AM Announcements - May 04

AM Announcements
May 04, 2009


1. Today is Day 152.


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: May 04
EOG Training - 2:45


Tuesday: May 05
Field Day - K-2 8:30, 3-5 11:30
Joint Principals' Meeting - Reichert off-campus 7:15-12:00
SIT - 2:45-4:00
Texas Roadhouse Night 4:00-8:00
No A's and Bees Tutoring - It has ended


Wednesday: May 06
Field Trip - Grade 4



Thursday: May 07
No events at this time



Friday: May 08
NCCLAS - Assessor #2 returns materials to Assessor #1



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. Ms. Odom has placed information regarding the United Negro College Fund drive in everyone's boxes. This is a major effort on the part of our school system. It funds college scholarships for students who then come back and teach in our system. This not only benefits the student but also our system. The UNCF is a major force in scholarship assistance at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Please consider making a donation to this worthwhile organization. Payroll deduction is by far the easiest way to contribute. Remember, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.


6. The 20 day blitz continues!


7. Upcoming dates for your calendar:

a. May 14 - EOG testing begins (survey day)
b. May 15 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. May 15 - Night Beneath the Stars
d. May 22 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. May 25 - No School - Memorial Day Holiday
f. May 26-29 - EOG Remediation Sessions
g. May 27-28 - Student Council Elections


8. The SIT Team meets today at 2:45 in the cafeteria

9. "Night Beneath the Stars" tickets are on sale in the office. They are $35.00 per person.


10. The WS/FCS Spring Extravaganza Art Exhibit runs through this Wednesday at the Old Salem Visitors' Center. Everyone is encouraged to go and view the artwork our students have created under the direction of Ms. Laney.


11. Certified staff members are invited to attend a recruitment meeting for the Master of Education In Elementary Education Program at Winston-Salem State University. The meeting is May 13, 2009, 5:30 p.m. –6:30 p.m., Anderson Center Room 238, Winston-Salem State University.

12. The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
Dick Werthimer

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952

People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.
George Aiken