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)