AM Announcements - March 30

AM Announcements
March 30, 2009

1. Today is Day 131.

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 30
After School Tutoring continues - 2:30-4:00

Tuesday: March 31
No SIT meeting, staff meeting or staff development sessions
Last day to turn in Marzano make-up form - Ms. Marston
No A's and Bees Tutoring due to Spring Break

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 Out-of-Zone transfer period continues. If parents request a form, please let Ms. Rhodes know. She has them in her office. The transfer form identifies which schools are open and which are closed to transfer.

6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. April 1-3 Spring Break
b. April 7-9 - AR Celebrations
c. April 10 - Easter Holiday
d. April 13 - Report Cards go home
e. April 14 - Picture Day
f. April 15 - Cultural Fair
g. April 17 - Honor Roll Assembly
h. April 17 - Career Day

7. April 9 is the next early release day for classified employees. Classified employees should come to work at 7:30 and depart at 2:30 PM.

8. Please complete your Teacher Notification of Intent prior to April 17. Take a moment right now and do it. Just go to the Employees page of the WS/FCS web site and follow these directions:
a. Under the “Administration” heading, click on the link for “WS/FCS Administrative Resources”
b. In the left hand column under “Employee Related Data Entry”, click on the 9th link down "Teacher Notification of Intent Decisions”
c. Log in like you would to register for a workshop
d. Click on “Enter/Edit Teacher Notification of Intent”

To date 14 of 32 individuals have responded regarding their intent for next year. If you intend to retire, resign or transfer you are also expected to respond.

9. All classified timesheets are due to Ms. Higgins by 12:00 PM today. Individuals who do not get them in on time must explain why to Ms. Powell or me. Those not in on-time should not expect to be paid on-time.

10. I have received several ideas about possible summer programs. Put your thinking caps on and lets see what we can come up with. Don't worry about expense at this point. If you think providing transportation would help, then put it in. What kind of program would most benefit our students?

11. AR benchmarks are due tomorrow, March 31. All classes should turn in their numbers to Ms. Fussell by that time.

12. Ms. Smith will not be here this week. If you have surplus materials that are to be picked up by the WS/FCS technology vendor, please give that information to Ms. Powell immediately. She is handling it in Ms. Smith's absence.

13. The following items are from Ms. Fletcher:

a. Night Beneath the Stars Tickets are on Sale. They are $35.00 per person and this year's theme is "A Night in Hollywood." The funds this year will go towards the PTA and Student Council. We are working towards teacher allotments for next school year; agenda's; beginning a fund towards items purchased once all the revisions are done to the building; and Student Council Service Projects.

b. Teacher's Lunch Out is scheduled for April 6-9, 2009. On April 6th will be Pre-K and Kindergarten and the 7th will be 1st and 2nd grade. Please make a note and start planning with your grade levels. We will not be able to reschedule for absences. If there is a problem with this schedule thus far please see Shanta before March 31, 2009.

c. Career Day is quickly approaching for our fifth grade students. We are working towards being able to have at least fifteen students participate in Career Day. If you know of anyone who might be interested in participating please contact Shanta by March 31st.

d. There will be a Student Council Meeting held on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. in the cafeteria and all members will need to bring their things.

14. Mr. Ireland is out today will most likely be out tomorrow as well. We do not know yet if the Warehouse will send us a substitute custodian. Therefore, please have your students clean everything off the floor that they can before they leave and place their chairs on their desks. Put all trash cans in the hall so they can be picked up more easily. Some rooms will be cleaned while students are at specials or outside.

15. In the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977)

I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn't interest me.
Chris Rapier

When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.
Franklin P. Jones, Saturday Evening Post, November 29, 1953