Teachers,
You can now register for the Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) workshop. This workshop will go into detail on the LLI program and how we will use it to work with those students on the K-2 level who are struggling the most with reading. Students will be pulled in groups of three for 30 minutes. We are looking at impacting approximately 21 students. The workshop is Thursday July 9th and Friday July 10th from 9:00am - 3:00pm, at Ibraham Elementary in the Media Center. Lunch will be provided. I have the following teachers attending as of last week: Say, Merrill, Falor, Wooten and Reichert. If you are not listed but would like to attend, you are welcome.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
AM Announcements - June 12
AM Announcements
June 12, 2009
1. Today is Day 180.
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: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. Well we made it to the last day! Thanks to everyone who helped to make the Honor Roll, Fifth Grade Celebration and Fifth Grade Social so successful. Thanks to Ms. Rhodes for creating and printing all those many certificates. We say it over and over that it takes all of us to make this place run and a day like yesterday is proof positive.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. We will meet briefly this afternoon in the media center at 2:45.
8. We need everyone on duty at the end of the day in either the gym or outside with the buses. We want it all to go very smoothly.
9. Exercise patience today. Remember what the last day of school was like when you were in elementary school. Don't overlook misbehavior but understand excitement and anticipation.
10. Several individuals have expressed concerns related to the WS/FCS Student Supply lists. As a matter of explanation, the list was compiled by a group of teachers at each grade level representing different types of schools. The process took several months to complete. It was determined that in this tight financial environment we needed to consider carefully what we ask parents for and then speak with a single voice as a system. Many schools had lengthy supply lists that called for a significant monetary commitment on the part of parents. With the development of these grade level specific lists, parents can plan accordingly. Copies are being sent to major retailers around the community and every school is expected to post this on their web site. Providing it for parents now means that they will have an opportunity to purchase items that may go on sale throughout the summer and prepare their children for the start of school in the fall. I know we all have preferences, however, we only have the ability to delete things from the list. We cannot make changes, substitutions or additions.
11. Yesterday's refreshments were courtesy of the good folks at College Park Baptist Church. I'm sure they would love to receive a card from you showing your appreciation for their gift. Their address is 1701 W. Polo Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27106.
12. This is the last scheduled post on the blog. Thanks for working with us as we implemented this new form of communication. There will be periodic posts throughout the summer. We will not send out letters to all staff at the beginning of next year welcoming everyone back and informing folks of the days we will return in August. We'll use the blog for that task so check it once a week or so. Everything you need to know will be posted there. New staff members will receive a welcoming letter and directions on how to access the blog.
13. With the implementation of LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention) in the fall, we have scheduled training for July 9-10. I will be making a decision about the individual I would like to handle this program in the next few days. I would like as many K-2 teachers as possible to consider attending the training as well, so that they can continue the interventions in the classroom and everyone will be on the same page. We will pay a stipend to all attendees of $75 per day for the two day workshop. A location has not been set at this time but will most likely be at Ibraham Elementary. Ibraham, Middle Fork and Speas will all have representatives at the session. K-2 teachers who are interested in attending can simply submit and e-mail indicating that and I will take care of the registration.
14. A comment was posted on yesterday's blog asking about the purchase of SmartBoards for classrooms that do not have them. Several weeks ago Ms. Powell, Ms. Smith, Ms. Higgins and I determined to use the overage in our fund balance, approximately $25,000 to purchase the equipment for the remaining classrooms that don't have it. New restrictions on how Title-1 funds could be spent eliminated Title-1 as a funding source for this initiative. Using our fund balance overage will accomplish the task of giving each classroom SmartBoard technology and prevent us from having to return this money to the state should they ask for a reversion of funds as they did this year. This $25,000 was originally slated to be returned to the school system. We were fortunate when the stimulus money was made available and the district determined not to take the overage in each school's fund balance after all.
15. No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.
William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
How my achievements mock me!
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act IV
June 12, 2009
1. Today is Day 180.
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: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. Well we made it to the last day! Thanks to everyone who helped to make the Honor Roll, Fifth Grade Celebration and Fifth Grade Social so successful. Thanks to Ms. Rhodes for creating and printing all those many certificates. We say it over and over that it takes all of us to make this place run and a day like yesterday is proof positive.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. We will meet briefly this afternoon in the media center at 2:45.
8. We need everyone on duty at the end of the day in either the gym or outside with the buses. We want it all to go very smoothly.
9. Exercise patience today. Remember what the last day of school was like when you were in elementary school. Don't overlook misbehavior but understand excitement and anticipation.
10. Several individuals have expressed concerns related to the WS/FCS Student Supply lists. As a matter of explanation, the list was compiled by a group of teachers at each grade level representing different types of schools. The process took several months to complete. It was determined that in this tight financial environment we needed to consider carefully what we ask parents for and then speak with a single voice as a system. Many schools had lengthy supply lists that called for a significant monetary commitment on the part of parents. With the development of these grade level specific lists, parents can plan accordingly. Copies are being sent to major retailers around the community and every school is expected to post this on their web site. Providing it for parents now means that they will have an opportunity to purchase items that may go on sale throughout the summer and prepare their children for the start of school in the fall. I know we all have preferences, however, we only have the ability to delete things from the list. We cannot make changes, substitutions or additions.
11. Yesterday's refreshments were courtesy of the good folks at College Park Baptist Church. I'm sure they would love to receive a card from you showing your appreciation for their gift. Their address is 1701 W. Polo Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27106.
12. This is the last scheduled post on the blog. Thanks for working with us as we implemented this new form of communication. There will be periodic posts throughout the summer. We will not send out letters to all staff at the beginning of next year welcoming everyone back and informing folks of the days we will return in August. We'll use the blog for that task so check it once a week or so. Everything you need to know will be posted there. New staff members will receive a welcoming letter and directions on how to access the blog.
13. With the implementation of LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention) in the fall, we have scheduled training for July 9-10. I will be making a decision about the individual I would like to handle this program in the next few days. I would like as many K-2 teachers as possible to consider attending the training as well, so that they can continue the interventions in the classroom and everyone will be on the same page. We will pay a stipend to all attendees of $75 per day for the two day workshop. A location has not been set at this time but will most likely be at Ibraham Elementary. Ibraham, Middle Fork and Speas will all have representatives at the session. K-2 teachers who are interested in attending can simply submit and e-mail indicating that and I will take care of the registration.
14. A comment was posted on yesterday's blog asking about the purchase of SmartBoards for classrooms that do not have them. Several weeks ago Ms. Powell, Ms. Smith, Ms. Higgins and I determined to use the overage in our fund balance, approximately $25,000 to purchase the equipment for the remaining classrooms that don't have it. New restrictions on how Title-1 funds could be spent eliminated Title-1 as a funding source for this initiative. Using our fund balance overage will accomplish the task of giving each classroom SmartBoard technology and prevent us from having to return this money to the state should they ask for a reversion of funds as they did this year. This $25,000 was originally slated to be returned to the school system. We were fortunate when the stimulus money was made available and the district determined not to take the overage in each school's fund balance after all.
15. No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.
William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
How my achievements mock me!
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act IV
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
AM Announcements - June 11
AM Announcements
June 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 179.
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:
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. Those teachers who did not complete the two question technology survey should do so this morning and turn it in to Ms. Rhodes by 12:00 noon.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. Our Prioritized School Plan for Title-1 was revised and turned in yesterday with the changes requested by the Title-1 office. It accounts for our entire $255,430 general allocation and $4,879 parental involvement allocation.
8. Thanks to everyone for soing such a good job with class picnics. Normally there is at least one parent who expresses concern to me during or following the picnics. Today, everyone left happy. A good time was had by all.
9. Remind your students that tomorrow is a Dollar Dress Down Day. If they come out of uniform, we will place them in one if they don't have a dollar, even on the last day of school.
10. A copy of the WS/FCS Student Supply List has been placed in K-5 teachers' boxes. These are the only supplies that will be requested of parents for the 2009-2010 school year. Each grade should review the t for their level and determine if there is anything they would like to delete. Nothing can be added to the list. Grades 3,4 and 5 should decide if they are going to require 4 composition books or 4 spiral notebooks. Please do so by Monday morning and send me an e-mail with your choice. We will edit the list and make copies for you to place in each K-4 child's report card. Ms. Smith will upload the list to our website. We will keep copies in the front office for parents who enroll or those who lose their copy during the summer.
11. The future will be better tomorrow.
Dan Quayle (1947 - )
The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
J. Frank Dobie (1888 - 1964), "A Texan in England", 1945
I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 - )
June 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 179.
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:
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. Those teachers who did not complete the two question technology survey should do so this morning and turn it in to Ms. Rhodes by 12:00 noon.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. Our Prioritized School Plan for Title-1 was revised and turned in yesterday with the changes requested by the Title-1 office. It accounts for our entire $255,430 general allocation and $4,879 parental involvement allocation.
8. Thanks to everyone for soing such a good job with class picnics. Normally there is at least one parent who expresses concern to me during or following the picnics. Today, everyone left happy. A good time was had by all.
9. Remind your students that tomorrow is a Dollar Dress Down Day. If they come out of uniform, we will place them in one if they don't have a dollar, even on the last day of school.
10. A copy of the WS/FCS Student Supply List has been placed in K-5 teachers' boxes. These are the only supplies that will be requested of parents for the 2009-2010 school year. Each grade should review the t for their level and determine if there is anything they would like to delete. Nothing can be added to the list. Grades 3,4 and 5 should decide if they are going to require 4 composition books or 4 spiral notebooks. Please do so by Monday morning and send me an e-mail with your choice. We will edit the list and make copies for you to place in each K-4 child's report card. Ms. Smith will upload the list to our website. We will keep copies in the front office for parents who enroll or those who lose their copy during the summer.
11. The future will be better tomorrow.
Dan Quayle (1947 - )
The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
J. Frank Dobie (1888 - 1964), "A Texan in England", 1945
I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 - )
AM Announcements - June 10
AM Announcements
June 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 178.
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: June 10
Class Picnics - 12:00
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. You will find a sheet in your boxes from Cathy Smith. This is a simple two question survey you are to ask your students. The first question is, "Do you have a computer in your home?" The second is, " If you do have a computer, do you have access to the internet." Please take care of this first thing this morning and give the results to Ms. Smith. This is for a grant program being proposed by WS/FCS schools to boost computer and internet access.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. I filled one of our classroom vacancies last night with a surplus teacher from Union Cross. I am certain she will be a real asset to our staff and students. We are still not able to hire from the outside until all surplus teachers have found positions. I have two more individuals to interview, one today and one tomorrow.
8. Yesterday five reams of paper were placed in the Hive. They were the last of our paper supply. Mr. Ireland put five reams in last Friday, walked down to the kindergarten, came back by the Hive and found only two remaining. The others had already disappeared.
9. The power of tutoring. We had five students in third and fifth grades who found themselves qualifying for an automatic waiver because they had come withing two standard errors on the EOG and they demonstrated a year's growth. The third component of the waiver process was that they had to attend tutoring. Students meeting all three requirements were promoted. Three of our five met the requirements. Two didn't attend tutoring. Now they will have to attend summer school and take the test again. Both could wind up being retained if they don't achieve level 3. If only they had come to tutoring, the could have avoided summer school and the potential for being retained. The moral of the story for our second and fourth grade students is, "Come to tutoring!"
10. Class picnics are today at 12:00 PM. If you need tables or other items. please see Mr. Ireland first thing this morning so he is not caught by surprise at the last minute.
11. If you have not sent a note home to parents of your Honor Roll students alerting them that their child has made the Honor Roll for Fourth Quarter, please do so today so they can attend if they desire.
12. The following students are winners in Bowling for Breakfast initiative from our child nutrition department:
Lizeth Aguilera, Elias Amaya, Mya Armstrong, Daniel Barrera, Jamiyo Dye, Benjamin Floyd, Ana Franco-Gomez, Ana Guajardo, Areta Seals, aand Isela Quintero-Gomez.
Each of them has won a pass that entitles them to a free game of bowling every day for the entire summer. That's 92 free games of bowling. We will give out their passes during the Honor Roll assembly tomorrow. Congratulations Winners!
13. If you are a K-1 teacher and have not turned in your luggage tags to Ms. Rhodes, do so this morning. Make sure a list of students who returned them accompanies the tags.
14. Please collect the lanyards and student name tags and turn them in to Ms. Rhodes. We will use these at the beginning of next year so that staff will know our returning students.
15. Please remind your Safety Patrol members that they are to turn in their belts and badges to Ms. Powell tomorrow morning.
16. Never judge a book by its movie.
J. W. Eagan
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980), In Simon Rose, Classic Film Guide (1995)
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
Sidney J. Harris
June 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 178.
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: June 10
Class Picnics - 12:00
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. You will find a sheet in your boxes from Cathy Smith. This is a simple two question survey you are to ask your students. The first question is, "Do you have a computer in your home?" The second is, " If you do have a computer, do you have access to the internet." Please take care of this first thing this morning and give the results to Ms. Smith. This is for a grant program being proposed by WS/FCS schools to boost computer and internet access.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. I filled one of our classroom vacancies last night with a surplus teacher from Union Cross. I am certain she will be a real asset to our staff and students. We are still not able to hire from the outside until all surplus teachers have found positions. I have two more individuals to interview, one today and one tomorrow.
8. Yesterday five reams of paper were placed in the Hive. They were the last of our paper supply. Mr. Ireland put five reams in last Friday, walked down to the kindergarten, came back by the Hive and found only two remaining. The others had already disappeared.
9. The power of tutoring. We had five students in third and fifth grades who found themselves qualifying for an automatic waiver because they had come withing two standard errors on the EOG and they demonstrated a year's growth. The third component of the waiver process was that they had to attend tutoring. Students meeting all three requirements were promoted. Three of our five met the requirements. Two didn't attend tutoring. Now they will have to attend summer school and take the test again. Both could wind up being retained if they don't achieve level 3. If only they had come to tutoring, the could have avoided summer school and the potential for being retained. The moral of the story for our second and fourth grade students is, "Come to tutoring!"
10. Class picnics are today at 12:00 PM. If you need tables or other items. please see Mr. Ireland first thing this morning so he is not caught by surprise at the last minute.
11. If you have not sent a note home to parents of your Honor Roll students alerting them that their child has made the Honor Roll for Fourth Quarter, please do so today so they can attend if they desire.
12. The following students are winners in Bowling for Breakfast initiative from our child nutrition department:
Lizeth Aguilera, Elias Amaya, Mya Armstrong, Daniel Barrera, Jamiyo Dye, Benjamin Floyd, Ana Franco-Gomez, Ana Guajardo, Areta Seals, aand Isela Quintero-Gomez.
Each of them has won a pass that entitles them to a free game of bowling every day for the entire summer. That's 92 free games of bowling. We will give out their passes during the Honor Roll assembly tomorrow. Congratulations Winners!
13. If you are a K-1 teacher and have not turned in your luggage tags to Ms. Rhodes, do so this morning. Make sure a list of students who returned them accompanies the tags.
14. Please collect the lanyards and student name tags and turn them in to Ms. Rhodes. We will use these at the beginning of next year so that staff will know our returning students.
15. Please remind your Safety Patrol members that they are to turn in their belts and badges to Ms. Powell tomorrow morning.
16. Never judge a book by its movie.
J. W. Eagan
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980), In Simon Rose, Classic Film Guide (1995)
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
Sidney J. Harris
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
AM Announcements - June 09
AM Announcements
June 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 177.
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: June 09
Retirement celebration - 2:45 - Media Center
CiCi's Pizza Night - 5:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: June 10
Class Picnics - 12:00
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down DayLast Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. Today is the last day for K-1 teachers to collect the yellow book bag tags provided for their bus riders by transportation. They should be turned in to the office this afternoon.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. We will have precious little time next week to wrap up the school year; get rooms packed up for the summer; complete all aspects related to CUM folders and then have someone else review and sign off on the CUM folder check list. There is a lot of work to be done in a very short time.
8. We will honor our retiring staff members with a reception this afternoon beginning at 2:45 in the media center. Please join us as we celebrate the careers of these individuals and wish them well as a new chapter in their lives begins.
9. Our Prioritized Title-1 Plan was submitted on Friday and was reviewed over the weekend. The plan is based on our SIP which was approved back in January. Yesterday afternoon, I was informed that our plan passed scrutiny and all that is needed is for us to make a couple of changes to reflect some things like are not normally a part of the plan. One example is that Equity+ bonuses are to be paid out of our Title-1 allotment this year. That was not part of our SIP and we have to revise it to include that.
10. A crew from Greensboro may still be on-site today boring test holes between the back building and the tree line to check the extent of subsurface rock formations.
11. Please turn in your list of Honor Roll students to Ms. Rhodes by this afternoon.
12. You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), quoted in Observer, March 29 1981
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
June 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 177.
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: June 09
Retirement celebration - 2:45 - Media Center
CiCi's Pizza Night - 5:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: June 10
Class Picnics - 12:00
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down DayLast Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. Today is the last day for K-1 teachers to collect the yellow book bag tags provided for their bus riders by transportation. They should be turned in to the office this afternoon.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. We will have precious little time next week to wrap up the school year; get rooms packed up for the summer; complete all aspects related to CUM folders and then have someone else review and sign off on the CUM folder check list. There is a lot of work to be done in a very short time.
8. We will honor our retiring staff members with a reception this afternoon beginning at 2:45 in the media center. Please join us as we celebrate the careers of these individuals and wish them well as a new chapter in their lives begins.
9. Our Prioritized Title-1 Plan was submitted on Friday and was reviewed over the weekend. The plan is based on our SIP which was approved back in January. Yesterday afternoon, I was informed that our plan passed scrutiny and all that is needed is for us to make a couple of changes to reflect some things like are not normally a part of the plan. One example is that Equity+ bonuses are to be paid out of our Title-1 allotment this year. That was not part of our SIP and we have to revise it to include that.
10. A crew from Greensboro may still be on-site today boring test holes between the back building and the tree line to check the extent of subsurface rock formations.
11. Please turn in your list of Honor Roll students to Ms. Rhodes by this afternoon.
12. You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004), quoted in Observer, March 29 1981
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
AM Announcements - June 08
AM Announcements
June 08, 2009
1. Today is Day 176 (The last week!).
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: June 08
Student Council Trip
Equity+ Steering Committee meets with Dr. Martin - 4:00 - Reichert off-campus
Tuesday: June 09
Retirement celebration - 2:45 - Media Center
CiCi's Pizza Night - 5:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: June 10
Class Picnics - 12:00
Ms. Powell and Dr. Reichert meet with Sloan Academics -11:00 AM
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. K-1 teachers, please remember to collect the yellow book bag tags provided for all K-1 students by transportation. They should be turned in to the office by Tuesday afternoon.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. Please look for an e-mail today that spells out growth from the first to second administrations of the 2009 EOG and from the 2008 results to the 2009 results. These are percentages of students who are proficient. I'll let the numbers speak for themselves.
8. We will honor our retiring staff members with a reception on Tuesday afternoon beginning at 2:45 in the media center. Please join us as we celebrate the careers of these individuals and wish them well as a new chapter in their lives begins.
9. Our Prioritized Title-1 Plan was submitted on Friday and was reviewed over the weekend. The plan is based on our SIP which was approved back in January. Yesterday afternoon, I was informed that our plan passed scrutiny and all that is needed is for us to make a couple of changes to reflect some things like are not normally a part of the plan. One example is that Equity+ bonuses are to be paid out of our Title-1 allotment this year. That was not part of our SIP and we have to revise it to include that.
10. A crew from Greensboro will be on-site today. They will be boring test holes between the back building and the tree line to check the extent of subsurface rock formations. While this drilling is going on please keep your students out of the area behind the school.
11. Please turn in your list of Honor Roll students to Ms. Rhodes by tomorrow afternoon so she can have certificates printed in time for the assembly and celebration.
12. Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
Jules de Gaultier
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958), The Silver Stallion, 1926
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
June 08, 2009
1. Today is Day 176 (The last week!).
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: June 08
Student Council Trip
Equity+ Steering Committee meets with Dr. Martin - 4:00 - Reichert off-campus
Tuesday: June 09
Retirement celebration - 2:45 - Media Center
CiCi's Pizza Night - 5:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: June 10
Class Picnics - 12:00
Ms. Powell and Dr. Reichert meet with Sloan Academics -11:00 AM
Thursday: June 11
Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 AM
Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00 AM
Fifth Grade Social - 11:30 AM
Friday: June 12
Dollar Dress Down Day
Last Day of School
Brief staff meeting - 2:45
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. K-1 teachers, please remember to collect the yellow book bag tags provided for all K-1 students by transportation. They should be turned in to the office by Tuesday afternoon.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 16 - Retirement Breakfast - WS Children's Museum
b. June 16 - Staff Luncheon - Golden Corral
c. June 17 - Staff members leave 2 hours early
d. June 17 - Review Committees - 7:30-12:00 - using rooms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 39
e. June 18 - Furlough Day - Only staff working - Cokley, Higgins, Ireland and Reichert
7. Please look for an e-mail today that spells out growth from the first to second administrations of the 2009 EOG and from the 2008 results to the 2009 results. These are percentages of students who are proficient. I'll let the numbers speak for themselves.
8. We will honor our retiring staff members with a reception on Tuesday afternoon beginning at 2:45 in the media center. Please join us as we celebrate the careers of these individuals and wish them well as a new chapter in their lives begins.
9. Our Prioritized Title-1 Plan was submitted on Friday and was reviewed over the weekend. The plan is based on our SIP which was approved back in January. Yesterday afternoon, I was informed that our plan passed scrutiny and all that is needed is for us to make a couple of changes to reflect some things like are not normally a part of the plan. One example is that Equity+ bonuses are to be paid out of our Title-1 allotment this year. That was not part of our SIP and we have to revise it to include that.
10. A crew from Greensboro will be on-site today. They will be boring test holes between the back building and the tree line to check the extent of subsurface rock formations. While this drilling is going on please keep your students out of the area behind the school.
11. Please turn in your list of Honor Roll students to Ms. Rhodes by tomorrow afternoon so she can have certificates printed in time for the assembly and celebration.
12. Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
Jules de Gaultier
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch Cabell (1879 - 1958), The Silver Stallion, 1926
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Thursday, June 4, 2009
AM Announcements - June 05
AM Announcements
June 05, 2009
1. Today is Day 175.
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: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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. If you are a K-1 teachers should collect the yellow transportation luggage tags that bus riders were given at the beginning of the year. Please begin this process now and keep a record of all the students you receive one from. This is a request from our transportation department in this tight budget year. The greater the number of tags we can recover, the fewer we have to purchase. Turn your recovered tags and your list to the office by Tuesday.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. A number of staff members have gotten lax and have not been arriving by 7:15 each day. We have spoken with these individuals but because the problem is was wide-spread, we want to make this general reminder that the arrival expectation time has not changed.
8. We will honor our retiring staff members with a reception on Tuesday afternoon beginning at 2:45 in the media center. Please join us as we celebrate the careers of the individuals and wish them well as a new chapter in their lives begins.
9. Today marks to end of EOG testing for large groups. From this point on we will be doing make-up testing only. Ms. Marston is taking our tests down this afternoon and we should have scores from the second administration by Monday morning.
10. The Carolina Ballet performance is at 1:30 this afternoon in the gym for grades 3-5. We will call classes when the troupe is ready.
11. A crew from Greensboro will be on-site either today or early next week. They will be boring test holes between the back building and the tree line to check the extent of subsurface rock formations. They will not arrive today until testing is complete so they will not interfere. While this drilling is going on please keep your students out of the area behind the school. They should be no closer than the playground equipment. Children can be very curious about heavy equipment. You will need to watch them very carefully.
12. It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
Warren Buffett (1930 - )
You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
June 05, 2009
1. Today is Day 175.
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: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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. If you are a K-1 teachers should collect the yellow transportation luggage tags that bus riders were given at the beginning of the year. Please begin this process now and keep a record of all the students you receive one from. This is a request from our transportation department in this tight budget year. The greater the number of tags we can recover, the fewer we have to purchase. Turn your recovered tags and your list to the office by Tuesday.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. A number of staff members have gotten lax and have not been arriving by 7:15 each day. We have spoken with these individuals but because the problem is was wide-spread, we want to make this general reminder that the arrival expectation time has not changed.
8. We will honor our retiring staff members with a reception on Tuesday afternoon beginning at 2:45 in the media center. Please join us as we celebrate the careers of the individuals and wish them well as a new chapter in their lives begins.
9. Today marks to end of EOG testing for large groups. From this point on we will be doing make-up testing only. Ms. Marston is taking our tests down this afternoon and we should have scores from the second administration by Monday morning.
10. The Carolina Ballet performance is at 1:30 this afternoon in the gym for grades 3-5. We will call classes when the troupe is ready.
11. A crew from Greensboro will be on-site either today or early next week. They will be boring test holes between the back building and the tree line to check the extent of subsurface rock formations. They will not arrive today until testing is complete so they will not interfere. While this drilling is going on please keep your students out of the area behind the school. They should be no closer than the playground equipment. Children can be very curious about heavy equipment. You will need to watch them very carefully.
12. It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
Warren Buffett (1930 - )
You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
AM Announcements - June 04
AM Announcements
June 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 174.
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:
Thursday: June 04
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Active
Induction of Student Council Officers - 6:00 PM
Friday: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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. If you are a K-1 teachers should collect the yellow transportation luggage tags that bus riders were given at the beginning of the year. Please begin this process now and keep a record of all the students you receive one from. This is a request from our transportation department in this tight budget year. The greater the number of tags we can recover, the fewer we have to purchase. Turn your recovered tags and your list to the office by Tuesday.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. The latest we know about Rose is that she came through her surgery on Tuesday fine. We have no additional information. If any of you know more information, please let us know so we can disseminate it to the faculty and staff.
8. The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.
Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
Gracie Allen (1906 - 1964)
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.
Ray Bradbury (1920 - ), advice to writers
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
Cecil Baxter
June 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 174.
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:
Thursday: June 04
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Active
Induction of Student Council Officers - 6:00 PM
Friday: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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. If you are a K-1 teachers should collect the yellow transportation luggage tags that bus riders were given at the beginning of the year. Please begin this process now and keep a record of all the students you receive one from. This is a request from our transportation department in this tight budget year. The greater the number of tags we can recover, the fewer we have to purchase. Turn your recovered tags and your list to the office by Tuesday.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. The latest we know about Rose is that she came through her surgery on Tuesday fine. We have no additional information. If any of you know more information, please let us know so we can disseminate it to the faculty and staff.
8. The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.
Lewis Thomas (1913 - 1993)
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
Gracie Allen (1906 - 1964)
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.
Ray Bradbury (1920 - ), advice to writers
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
Cecil Baxter
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
AM Announcements - June 03
AM Announcements
June 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 173.
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: June 03
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Reading
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: June 04
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Active
Induction of Student Council Officers - 6:00 PM
Friday: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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 for all your efforts in cleaning up the campus. Speas was awarded the The Clean and Green Award at the Campus Excellence level. Thanks as well to Ms. Powell who spearheaded our campaign.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. Congratulations to our fifh grade teachers and their students. They increased the number of students proficient on the Science test from 34.6% to 59.6%. That's a 25% increase. Keep your fingers crossed that we see similar increases on the reading and math tests the remainder of the week.
8. I will be off-campus all day today at the final session of Leadership Winston-Salem.
9. Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), The People, Yes (1936)
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
Unknown
We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
John W. Gardner (1912 - 2002)
The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.
Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
June 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 173.
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: June 03
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Reading
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: June 04
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Active
Induction of Student Council Officers - 6:00 PM
Friday: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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 for all your efforts in cleaning up the campus. Speas was awarded the The Clean and Green Award at the Campus Excellence level. Thanks as well to Ms. Powell who spearheaded our campaign.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. Congratulations to our fifh grade teachers and their students. They increased the number of students proficient on the Science test from 34.6% to 59.6%. That's a 25% increase. Keep your fingers crossed that we see similar increases on the reading and math tests the remainder of the week.
8. I will be off-campus all day today at the final session of Leadership Winston-Salem.
9. Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), The People, Yes (1936)
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
Unknown
We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
John W. Gardner (1912 - 2002)
The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.
Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)
Monday, June 1, 2009
AM Announcements - June 02
AM Announcements
June 02, 2009
1. Today is Day 172.
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: June 02
EOG - 2nd Administration - 5th Grade Science
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: June 03
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Reading
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: June 04
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Active
Induction of Student Council Officers - 6:00 PM
Friday: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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 will be leaving this afternoon around 3:30 to attend a retirement reception for the Superintendent in Lexington.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. Not much news today. That's not a bad thing.
8. The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.
Esther Dyson, Interview in Time Magazine, October 200
June 02, 2009
1. Today is Day 172.
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: June 02
EOG - 2nd Administration - 5th Grade Science
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: June 03
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Reading
Leadership Winston-Salem - Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: June 04
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Active
Induction of Student Council Officers - 6:00 PM
Friday: June 05
EOG - 2nd Administration - 3rd-5th Grade Math - Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Carolina Ballet Theater Performance - Grades 3-5 - 1:30 - gym
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 will be leaving this afternoon around 3:30 to attend a retirement reception for the Superintendent in Lexington.
6. Upcoming dates for your calendar:
a. June 08 - Student Council Trip
b. June 10 - Class Picnics
c. June 11 - Honor Roll - 8:15
d. June 11 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 10:00
e. June 11 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30-1:30 - gym
f. June 12 - Last day of school for students
7. Not much news today. That's not a bad thing.
8. The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852)
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
The Internet is like alcohol in some sense. It accentuates what you would do anyway. If you want to be a loner, you can be more alone. If you want to connect, it makes it easier to connect.
Esther Dyson, Interview in Time Magazine, October 200
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