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