AM Announcements
March 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 118.
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 11
US Dept. of Education Research 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. Thanks to everyone who helped to make last night's Really Big Night a success. Special thanks go to Mr. Baker for his work in preparing the students. We also want to thank Ms. Laney, Ms. Bushey and Ms. Goliszek for assisting with the decorations. Thanks to Ms. Fussell, Ms. Fletcher and all the staff members and parents who made the book fair successful also. If I have missed anyone, please let me know so I can thank everyone who played a role.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. March 18 - Dental Screening (EC students, K, 3rd and 5th grades)
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. Sometimes it only seems that we hear complaints. Well last night I was stopped by a parent who wanted to thank Speas for helping her raise a fine son. She was most appreciative for all the we had done for her, her son and family.
8. If you receive notes regarding parents declining to have their children screened for dental problems, please keep them until after 3/18. On 3/19, please send them to Ms. Rhodes who will file them as a group.
9. I will be off-campus all day at the Career for Education Day with Leadership Winston-Salem. Ms. Powell will be off-campus from 11:15 to 12:45 at an informational meeting given by the US Department of Education. They are conducting a study with the WS/FCS on the impact of merit pay on student achievement and we have been asked to participate. This will involve paying staff members more if they can demonstrate improve student achievement outcomes as measured by EVAAS data. We will have more information for you following today's meeting.
10. Hope Presbyterian is bringing breakfast for the staff tomorrow.
11. I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
Edward Chilton
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
Christopher Hampton
March 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 118.
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 11
US Dept. of Education Research 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. Thanks to everyone who helped to make last night's Really Big Night a success. Special thanks go to Mr. Baker for his work in preparing the students. We also want to thank Ms. Laney, Ms. Bushey and Ms. Goliszek for assisting with the decorations. Thanks to Ms. Fussell, Ms. Fletcher and all the staff members and parents who made the book fair successful also. If I have missed anyone, please let me know so I can thank everyone who played a role.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. March 18 - Dental Screening (EC students, K, 3rd and 5th grades)
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. Sometimes it only seems that we hear complaints. Well last night I was stopped by a parent who wanted to thank Speas for helping her raise a fine son. She was most appreciative for all the we had done for her, her son and family.
8. If you receive notes regarding parents declining to have their children screened for dental problems, please keep them until after 3/18. On 3/19, please send them to Ms. Rhodes who will file them as a group.
9. I will be off-campus all day at the Career for Education Day with Leadership Winston-Salem. Ms. Powell will be off-campus from 11:15 to 12:45 at an informational meeting given by the US Department of Education. They are conducting a study with the WS/FCS on the impact of merit pay on student achievement and we have been asked to participate. This will involve paying staff members more if they can demonstrate improve student achievement outcomes as measured by EVAAS data. We will have more information for you following today's meeting.
10. Hope Presbyterian is bringing breakfast for the staff tomorrow.
11. I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
Edward Chilton
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
Christopher Hampton
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