AM Announcements - December 17

AM Announcements

December 17, 2009

1. Today is Day 76.

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 17
Construction Jobsite meeting @ Speas - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Student Council Nursing Home field trip - 9:00-10:00
Spirit Week continues - Hawaiian Beach Day - no jeans
Holiday parties - 1:00-2:00
Classified staff leaves at 2:45

Friday: December 18
Dollar Dress Down Day
SolEd meeting - Reichert off-campus - 3:00-5:00
Student Council Holiday Trip - 9:00-11:00
Classified Staff leaves at 2:45
Mr. Ireland leaves at 12:00
Ms. Higgins leaves at 12:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves at 2:30
Mr. Cokley leaves at 4:00
The building closes at 4:00

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/4-01/29 - DIBELS testing window
b. 01/5 - SIT meeting
c. 01/12 - Staff meeting
d. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff

5. Be Healthy School Kids Announcement:
The 10-week step challenge will be ending tomorrow, December 18th. All participating classes please send your step counting activity book and pedometers to the office at the end of the of the school day on Friday for pick-up by Behealthy School Kids staff. Please make sure the your name and room # is printed on the book. The class with the most steps/miles will receive a pair of gold shoes as a reward. Again, thank you for participating in the challenge.

6. My wife's surgery went well yesterday and I will be off-campus this morning when she is discharged so I can take her home and get her settled there.

7. Holiday parties are today at 1:00 PM.

8. Student Council items:
a. Spirit Week committee members need to report each day to the cafeteria at 1:45 p.m. for judging:
Tierra Wilson , Chloe Fletcher, Kelis Cochrane, Jamore Brown, Nikeyta Parker, Tyriese Kimbrough

b. Thanks to all the staff members who donated items for the month of November to the Samaritan Ministries. This month we are collecting the following items: Dish Towels, Bib Aprons, or Men's Warm Winter Gloves. We will deliver these items tomorrow.

9. Readings of "The Night Before Christmas" today: 9:00 - Taylor; 9:30 - Chitty; 10:30 Smith

10. Ms. Rhodes does not come in today until 9:30 and will be leaving at 12:30. Please keep this in mind when making requests from the office. Remember that all classified staff are leaving early top get in the two hours of released time they are entitled to prior to the Chirstmas holiday. A listing of departure times can be found above under Thursday and Friday items.

11. Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Life of Boerhaave

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.
Lillian Carter, in her 80s

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.
Bob Thaves, "Frank and Ernest", 1982

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.

Arnold Lobel

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