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)