AM Announcements - October 06

AM Announcements
October 06, 2009

1. Today is Day 30.

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:

Tuesday: October 06
Joint Principals' Meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
"Make It, Take It" Night - 6:30 - 7:30

Wednesday: October 07
The Ned Show - 8:15-9:15 - gym - grades K-5

Thursday: October 08
Pre-bid meeting - 9:00 - 10:30
Construction Meeting - 10:45 -11:45 - Reichert and Powell

Friday: October 02
On-demand writing samples due in the Moodle
Dibels Window closes for BOY benchmark

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 10 12-16 Pennies for Patients penny drive
b. 10/12 - United Way Kickoff - Media Center - 2:45
c. 10/15 - Ident-A-Kid at Speas
d. 10/21 - Junior League Puppet Show - 9:45 - Third Grade

5. Make It, Take It Math Night is tonight. All certified staff are expected to attend. The A's and Bees tutors will be here tonight so that they can complete paperwork and be introduced to the parents.

6. Grade level meeting should continue to discuss the walk-through data they received. This is first month data and should provide insights into what Ms. Powell, Ms. Marston and I are seeing when we circulate.

7. Please meet with your SIT representatives to review the discussions and decisions from yesterday's meeting. The minutes will be posted on the shared volume.

8. Tomorrow morning we will host "The NED Show." Please come to the gym immediately following Morning Broadcast. Classes will not be called.

9. A vacuum is a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.
Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)

Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
Edgar Wilson Nye (1850 - 1896), quoted in Mark Twain's Autobiography, 1924

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)