AM Announcements March 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 116.
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:
Monday: March 09
Rehearsal for "Really Big Night" - Per Mr. Baker's schedule
Book Fair
Tuesday: March 10
Rehearsal for "Really Big Night" - Per Mr. Baker's schedule
"Really Big Night"
Book Fair
Wednesday: March 11
US Dept. of Education Reasearch Study meeting - 11:00-12:30 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Leadership Winston-Salem - Education Day - Reichert off-campus all day
Book Fair
Thursday: March 12
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
WS/FCS policy Committee - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Book Fair
Friday: March 13
No events at this time. It is, however, Friday the 13th!
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. There will be rehearsals today and tomorrow afternoon for the "Really Big Night!" Please refer to the schedule you received from Mr. Baker regarding times for your grade level.
a. March 18 - Dental Screening
b. March 19-26 - 3rd Quarter EOQ testing
c. March 24 - AR Benchmarks due
d. March 27 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. April 1-3 - Spring Break
7. All students who attend "Really Big Night" with a parent will receive a coupon good for up to $5.00 on the purchase of books from the book fair. They will be able to select their books on Wednesday morning.
8. The State has asked us to notify parents in advance of dental screenings. Please inform parents in your newsletters that if they don't want their child screened, they should send a note to the teacher before March 18.
9. Please keep Ann Smith and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father passed away on Saturday. She is with her family in Northern Virginia. We will provide additional information as it becomes available.
10. The motor has broken in the copier in the Hive. It will be next Wednesday or Thursday before it is repaired as the company has to order a new one.
11. "Really Big Night" on Tuesday is required for all certified staff members. Classified members who attend and work will be given compensatory time.
12. Last Sunday it was 25 and snowing. Yesterday it was 85 and sunny. Go figure.
13. As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
Woody Allen (1935 - )
Woody Allen (1935 - )
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
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