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 - )