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)