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