AM Announcements
December 01, 2009
1. Today is Day 64
.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: December 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Mid-year Evaluation Conference with Toni Bigham - Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
j. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. All teachers whose emergency escape routes have been altered by the construction fencing have received new maps. If you have questions please ask. Car dismissal went well yesterday, even with the shortened lanes.
6. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room.
7.8. Due to the Media Center's upcoming switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials, no one is to use the old OPAC system. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers. Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the Holidays.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.
9. The Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
10. Now SIT minutes can be found on Speas website and on the shared volume. Many thanks to Ms. Dagenbach for serving as our secretary.
11. If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
George Carlin (1937 - 2008)
The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
AM Announcements - November 30
AM Announcements
November 30, 2009
1. Today is Day 63.
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: November 30
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Box Tops for Education due
SIT Meeting - Media Center - 2:40-4:00
Tuesday: December 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Mid-year evaluation conference with Toni Bigham- Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
J. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Last Wednesday, the construction fencing was installed to delineate the construction area for safety and security reasons. In its current form we will be able to maintain the same car rider dismissal pattern. We will do so until we are required to change. Access to the playground should be through the building using the gym doors and front doors. Once you exit the doors, please proceed along the construction fencing toward the tennis courts until your students can access the playground. All students and staff are to stay outside the construction fencing which means they will not be able to use the playground equipment. I realize this is an inconvenience but it is for the safety of the children. Please be vigilant, nothing attracts young boys like construction equipment in action. All construction workers have been directed not to talk with students or staff in order to prevent problems.
FIRE/EMERGENCY EXIT:
Those clsses that use the double doors by the Art room as their emergency exit should continue to do so. Exit the doors, turn right and follow the construction fencing toward Polo Rd. Enter back into the building at the double gym doors. Proceed to the double doors where we dismiss car riders and exit along the construction fence all the way to the playground. No other exits should be effected by the construction fencing.
7. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas.
8. Our Media Center is getting ready to switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials. The following information is from Ms. Childres regarding this transition:
No one is to use the OPAC after Tuesday, Nov. 24, as we begin to make the transition to Destiny. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers.
Also, after Nov. 24, normal circulation will be down, and Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the December holidays. Please inform students of this policy. I attend Destiny training on Dec. 14. I will have a sub to teach classes that day, but we will NOT have check out that day, either with my classes or open checkout. Please do not send students to the media center to check out books that day, and do not let the students drop off books, as we will have no way of knowing who brought them. Thanks for your patience.
9. The following is an important message for all WS/FCS Employees. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
As we stated in our informational e-mail this past Friday, November 20th, we are requiring all employees to sign an updated Criminal Background Check Release Form. Here is the link to the on-line form:
http://intranet.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Public.nsf/BGMenu?OpenForm
The deadline for completing the form is 4:30 PM, December 14, 2009. You will see two links on this web page. If you have a WS/FCS e-mail account, use the first link. The user ID and password to use are the ones you use to access Lotus I-notes when accessing e-mail from home. Employees without e-mail accounts but with access to a computer at work or home can use the second link on this web page.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to reassure our constituents that our schools are safe places for our students, staff and parents.
10. Ms. Bushey and the student council Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
11. In case you missed this last Tuesday:
Congratulations to the Speas staff for reaching 110.22% of the school's United Way goal! Exceeding your goal is truly commendable. Hats off to you for your generous giving which will make a positive difference in addressing needs in our community ! - Toni Bigham
12. Now we being the anticipation and crush of the holidays. It is our job to keep our students interested and excited about school while everything else is swirling around them. There is much to do curriculum-wise during the next three weeks. Everyones' nerves get a little frazzled during the holiday season. Well-planned, exciting hands-on lessons help to reduce discipline issues and keep students engaged.
13. We have always posted our SIT minutes on the shared volume for staff to review. A new state law requires that all SIT Minutes be posted on the school's web site for parents and the general public to review. Beginning with today's meeting. The secretary will no longer post minutes on the shared volume. Instead, these minutes will be sent to our tech facilitator, Ms. C. Smith and she will post them on our school web site.
14. Since we are in the second quarter now, please remember that, at minimum, all teacher web-pages are to be updated on a quarterly basis.
15. In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Akira Kurosawa (1910 - 1998)
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), 1895
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
November 30, 2009
1. Today is Day 63.
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: November 30
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Box Tops for Education due
SIT Meeting - Media Center - 2:40-4:00
Tuesday: December 01
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Holiday Concert Practice
Holiday Concert
ON PAR Training - Ms. Marston off-campus - 9:30-11:30
Wednesday: December 02
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Thursday: December 03
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Construction Meeting - 9:00-10:00 AM - Powell represents Speas
Mid-year evaluation conference with Toni Bigham- Reichert - 1:00-3:00
Friday: December 04
Signature School Breakfast - UNCG - 8:00-10:00 Miller, Mincer and Reichert off campus
Dollar Dress Down Day
Speas Spelling Bee - 8:00-9:00 - Marston
Samartian Penny Drive ends
Second Grade Candle Tea Field Trip - 10:30-1:00
Holiday doors judged - 1:00
Saturday: December 05
Holiday Open House - Reicherts 4:00-10:00 PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/07-12/18 - ON PAR testing
b. 12/07 -Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
c. 12/08-12/11 - Science Fair
d. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
e. 12/10 - Mass Vision Screening - 8:30
f. 12/11-12/16 - Spirit Week
g. 12/11-12/12 - Holiday Sleepover 7:00 PM-8:00 AM
h. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
i. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
J. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Last Wednesday, the construction fencing was installed to delineate the construction area for safety and security reasons. In its current form we will be able to maintain the same car rider dismissal pattern. We will do so until we are required to change. Access to the playground should be through the building using the gym doors and front doors. Once you exit the doors, please proceed along the construction fencing toward the tennis courts until your students can access the playground. All students and staff are to stay outside the construction fencing which means they will not be able to use the playground equipment. I realize this is an inconvenience but it is for the safety of the children. Please be vigilant, nothing attracts young boys like construction equipment in action. All construction workers have been directed not to talk with students or staff in order to prevent problems.
FIRE/EMERGENCY EXIT:
Those clsses that use the double doors by the Art room as their emergency exit should continue to do so. Exit the doors, turn right and follow the construction fencing toward Polo Rd. Enter back into the building at the double gym doors. Proceed to the double doors where we dismiss car riders and exit along the construction fence all the way to the playground. No other exits should be effected by the construction fencing.
7. If you would like me to read any of the versions of the Night Before Christmas, please schedule them now before the holidays fill up everything. Ms. Taylor gave me a new version last Monday, The Pirate Night Before Christmas.
8. Our Media Center is getting ready to switch to the Destiny program to catalog and circulate materials. The following information is from Ms. Childres regarding this transition:
No one is to use the OPAC after Tuesday, Nov. 24, as we begin to make the transition to Destiny. Accessing the library computer database (Online Public Access Catalog) after Nov. 24 could cause the data to become corrupt. Teachers/students should not use the OPAC icon either in the media center or from other computers.
Also, after Nov. 24, normal circulation will be down, and Mrs. Childers will be the only one able to check books in or out. Students or staff should not drop books off in the library if Mrs. Childers is not there, and Mrs. Childers must check books out herself. In order to check out a book, a student must have one to exchange during the transition time, which may be until after the December holidays. Please inform students of this policy. I attend Destiny training on Dec. 14. I will have a sub to teach classes that day, but we will NOT have check out that day, either with my classes or open checkout. Please do not send students to the media center to check out books that day, and do not let the students drop off books, as we will have no way of knowing who brought them. Thanks for your patience.
9. The following is an important message for all WS/FCS Employees. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
As we stated in our informational e-mail this past Friday, November 20th, we are requiring all employees to sign an updated Criminal Background Check Release Form. Here is the link to the on-line form:
http://intranet.wsfcs.k12.nc.us/Public.nsf/BGMenu?OpenForm
The deadline for completing the form is 4:30 PM, December 14, 2009. You will see two links on this web page. If you have a WS/FCS e-mail account, use the first link. The user ID and password to use are the ones you use to access Lotus I-notes when accessing e-mail from home. Employees without e-mail accounts but with access to a computer at work or home can use the second link on this web page.
Thank you for your understanding as we work to reassure our constituents that our schools are safe places for our students, staff and parents.
10. Ms. Bushey and the student council Holiday Door Committee will be judging doors on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.
11. In case you missed this last Tuesday:
Congratulations to the Speas staff for reaching 110.22% of the school's United Way goal! Exceeding your goal is truly commendable. Hats off to you for your generous giving which will make a positive difference in addressing needs in our community ! - Toni Bigham
12. Now we being the anticipation and crush of the holidays. It is our job to keep our students interested and excited about school while everything else is swirling around them. There is much to do curriculum-wise during the next three weeks. Everyones' nerves get a little frazzled during the holiday season. Well-planned, exciting hands-on lessons help to reduce discipline issues and keep students engaged.
13. We have always posted our SIT minutes on the shared volume for staff to review. A new state law requires that all SIT Minutes be posted on the school's web site for parents and the general public to review. Beginning with today's meeting. The secretary will no longer post minutes on the shared volume. Instead, these minutes will be sent to our tech facilitator, Ms. C. Smith and she will post them on our school web site.
14. Since we are in the second quarter now, please remember that, at minimum, all teacher web-pages are to be updated on a quarterly basis.
15. In a mad world only the mad are sane.
Akira Kurosawa (1910 - 1998)
The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), 1895
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Mansfield Park
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Monday, November 23, 2009
AM Announcements - November 24
AM Announcements
November 24, 2009
1. Today is Day 62.
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: November 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Because of early release for classified employees, the building closes at 5:00 today.
7. Today is a Dollar Dress Down Day!
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Regarding my discussion of instructional times with Dr. Sheehan, she realizes that the reality of a schedule includes transition times, bathroom issues, arrival and departure preparedness, bus departures and many other intangibles. We were shown a schedule that provided 90-90-60-30-30 at the Equity+ meeting yesterday. When I asked the school about transitions they said they probably lost 20 minutes or more of instructional time due to these issues. They were not written into the schedule however.
10. Today is an early release day for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier than their normal time.
11.When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
Rita Rudner
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
November 24, 2009
1. Today is Day 62.
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: November 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Because of early release for classified employees, the building closes at 5:00 today.
7. Today is a Dollar Dress Down Day!
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Regarding my discussion of instructional times with Dr. Sheehan, she realizes that the reality of a schedule includes transition times, bathroom issues, arrival and departure preparedness, bus departures and many other intangibles. We were shown a schedule that provided 90-90-60-30-30 at the Equity+ meeting yesterday. When I asked the school about transitions they said they probably lost 20 minutes or more of instructional time due to these issues. They were not written into the schedule however.
10. Today is an early release day for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier than their normal time.
11.When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'
Rita Rudner
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science.
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Emotions"
Friday, November 20, 2009
AM Announcements - November 23
AM Announcements
November 23, 2009
1. Today is Day 61.
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: November 23
Marzano Staff-Development - 2:40-4:00
Equity+ Principals Meeting - Kimberly Park - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
Powell off-campus - all day
Fletcher off-campus - all day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
Samaritan Penny Drive begins
Tuesday: November 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Remember that you do not need to turn in lesson plans today or send home a newsletter. There is no Bee Lines for this week since it is only two days long.
7. The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. I had a long talk with Dr. Meg Sheehan, the assistant superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and she realizes the difficulty of fitting everything in a 90-90-60-30-30 schedule into a day/week. It is obvious that a lot of things have to be integrated and therefore do not show up as discrete times in a schedule.
10. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
11. Today and tomorrow are early release days for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave both days at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier tomorrow. This means that the building will close tomorrow at 5:00 PM. I will remain with the magnet bus students and Mr. Hart until they leave around 5:30 PM.
12. I will be off-campus this afternoon at an Equity+ Principals' meeting at Kimberly Park. Ms. Powell and Ms. Fletcher are out today. Please keep this in mind when you need office assistance.
13. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
Bruce Cockburn
Never have children, only grandchildren.
Gore Vidal (1925 - )
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
November 23, 2009
1. Today is Day 61.
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: November 23
Marzano Staff-Development - 2:40-4:00
Equity+ Principals Meeting - Kimberly Park - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
Powell off-campus - all day
Fletcher off-campus - all day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
Samaritan Penny Drive begins
Tuesday: November 24
Samaritan Penny Drive Continues
Dollar Dress Down Day
Early release day for classified staff - leave at 2:45
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/01 - Winter Concert
b. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
d. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
e. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
f. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Remember that you do not need to turn in lesson plans today or send home a newsletter. There is no Bee Lines for this week since it is only two days long.
7. The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. I had a long talk with Dr. Meg Sheehan, the assistant superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction and she realizes the difficulty of fitting everything in a 90-90-60-30-30 schedule into a day/week. It is obvious that a lot of things have to be integrated and therefore do not show up as discrete times in a schedule.
10. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
11. Today and tomorrow are early release days for classified staff. Teacher assistants, please leave both days at 2:45. All other classified staff members should leave an hour earlier tomorrow. This means that the building will close tomorrow at 5:00 PM. I will remain with the magnet bus students and Mr. Hart until they leave around 5:30 PM.
12. I will be off-campus this afternoon at an Equity+ Principals' meeting at Kimberly Park. Ms. Powell and Ms. Fletcher are out today. Please keep this in mind when you need office assistance.
13. Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
The trouble with normal is it always gets worse.
Bruce Cockburn
Never have children, only grandchildren.
Gore Vidal (1925 - )
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
AM Announcements - November 20
AM Announcements
November 20, 2009
1. Today is Day 60.
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:
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Today is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup.
10. If you have not turned in your updated schedule showing the all the times you teach reading, math, writing and science, please do so today before you leave. I have to send them all to Toni Bigham this afternoon.
11. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), Notebooks, 1912
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939), Sitting on the World, 1924
November 20, 2009
1. Today is Day 60.
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:
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have not paid, please see Ms. Johnson.
9. Today is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup.
10. If you have not turned in your updated schedule showing the all the times you teach reading, math, writing and science, please do so today before you leave. I have to send them all to Toni Bigham this afternoon.
11. We have received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902), Notebooks, 1912
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anyone else.
Heywood Broun (1888 - 1939), Sitting on the World, 1924
AM Announcements - November 19
AM Announcements
November 19, 2009
1. Today is Day 59.
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: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries today, November 19, 2009 during the school day. They will need to be allowed to speak to your class tomorrow for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it. Please take care of this today
9. Tomorrow is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup. If you're going to buy coffee anyway, why not from Student Council and support them at the same time? See you in the front parking lot any time after 7:00 AM. There will also be some of Ms. Bushey's delicious muffins for sale as well. What a way to start the day!
10. There will be no A's and Bees Tutoring next Tuesday.
11. Yesterday we received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. We have found several employees spending time on Facebook instead of working. Please understand that there may be back ways into Facebook or you may be able to access it directly because it has not been blocked by the system's filter for some reason. At no time during the work day, however, is any employee to be on any social networking site like Facebook, My Space or Twitter. I hope this is advice sufficient to bring this practice to an end. Yes, we have spoken with the individual(s) who were caught, but I fear the practice is more widespread hence the reason for this post.
13. The coupon books placed in your boxes are courtesy of Hanes Mall.
14. We have worked out the details and the Marzano staff-development will be held on Monday, November 23 from 2:40-4:00. The vote from the staff was 23 in favor and 5 opposed.
15. There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001)
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Minna Thomas Antrim
A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Thomas Hardy
November 19, 2009
1. Today is Day 59.
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: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries today, November 19, 2009 during the school day. They will need to be allowed to speak to your class tomorrow for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it. Please take care of this today
9. Tomorrow is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup. If you're going to buy coffee anyway, why not from Student Council and support them at the same time? See you in the front parking lot any time after 7:00 AM. There will also be some of Ms. Bushey's delicious muffins for sale as well. What a way to start the day!
10. There will be no A's and Bees Tutoring next Tuesday.
11. Yesterday we received an allocation of $32,621.00 of additional Title-1 funding. Our plan to use this money must be turned in by 12/7 and would be preferred by 12/01. We must propose 3-5 projects that will work to ensure that we will make AYP this year and exit from school improvement. This could be tutoring for all grade levels; supplies and/or equipment; special programs; staff-development for educators; programs to increase parental involvement; or other ideas that can be defended as research based methodologies with a proven history of improving student achievement. Please convey your ideas to your SIT representatives so we can formulate our plan in order to meet the deadlines established by Title-1.
12. We have found several employees spending time on Facebook instead of working. Please understand that there may be back ways into Facebook or you may be able to access it directly because it has not been blocked by the system's filter for some reason. At no time during the work day, however, is any employee to be on any social networking site like Facebook, My Space or Twitter. I hope this is advice sufficient to bring this practice to an end. Yes, we have spoken with the individual(s) who were caught, but I fear the practice is more widespread hence the reason for this post.
13. The coupon books placed in your boxes are courtesy of Hanes Mall.
14. We have worked out the details and the Marzano staff-development will be held on Monday, November 23 from 2:40-4:00. The vote from the staff was 23 in favor and 5 opposed.
15. There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
Fred Hoyle (1915 - 2001)
Television has raised writing to a new low.
Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
Man forgives woman anything save the wit to outwit him.
Minna Thomas Antrim
A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Thomas Hardy
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
AM Announcements - November 18
AM Announcements
November 18, 2009
1. Today is Day 58.
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: November 18
ITBS Testing
3-5 AR Celebration - 8:15 AM
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Career Center Dining Room - Reichert off-campus
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS TestingMove meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
November 18, 2009
1. Today is Day 58.
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: November 18
ITBS Testing
3-5 AR Celebration - 8:15 AM
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Career Center Dining Room - Reichert off-campus
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS TestingMove meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Coffee Friday - Out front
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 lbs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. The Social Committee does not serve to collect money but they must collect money in order to serve. We need everyone' support in order to be able to respond when there is a need. Often there is ill will when an individual is not recognized by the staff when, in reality, they haven't paid to support the Social Committee which is charged with that recognition. Step up to the plate if you haven't paid your dues and take care of that omission today. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it.
9. This Friday is Coffee Friday with Starbucks Coffee for sale out front for $2.00 a cup. If you're going to buy coffee anyway, why not from Student Council and support them at the same time? See you in the front parking lot any time after 7:00 AM. There will also be some of Ms. Bushey's delicious muffins for sale as well. What a way to start the day!
10. We had 5 students and 3 tutors last night at A's and Bees.
11. The vote on Survey Monkey to change the Marzano staff-development was 23 - Yes and 5 - No. We have encountered a problem with the switch however. We are working to resolve it and will keep you informed.
12. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.
Adrienne E. Gusoff
Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937)
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Monday, November 16, 2009
AM Announcements - November 17
AM Announcements
November 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 57.
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: November 17
ITBS - Practice Test - Grade 2 and selected Grade 5 students
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
Pre-construction meeting - 9:00-10:00 - cafeteria - Powell and Reichert
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Location to be determined
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 lbs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. The Social Committee does not serve to collect money but they must collect money in order to serve. We need everyone' support in order to be able to respond when there is a need. Often there is ill will when an individual is not recognized by the staff when, in reality, they haven't paid to support the Social Committee which is charged with that recognition. Step up to the plate if you haven't paid your dues and take care of that omission today. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it.
9. There are recycling bins in the teachers' lounge. These are used to recycle paper. Please refrain from placing trash in them. Many individuals have thrown paper towels, plastic, and garbage in them. When this happens we have to clean them out before we can recycle the paper. Thanks for your cooperation.
10. It has been proposed that we move the Marzano staff-development from Tuesday, November 24 to Monday, November 23 in order to facilitate certified staff members leaving for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please click on the link and cast your vote in this matter. Votes will be tallied at 12:00 and the result announced in tomorrow's AM Announcements.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SKUOiX0CHj_2f4oMmz3hfgLQ_3d_3d
11. Teachers in grades 2-5, please contact two parents about bringing their children to A's and Bees tutoring tonight. The personal invitation makes a big difference. Remind you students as well and have them bring their homework with them.
12. Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.
Donald Foster
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"
November 17, 2009
1. Today is Day 57.
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: November 17
ITBS - Practice Test - Grade 2 and selected Grade 5 students
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
Pre-construction meeting - 9:00-10:00 - cafeteria - Powell and Reichert
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Location to be determined
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/24 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
d. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
e. 12/01 - Winter Concert
f. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
h. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
i. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
j. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Since next week is a short week, there is no need to turn in lesson plans or to do a newsletter.
7. Student Council Items:
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 lbs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
8. We are still collecting social dues for the 2009-2010 school year. The Social Committee does not serve to collect money but they must collect money in order to serve. We need everyone' support in order to be able to respond when there is a need. Often there is ill will when an individual is not recognized by the staff when, in reality, they haven't paid to support the Social Committee which is charged with that recognition. Step up to the plate if you haven't paid your dues and take care of that omission today. We appreciate your support. Ms. Jonson will work with you anyway you wish to pay it.
9. There are recycling bins in the teachers' lounge. These are used to recycle paper. Please refrain from placing trash in them. Many individuals have thrown paper towels, plastic, and garbage in them. When this happens we have to clean them out before we can recycle the paper. Thanks for your cooperation.
10. It has been proposed that we move the Marzano staff-development from Tuesday, November 24 to Monday, November 23 in order to facilitate certified staff members leaving for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please click on the link and cast your vote in this matter. Votes will be tallied at 12:00 and the result announced in tomorrow's AM Announcements.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=SKUOiX0CHj_2f4oMmz3hfgLQ_3d_3d
11. Teachers in grades 2-5, please contact two parents about bringing their children to A's and Bees tutoring tonight. The personal invitation makes a big difference. Remind you students as well and have them bring their homework with them.
12. Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar.
Donald Foster
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives.
Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"
Friday, November 13, 2009
AM Announcements - November 16
AM Announcements
November 16, 2009
1. Today is Day 56.
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: November 16
Interim Reports go home
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Marston off-campus
Construction - Pre-asbestos abatement meeting - 3:30-4:30 - gym
Tuesday: November 17
ITBS - Practice Test - Grade 2 and selected Grade 5 students
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
Pre-construction meeting - 9:00-10:00 - cafeteria - Powell and Reichert
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Location to be determined
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
h. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
i. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. PTA is sponsoring a breakfast for the staff on December 15. Come hungry!
7. Student Council Items:
* The Student Council would like to thank the entire staff for their contributions and support with the "Holiday Can Food Drive." We were able to donate 739 cans to the Winston Salem Rescue Mission. We wish we could do something special for the entire school for their hard work but limited funds will not allow us. Thanks again for working together to do for others.
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 1bs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
* Thank you to all the teachers for donations for the Samaritan Ministries items for the month.
8. Please make sure that your lesson plans are left on your desk each evening when you leave school.
9. Construction can begin at any time now according to the plan. It must be started by 11/30. It will be important to pay close attention. The following work is part of Phase 1: Construction begins on the new media center/cafeteria/kitchen addition; a pad is poured behind the school for the pod; rooms 21, 23-28 and the fifth grade bathrooms are renovated; construction fencing is put up surrounding the project and a new route from the building to the playground is established.
10. Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
Dave Barry (1947 - )
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.
Ellen DeGeneres
November 16, 2009
1. Today is Day 56.
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: November 16
Interim Reports go home
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:00-3:30 - Marston off-campus
Construction - Pre-asbestos abatement meeting - 3:30-4:30 - gym
Tuesday: November 17
ITBS - Practice Test - Grade 2 and selected Grade 5 students
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
Pre-construction meeting - 9:00-10:00 - cafeteria - Powell and Reichert
Wednesday: November 18
ITBS Testing
Title-1 Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Location to be determined
Thursday: November 19
ITBS Testing
Student Council Field Trip - Samaritan Ministries - 9:00-10:15
Kindergarten Field trip to Salemtowne - Say - 9:30-11:00
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: November 20
ITBS Testing
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Reichert off-campus
SolEd meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/23 - Samatian Ministries Penny Drive begins
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
h. 12/07 - Author/Illustrator David Biedrzycki at Speas - 1:15-2:15
i. 12/10 - PTA Meeting - 6:00 PM
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. PTA is sponsoring a breakfast for the staff on December 15. Come hungry!
7. Student Council Items:
* The Student Council would like to thank the entire staff for their contributions and support with the "Holiday Can Food Drive." We were able to donate 739 cans to the Winston Salem Rescue Mission. We wish we could do something special for the entire school for their hard work but limited funds will not allow us. Thanks again for working together to do for others.
* The holiday door contest is quickly approaching so don't forget to start working on your door ideas.
* This year we will be collecting pennies for the Samaritan Ministries. We chose a local organization, because we wanted to help a group that at some time or another has provided services for our students. The campaign will begin on Monday, November 23, 2009 - Friday, December 5, 2009. We will supply each class with a jar label to be placed on a jar that you display in your classroom. We do not have to count the pennies before we turn them in, which makes the collection process easier. Each day during the campaign there will be penny trivia on the morning broadcast. Our goal is to collect 50 1bs. of change that would provide 50 meals and five nights of shelter. The student council kids will be visiting the Samaritan Ministries on Thursday, November 19, 2009 during the school day. After their visit they will need to be allowed to speak to your class on Friday, November 20, 2009 for five to ten minutes to share with their classmates the need for the Samaritan Ministries.
* Thank you to all the teachers for donations for the Samaritan Ministries items for the month.
8. Please make sure that your lesson plans are left on your desk each evening when you leave school.
9. Construction can begin at any time now according to the plan. It must be started by 11/30. It will be important to pay close attention. The following work is part of Phase 1: Construction begins on the new media center/cafeteria/kitchen addition; a pad is poured behind the school for the pod; rooms 21, 23-28 and the fifth grade bathrooms are renovated; construction fencing is put up surrounding the project and a new route from the building to the playground is established.
10. Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"
I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.
Dave Barry (1947 - )
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.
Ellen DeGeneres
Thursday, November 12, 2009
AM Announcements - November 13
AM Announcements
November 13, 2009
1. Today is Day 55.
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:
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive ends
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Triskadekphobia is fear of the number 13. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th, which is considered to be a day of bad luck in a number of western cultures. Enjoy your day!
7. Thanks to everyone who helped out last night at Make It, Take It Night for Reading.
8. Mr. Cokley was out sick yesterday. This may have impacted the cleanliness of your rooms today.
9. A check of classrooms this morning found 17 rooms where lesson plans for this week were out on the desk. Nine classrooms had no plans out and visible. Three rooms had some plans but not those for today out and visible.
10. All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. But sometimes, there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.
Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
November 13, 2009
1. Today is Day 55.
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:
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive ends
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. North Carolina Teacher Academy is now offering on-line courses for professional development for public school teachers across the state. Registration will begin in mid-November with classes starting in January 2010. Classes will last 10 weeks and require 20 contact hours for a total of 2.0 CEU's. To find out more and to register, log on to: http://www.teacheracademy.org/
6. Triskadekphobia is fear of the number 13. Paraskavedekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th, which is considered to be a day of bad luck in a number of western cultures. Enjoy your day!
7. Thanks to everyone who helped out last night at Make It, Take It Night for Reading.
8. Mr. Cokley was out sick yesterday. This may have impacted the cleanliness of your rooms today.
9. A check of classrooms this morning found 17 rooms where lesson plans for this week were out on the desk. Nine classrooms had no plans out and visible. Three rooms had some plans but not those for today out and visible.
10. All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface. But sometimes, there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie.
Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, 2008
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
AM Announcements - November 12
AM Announcements
November 12, 2009
1. Today is Day 54.
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: November 12
Make It, Take It Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
PTA Council Dinner - Village Inn - Ms., Corely, Ms. Larson and Dr. Reichert in attendance 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive endsHonor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. The fire alarm yesterday was a result of a staff member placing something in the microwave and then leaving it unattended. In this case it appeared that either the time ran out or the microwave shut itself off. It did burn the contents of the package being heated and created smoke which registered with the alarm outside in the hallway. If you are going to use the microwaves, please remain with the food until it is done. Students and staff are to be commended for the speed with which the evacuated the building. I appreciate your attention to the safety of our students.
6. On a related matter, the gate to the playground was locked which hampered the exit of classes during the evacuation. The gate was unlocked that morning for a specific reason which means someone else locked it back. Our best guess is that a student thought it would be funny. Regardless, please remember to take your keys with you when you exit for a drill or evacuation. All certified staff have been issued a key that fits the MasterLocks on both gates.
7. if you have not given a list of your Honor Roll recipients to Ms. Rhodes, please do so today.
8. Ms. Higgins is out sick today. Please keep this in mind when making requests from the office.
9. Is there life before death?
Graffito, in Belfast
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960), Nods and Becks, 1944
I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005), Comedy Central Presents
November 12, 2009
1. Today is Day 54.
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: November 12
Make It, Take It Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
PTA Council Dinner - Village Inn - Ms., Corely, Ms. Larson and Dr. Reichert in attendance 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive endsHonor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. The fire alarm yesterday was a result of a staff member placing something in the microwave and then leaving it unattended. In this case it appeared that either the time ran out or the microwave shut itself off. It did burn the contents of the package being heated and created smoke which registered with the alarm outside in the hallway. If you are going to use the microwaves, please remain with the food until it is done. Students and staff are to be commended for the speed with which the evacuated the building. I appreciate your attention to the safety of our students.
6. On a related matter, the gate to the playground was locked which hampered the exit of classes during the evacuation. The gate was unlocked that morning for a specific reason which means someone else locked it back. Our best guess is that a student thought it would be funny. Regardless, please remember to take your keys with you when you exit for a drill or evacuation. All certified staff have been issued a key that fits the MasterLocks on both gates.
7. if you have not given a list of your Honor Roll recipients to Ms. Rhodes, please do so today.
8. Ms. Higgins is out sick today. Please keep this in mind when making requests from the office.
9. Is there life before death?
Graffito, in Belfast
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes) Valley of Fear, 1915
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960), Nods and Becks, 1944
I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005), Comedy Central Presents
Monday, November 9, 2009
AM Announcements - November 10
AM Announcements
November 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 53.
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: November 10
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Classified Staff leaves 30 minutes early
ABC/AYP Workshop - 8:00-11:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: November 11
Veterans' Day - Holiday for all students and staff - No School
Thursday: November 12
Make It, Take It Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
PTA Council Dinner - Village Inn - Ms., Corely, Ms. Larson and Dr. Reichert in attendance 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive ends
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Please turn off your SmartBoards when they are not in use. Bulbs for the data projector are only designed for approximately 1000 hours. There is not sense wasting time on the bulb when the board is not in use. Bulbs cost around $300 each.
6. I have an ABC/AYP data review meeting today from 8:00-11:00 with the folks in Testing and Accountability. I will be off-campus from 7:30-11:30.
7. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please refer to the flyer that went home last Monday to see what items your grade level is collecting.
8. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
9. If you're not doing anything the night of December 11, we could use your help with the Student Council Sleepover.
10. We want to welcome Ms. Crystal Heyland to our staff today. She will be our new Kindergarten teacher. She is spending time getting to know the students and routines while we free up her classroom. Ms. Marleen Logan will be serving as her assistant.
11. I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
John Cleese (1939 - )
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
John H. Patterson
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'
Jeff Foxworthy
November 10, 2009
1. Today is Day 53.
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: November 10
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Classified Staff leaves 30 minutes early
ABC/AYP Workshop - 8:00-11:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: November 11
Veterans' Day - Holiday for all students and staff - No School
Thursday: November 12
Make It, Take It Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
PTA Council Dinner - Village Inn - Ms., Corely, Ms. Larson and Dr. Reichert in attendance 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive ends
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Please turn off your SmartBoards when they are not in use. Bulbs for the data projector are only designed for approximately 1000 hours. There is not sense wasting time on the bulb when the board is not in use. Bulbs cost around $300 each.
6. I have an ABC/AYP data review meeting today from 8:00-11:00 with the folks in Testing and Accountability. I will be off-campus from 7:30-11:30.
7. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please refer to the flyer that went home last Monday to see what items your grade level is collecting.
8. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
9. If you're not doing anything the night of December 11, we could use your help with the Student Council Sleepover.
10. We want to welcome Ms. Crystal Heyland to our staff today. She will be our new Kindergarten teacher. She is spending time getting to know the students and routines while we free up her classroom. Ms. Marleen Logan will be serving as her assistant.
11. I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
John Cleese (1939 - )
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
John H. Patterson
If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you'll be going, 'you know, we're alright. We are dang near royalty.'
Jeff Foxworthy
Friday, November 6, 2009
AM Announcements - November 09
AM Announcements
November 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 52.
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: November 09
Report Cards go home- Monday Packets
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive begins
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
Classified staff leaves 30 minutes early
Tuesday: November 10
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Classified Staff leaves 30 minutes early
ABC/AYP Workshop - 8:00-11:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: November 11
Veterans' Day - Holiday for all students and staff - No School
Thursday: November 12
Make It, Take It Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
PTA Council Dinner - Village Inn - Ms., Corely, Ms. Larson and Dr. Reichert in attendance 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive ends
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Please turn off your SmartBoards when they are not in use. Blubs for the data projector are only designed for approximately 1000 hours. There is not sense wasting time on the bulb when the board is not in use. Bulbs cost around $300 each.
6. On Friday someone used a roll key to set the exit doors to the playground outside rooms 27 and 28 in the open position. All doors to the outside are to be locked as part of our safety plan. Mr. Ireland did not do it. Mr. Cokley did not work and neither Ms. Powell or I rolled it. We had no maintenance men working in that area either. That means that it was a staff member.
7. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please refer to the flyer that went home last Monday to see what items your grade level is collecting.
8. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
9. If you're not doing anything the night of December 11, we could use your help with the PTA Sleepover.
10. Dr. Martin has taped his latest, "In Touch" video for November. These videos, done monthly, are short (5-9 min.) videos covering important topics to staff members and the school system. You can find them on the WS/FCS website at the "Quick Links" section under the heading "District Videos." Then click on "Superintendent's Monthly Message (In Touch). November's message deals with Professional Learning Communities.
11. Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-06
November 09, 2009
1. Today is Day 52.
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: November 09
Report Cards go home- Monday Packets
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive begins
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
Classified staff leaves 30 minutes early
Tuesday: November 10
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Classified Staff leaves 30 minutes early
ABC/AYP Workshop - 8:00-11:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: November 11
Veterans' Day - Holiday for all students and staff - No School
Thursday: November 12
Make It, Take It Night - 6:00-7:00 PM
PTA Council Dinner - Village Inn - Ms., Corely, Ms. Larson and Dr. Reichert in attendance 6:30-8:30
Friday: November 13
Thanksgiving Canned Food Drive ends
Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00PM
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
b. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
d. 12/01 - Winter Concert
e. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
f. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
g. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Please turn off your SmartBoards when they are not in use. Blubs for the data projector are only designed for approximately 1000 hours. There is not sense wasting time on the bulb when the board is not in use. Bulbs cost around $300 each.
6. On Friday someone used a roll key to set the exit doors to the playground outside rooms 27 and 28 in the open position. All doors to the outside are to be locked as part of our safety plan. Mr. Ireland did not do it. Mr. Cokley did not work and neither Ms. Powell or I rolled it. We had no maintenance men working in that area either. That means that it was a staff member.
7. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please refer to the flyer that went home last Monday to see what items your grade level is collecting.
8. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
9. If you're not doing anything the night of December 11, we could use your help with the PTA Sleepover.
10. Dr. Martin has taped his latest, "In Touch" video for November. These videos, done monthly, are short (5-9 min.) videos covering important topics to staff members and the school system. You can find them on the WS/FCS website at the "Quick Links" section under the heading "District Videos." Then click on "Superintendent's Monthly Message (In Touch). November's message deals with Professional Learning Communities.
11. Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.
Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 09-07-06
Thursday, November 5, 2009
AM Announcements - November 05
AM Announcements
November 06, 2009
1. Today is Day 51.
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:
Friday: November 06
Student Council sells Starbucks' Coffee this morning
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
k. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. It has been a wonderful week with lunch out provided by the PTA. While we want to publicly thank Ms. Corely for organizing it, I'm sure notes or cards from staff members would be appreciated as well.
6. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here this morning to present Speas Pre-K with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
7. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
8. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
9. Today is lunch out for all fourth and fifth grade teachers.
10. Student Council is selling Starbucks' Coffee outside on this morning. Please consider a purchase to support the Student Council.
11. 2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2.
Grabel's Law
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
Segal's Law
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
November 06, 2009
1. Today is Day 51.
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:
Friday: November 06
Student Council sells Starbucks' Coffee this morning
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
k. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. It has been a wonderful week with lunch out provided by the PTA. While we want to publicly thank Ms. Corely for organizing it, I'm sure notes or cards from staff members would be appreciated as well.
6. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here this morning to present Speas Pre-K with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
7. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
8. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
9. Today is lunch out for all fourth and fifth grade teachers.
10. Student Council is selling Starbucks' Coffee outside on this morning. Please consider a purchase to support the Student Council.
11. 2 is not equal to 3, not even for large values of 2.
Grabel's Law
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
Segal's Law
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
AM Announcements - November 05
AM Announcements
November 05, 2009
1. Today is Day 50.
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: November 05
Student Council Nursing Home visit
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Friday: November 06
Student Council sells Starbucks' Coffee in the morning
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
k. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Prior to our next assembly, please work with your students on appropriate assembly behavior. For the younger grades that means being quiet during lulls in the action or music. For the older grades it would be carrying on conversations during the assembly and appropriate ways to clap and show appreciation. Thanks for your cooperation. A review now and then immediately before going to an assembly would be very helpful.
6. Remember to purchase some Starbucks' Coffee tomorrow morning. In that way you can support the work of the student council.
7. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here tomorrow to present Speas with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
8. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
9. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
10. The Student Council will be making their nursing home visit this morning at 9:00 AM.
11. Today is lunch out for the office and _______________________
12. Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
November 05, 2009
1. Today is Day 50.
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: November 05
Student Council Nursing Home visit
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Friday: November 06
Student Council sells Starbucks' Coffee in the morning
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
k. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Prior to our next assembly, please work with your students on appropriate assembly behavior. For the younger grades that means being quiet during lulls in the action or music. For the older grades it would be carrying on conversations during the assembly and appropriate ways to clap and show appreciation. Thanks for your cooperation. A review now and then immediately before going to an assembly would be very helpful.
6. Remember to purchase some Starbucks' Coffee tomorrow morning. In that way you can support the work of the student council.
7. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here tomorrow to present Speas with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
8. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
9. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
10. The Student Council will be making their nursing home visit this morning at 9:00 AM.
11. Today is lunch out for the office and _______________________
12. Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
AM Announcements - November 04
AM Announcements
November 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 49.
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: November 04
Little Symphony of Forsyth County - 9:00-9:45 - Grades K-5 - gym
Reichert off-campus 11:30-on
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Thursday: November 05
Student Council Nursing Home visit
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Friday: November 06
Student Council sells Starbucks' Coffee in the morning
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Beek. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Last night we had eight students in attendance with two tutors. Thanks for your efforts in getting students to come out. That was twice as many as previous weeks. Now we need to continue to make it grow. The personal invitation goes a long way in getting parents to bring their children.
6. I will be off-campus this afternoon beginning at 11:30.
7. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here on Friday morning to present Speas with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
8. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
* Student Council has a Nursing Home visit tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
9. The schedule for the Arts Connection sessions was sent out yesterday to all classroom teachers. If you did not receive it, please let me know and I'll make sure it gets to you.
10. Yesterday at the SIT meeting, the following items were discussed:
a. Ms. Linville and Ms. Miller will represent Speas at the Signature Schools Award luncheon
b. Lesson plan formats from each grade level
c. Walk-through data and its implications
d. Duty-free lunch
e. Outcomes from the "problem-solving" meeting
f. Responses to concerns expressed in weekly planning sheets
g. PTA dates on the master calendar
h. COMP time for classified
i. Classisfied work schedules and expectations
j. All classified staff filling out timesheets on-line twice per day every day.
k. Results of the bid process for Speas construction
The minutes have been posted on the shared volume by Ms. Dagenbach.
11. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
12. The Little Symphony of Forsyth County will be here today to present a concert for our K-5 students in the gym from 9:00-9:45. Classes will be called by grade level once the symphony is set up and ready. Second grade classes will join the performance in progress when they have finished their CogAT testing. All second grade classes will enter the gym from the outside entrance by the dumpster. They should come in very quietly and sit down in the back.
13. Today is lunch out for all Pre-K teachers and assistants and specialists.
14. Student Council will be selling Starbucks' Coffee outside on Friday morning. Please consider a purchase to support the Student Council.
15. Yesterday 1659 computers were left on overnight in WSFC schools. Dr. Martin has stated that unless that number is reduced to 200 or below during the month of November, principals will be charged $1.00 per computer per day that it was left on.
16. EC teachers should see Ms. Fletcher before the end of business today to sign off on their case load information for December 01 headcount. I will then sign and verify it tomorow according to the directions from the EC department. I know Ms. Fletcher is working with EC on two students and this may preclude those teachers from initialing until they are corrected. Thanks for working hard to insure we have every student that we are serving on headcount.
17. It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
Peter De Vries, "The Mackerel Plaza," 1958
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
November 04, 2009
1. Today is Day 49.
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: November 04
Little Symphony of Forsyth County - 9:00-9:45 - Grades K-5 - gym
Reichert off-campus 11:30-on
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Thursday: November 05
Student Council Nursing Home visit
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Friday: November 06
Student Council sells Starbucks' Coffee in the morning
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Beek. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Last night we had eight students in attendance with two tutors. Thanks for your efforts in getting students to come out. That was twice as many as previous weeks. Now we need to continue to make it grow. The personal invitation goes a long way in getting parents to bring their children.
6. I will be off-campus this afternoon beginning at 11:30.
7. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here on Friday morning to present Speas with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
8. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
* Student Council has a Nursing Home visit tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
9. The schedule for the Arts Connection sessions was sent out yesterday to all classroom teachers. If you did not receive it, please let me know and I'll make sure it gets to you.
10. Yesterday at the SIT meeting, the following items were discussed:
a. Ms. Linville and Ms. Miller will represent Speas at the Signature Schools Award luncheon
b. Lesson plan formats from each grade level
c. Walk-through data and its implications
d. Duty-free lunch
e. Outcomes from the "problem-solving" meeting
f. Responses to concerns expressed in weekly planning sheets
g. PTA dates on the master calendar
h. COMP time for classified
i. Classisfied work schedules and expectations
j. All classified staff filling out timesheets on-line twice per day every day.
k. Results of the bid process for Speas construction
The minutes have been posted on the shared volume by Ms. Dagenbach.
11. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
12. The Little Symphony of Forsyth County will be here today to present a concert for our K-5 students in the gym from 9:00-9:45. Classes will be called by grade level once the symphony is set up and ready. Second grade classes will join the performance in progress when they have finished their CogAT testing. All second grade classes will enter the gym from the outside entrance by the dumpster. They should come in very quietly and sit down in the back.
13. Today is lunch out for all Pre-K teachers and assistants and specialists.
14. Student Council will be selling Starbucks' Coffee outside on Friday morning. Please consider a purchase to support the Student Council.
15. Yesterday 1659 computers were left on overnight in WSFC schools. Dr. Martin has stated that unless that number is reduced to 200 or below during the month of November, principals will be charged $1.00 per computer per day that it was left on.
16. EC teachers should see Ms. Fletcher before the end of business today to sign off on their case load information for December 01 headcount. I will then sign and verify it tomorow according to the directions from the EC department. I know Ms. Fletcher is working with EC on two students and this may preclude those teachers from initialing until they are corrected. Thanks for working hard to insure we have every student that we are serving on headcount.
17. It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
Peter De Vries, "The Mackerel Plaza," 1958
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
Hubert H. Humphrey (1911 - 1978)
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Monday, November 2, 2009
AM Announcements - November 03
AM Announcements
November 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 48.
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: November 03
Joint Principals Meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
SIT meeting - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring
Wednesday: November 04
Little Symphony of Forsyth County - 9:00-9:45 - Grades K-5 - gym
Reichert off-campus 11:30-on
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Thursday: November 05
Student Council Nursing Home visit
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Friday: November 06
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
k. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Second through fifth grade teachers, have you made your phone invitations for A's and Bees tonight?
6. I will be off-campus tomorrow afternoon beginning at 11:30.
7. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here on Friday morning to present Speas with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
8. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
* Student Council has a Nursing Home Visit on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
9. I will be off-campus this morning from 7:30 AM-12:00 PM at Joint Principals' meeting.
10. There is a SIT meeting in the media center this afternoon at 2:40. Please remember to provide your representatives with input regarding lesson plan forms and issues that have been identified in the walk-through data.
11. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
12. The Little Symphony of Forsyth County will be here on Wednesday to perform for our K-5 students in the gym from 9:00-9:45. Classes will be called by grade level once the symphony is set up and ready. Second grade classes will join the performance in progress when they have finished their CogAT testing. All second grade classes will enter the gym from the outside entrance by the dumpster. They should come in very quietly and sit down in the back.
13. Today is lunch out for all teachers and assistants in grades K-1.
14. Please keep Kristie Laney in your thoughts and prayers. She had emergency surgery on Sunday and is recuperating at Thomasville Medical Center. The results of the surgery were positive, but the length of her recovery has not as yet been determined.
15. What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
Rabbi Julius Gordon
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Emma
November 03, 2009
1. Today is Day 48.
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: November 03
Joint Principals Meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
SIT meeting - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring
Wednesday: November 04
Little Symphony of Forsyth County - 9:00-9:45 - Grades K-5 - gym
Reichert off-campus 11:30-on
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Thursday: November 05
Student Council Nursing Home visit
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
Friday: November 06
CogAT Testing - 8:00-12:00 - Grade 2 and select Grade 5
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 11/11 - Veteran's Day - No School (Holiday for staff)
b. 11/12 - Make It, Take It Night - Reading - 6:00
c. 11/12 - PTA Council Dinner honoring Teachers of the Year - Village Inn - 6:30-8:30
d. 11/13 - Honor Roll Assembly - 1:00 PM
e. 11/16 - Interim Reports go home
f. 11/24 - Dollar Dress Down Day
g. 11/25-27 - Thanksgiving Holiday
h. 12/01 - Winter Concert
i. 12/04 - Dollar Dress Down Day
j. 12/04 - Speas Spelling Bee
k. 12/05 - Holiday Open House - The Reicherts
5. Second through fifth grade teachers, have you made your phone invitations for A's and Bees tonight?
6. I will be off-campus tomorrow afternoon beginning at 11:30.
7. Representatives of Mt. Tabor High School will be here on Friday morning to present Speas with over 1000 books. These books have been donated by the Mt. Tabor HS staff and students.
8. Student Council Information:
* The Student Council will be collecting items each month for Samaritan Ministries. If you would like to contribute there will be a box in room 3. This months items are: Sugar, Soap (Sample Size), or Disposable Razors.
* Thanksgiving Can Food Drive Begins: Monday, November 9, 2009 - Friday, November 13, 2009 - Please take a look at the flyer that is going home on Monday to see what items your grade level will be collecting.
* Student Council has a Nursing Home Visit on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
9. I will be off-campus this morning from 7:30 AM-12:00 PM at Joint Principals' meeting.
10. There is a SIT meeting in the media center this afternoon at 2:40. Please remember to provide your representatives with input regarding lesson plan forms and issues that have been identified in the walk-through data.
11. A CD of Veterans Day activities has been placed in the media center. Please check with Ms. Childers if you would like to use it as we approach Veterans Day on November 11.
12. The Little Symphony of Forsyth County will be here on Wednesday to perform for our K-5 students in the gym from 9:00-9:45. Classes will be called by grade level once the symphony is set up and ready. Second grade classes will join the performance in progress when they have finished their CogAT testing. All second grade classes will enter the gym from the outside entrance by the dumpster. They should come in very quietly and sit down in the back.
13. Today is lunch out for all teachers and assistants in grades K-1.
14. Please keep Kristie Laney in your thoughts and prayers. She had emergency surgery on Sunday and is recuperating at Thomasville Medical Center. The results of the surgery were positive, but the length of her recovery has not as yet been determined.
15. What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
Rabbi Julius Gordon
Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Emma
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