AM Announcements
October 05, 2009
1. Today is Day 29
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: October 05
Reichert off-campus
Picture make-up day - no schedule - the office will call
SIT meeting - 2:45 - media center
Tuesday: October 06
Joint Principals' Meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
"Make It, Take It" Night - 6:30 - 7:30
Wednesday: October 07
The Ned Show - 8:15-9:15 - gym - grades K-5
Thursday: October 08
Pre-bid meeting - 9:00 - 10:30
Construction Meeting - 10:45 -11:45 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: October 02
On-demand writing samples due in the Moodle
Dibels Window closes for BOY benchmark
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10 12-16 Pennies for Patients penny drive
b. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
c. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
d. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. Make It, Take It Math Night is tomorrow night. All certified staff should plan to attend.
6. Every grade level representative has been given a copy of the walk through data for the first month of school. This should be reviewed during your meetings this week. Please make observations regarding what you find and place them in your minutes. Future meetings will be deveoted to the planning to resolve the issues you find.
7. Thank you to the following staff members who supported the Student Council car wash / yard sale Saturday. It was a beautiful day and with many customers. (Thompson-Totten, Martin-Ferguson, SR, Goliszek, Billingsley, Rhodes, C. Smith, Cokley, Ireland, Fletcher & Powell)
8. SIT meeting will be in the Media Center today at 2:40. This is a change since we have a Tuesday evening meeting tomorrow for Make-It-Take-It.
9. There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.
Robert Orben
I'm worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It's not holding a charge.
Edward Chilton
Seeing a murder on television... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 - 1980)
I hate television. I hate it as much as I hate peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
AM Announcements - October 01
AM Announcements
October 01, 2009
1. Today is Day 27
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: October 01
Reichert off-campus
Friday: October 02
Reichert off-campus
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
e. 10/13 - Staff Meeting
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
g. 10/19 - Interim Reports go home
h. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. Don't forget to make plans to come out and support our Student Council this Saturday morning at their Car Wash/Yard Sale/Bake Sale, from 7:00-12:00.
6. All teachers, with the exception of LD Resource, Speech and LLI, should be posting Essential Questions for every lesson.
7. I will be off-campus today, tomorrow and Monday. Ms. Powell is in charge.
8. Yesterday afternoon we celebrated Marie Larson as Teacher of the Year and the WS/FCS Teacher of the Year reception. Marie was one of the 10 semi-finalists and we are very proud of her.
9. Vote early and vote often.
Al Capone (1899 - 1947)
Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.
Robert Morley
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
William Dement, in Newsweek, 1959
The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive webcomic, 11-11-04
October 01, 2009
1. Today is Day 27
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: October 01
Reichert off-campus
Friday: October 02
Reichert off-campus
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
e. 10/13 - Staff Meeting
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
g. 10/19 - Interim Reports go home
h. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. Don't forget to make plans to come out and support our Student Council this Saturday morning at their Car Wash/Yard Sale/Bake Sale, from 7:00-12:00.
6. All teachers, with the exception of LD Resource, Speech and LLI, should be posting Essential Questions for every lesson.
7. I will be off-campus today, tomorrow and Monday. Ms. Powell is in charge.
8. Yesterday afternoon we celebrated Marie Larson as Teacher of the Year and the WS/FCS Teacher of the Year reception. Marie was one of the 10 semi-finalists and we are very proud of her.
9. Vote early and vote often.
Al Capone (1899 - 1947)
Anyone who works is a fool. I don't work - I merely inflict myself upon the public.
Robert Morley
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.
William Dement, in Newsweek, 1959
The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive webcomic, 11-11-04
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
AM Announcements - September 30
AM Announcements
September 30, 2009
1. Today is Day 26
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: September 30
Boxtops for Education collected
Thursday: October 01
No items at this time
Friday: October 02
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00.
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
e. 10/7 - The NED Show - 8:15 AM - gym
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
g. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. Don't forget to make plans to come out and support our Student Council this Saturday morning at their Car Wash/Yard Sale/Bake Sale, from 7:00-12:00.
6. All teachers, with the exception of LD Resource, Speech and LLI, should be posting Essential Questions for every lesson.
7. Special Thanks to Ms. Spaventa, Ms. Pfitzner, Mr. Cokley and Ms. Schwabe for all they did to make the ESL Parent Night a success.
8. Continue to keep Ms. Corley in your thoughts and prayers. She remains hospitalized at Forsyth.
9. Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
September 30, 2009
1. Today is Day 26
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: September 30
Boxtops for Education collected
Thursday: October 01
No items at this time
Friday: October 02
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00.
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
e. 10/7 - The NED Show - 8:15 AM - gym
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
g. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. Don't forget to make plans to come out and support our Student Council this Saturday morning at their Car Wash/Yard Sale/Bake Sale, from 7:00-12:00.
6. All teachers, with the exception of LD Resource, Speech and LLI, should be posting Essential Questions for every lesson.
7. Special Thanks to Ms. Spaventa, Ms. Pfitzner, Mr. Cokley and Ms. Schwabe for all they did to make the ESL Parent Night a success.
8. Continue to keep Ms. Corley in your thoughts and prayers. She remains hospitalized at Forsyth.
9. Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
Anais Nin (1903 - 1977)
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)
Monday, September 28, 2009
AM Announcements - September 29
AM Announcements
September 29 2009
1. Today is Day 25
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 29
PLC Train the Trainer Session - 8:00 AM (Mincer and Goliszek attending)
Technology Staff Development - 2:45-4:15
Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Room #39
ESL Parent Night - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: September 30
PEP for all students should be signed by the end of today. If not, see below.
Boxtops for Education collected
Thursday: October 01
No items at this time
Friday: October 02
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00.
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
e. 10/13 - The NED Show - 8:15 AM - gym
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
g. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. We are printing 3,6 and 10 day absence letters every Monday morning and sending them out to parents. Nothing defeats the purpose of these letters more than inaccuracies. Please be sure to update your attendance and tardies each day as directed by Ms. Fletcher. In that way we can maximize the effort to improve attendance and reduce tardies.
6. Yesterday I placed a student listing from EVAAS in the box of every fourth and fifth grade teacher. This is a listing of the students that were assigned to you in NCWISE last year. Please review it for any inaccuracies. We did not attach students to Ms. Chitty and Ms. Taylor last year in the same manner as we are doing this year. That is why they do not have sheets to verify. There is a sheet for reading and for math, two sheets total. Please make any corrections and return the sheets to my box. If there are no corrections, write "No Corrections" and return it to my box.
7. Don't forget to make plans to come out and support our Student Council this Saturday morning at their Car Wash/Yard Sale/Bake Sale, from 7:00-12:00.
8. All teachers, with the exception of LD Resource, Speech and LLI, should be posting Essential Questions for every lesson.
9. The ESL Parent Night begins at 6:00 with pizza and dessert followed by a session for parents in the gym from 6:30-7:30. Children will be in the media center at 7:30 to watch a video from our collection.
10. Continue to keep Ms. Corley in your thoughts and prayers. She remains hospitalized at Forsyth.
11. We have recommended Tiffany Claybon from Alamance/Burington to fill our vacant LD Resource position. She will begin as soon as she is released there.
12. Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
E. B. White (1899 - 1985), New Yorker, July 3, 1944
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker (1925 - )
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Barry LePatner
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Cat's Cradle
September 29 2009
1. Today is Day 25
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 29
PLC Train the Trainer Session - 8:00 AM (Mincer and Goliszek attending)
Technology Staff Development - 2:45-4:15
Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Room #39
ESL Parent Night - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: September 30
PEP for all students should be signed by the end of today. If not, see below.
Boxtops for Education collected
Thursday: October 01
No items at this time
Friday: October 02
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00.
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
e. 10/13 - The NED Show - 8:15 AM - gym
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
g. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade
5. We are printing 3,6 and 10 day absence letters every Monday morning and sending them out to parents. Nothing defeats the purpose of these letters more than inaccuracies. Please be sure to update your attendance and tardies each day as directed by Ms. Fletcher. In that way we can maximize the effort to improve attendance and reduce tardies.
6. Yesterday I placed a student listing from EVAAS in the box of every fourth and fifth grade teacher. This is a listing of the students that were assigned to you in NCWISE last year. Please review it for any inaccuracies. We did not attach students to Ms. Chitty and Ms. Taylor last year in the same manner as we are doing this year. That is why they do not have sheets to verify. There is a sheet for reading and for math, two sheets total. Please make any corrections and return the sheets to my box. If there are no corrections, write "No Corrections" and return it to my box.
7. Don't forget to make plans to come out and support our Student Council this Saturday morning at their Car Wash/Yard Sale/Bake Sale, from 7:00-12:00.
8. All teachers, with the exception of LD Resource, Speech and LLI, should be posting Essential Questions for every lesson.
9. The ESL Parent Night begins at 6:00 with pizza and dessert followed by a session for parents in the gym from 6:30-7:30. Children will be in the media center at 7:30 to watch a video from our collection.
10. Continue to keep Ms. Corley in your thoughts and prayers. She remains hospitalized at Forsyth.
11. We have recommended Tiffany Claybon from Alamance/Burington to fill our vacant LD Resource position. She will begin as soon as she is released there.
12. Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time.
E. B. White (1899 - 1985), New Yorker, July 3, 1944
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker (1925 - )
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Barry LePatner
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Cat's Cradle
Friday, September 25, 2009
AM Announcements - September 28
AM Announcements
September 28, 2009
1. Today is Day 24.
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: September 28
Interim Reports go home in Monday Packets
Tuesday: September 29
PLC Train the Trainer Session - 8:00 AM (Mincer and Goliszek attending)
Technology Staff Development - 2:45-4:15
Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Room #39
ESL Parent Night - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: September 30
PEP for all students should be signed by the end of today. If not, see below.
Boxtops for Education collected
Thursday: October 01
No items at this time
Friday: October 02
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00.
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Please keep Ms. Corley in your thoughts and prayers. She is currently hospitalized.
6. We have encountered a discrepancy with the date that all PEP's should be signed. Some say that it is the end of September while others have been told the end of the first quarter. We will get a definitive determination today and report it tomorrow. The most important thjing is that all teachers are working to meet with parents and get them signed.
7. Please remind your students in your newsletter about the upcoming Student Council Car Wash/Yard Sale, this Saturday from 7:00-12:00.
8. Ms. Linhart gave me a wonderful report on Grady's condition yesterday. It is possible she may be back as early as tomorrow.
9. Let's have some new cliches.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.
Cathy Ladman
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
September 28, 2009
1. Today is Day 24.
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: September 28
Interim Reports go home in Monday Packets
Tuesday: September 29
PLC Train the Trainer Session - 8:00 AM (Mincer and Goliszek attending)
Technology Staff Development - 2:45-4:15
Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Room #39
ESL Parent Night - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: September 30
PEP for all students should be signed by the end of today. If not, see below.
Boxtops for Education collected
Thursday: October 01
No items at this time
Friday: October 02
Please remind your students that there is a Car Wash/Yard Sale tomorrow from 7:00-12:00.
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
b. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
c. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
d. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Please keep Ms. Corley in your thoughts and prayers. She is currently hospitalized.
6. We have encountered a discrepancy with the date that all PEP's should be signed. Some say that it is the end of September while others have been told the end of the first quarter. We will get a definitive determination today and report it tomorrow. The most important thjing is that all teachers are working to meet with parents and get them signed.
7. Please remind your students in your newsletter about the upcoming Student Council Car Wash/Yard Sale, this Saturday from 7:00-12:00.
8. Ms. Linhart gave me a wonderful report on Grady's condition yesterday. It is possible she may be back as early as tomorrow.
9. Let's have some new cliches.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
My parents only had one argument in forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.
Cathy Ladman
Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
AM Announcements - September 25
AM Announcements
September 25, 2009
1. Today is Day 23.
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: September 25
Dollar Dress Down DayStudent Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 per cup during staff arrival and parent drop-off. Be sure to get a cup to start your day.
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks coffee from the Robinhood Road Starbucks this morning. The coffee was donated and is a fundraiser for your Student Council. Please support them by purchasing a cup for $2.00. Coffee will also be sold to parents during student drop off.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. Today is a Dollar Dress Down Day. Students who have brought a $1.00 do not have to wear their uniforms.
8. Student Council Officers and Represtatives were inducted last night. Congratulations.
I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay
If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
Paul Beatty
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
John le Carre (1931 - ), "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy", The New York Times, May 8, 1974
September 25, 2009
1. Today is Day 23.
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: September 25
Dollar Dress Down DayStudent Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 per cup during staff arrival and parent drop-off. Be sure to get a cup to start your day.
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks coffee from the Robinhood Road Starbucks this morning. The coffee was donated and is a fundraiser for your Student Council. Please support them by purchasing a cup for $2.00. Coffee will also be sold to parents during student drop off.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. Today is a Dollar Dress Down Day. Students who have brought a $1.00 do not have to wear their uniforms.
8. Student Council Officers and Represtatives were inducted last night. Congratulations.
I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay
If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
Paul Beatty
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.
John le Carre (1931 - ), "The Chancellor Who Agreed To Play Spy", The New York Times, May 8, 1974
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
AM Announcements - September 24
AM Announcements
September 24, 2009
1. Today is Day 22.
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: September 24
Toni Bigham on campus- Principal's Self-Evaluation - 9:00-11:00
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Dollar Dress Down Day
Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 per cup during staff arrival and parent drop-off. Be sure to get a cup to start your day.
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks coffee from the Robinhood Road Starbucks this morning. The coffee was donated and is a fundraiser for your Student Council. Please support them by purchasing a cup for $2.00. Coffee will also be sold to parents during student drop off.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. Toni Bigham will be here today from 9:00-11:00 to go over my self-assessment as part of the School Executive Evaluation process.
8. Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962), "Discovery", 1964
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
Jane Caminos
September 24, 2009
1. Today is Day 22.
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: September 24
Toni Bigham on campus- Principal's Self-Evaluation - 9:00-11:00
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Dollar Dress Down Day
Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 per cup during staff arrival and parent drop-off. Be sure to get a cup to start your day.
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks coffee from the Robinhood Road Starbucks this morning. The coffee was donated and is a fundraiser for your Student Council. Please support them by purchasing a cup for $2.00. Coffee will also be sold to parents during student drop off.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. Toni Bigham will be here today from 9:00-11:00 to go over my self-assessment as part of the School Executive Evaluation process.
8. Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962), "Discovery", 1964
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962)
A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
Jane Caminos
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
AM Announcements - September 23
AM Announcements
September 23, 2009
1. Today is Day 21.
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: September 23
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
BMI Testing continues
DIBELS testing - Kindergarten
Kindergarten students without immunizations or health assessments suspended today
Thursday: September 24
Toni Bigham on campus- Principal's Self-Evaluation - 9:00-11:00
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Dollar Dress Down Day
Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 per cup during staff arrival and parent drop-off. Be sure to get a cup to start your day.
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. I am still in need of Pre-K Staff and Training worksheets.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. The following individuals have been paired with classes in grades 4/5 for SuccessMaker:
12:10 Monday - Goliszek/Arora
12:50 Monday - Kelly/Bushey
1:30 Monday - Smith/Gore
12:10 Tuesday - Dagenbach/Wooten
12:50 Tuesday - Linhart/Martin
12:50 Wednesday - Kooken/Causey
8. The goodies given out at yesterday's staff development were courtesy of my neighbor, Gail Easley. She works for Carson Dellosa. For those who wish to send "Thank You" notes, her address is:
Gail Easley
8075 Deer Hill Circle
Belews Creek, NC 27009
9. Ms. Goliszek announced yesterday that Ms. Linhart had texted her and Grady was off the ventilator and breathing on his own.
10. Toni Bigham will be here tomorrow from 9:00-11:00 to go over my self-assessment as part of the School Executive Evaluation process.
11. Friday during morning staff arrival Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 a cup from the Starbucks at Mt. Tabor Place. Please support your Student Council by purchasing a cup. It will also be available to parents during student drop-off.
12. Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC)
September 23, 2009
1. Today is Day 21.
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: September 23
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
BMI Testing continues
DIBELS testing - Kindergarten
Kindergarten students without immunizations or health assessments suspended today
Thursday: September 24
Toni Bigham on campus- Principal's Self-Evaluation - 9:00-11:00
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Dollar Dress Down Day
Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 per cup during staff arrival and parent drop-off. Be sure to get a cup to start your day.
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. I am still in need of Pre-K Staff and Training worksheets.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. The following individuals have been paired with classes in grades 4/5 for SuccessMaker:
12:10 Monday - Goliszek/Arora
12:50 Monday - Kelly/Bushey
1:30 Monday - Smith/Gore
12:10 Tuesday - Dagenbach/Wooten
12:50 Tuesday - Linhart/Martin
12:50 Wednesday - Kooken/Causey
8. The goodies given out at yesterday's staff development were courtesy of my neighbor, Gail Easley. She works for Carson Dellosa. For those who wish to send "Thank You" notes, her address is:
Gail Easley
8075 Deer Hill Circle
Belews Creek, NC 27009
9. Ms. Goliszek announced yesterday that Ms. Linhart had texted her and Grady was off the ventilator and breathing on his own.
10. Toni Bigham will be here tomorrow from 9:00-11:00 to go over my self-assessment as part of the School Executive Evaluation process.
11. Friday during morning staff arrival Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 a cup from the Starbucks at Mt. Tabor Place. Please support your Student Council by purchasing a cup. It will also be available to parents during student drop-off.
12. Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC)
Monday, September 21, 2009
AM Announcements - September 22
AM Announcements
September 22, 2009
1. Today is Day 20.
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 22
Autumn (Fall) begins
BMI Testing continues
Marzano Staff Development - 2:45-4:00
DIBELS testing - Grade 1
Wednesday: September 23
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
BMI Testing continues
DIBELS testing - Kindergarten
Thursday: September 24
Pre-bid meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Cafeteria
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Student Council Starbucks Coffee sale during morning arrival - $2.00 per cup
Dollar Dress Down Day
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Pre-K staff members who have not returned their Staff and Training worksheets to me should do so today before they go home.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. To date I have only received the PLC reps from two grades. Please turn these in immediately.
8. Please complete your self-assessments. Ms. Powell and I are meeting with individuals according to the observation schedule and wish to complete all these on time. Come prepared to review your self-assessment and develop your PDP.
9. Please keep Mr. Ireland in your thoughts and prayers. His father passed away yesterday at age 103+.
10. Friday during morning staff arrival Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 a cup from the Starbucks at Mt. Tabor Place. Please support your Student Council by purchasing a cup. It will also be available to parents during student drop-off.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Donald Trump (1946 - )
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956)
Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
Sidney J. Harris
There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.
Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007), Armies Of The Night
September 22, 2009
1. Today is Day 20.
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 22
Autumn (Fall) begins
BMI Testing continues
Marzano Staff Development - 2:45-4:00
DIBELS testing - Grade 1
Wednesday: September 23
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
BMI Testing continues
DIBELS testing - Kindergarten
Thursday: September 24
Pre-bid meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Cafeteria
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Student Council Starbucks Coffee sale during morning arrival - $2.00 per cup
Dollar Dress Down Day
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
d. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30.
e. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
f. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
g. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Pre-K staff members who have not returned their Staff and Training worksheets to me should do so today before they go home.
6. I am still in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. To date I have only received the PLC reps from two grades. Please turn these in immediately.
8. Please complete your self-assessments. Ms. Powell and I are meeting with individuals according to the observation schedule and wish to complete all these on time. Come prepared to review your self-assessment and develop your PDP.
9. Please keep Mr. Ireland in your thoughts and prayers. His father passed away yesterday at age 103+.
10. Friday during morning staff arrival Student Council members will be selling hot Starbucks Coffee for $2.00 a cup from the Starbucks at Mt. Tabor Place. Please support your Student Council by purchasing a cup. It will also be available to parents during student drop-off.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Donald Trump (1946 - )
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956)
Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
Sidney J. Harris
There is no greater importance in all the world like knowing you are right and that the wave of the world is wrong, yet the wave crashes upon you.
Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007), Armies Of The Night
Friday, September 18, 2009
AM Announcements - September 21
AM Announcements
September 21, 2009
1. Today is Day 19.
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: September 21
Title-1 School Improvement Meeting - 8:30
BMI Testing Grades 1 and 4 - gym
DIBELS Testing - Grade 2
Tuesday: September 22
Autumn (Fall) begins
BMI Testing continues
Marzano Staff Development - 2:45-4:00
DIBELS testing - Grade 1
Wednesday: September 23
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
BMI Testing continues
DIBELS testing - Kindergarten
Thursday: September 24
Pre-bid meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Cafeteria
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Dollar Dress Down Day
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
c. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30
d. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
e. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Pre-K staff members who have not returned their Staff and Training worksheets to me should do so today before they go home.
6. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. Each grade level/specialist group should select an individual that they believe could serve as the leader of their PLC and send the name to me by this afternoon at 3:30. From that group Ms. Powell and I will select two individuals to attend the training on September 29 at 8:00 AM. The two individuals who are trained by the systems will then come back and train the other PLC leaders selected by their grade level/specialist group. Following this training, all PLC will begin meeting formally during their planning time.
8. Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
Janet Long
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
Doug Larson
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Sir Richard Steele
September 21, 2009
1. Today is Day 19.
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: September 21
Title-1 School Improvement Meeting - 8:30
BMI Testing Grades 1 and 4 - gym
DIBELS Testing - Grade 2
Tuesday: September 22
Autumn (Fall) begins
BMI Testing continues
Marzano Staff Development - 2:45-4:00
DIBELS testing - Grade 1
Wednesday: September 23
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
BMI Testing continues
DIBELS testing - Kindergarten
Thursday: September 24
Pre-bid meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Cafeteria
Lead Secretaries' meeting - 8:00-12:00 - Ms. Higgins off campus
Fourth Grade on-demand writing test - 8:00-11:00
Friday: September 25
Dollar Dress Down Day
Testing Students with Disabilities meeting - Ms. Marston off-campus - 8:00-1:00
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
b. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
c. 9/29 - Bookworms Training - Teacher Assistants and Corporate Volunteers - Rm. 39
c. 10/3 - Student Council Car Wash /Yard Sale - 7:00-12:30
d. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
e. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
f. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Pre-K staff members who have not returned their Staff and Training worksheets to me should do so today before they go home.
6. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
7. Each grade level/specialist group should select an individual that they believe could serve as the leader of their PLC and send the name to me by this afternoon at 3:30. From that group Ms. Powell and I will select two individuals to attend the training on September 29 at 8:00 AM. The two individuals who are trained by the systems will then come back and train the other PLC leaders selected by their grade level/specialist group. Following this training, all PLC will begin meeting formally during their planning time.
8. Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
Janet Long
The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison (1934 - )
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
Doug Larson
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Sir Richard Steele
Thursday, September 17, 2009
AM Announcements - September 18
AM Announcements
September 18, 2009
1. Today is Day 18.
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: September 18
Move Committee - Central Office - 8:00-? Reichert off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/21 - Title-1 School Improvement meeting - 8:30
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
c. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
d. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
f. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
g. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
h. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
i. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
j. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Pre-K staff members who have not returned their Staff and Training worksheets to me should do so by Monday, September 21 before they go home.
6. We have made the following additional changes to Morning Duty stations: Ms. C. Smith and Ms. Childers will be in the cafeteria for purposes of supervision.
7. The master calendar for the year has been set. Please check with your SIT representative for further information or look up the group calendar from the link you were given by Cathy Smith
8. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
9. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
10. Please note that the WS/FCS mail servers will be down for 24 hours beginning at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 18. The servers will be down for routine maintenance. You will not be able to access e-mail via Blackberry, Lotus Notes or I-Notes platforms.
11. I will be off-campus this morning beginning at 7:40 for a meeting of the Move Committee at central office.
12. Each grade level/specialist group should select an individual that they believe could serve as the leader of their PLC and send the name to me by Monday afternoon at 3:30. From that group Ms. Powell and I will select two individuals to attend the training on September 29 at 8:00 AM. The two individuals who are trained by the systems will then come back and train the other PLC leaders selected by their grade level/specialist group. Following this training, all PLC will begin meeting formally during their planning time.
13. Please send all Safety Patrol members to the cafeteria immediately following Morning Broadcast so they can meet with Ms. Powell.
14. Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Alan Dean Foster, "To the Vanishing Point"
Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.
Spike Milligan
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975)
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, Oct. 26, 1939
September 18, 2009
1. Today is Day 18.
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: September 18
Move Committee - Central Office - 8:00-? Reichert off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/21 - Title-1 School Improvement meeting - 8:30
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
c. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
d. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 9/29 - PLC Train the Trainer Session - Rm. 169 - 8:00 AM
f. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
g. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
h. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
i. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
j. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Pre-K staff members who have not returned their Staff and Training worksheets to me should do so by Monday, September 21 before they go home.
6. We have made the following additional changes to Morning Duty stations: Ms. C. Smith and Ms. Childers will be in the cafeteria for purposes of supervision.
7. The master calendar for the year has been set. Please check with your SIT representative for further information or look up the group calendar from the link you were given by Cathy Smith
8. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
9. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
10. Please note that the WS/FCS mail servers will be down for 24 hours beginning at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 18. The servers will be down for routine maintenance. You will not be able to access e-mail via Blackberry, Lotus Notes or I-Notes platforms.
11. I will be off-campus this morning beginning at 7:40 for a meeting of the Move Committee at central office.
12. Each grade level/specialist group should select an individual that they believe could serve as the leader of their PLC and send the name to me by Monday afternoon at 3:30. From that group Ms. Powell and I will select two individuals to attend the training on September 29 at 8:00 AM. The two individuals who are trained by the systems will then come back and train the other PLC leaders selected by their grade level/specialist group. Following this training, all PLC will begin meeting formally during their planning time.
13. Please send all Safety Patrol members to the cafeteria immediately following Morning Broadcast so they can meet with Ms. Powell.
14. Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
Alan Dean Foster, "To the Vanishing Point"
Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.
Spike Milligan
America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.
Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975)
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), radio address, Oct. 26, 1939
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
AM Announcements - September 17
AM Announcements
September 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 17.
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: September 17
Constitution Day
Technology Facilitators' meeting - Cathy Smith off-campus
Friday: September 18
Move Committee - Central Office - 8:00-? Reichert off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/21 - Title-1 School Improvement meeting - 8:30
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
c. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
d. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
f. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
g. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
h. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
i. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. We are still looking for three boxes of math materials and manipulatives for second grade. They were delivered here on August 11 and signed for. Sometime after that point they disappeared. They may have been inadvertently delivered to a classroom. Please check and see if you have any boxes in your room or storage cabinets that may be these missing ones. It is essential that we find them. Thanks for your help.
6. Please note that there have been some minor changes to the AM Duty Schedule. Please check this to see if you are effected.
7. The master calendar for the year has been set. Please check with your SIT representative for further information or look up the group calendar from the link you were given by Cathy Smith
8. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
9. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
10. There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
11. Remember that today is Constitution Day. All classes at all grade levels should have a lesson today on the US Constitution that is developmentally appropriate to the children you are teaching.
12. Please note that the WS/FCS mail servers will be down for 24 hours beginning at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 18. The servers will be down for routine maintenance. You will not be able to access e-mail via Blackberry, Lotus Notes or I-Notes platforms.
13. Never tell everything at once.
Ken Venturi, Ken Venturi's Two Great Rules of Life
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
September 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 17.
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: September 17
Constitution Day
Technology Facilitators' meeting - Cathy Smith off-campus
Friday: September 18
Move Committee - Central Office - 8:00-? Reichert off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/21 - Title-1 School Improvement meeting - 8:30
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
c. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
d. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
f. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
g. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
h. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
i. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. We are still looking for three boxes of math materials and manipulatives for second grade. They were delivered here on August 11 and signed for. Sometime after that point they disappeared. They may have been inadvertently delivered to a classroom. Please check and see if you have any boxes in your room or storage cabinets that may be these missing ones. It is essential that we find them. Thanks for your help.
6. Please note that there have been some minor changes to the AM Duty Schedule. Please check this to see if you are effected.
7. The master calendar for the year has been set. Please check with your SIT representative for further information or look up the group calendar from the link you were given by Cathy Smith
8. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
9. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
10. There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
11. Remember that today is Constitution Day. All classes at all grade levels should have a lesson today on the US Constitution that is developmentally appropriate to the children you are teaching.
12. Please note that the WS/FCS mail servers will be down for 24 hours beginning at 5:00 PM on Friday, September 18. The servers will be down for routine maintenance. You will not be able to access e-mail via Blackberry, Lotus Notes or I-Notes platforms.
13. Never tell everything at once.
Ken Venturi, Ken Venturi's Two Great Rules of Life
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
AM Announcements - September 16
AM Announcements
September 16, 2009
1. Today is Day 16.
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: September 16
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:30 - Ms. Powell off campus
NCWISE Grade book Training - 2:40
Thursday: September 17
No events at this time
Friday: September 18
Move Commitee - Central Office - 8:00-? Reichert off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
e. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
f. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
g. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
h. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Please keep Ms. Linhart in your thoughts and prayers. Her grandmother passed away yesterday. On the positive side, Grady has shown some minor improvement.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is today.
7. Please keep Ms. Summey and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father-in-law passed away on Sunday. She will be in Hendersonville for the remainder of the week.
8. There is a SIT meeting this afternoon in the media center.
9. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
10. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
11. New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
David Letterman (1947 - )
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms.
Alan Corenk
September 16, 2009
1. Today is Day 16.
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: September 16
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:30 - Ms. Powell off campus
NCWISE Grade book Training - 2:40
Thursday: September 17
No events at this time
Friday: September 18
Move Commitee - Central Office - 8:00-? Reichert off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
e. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
f. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
g. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
h. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Please keep Ms. Linhart in your thoughts and prayers. Her grandmother passed away yesterday. On the positive side, Grady has shown some minor improvement.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is today.
7. Please keep Ms. Summey and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father-in-law passed away on Sunday. She will be in Hendersonville for the remainder of the week.
8. There is a SIT meeting this afternoon in the media center.
9. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
10. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifications. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
11. New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.
David Letterman (1947 - )
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not, we would have people standing in the corners of our rooms.
Alan Corenk
Monday, September 14, 2009
AM Announcements - September 15
AM Announcements
September 15, 2009
1. Today is Day 15.
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 15
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee - 7:30-8:45 - Mr. Waffle - Reichert off-campus
Gateway meeting - 6:00 PM - Media Center
Pastries for Grandparents - 10:30-1:00
SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
Wednesday: September 16
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:30 - Ms. Powell off campus
NCWISE Grade book Training - 2:40
Thursday: September 17
No events at this time
Friday: September 18
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
e. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
f. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
g. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
h. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. There is a SIT meeting this afternoon to review the master calendar. Please refer to the Speas Group Calendar web site.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is tomorrow.
7. Please keep Ms. Summey and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father-in-law passed away on Sunday. She will be in Hendersonville for the remainder of the week.
8. Student Council Information: The school year is finally underway and it is time to get the Student Council in place for the 2009-2010 school year. Below you will find the new guidelines for choosing officers and senate board members this year.
* Senate Board Members: Each classroom is to decide how they will choose one Senate Board for their class by Thursday, September 17, 2009. All names need to be turned in by noon that day to Mrs. Fletcher in room 3. The name needs to be listed on a sheet of paper along with teachers name and the child's signature which acknowledges that they accept the job. Each classroom will have two rep's. One is chosen by the classroom and the other will be chosen by the Student Council Committee. If you have someone else in your class that you think would be an asset to Student Council please turn in their names at the same time on a separate sheet of paper. All Senate Board Members will be announced to teachers on Monday, September 21, 2009 and then the parents will be notified.
Student Council Officers: These year the officers will be chosen solely based on recommendations and the committee. The officers to be filed and grade levels are listed below.
President - 5th Grader
Vice-President: 4th Grader
Secretary: 3rd, 4th, or 5th Grader
Treasurer: 4th or 5th Grader
Historian: 3th, 4th, or 5th Grader
We are asking for teachers to give recommendations for the following positions. It can be any grade level and even specialist. Everyone sees kids in different light and could see potential that someone else doesn't see. All recommendations need to be turned in no later than: Thursday, September 17, 2009 to: Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Cathy Smith, or Mrs. Bushey.
The officers will be announced on Monday, September 21, 2009 to the staff and then parents will be notified.
Pastries for Grandparents: There will be a list placed in your box and schedule for those students assisting with this. This list will be placed in your boxes Tuesday morning
Thank you for all your help and support!!!!!!!!
We look forward to a great year filled with projects, community service, and leadership building for the kids.
Student Council Committee: Mrs. Powell, Mrs. C. Smith, Mrs. C. Bushey, Mrs. Fletcher
9. There is a SIT meeting this afternoon in the media center.
10. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
11. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifucations. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
12. Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)
In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.
Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe.
Richard Gere, to The Guardian (UK), June 2002
September 15, 2009
1. Today is Day 15.
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 15
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee - 7:30-8:45 - Mr. Waffle - Reichert off-campus
Gateway meeting - 6:00 PM - Media Center
Pastries for Grandparents - 10:30-1:00
SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
Wednesday: September 16
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:30 - Ms. Powell off campus
NCWISE Grade book Training - 2:40
Thursday: September 17
No events at this time
Friday: September 18
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
e. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
f. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
g. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
h. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. There is a SIT meeting this afternoon to review the master calendar. Please refer to the Speas Group Calendar web site.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is tomorrow.
7. Please keep Ms. Summey and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father-in-law passed away on Sunday. She will be in Hendersonville for the remainder of the week.
8. Student Council Information: The school year is finally underway and it is time to get the Student Council in place for the 2009-2010 school year. Below you will find the new guidelines for choosing officers and senate board members this year.
* Senate Board Members: Each classroom is to decide how they will choose one Senate Board for their class by Thursday, September 17, 2009. All names need to be turned in by noon that day to Mrs. Fletcher in room 3. The name needs to be listed on a sheet of paper along with teachers name and the child's signature which acknowledges that they accept the job. Each classroom will have two rep's. One is chosen by the classroom and the other will be chosen by the Student Council Committee. If you have someone else in your class that you think would be an asset to Student Council please turn in their names at the same time on a separate sheet of paper. All Senate Board Members will be announced to teachers on Monday, September 21, 2009 and then the parents will be notified.
Student Council Officers: These year the officers will be chosen solely based on recommendations and the committee. The officers to be filed and grade levels are listed below.
President - 5th Grader
Vice-President: 4th Grader
Secretary: 3rd, 4th, or 5th Grader
Treasurer: 4th or 5th Grader
Historian: 3th, 4th, or 5th Grader
We are asking for teachers to give recommendations for the following positions. It can be any grade level and even specialist. Everyone sees kids in different light and could see potential that someone else doesn't see. All recommendations need to be turned in no later than: Thursday, September 17, 2009 to: Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs. Cathy Smith, or Mrs. Bushey.
The officers will be announced on Monday, September 21, 2009 to the staff and then parents will be notified.
Pastries for Grandparents: There will be a list placed in your box and schedule for those students assisting with this. This list will be placed in your boxes Tuesday morning
Thank you for all your help and support!!!!!!!!
We look forward to a great year filled with projects, community service, and leadership building for the kids.
Student Council Committee: Mrs. Powell, Mrs. C. Smith, Mrs. C. Bushey, Mrs. Fletcher
9. There is a SIT meeting this afternoon in the media center.
10. We have placed flyers for Discovery Place on the counter under the sign-in board in the mail room.
11. I am in need of certified and classified staff members to work after school in our 3rd and 5th grade tutoring program. The pay is $25 p/h for certified and $17 to $22 for classified depending on qualifucations. Drop me an e-mail if you are interested. Tutoring takes place every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and will begin in October.
12. Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)
In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small things they show themselves as they are.
Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
I know who I am. No one else knows who I am. If I was a giraffe, and someone said I was a snake, I'd think, no, actually I'm a giraffe.
Richard Gere, to The Guardian (UK), June 2002
Friday, September 11, 2009
AM Announcements - September 14
AM Announcements
September 14, 2009
1. Today is Day 14.
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: September 14
Winston-Salem Symphony performance - (4-5) 9:00 AM - gym
WFU students visit - 11:15 AM
Tuesday: September 15
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee - 7:30 0- Mr. Waffle - Reichert off-campus
Gateway meeting - 6:00 PM - Media Center
Pastries for Grandparents - 10:30-1:00
SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
Wednesday: September 16
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:30 - Ms. Powell off campus
NCWISE Grade book Training - 2:40
Thursday: September 17
No events at this time
Friday: September 18
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
e. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
f. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
g. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
h. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Ms. Billingsley and Ms. Spaventa begin seeing their students today
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is this Wednesday.
7. We are working on Ms. Holman's schedule for EC/SLD students. AS soon as it is set she will begin seeing students during the vacancy. All these students will be pulled during the afternoon.
8. Time for peer observations is slipping away. Please get together with the individual you are observing and schedule a time for it. Remember that you can only observe the areas that are indicated with a check mark in the first column. You may not see all of these. That is OK. If you don't observe a particular aspect of a standard, just not that in the last column. Don't forget to take time to do your self-assessment.
9. The WS Symphony Brass Ensemble is here today at 9:00 AM. This is for students in grades 4-5 and is in the gym. Please be prompt. Classes will not be called. They have a performance immediately following ours so we want to start right at 9:00.
10. From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.
W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
September 14, 2009
1. Today is Day 14.
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: September 14
Winston-Salem Symphony performance - (4-5) 9:00 AM - gym
WFU students visit - 11:15 AM
Tuesday: September 15
Equity+ Principals' Steering Committee - 7:30 0- Mr. Waffle - Reichert off-campus
Gateway meeting - 6:00 PM - Media Center
Pastries for Grandparents - 10:30-1:00
SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
Wednesday: September 16
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:30 - Ms. Powell off campus
NCWISE Grade book Training - 2:40
Thursday: September 17
No events at this time
Friday: September 18
SolEd Meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:30-5:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
e. 10/3 - Student Council car wash /yard sale - 7:00-12:30
f. 10/5 - Picture make-up day
g. 10/12-16 - Pennies for Patients penny drive
h. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
5. Ms. Billingsley and Ms. Spaventa begin seeing their students today
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is this Wednesday.
7. We are working on Ms. Holman's schedule for EC/SLD students. AS soon as it is set she will begin seeing students during the vacancy. All these students will be pulled during the afternoon.
8. Time for peer observations is slipping away. Please get together with the individual you are observing and schedule a time for it. Remember that you can only observe the areas that are indicated with a check mark in the first column. You may not see all of these. That is OK. If you don't observe a particular aspect of a standard, just not that in the last column. Don't forget to take time to do your self-assessment.
9. The WS Symphony Brass Ensemble is here today at 9:00 AM. This is for students in grades 4-5 and is in the gym. Please be prompt. Classes will not be called. They have a performance immediately following ours so we want to start right at 9:00.
10. From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.
W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
AM Announcements - September 11
AM Announcements
September 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 13.
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: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updatedWS/FCS
September 11 video presentation - 8:00 AM; 9:00 AM: 10:30 AM; and 1:30 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/15 - SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
c. 9/16 - NCWISE Gradebook training (3-5) - 2:45
d. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
e. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
f. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. Please note that the WS/FCS 9/11 video will be shown throughout the day today. Pick a time that fits well into your schedule to view the video with your students. Teachers should remember to make the content meaningful for their students in a developmentally appropriate manner.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is set for next Wednesday. SIT will do the master calendar on Tuesday.
7. Remember to update your web page by this afternoon. If you cannot meet that deadline, please let Ms. Powell or me know. If you need assistance, please ask Ms. C. Smith.
8. Time for peer observations is slipping away. Please get together with the individual you are observing and schedule a time for it. Remember that you can only observe the areas that are indicated with a check mark in the first column. You may not see all of these. That is OK. If you don't observe a particular aspect of a standard, just not that in the last column. Don't forget to take time to do your self-assessment.
9. Teachers participating in the DIBELS training today should be ready to go at 7:30 in the music room. There will be lots of subs in the K-2 sections of the building. Please be mindful of this up until 10:30 AM.
10. Ms. Billingsley has identified the first group of students who will be working with LLI. She will begin pulling these individuals on Monday for instruction. We have been allotted a long-term sub until our new SLD teacher is hired. Her name is Ms. Holman. She will be with us in the afternoons.
11. The WS Symphony Brass Ensemble will be here at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 14 for a presentation to grades 4 and 5. The presentation will be in the gym. Please plan accordingly.
12. When you have sick children, you do not have to call the parents. When you send them to the office, we will take care of contacting the parent or guardian.
13. Ms. Spaventa will begin, teaching her classes on Monday.
14. Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993), quoted in Linda Botts, "Loose Talk" (1980)
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.
Pierre Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799)
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
September 11, 2009
1. Today is Day 13.
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: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updatedWS/FCS
September 11 video presentation - 8:00 AM; 9:00 AM: 10:30 AM; and 1:30 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/15 - SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
c. 9/16 - NCWISE Gradebook training (3-5) - 2:45
d. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
e. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
f. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. Please note that the WS/FCS 9/11 video will be shown throughout the day today. Pick a time that fits well into your schedule to view the video with your students. Teachers should remember to make the content meaningful for their students in a developmentally appropriate manner.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book is set for next Wednesday. SIT will do the master calendar on Tuesday.
7. Remember to update your web page by this afternoon. If you cannot meet that deadline, please let Ms. Powell or me know. If you need assistance, please ask Ms. C. Smith.
8. Time for peer observations is slipping away. Please get together with the individual you are observing and schedule a time for it. Remember that you can only observe the areas that are indicated with a check mark in the first column. You may not see all of these. That is OK. If you don't observe a particular aspect of a standard, just not that in the last column. Don't forget to take time to do your self-assessment.
9. Teachers participating in the DIBELS training today should be ready to go at 7:30 in the music room. There will be lots of subs in the K-2 sections of the building. Please be mindful of this up until 10:30 AM.
10. Ms. Billingsley has identified the first group of students who will be working with LLI. She will begin pulling these individuals on Monday for instruction. We have been allotted a long-term sub until our new SLD teacher is hired. Her name is Ms. Holman. She will be with us in the afternoons.
11. The WS Symphony Brass Ensemble will be here at 9:00 AM on Monday, September 14 for a presentation to grades 4 and 5. The presentation will be in the gym. Please plan accordingly.
12. When you have sick children, you do not have to call the parents. When you send them to the office, we will take care of contacting the parent or guardian.
13. Ms. Spaventa will begin, teaching her classes on Monday.
14. Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993), quoted in Linda Botts, "Loose Talk" (1980)
If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.
Pierre Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799)
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen.
P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
AM Announcements - September 10
AM Announcements
September 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 12.
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: September 10
Elementary Principal's meeting - 7:00-12:30 - Reichert off-campus
Cub Scout Sign-up Night - 7:00 PM
Friday: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updated
WS/FCS September 11 video presentation - 8:00 AM; 9:00 AM: 10:30 AM; and 1:30 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/15 - SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
c. 9/16 - NCWISE Gradebook training (3-5) - 2:45
d. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
e. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
f. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. Please note that the WS/FCS 9/11 video will be shown throughout the day tomorrow. Teachers should remember to make the content meaningful for their students developmentally.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book will be next Wednesday. SIT will do the master calendar on Tuesdfay.
7. Remember to update your web page by this Friday If you need assistance, please ask Ms. C. Smith.
8. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it. Also remember to take time and sit down with no one else around to do your self-assessment.
9. I will be off campus this morning attending an Elementary Principals' meeting.
10. Their will be a Cub Scout sign-up at Speas tonight beginning at 7:00 PM. It is for students in grades 1-5.
11. Kristine Atkinson, our flexible benefits representative will meet with interested individuals in the tutoring room this morning only.
14. Teachers participating in the DIBELS training tomorrow should do their hour long intro today so they will be ready and up to speed tomorrow at 7:30 AM.
15. NCDPI has determined to eliminate the NCCLAS from the testing program. Any students who were on NCCLAS will now have to be placed back in regular EOG testing with any appropriate modifications. NCCLAS failed peer review by the US DOE under NCLB.
16. I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.
William H. Mauldin (1921 - 2003)
If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
Bill Lyon
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks (1926 - )
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
Edwin Schlossberg
September 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 12.
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: September 10
Elementary Principal's meeting - 7:00-12:30 - Reichert off-campus
Cub Scout Sign-up Night - 7:00 PM
Friday: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updated
WS/FCS September 11 video presentation - 8:00 AM; 9:00 AM: 10:30 AM; and 1:30 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/15 - SIT Calendar meeting - 2:40
c. 9/16 - NCWISE Gradebook training (3-5) - 2:45
d. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
e. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
f. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. Please note that the WS/FCS 9/11 video will be shown throughout the day tomorrow. Teachers should remember to make the content meaningful for their students developmentally.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book will be next Wednesday. SIT will do the master calendar on Tuesdfay.
7. Remember to update your web page by this Friday If you need assistance, please ask Ms. C. Smith.
8. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it. Also remember to take time and sit down with no one else around to do your self-assessment.
9. I will be off campus this morning attending an Elementary Principals' meeting.
10. Their will be a Cub Scout sign-up at Speas tonight beginning at 7:00 PM. It is for students in grades 1-5.
11. Kristine Atkinson, our flexible benefits representative will meet with interested individuals in the tutoring room this morning only.
14. Teachers participating in the DIBELS training tomorrow should do their hour long intro today so they will be ready and up to speed tomorrow at 7:30 AM.
15. NCDPI has determined to eliminate the NCCLAS from the testing program. Any students who were on NCCLAS will now have to be placed back in regular EOG testing with any appropriate modifications. NCCLAS failed peer review by the US DOE under NCLB.
16. I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.
William H. Mauldin (1921 - 2003)
If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
Bill Lyon
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks (1926 - )
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
Edwin Schlossberg
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
AM Announcements - September 09
AM Announcements
September 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 11.
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: September 09
Cub Scout classroom 3 minute presentations - 1:00-2:00 PM
Interested parties meet with Mike Larson in the Media Center - 2:45
Thursday: September 10
Elementary Principal's meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Cub Scout Sign-up Night - 7:00 PM
Friday: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updated
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
c. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
d. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. Teachers were asked to turn in the notes from parents indicating that they were not to watch President Obama's speech. To my knowledge, only one child had a note and she went to the gym and was supervised by Ms. Clodfelter. If there were other students, please send me an e-mail indicating this. I also need to know if there were any classes that did not have the speech on. We had the speech on in the cafeteria so classes that were there were able to watch.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book will not be Thursday afternoon. We have asked for next Tuesday and are awaiting a response from technology.
7. One of the things we will give parents at the Gateway meeting next Tuesday is the EVAAS prediction for their child for both Reading and math in third grade and reading, math and science in fifth grade. Remember to discuss this as part of signing the PEP and emphasize the importance of tutoring as one intervention that can help change the prediction.
8. Remember to update your web page by this Friday If you need assistance, please ask Ms. C. Smith.
9. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it. Also remember to take time and sit down with no one else around to do your self-assessment.
10. I will be off campus this afternoon at central office beginning at 3:10 attending a meeting with Community Support Service and Mental Health providers.
11. We have received two deliveries of the Chronicle and both have remained in the teachers' lounge. If this resources is not going to be used, we will discontinue the subscription. It has been purchased in classroom sets for our 4th and 5th grade classrooms. If you plan on using it weekly, please let me know. I believe it to be a valuable resource, but only if read.
12. Michael Montgomery of the Boy Scouts will be here this afternoon to spend about 3 minutes in each 1-5 classroom talking about the Cub Scout sign-up tomorrow night and passing out a flyer to the boys. These sessions are fairly quick and painless. Please stop what your doing so he can make his presentation. Thanks for your cooperation.
13. Mike Larson, a representative of Primerica will be in the media center after school to meet with interested parties regarding financial planning.
14. Kristine Atkinson, our flexible benefits representative will meet with interested individuals in the tutoring. A schedule has been placed on the wall outside the room for interested parties to sign-up.
14. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby (1937 - )
I have such poor vision I can date anybody.
Garry Shandling (1949 - )
I can't bring myself to say, 'Well, I guess I'll be toddling along.' It isn't that I can't toddle. It's just that I can't guess I'll toddle.
Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
September 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 11.
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: September 09
Cub Scout classroom 3 minute presentations - 1:00-2:00 PM
Interested parties meet with Mike Larson in the Media Center - 2:45
Thursday: September 10
Elementary Principal's meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Cub Scout Sign-up Night - 7:00 PM
Friday: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updated
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
c. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
d. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. Teachers were asked to turn in the notes from parents indicating that they were not to watch President Obama's speech. To my knowledge, only one child had a note and she went to the gym and was supervised by Ms. Clodfelter. If there were other students, please send me an e-mail indicating this. I also need to know if there were any classes that did not have the speech on. We had the speech on in the cafeteria so classes that were there were able to watch.
6. The training for NCWISE Grade book will not be Thursday afternoon. We have asked for next Tuesday and are awaiting a response from technology.
7. One of the things we will give parents at the Gateway meeting next Tuesday is the EVAAS prediction for their child for both Reading and math in third grade and reading, math and science in fifth grade. Remember to discuss this as part of signing the PEP and emphasize the importance of tutoring as one intervention that can help change the prediction.
8. Remember to update your web page by this Friday If you need assistance, please ask Ms. C. Smith.
9. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it. Also remember to take time and sit down with no one else around to do your self-assessment.
10. I will be off campus this afternoon at central office beginning at 3:10 attending a meeting with Community Support Service and Mental Health providers.
11. We have received two deliveries of the Chronicle and both have remained in the teachers' lounge. If this resources is not going to be used, we will discontinue the subscription. It has been purchased in classroom sets for our 4th and 5th grade classrooms. If you plan on using it weekly, please let me know. I believe it to be a valuable resource, but only if read.
12. Michael Montgomery of the Boy Scouts will be here this afternoon to spend about 3 minutes in each 1-5 classroom talking about the Cub Scout sign-up tomorrow night and passing out a flyer to the boys. These sessions are fairly quick and painless. Please stop what your doing so he can make his presentation. Thanks for your cooperation.
13. Mike Larson, a representative of Primerica will be in the media center after school to meet with interested parties regarding financial planning.
14. Kristine Atkinson, our flexible benefits representative will meet with interested individuals in the tutoring. A schedule has been placed on the wall outside the room for interested parties to sign-up.
14. I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby (1937 - )
I have such poor vision I can date anybody.
Garry Shandling (1949 - )
I can't bring myself to say, 'Well, I guess I'll be toddling along.' It isn't that I can't toddle. It's just that I can't guess I'll toddle.
Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
Friday, September 4, 2009
AM Announcements - September 08
AM Announcements
September 08, 2009
1. Today is Day 10.
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 08
President Obama speaks to American Public School Students - 12:00 PM - Channel 20
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
Wednesday: September 09
Cub Scout classroom 3 minute presentations - 1:00-2:00 PM
Interested parties meet with Mike Larson in the Media Center - 2:45
Thursday: September 10
Elementary Principal's meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Cub Scout Sign-up Night - 7:00 PM
Friday: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updated
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. President Obama's speech to American public school students will be broadcast on C-Span, channel 20 on our TV system. If you have any students whose parents send in a written request that they not watch, please send them to the gym where we will supervise them until the speech is over. We will play the speech on TV in the cafeteria for those classes at lunch.
6. I went checking computers, monitors, speakers and copiers before the Labor Day Holiday and found 2 computer(s), 3 monitor(s), 0 speaker sets and 0 copier(s) left on overnight.
7. There is a staff meeting this afternoon in the media center at 2:40 PM.
8. Remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. The first interim progress report goes out in today's "Monday Packet."
10. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it. Also remember to take time and sit down with no one else around to do your self-assessment.
11. Last Friday, Speas was granted an additional Kindergarten class as a result of increased enrollment. We will begin working with HR to fill this position; outfit the classroom; create the class from our existing classes; and fit it into the existing schedule.
12. Remember that classified staff come in 30 minutes later than usual today. That makes their arrival time 7:45 AM.
13. History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
Glaser and Way
I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
Will Durst
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
September 08, 2009
1. Today is Day 10.
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 08
President Obama speaks to American Public School Students - 12:00 PM - Channel 20
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
Wednesday: September 09
Cub Scout classroom 3 minute presentations - 1:00-2:00 PM
Interested parties meet with Mike Larson in the Media Center - 2:45
Thursday: September 10
Elementary Principal's meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Cub Scout Sign-up Night - 7:00 PM
Friday: September 11
Dibels training - Ms. Marston - 7:30-10:30
All teacher web pages updated
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
b. 9/22 - Marzano staff development 2:40-4:00
b. 9/24 - Pre-bid meeting at Speas 9:00-10:00
c. 9/25 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 9/29 - Technology staff development - 2:40-4:15
5. President Obama's speech to American public school students will be broadcast on C-Span, channel 20 on our TV system. If you have any students whose parents send in a written request that they not watch, please send them to the gym where we will supervise them until the speech is over. We will play the speech on TV in the cafeteria for those classes at lunch.
6. I went checking computers, monitors, speakers and copiers before the Labor Day Holiday and found 2 computer(s), 3 monitor(s), 0 speaker sets and 0 copier(s) left on overnight.
7. There is a staff meeting this afternoon in the media center at 2:40 PM.
8. Remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. The first interim progress report goes out in today's "Monday Packet."
10. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it. Also remember to take time and sit down with no one else around to do your self-assessment.
11. Last Friday, Speas was granted an additional Kindergarten class as a result of increased enrollment. We will begin working with HR to fill this position; outfit the classroom; create the class from our existing classes; and fit it into the existing schedule.
12. Remember that classified staff come in 30 minutes later than usual today. That makes their arrival time 7:45 AM.
13. History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Abba Eban (1915 - 2002)
The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it.
Glaser and Way
I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.
Will Durst
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
AM Announcements - September 04
AM Announcements
September 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 09.
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: 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. 9/09 - Meeting with Mr. Mike Larson - Primerica - Interested individuals
d. 9/10 - Cub Scout Sign-up Night 7:00 PM
e. 9/11 - All teacher web pages updated by this date
f. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
5. Thanks to all for making Picture Day run so smoothly and ahead of schedule. I'm sure you'll be asked, "When will the pictures be back." As soon as we know we will notify parents.students who have paid for pictures. This is the teacher responsibility.
6. I went checking computers, monitors, speakers and copiers this morning and found 2 computer(s), 5 monitor(s), 0 speaker sets and 0 copier(s) left on overnight.
7. Be sure to remind your students at the end of the day that there is No School on Monday.
8. Remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. The first interim progress report is due to go out in next Tuesday's Monday Packet. This is the expremely short portion of the form an takes a minute to do for each student. All that is necessary ios a brief sentence about how they are doing.
10. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it.
11. Teachers in grades K-1 who need the yellow luggage tags for their bus riders back packs should see Ms. Powell. The new one have come in.
12. To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
H. P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937), "The Call of Cthulhu", first line
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
Henry Adams (1838 - 1918)
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
September 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 09.
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: 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. 9/09 - Meeting with Mr. Mike Larson - Primerica - Interested individuals
d. 9/10 - Cub Scout Sign-up Night 7:00 PM
e. 9/11 - All teacher web pages updated by this date
f. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
5. Thanks to all for making Picture Day run so smoothly and ahead of schedule. I'm sure you'll be asked, "When will the pictures be back." As soon as we know we will notify parents.students who have paid for pictures. This is the teacher responsibility.
6. I went checking computers, monitors, speakers and copiers this morning and found 2 computer(s), 5 monitor(s), 0 speaker sets and 0 copier(s) left on overnight.
7. Be sure to remind your students at the end of the day that there is No School on Monday.
8. Remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. The first interim progress report is due to go out in next Tuesday's Monday Packet. This is the expremely short portion of the form an takes a minute to do for each student. All that is necessary ios a brief sentence about how they are doing.
10. Remember to get with the individual you are doing a peer observation on and schedule a time for it.
11. Teachers in grades K-1 who need the yellow luggage tags for their bus riders back packs should see Ms. Powell. The new one have come in.
12. To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
H. P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937), "The Call of Cthulhu", first line
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.
Henry Adams (1838 - 1918)
Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.
Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
AM Announcements - September 03
AM Announcements
September 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 08.
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: 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. 9/09 - Meeting with Mr. Mike Larson - Primerica - Interested individuals
d. 9/10 - Cub Scout Sign-up Night 7:00 PM
e. 9/11 - All teacher web pages updated by this date
f. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
5. Today is picture day. Please follow the schedule that Ms. Powell provided on Monday regarding when your class comes to the gym. Should there be delays we will inform you. All students should be arranged alphabetically before you get to the gym. Remember to keep a list of all students who have paid for pictures. This is the teacher responsibility.
6. I went checking computers, monitors, speakers and copiers this morning and found 1 computer, 13 monitors, 2 speaker sets and the HIVE copier all left on overnight.
7. As I mentioned in yesterday's e-mail, the implementation of PLC's this year will not require an additional 45 minute meeting. We can do it in conjunction with our existing 80 minute time block for grade level planning. Specialists will have to increase their time from 40 to 45 minutes and this can be accomplished by beginning at 8:05 AM.
8. Please remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. Thanks to all the 1-2 grade teachers who worked without their assistants yesterday so we could get them trained on Quest Atlantis. I know it was a long day and I appreciate you hanging in there like you did.
10. The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.
Dudley Moore (1935 - 2002)
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997)
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
September 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 08.
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: 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. 9/09 - Meeting with Mr. Mike Larson - Primerica - Interested individuals
d. 9/10 - Cub Scout Sign-up Night 7:00 PM
e. 9/11 - All teacher web pages updated by this date
f. 9/15 - Gateway Meeting - 3rd and 5th grade students and parents - 6:00 PM
5. Today is picture day. Please follow the schedule that Ms. Powell provided on Monday regarding when your class comes to the gym. Should there be delays we will inform you. All students should be arranged alphabetically before you get to the gym. Remember to keep a list of all students who have paid for pictures. This is the teacher responsibility.
6. I went checking computers, monitors, speakers and copiers this morning and found 1 computer, 13 monitors, 2 speaker sets and the HIVE copier all left on overnight.
7. As I mentioned in yesterday's e-mail, the implementation of PLC's this year will not require an additional 45 minute meeting. We can do it in conjunction with our existing 80 minute time block for grade level planning. Specialists will have to increase their time from 40 to 45 minutes and this can be accomplished by beginning at 8:05 AM.
8. Please remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. Thanks to all the 1-2 grade teachers who worked without their assistants yesterday so we could get them trained on Quest Atlantis. I know it was a long day and I appreciate you hanging in there like you did.
10. The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.
Dudley Moore (1935 - 2002)
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Willem de Kooning (1904 - 1997)
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
AM Announcements - September 02
AM Announcements
September 02, 2009
1. Today is Day 07.
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: 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. Please talk with your SIT representative regarding issues discussed in yesterday's meeting. I will notify you when the minutes have been posted to the shared volume.
6. Please remember to shut off all your computers every night. We have over 20,000 computers in the system and every night, an average of 3,600 are left on. It is your responsibility to check the monitor and CPU of every computer in your rooms to ensure that they are off before you leave each afternoon.
8. Please remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. Speas is now on Facebook and Twitter. As a reminder, school board policy prohibits WSFCS personnel from being a "friend" to students, present or past. These two programs are for the dissemination of information only.
10. Mr. Michael Larson will be here after school on Wednesday, September 09, to meet with interested individuals regarding financial planning. Mr. Larson is with Primerica Financial Services. He will meet in the media center only with those interested.
11. The minutes of yesterday's SIT meeting have been placed on the shared volume in the Staffshare folder, SIT Minutes, 2009-2010.
12. We have the entire fourth and fifth grades out today at Quest Atlantis training along with teacher assistants from grades 1 and 2. Everyone needs to be on their toes with this many subs in the building. Step up and help them should they need assistance.
13. Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
William Safire (1929 - )
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.
A. Whitney Brown
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
September 02, 2009
1. Today is Day 07.
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: 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. Please talk with your SIT representative regarding issues discussed in yesterday's meeting. I will notify you when the minutes have been posted to the shared volume.
6. Please remember to shut off all your computers every night. We have over 20,000 computers in the system and every night, an average of 3,600 are left on. It is your responsibility to check the monitor and CPU of every computer in your rooms to ensure that they are off before you leave each afternoon.
8. Please remember to update your web page by 9/11.
9. Speas is now on Facebook and Twitter. As a reminder, school board policy prohibits WSFCS personnel from being a "friend" to students, present or past. These two programs are for the dissemination of information only.
10. Mr. Michael Larson will be here after school on Wednesday, September 09, to meet with interested individuals regarding financial planning. Mr. Larson is with Primerica Financial Services. He will meet in the media center only with those interested.
11. The minutes of yesterday's SIT meeting have been placed on the shared volume in the Staffshare folder, SIT Minutes, 2009-2010.
12. We have the entire fourth and fifth grades out today at Quest Atlantis training along with teacher assistants from grades 1 and 2. Everyone needs to be on their toes with this many subs in the building. Step up and help them should they need assistance.
13. Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
William Safire (1929 - )
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.
A. Whitney Brown
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
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