AM Announcements - March 06

AM Announcements
March 06, 2009

1. Today is Day 115.

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: 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. Please remind thrid and fifth grade students who come to tutoring that there is NO tutoring tomorrow. The next Saturday session is next week, March 14 from 8:30-11:30.

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. We continue to have significant problems with classes not cleaning up after themselves in the cafeteria. Each teacher is responsible for making sure the tables and floors are clean when their classes leave. This may be accomplished by a group of students or the teacher assistant in grades K-2. Remember that of you allow students to sit in the Honey Pot Cafe, those tables and the floor must be cleaned when the students leave. This is a matter of common courtesy. Also please work with your students to make certain that they do not stack trays in the tray disposal; they wait for Mr. Hummings; and they do not drop trash all along the way and not pick it up. Thesesteps will make everyone's cafeteria experience much more pleasant. Thanks for your cooperation in these matters.

8. The state-wide tornado drill will take place today 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. The weekend is supposed to be glorious. Get outside with your family and enjoy these early spring days.

10. Ms. C. Smith has sent some e-mails to the staff regarding actions that are being taken by our technology department to help clean our network for viruses and trojans. Please follow exactly what she tells you to do. If you have any links on your web page that go outside the WS/FCS firewall, please delete them. They are not protected and can be the vehicle for a virus, worm or trojan to enter our system/network.

11. Please send all changes of address or telephone number to Ms. Fletcher as soon as you receive them from parents. This is very important now that Transportation is linked to NCWISE.

12. Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Notebooks (1935)

Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
Janet Long

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.
E. V. Lucas

A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)