AM Announcements - December 03

AM Announcements
December 03, 2009

1. Today is Day 66.

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: 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. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria today at 1:30 p.m. They will need to bring their things with them. For the month of December we will not go by the original meeting schedule. Please watch the bloq closely each week for updates. Thank you for your cooperation.

*We are asking for complete staff participation in the month of December with Dollar Dress Down Day. All of the funds in December including the $236.00 we made in November goes toward the two holiday families we have this year. Our families this year consist of the following: Family One: Two kids and a mom; Family Two: Three kids, a mom, and a dad. We usually try to purchase three toys a piece, clothing, food, and coats if needed. We have one store staff partnering with us to provide things for both families. Please encourage all of your students to participate in dollar dress down as well. It's amazing the joy another person will receive during the holidays because of your support and participation. Thank you in advance for supporting this effort.

* Also, we will not have Coffee Friday this week but in lieu of the coffee we would appreciate the two dollar donation to be used for the holiday families to purchase clothes, books, toys, etc... All donations can be given to Mrs. Bushey. All people who donate on Friday morning will be given their choice of a free muffin.

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. If you have not updated your web page since the first quarter, you need to take care of it by 12/11. I have reviewed everyone's web pages and all their parts and some have not been changed since August. Only three had been chaged during the month of November. Please update these. This includes calendar pages if you have them. I will check again on the 11th and contact all teachers who have not updated by that time. Remember that the WS/FCS expectation is that web pages are updated at least quarterly. Some of you began posting your newsletters but then stopped. Once you begin this, parents will expect to find them and be diappointed when they don't find them.
8. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until December 14.

9. Holiday Doors will be judged on Friday, December 4th in the afternoon.

10. I will be off-campus at a Joint Principals' meeting this morning from 7:15-12:00.

12. If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me

Jimmy Buffett, Song Title

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake (1757 - 1827)

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.
Alvin Toffler

Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.
Clive James