

8. The state-wide tornado drill will take place tomorrow at 9:30. PLease be sure to practice the tornado procedure with your class prior to that tiem. Also remind your students that if they are not with you, they should join the nearest class no matter what grade level it might be and remain with them until the end of the drill. They should never try to get back to their home room in an emergency situation.

9. Several individuals have received an e-mail requesting their participation in a date/time study for Medicaid. This is a federal requirement for EC reimbursement and must be done according to the time frame in the e-mail. Don't look at this as a burden, it helps provide needed revenue to meet student needs. Do feel singled out, I have to do today as well.

10. Ms. C. Smith is off-campus all week attending a session of NCCAT. Ms. Calhoun is serving as her sub.

11. If parents provide you change of address or telephone number it is imperative that this information be given to Ms. Fletcher immediately. Send her and e-mail as soon as you get the change. Transportation is now linked to NCWISE and if the new address does not match what is in NCWISE, they will not be transported to their new location. These changes are now critical to getting our students home safely. Mopst address changes are sent to the teacher. It becomes your responsibility to communicate this to the office.

12. A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't?
Don Marquis (1878 - 1937)

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
Charles Kuralt

I have seen the future and it doesn't work.
Robert Fulford

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others.
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)