AM Announcements - April 21

AM Announcements
April 21, 2009


1. Today is Day 143.


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:


Tuesday: April 21
Review Conferences
Marzano Staff development - 2:40-4:15
McDonalds Night - 5:00-8:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
"Meet the Principal" - 6:30-7:30


Wednesday: April 22
Review Conferences
WINGS Volunteer Breakfast - 7:45-9:00 - Bridger Field House - Reichert and Marston off-campus


Thursday: April 23
Reichert off-campus all-day
Review Conferences


Friday: April 24
Reichert off-campus all-day
Review Conferences
Dollar Dress Down Day


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. I am in need of a teacher assistant to volunteer to cover the coputer lab this afternopon. Just drop me an e-mail.


6. We continue working through the 20 day blitz materials as we approach end-of-grade testing. Remember that these materials are not designed to take the place of your other curricular materials. There is a great deal of content that is only taught during the 4th quarter. The blitz materials are designed to be used in addition to your regular curriculum.

7. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. April 28 - Technology Staff Development
b. April 29 - ESL Field Trip
c. April 29 - Volunteer Luncheon - 11:00-1:30
d. April 30 - Boxtops for Education collected
e. May 01 - Kindergarten Field Trip


8. Please sign up today for your third quarter review conference if you have not already done so.


9. Don't forget to purchase your "Night Beneath the Stars" tickets. They are $35.00 per person.


10. If you have not received the Title-1 survey for your parents, please contact the office and we'll bring it down. It should go home today and students who turn them in by Friday morning will receive ice cream in the cafeteria at lunch on Friday. Teachers should keep a list of all students who turn them in during the week.


11. Getting caught is the mother of invention.
Robert Byrne

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)

History is more or less bunk.
Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, Oct. 26, 1939