AM Announcements - April 09

AM Announcements
April 09, 2009


1. Today is Day 136.


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: April 10
No School - Good Friday/WSFCS Easter Holiday


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 ends today.


6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. April 13 - Report Cards go home
b. April 14 - Picture Day
c. April 14 - Visit to Konnoak to see Positive Behavior Support in action
d. April 15 - Cultural Fair
e. April 17 - Honor Roll Assembly
f. April 17 - Career Day


7. Classified employees should end their work day at 2:30 PM today.



8. Completion of the Teacher Notification of Intent must be done prior to April 17. 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 18 of 32 individuals have responded.


9. The following items are from Ms. Fletcher:

a. Don't forget to purchase your Night Beneath the Stars tickets. They are $35.00 per person. The funds this year will go towards teacher allotments; agenda's; a fund for items we need to purchase once all the renovations are done; and Student Council Service Projects.

b. Career Day is coming and we hope to have at least fifteen students participate.10. Be sure to send a "Thank You" to the PTA for lunch out when it's your turn.


10. Ms. Rusch came by last weekend and got some of her personal belongings and will come back this weekend. She is missing a book that someone borrowed from her but can not remember who it was. If you have one of her art books on Georgia O'Keefe, please bring it to the office so it will be ready for her when she returns.


11. Get out of here as early as you can today and begin your Easter Weekend. Take with you our best wishes for a wonderful and restful holiday.


12. I have two volunteers from the SIT team to attend the trip to Konnoak Elementary for the Positive Behavior Support sessions with their staff next Tuesday. I would like one or two others. Please contact me by e-mail if you would like to attend. Subs will be provided for your classes.

13. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)

Anything too stupid to be said is sung.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
Dame Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)