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