AM Announcements - September 01

AM Announcements
September 01, 2009

1. Today is Day 06.

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: September 01
Joint Principals' Meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
School Improvement Team (SIT) meeting - 2:40-4:00 - media center
Marlo Gaddis at Speas re: Facebook and Twitter -Reichert 4:00-5:00

Wednesday: September 02
Quest Atlantis training - 8:00-3:00 - all teachers grades 4-5 and assistants grades 1-2

Thursday: September 03
School Pictures

Friday: September 04
No events at this time

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/07 - Labor Day Holiday - No School
b. 9/08 - Staff Meeting
c. 9/10 - Cub Scout Sign-up Night 7:00 PM
d. 9/11 - All teacher web pages updated by this date
e. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM

5. There is a School Improvement Team Meeting today 2:40 in the media center. All staff members are welcome to attend.

6. Please continue to remind your students that there is no school next Monday.

7. I will be off-campus today from 7:15-12:00 at a Joint Principals' meeting. Please see Ms. Powell for administrative assistance.

8. If you have not updated your web page with current information, please do so by Friday, September 11. Administrators have been asked to check all web pages at least once each quarter to insure that pages contain up to date information for parents. We received an e-mail from a citizen yesterday expressing concern that our pages had not been updated. This is an expectation for all teachers in WS/FCS. If you need assistance, please let Ms. Smith know. She will be happy to assist you.

9. There are a lot of students walking around with shirts untucked. Remember that it is every staff member's responsibility to speak to a child regarding this.

10. I visited every regular classroom yesterday. I want to remind everyone that essential questions or lesson objectives should be placed up in the room for each lesson that you teach. This is the first item on the new walk-through form. I would appreciate your help in making this a reality each day.

11. We got a card from Rose yesterday. It reads, "Dear Faculty and Staff, This past year has been a very challenging one for me. I could not have survived without the love and support of all of you. Thank you from the depths of my heart! I hope your year will be a joyous one. Much love- Rose." The card is posted in the mail room.

12. Marlo Gaddis will be here today following the SIT meeting to get us up on Facebook and Twitter. We're entering a whole new realm of communication with parents.

13. Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Thomas Berger

If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
Mickey Mantle (1931 - 1995), (attributed)

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.
Marlo Thomas