AM Announcements - December 10

AM Announcements
December 10, 2009

1. Today is Day 71.

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 10
Mass Vision Screening - Room #27 - 8:30-on - Grades 1-5
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00
Science Fair visits
PTA Meeting - 6:00-7:30

Friday: December 11
Science Fair take down
Fifth Grade Pen Pal Holiday Celebration - 1:00-2:00 - Cafeteria
Holiday Sleepover - 7:00 PM - 8:30 AM

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 12/14-12/17 - Spirit Week
b. 12/15 - PTA/Student Council Staff Breakfast
c. 12/17 - Holiday Parties - 1:00-2:00
d. 12/18 - Student Council Holiday trip

5. Make sure that you have updated your web page by 12/11.

6. If you have not gone on-line and filled out your Criminal Background Check form, you have until next Monday, December 14.

7. If you are participating in Secret Santa, please don't forget.

8. Science Fair projects may be viewed in the gym today.

9. Congratulation to Ms. Merrill our 2010-2011 Teacher of the Year! No honor is more appreciated than being recognized by your peers for a job well done.

10. When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.
Rita Rudner