AM Announcements - August 26

AM Announcements
August 26, 2009

1. Today is Day 02.

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: August 26
Normal arrival time for all staff members at 7:15
Kindergarten B group comes, A group remains at home
Specials begin
Behavior Expectations Assembly - Grades 1-2 - 8:15 AM
Behavior Expectations Assembly - Grades 3-5 - 9:00 AM

Thursday: August 27
Kindergarten Screening - All day

Friday: August 25
No items at this time

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 8/31 - W-APT Testing begins for ESL students
b. 9/03 - School Pictures
c. 9/07 - Labor Day Holiday - No School
d. 9/08 - Staff Meeting
e. 9/10 - Cub Scout Sign-up Night 7:00 PM
f. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM

5. If parents come early to pick up children, remember to remind them that with the exception of emergencies children children are expected to be in school until the school day ends. Also remind them that they cannot pick students up from the office at the end of the day. They must park in the upper lot and walk down to the gym.

6. Today will be much closer to normal as fewer parents will bring their children to school or pick them up. They will begin using the normal way they will be arriving and departing.

7. If a given bus has not arrived by the time the children begin to dismiss, staff members should gather the students into a group and remain with them until the bus arrives. Right now there are no designated spots. It will depend on arrival times and the bus routes begin to sort out their afternoon arrival times here.

8. Any Parent Surveys you receive should be sent to Ms. Rhodes in the front office. She will maintain a file of them through Friday when we'll tabulate them.

9. Ms. Uzcatequi will meet her classes in their classrooms. Spanish classes will not be held in room #1.

10. California is a fine place to live--if you happen to be an orange.
Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
Woody Allen (1935 - )

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.
Leslie Nielsen (1926 - )