AM Announcements
February 04, 2010
1. Today is Day 97.
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: February 04
Access Testing for LEP students
Speas Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Powell and Reichert
Leadership Winston-Salem Education Day Committee - Role Leader walk-through - 4:30-5:30 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: February 05
Access Testing for LEP students
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/08 - Interim Reports go home
b. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
c. 02/15 - No School - Presidents' Day - RS
d. 02/26 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 02/26 - Box Tops for Education Due
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. The Student Council water drive raised 286 gallons. Information on this drive can be found on the bulletin board in the lobby! Great job Student Council, Speas Students and Staff.
8. Review Conferences today: Say - 8:15AM; Larson - 8:50AM; and Falor - 9:30AM. Please bring a spreadsheet indicating the performance of your your students on the assessments that are relative to their grade level. You should also have a listing of the students who received notices of possible retention and what changes you are going to make to address their specific needs. Individuals who missed conferences scheduled Monday - Wednesday should reschedule.
9. Please make sure to make contact with every parents whose child receives a notice of possible retention. You need to schedule a conference with them to review the issues involved and your plan for their child for the addressing the issues. Remember to review all PEP's as well. If you have trouble contacting a parent please get together with Ms. Summey for assistance. If the family is Hispanic, please involve Ms. Uzcatequi and/or Ms. Spaventa as well.
10. As many of you are aware, Rose Rusch has experienced a setback and reoccurence. She is in need of additional donated leave days to help through the period of chemo and radiation therapy. You can donate Annual Leave only. There is no provision for donating Sick Leave. If you wish to donate Annual Leave to Rose, please see Ms. Higgins for the form.
11. Monday through Wednesday's snow days will be made up on June 09 and 10 and March 29 according to the WS/FCS calendar. If this changes you will be notified.
12. Now that we have entered the third quarter, please remember to update your web page by Friday, February 12.
13. We are approaching the annual State Health Plan enrollment period in March with Blue Cross\Blue Shield. This year will be different from all previous years. ALL WS/FCS employees must do an on-line attestation of their smoking status. Until this is completed ALL COVERAGE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DROPPED TO 70/30. Once the attestation is completed, non-smokers will be returned to 80/20. You will be hearing more about this as the enrollment period approaches. Please remember at EVERY employee, no matter what job the perform, must complete the attestation on-line. There is NO paper option.
14. The forecast for overnight is for a wintry mix to begin around 2:00 AM tranisitoning to freezing rain and icing conditions around 12:00 before changing all rain around 2:00 PM. Please listen to the radio or watch TV for any notifications of cancellation or delays. It don't look good pardners!
15. I received a bill yesterday at the Joint Principals' meeting for all the computers that were left on during the month of January. We were fortunate. Our bill is $35. The bill for the entire system was over $19,000. Originally Dr. Martin asked us to pay these bills and the mon ey would go into the Technology budget. Every teacher and/or assistant responsible for the specific computers that were left on was to pay $1.00 for each night the computer was not shut down. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Martin changed his mind. Schools and individuals will not have to pay. Technology is instally a program that will shut off all computers in the system automatically at 8:00 PM every night. This will save the school system several hundered thousand dollars every year in energy costs.
16. Since we are sending report cards home today, we will postpone the Honor Roll assembly until next Friday, February 12 at 1:00 PM to allow parents the opportunity to get off in order to attend. Parents will be notified of the change by flyer and Alert Now message today.
17. Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.
Russell Baker (1925 - )
An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible.
Alfred A. Knopf
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887), "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit", 1887
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
AM Announcements - January 29
AM Announcements
January 29, 2010
1. Today is Day 96.
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: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Today is the last day for water donation for Haiti. The water will be picked up and begin its journey to the Haitian people. Ms. Jewell's class is still collecting money however if you choose to donate.
8. Here is the latest from Nurse Ginny about her dad.
"Hi, just a note to let you know what is happening, Daddy had a good evening yesterday, around 5 this am, he had another mini stroke, by the time I got there he was alert and talking, I know the inevitable is pending, anyway. I will be there tomorrow after 10:00, we have a meeting @ 09:00, If anything were to occur, I'll call. thanks
9. Retention letters are due to me today.
10. Don't forget to sign up for your review conference.
11. Ms. Clodfelter and I will be off-campus this morning from 7:30-9:00 at a Zone 5/6 Advisory Council meeting at Brunson Elementary.
12. Currently the only weather related announcement from WS/FCS is that all extracurricular activities for today, tomorrow and Sunday have been cancelled. We will notify you as soon as we receive any additional information.
13. Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Partying is such sweet sorrow.
Robert Byrne
Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), "The Poet at the Breakfast-Table", 1872
January 29, 2010
1. Today is Day 96.
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: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Today is the last day for water donation for Haiti. The water will be picked up and begin its journey to the Haitian people. Ms. Jewell's class is still collecting money however if you choose to donate.
8. Here is the latest from Nurse Ginny about her dad.
"Hi, just a note to let you know what is happening, Daddy had a good evening yesterday, around 5 this am, he had another mini stroke, by the time I got there he was alert and talking, I know the inevitable is pending, anyway. I will be there tomorrow after 10:00, we have a meeting @ 09:00, If anything were to occur, I'll call. thanks
9. Retention letters are due to me today.
10. Don't forget to sign up for your review conference.
11. Ms. Clodfelter and I will be off-campus this morning from 7:30-9:00 at a Zone 5/6 Advisory Council meeting at Brunson Elementary.
12. Currently the only weather related announcement from WS/FCS is that all extracurricular activities for today, tomorrow and Sunday have been cancelled. We will notify you as soon as we receive any additional information.
13. Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Partying is such sweet sorrow.
Robert Byrne
Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Life is a fatal complaint, and an eminently contagious one.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), "The Poet at the Breakfast-Table", 1872
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
AM Announcements - January 28
AM Announcements
January 28, 2010
1. Today is Day 95.
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: January 28
Parent Conference - 10:00-11:00 - Powell/Reichert/Bigham
Friday: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Water for Hatian Relief will be collected through tomorrow. You can also donate money through Ms. Jewell's class's "penny" campaign. I heard today that for every dollar donated to the Red Cross, $.50 goes to food, $.30 goes to medicines and medical supplies and the remaining $.20 goes to logistics and distribution. That's getting a lot from a single dollar!
8. Student Council is collecting Pasta this month for Samaritan Ministries. There is a box located in Room 3. They are also asking for staff participation in the talent show. If you would like to sign-up please notify Ms. Cathy Smith or Ms. Fletcher. What is your secret talent displayed only for family or friends?
9. As of today I have only received retention letters from two (6) teachers. That leaves eighteen (14) more to come. Remember that they are due to me by Friday so I can sign them and we can get them copied and back to you to place in report cards. The letter(s) can be found on the Shared Volume. Please refer to previous days postings for the links you need to access them.
10. Don't forget to sign up for your review conference A schedule has been placed on the bulletin board in the lounge.
11. Ms. Clodfelter and I will be off-campus tomorrow morning from 7:30-9:00 at a Zone 5/6 Advisory Council meeting at Brunson Elementary.
12. Now is the time to assess your students' second quarter performance and determine what needs to be done differently. SIT will be dealing with this issue on Tuesday. Remember in providing input to SIT, determine what you will change to assist your struggling students before you determine what others need to change to assist theirs.
13. Congratualtions to Ms. Goliszek and her class for the job they did participating in the Writing Wiki with the Department of Technology. Emory was very happy and impressed. It's great to see our technology classes in action.
14. Please keep Nurse Ginny and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father is hospitalized in Danville due to a serious stroke.
15. Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.
Gallagher
I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
J. D. Salinger (1919 - )
The entire economy of the Western world is built on things that cause cancer.
From the 1985 movie "Bliss"
Communism is like one big phone company.
Lenny Bruce (1923 - 1966)
January 28, 2010
1. Today is Day 95.
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: January 28
Parent Conference - 10:00-11:00 - Powell/Reichert/Bigham
Friday: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Water for Hatian Relief will be collected through tomorrow. You can also donate money through Ms. Jewell's class's "penny" campaign. I heard today that for every dollar donated to the Red Cross, $.50 goes to food, $.30 goes to medicines and medical supplies and the remaining $.20 goes to logistics and distribution. That's getting a lot from a single dollar!
8. Student Council is collecting Pasta this month for Samaritan Ministries. There is a box located in Room 3. They are also asking for staff participation in the talent show. If you would like to sign-up please notify Ms. Cathy Smith or Ms. Fletcher. What is your secret talent displayed only for family or friends?
9. As of today I have only received retention letters from two (6) teachers. That leaves eighteen (14) more to come. Remember that they are due to me by Friday so I can sign them and we can get them copied and back to you to place in report cards. The letter(s) can be found on the Shared Volume. Please refer to previous days postings for the links you need to access them.
10. Don't forget to sign up for your review conference A schedule has been placed on the bulletin board in the lounge.
11. Ms. Clodfelter and I will be off-campus tomorrow morning from 7:30-9:00 at a Zone 5/6 Advisory Council meeting at Brunson Elementary.
12. Now is the time to assess your students' second quarter performance and determine what needs to be done differently. SIT will be dealing with this issue on Tuesday. Remember in providing input to SIT, determine what you will change to assist your struggling students before you determine what others need to change to assist theirs.
13. Congratualtions to Ms. Goliszek and her class for the job they did participating in the Writing Wiki with the Department of Technology. Emory was very happy and impressed. It's great to see our technology classes in action.
14. Please keep Nurse Ginny and her family in your thoughts and prayers. Her father is hospitalized in Danville due to a serious stroke.
15. Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.
Gallagher
I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
J. D. Salinger (1919 - )
The entire economy of the Western world is built on things that cause cancer.
From the 1985 movie "Bliss"
Communism is like one big phone company.
Lenny Bruce (1923 - 1966)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
AM Announcements - January 27
AM Announcements
January 27, 2010
1. Today is Day 94.
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: January 27
Elementary Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Reichert ofrf-campus after 3:15 PM.
Thursday: January 28
Parent Conference - 10:00-11:00 - Powell/Reichert/Bigham
Friday: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. We are currently at 248 gallons.
8. Student Council is collecting Pasta this month for Samaritan Ministries. There is a box located in Room 3. They are also asking for staff participation in the talent show. If you would like to sign-up please notify Ms. Cathy Smith or Ms. Fletcher. Time is short!
9. Please remember that Report Cards go home next Monday. Any student in danger of not being promoted at the end of the year should receive a letter notifying their parents that they are in danger of not being promoted. The letter(s) for students in grades K-2,4 can be found on the Shared Volume.
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > Retention Letter Q2 - 2010 with Spanish
The letter(s) for grades 3 and 5 can be found on the Shared Volume. The paths for each grade are listed below. The English version is on the top and the Spanish version is beneath it.
Grade 3:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM3-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 3 a 09-10
Grade 5:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM5-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 5 a 09-10
After you have filled them out, please give them to me to sign before giving them to Ms. Rhodes to copy. Do not wait until next Monday to give me the letters. I need them by this Friday. Once they are copied, place a copy in their CUM folder and keep one for your records. Every year we have a parent who says that they were never notified their child was in danger. These letters serve as our documentation that they were notified. We will send out letters after the third quarter as well. The same procedure should be followed. Those letters will also be placed on the Shared Volume prior to report cards being sent out.
10. Just a reminder to all staff members that the work day begins at 7:15 AM. All teachers and staff should be in the building and ready for work at 7:15 AM unless they have cleared their arrival with an administrator.
11. A schedule has been placed on the bulletin board in the lounge for review conferences. Please sign up.
12. Each Thursday we receive two bundles of the Winston-Salem Chronicle. These sit in the lounge until they are placed in the recycling bin on the following Thursday. This is a waste of a valuable resource. Unless we have individuals who would like to use this tool in their classrooms, we are going to call the Chronicle and ask them to discontinue delivery. It is not fair to them to donate these to us only to have us throw them away becasue they are not being used. Please let me know by e-mail if you would like to use these in your classroom. We'll make sure they are delivered to your room each week.
13. Special "Thanks" to Ms. Dagenbach and her daughter who donated the gently used microwave in the lounge. We really appreciate them thinking of us.
14. I have an appointment this afternoon and will be leaving around 3:15 PM. If you need to see me, please do so before that time.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970)
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Cullen Hightower
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
January 27, 2010
1. Today is Day 94.
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: January 27
Elementary Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Reichert ofrf-campus after 3:15 PM.
Thursday: January 28
Parent Conference - 10:00-11:00 - Powell/Reichert/Bigham
Friday: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. We are currently at 248 gallons.
8. Student Council is collecting Pasta this month for Samaritan Ministries. There is a box located in Room 3. They are also asking for staff participation in the talent show. If you would like to sign-up please notify Ms. Cathy Smith or Ms. Fletcher. Time is short!
9. Please remember that Report Cards go home next Monday. Any student in danger of not being promoted at the end of the year should receive a letter notifying their parents that they are in danger of not being promoted. The letter(s) for students in grades K-2,4 can be found on the Shared Volume.
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > Retention Letter Q2 - 2010 with Spanish
The letter(s) for grades 3 and 5 can be found on the Shared Volume. The paths for each grade are listed below. The English version is on the top and the Spanish version is beneath it.
Grade 3:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM3-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 3 a 09-10
Grade 5:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM5-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 5 a 09-10
After you have filled them out, please give them to me to sign before giving them to Ms. Rhodes to copy. Do not wait until next Monday to give me the letters. I need them by this Friday. Once they are copied, place a copy in their CUM folder and keep one for your records. Every year we have a parent who says that they were never notified their child was in danger. These letters serve as our documentation that they were notified. We will send out letters after the third quarter as well. The same procedure should be followed. Those letters will also be placed on the Shared Volume prior to report cards being sent out.
10. Just a reminder to all staff members that the work day begins at 7:15 AM. All teachers and staff should be in the building and ready for work at 7:15 AM unless they have cleared their arrival with an administrator.
11. A schedule has been placed on the bulletin board in the lounge for review conferences. Please sign up.
12. Each Thursday we receive two bundles of the Winston-Salem Chronicle. These sit in the lounge until they are placed in the recycling bin on the following Thursday. This is a waste of a valuable resource. Unless we have individuals who would like to use this tool in their classrooms, we are going to call the Chronicle and ask them to discontinue delivery. It is not fair to them to donate these to us only to have us throw them away becasue they are not being used. Please let me know by e-mail if you would like to use these in your classroom. We'll make sure they are delivered to your room each week.
13. Special "Thanks" to Ms. Dagenbach and her daughter who donated the gently used microwave in the lounge. We really appreciate them thinking of us.
14. I have an appointment this afternoon and will be leaving around 3:15 PM. If you need to see me, please do so before that time.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score?
Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970)
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Cullen Hightower
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life.
George Burns (1896 - 1996)
Monday, January 25, 2010
AM Announcements - January 26
AM Announcements
January 26, 2010
1. Today is Day 93.
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: January 26
Equity+ Principals' meeting - Hill Middle School - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
LWS Education Day meeting - 4:00-5:30 - Copperrating Teacher Orientation
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: January 27
Elementary Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Thursday: January 28
Parent Conference - 10:00-11:00 - Powell/Reichert and Bigham
Friday: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. We are currently at 198 gallons.
8. Student Council is collecting Pasta this month for Samaritan Ministries. There is a box located in Room 3. They are also asking for staff participation in the talent show. If you would like to sign-up please notify Ms. Cathy Smith or Ms. Fletcher.
9. Please remember that Report Cards go home next Monday. Any student in danger of not being promoted at the end of the year should receive a letter notifying their parents that they are in danger of not being promoted. The letter(s) for students in grades K-2,4 can be found on the Shared Volume.
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > Retention Letter Q2 - 2010 with Spanish
The letter(s) for grades 3 and 5 can be found on the Shared Volume. The paths for each grade are listed below. The English version is on the top and the Spanish version is beneath it.
Grade 3:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM3-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 3 a 09-10
Grade 5:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM5-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 5 a 09-10
After you have filled them out, please give them to me to sign before giving them to Ms. Rhodes to copy. Do not wait until next Monday to give me the letters. I need them by this Friday. Once they are copied, place a copy in their CUM folder and keep one for your records. Every year we have a parent who says that they were never notified their child was in danger. These letters serve as our documentation that they were notified. We will send out letters after the third quarter as well. The same procedure should be followed. Those letters will also be placed on the Shared Volume prior to report cards being sent out.
10. Today is the first day of the third quarter. Everyone starts off at the same point.
11. A schedule has been placed on the bulletin board in the lounge for review conferences. Please sign up. Bring a listing of the students you are most concerned about and include what changes you are going to make to address their specific needs.
12. If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Dean Martin
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947)
January 26, 2010
1. Today is Day 93.
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: January 26
Equity+ Principals' meeting - Hill Middle School - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
Technology Staff Development - 2:40-4:15
LWS Education Day meeting - 4:00-5:30 - Copperrating Teacher Orientation
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday: January 27
Elementary Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Thursday: January 28
Parent Conference - 10:00-11:00 - Powell/Reichert and Bigham
Friday: January 29
Zone 5/6 Advisory Council Meeting - 7:30-9:00 - Brunson Elem. - Ms. Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Box Tops for Education due
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/01- Report Cards go home
b. 02/02 - SIT meets
c. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 02/12 - Pastries for Grandparents
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. We are currently at 198 gallons.
8. Student Council is collecting Pasta this month for Samaritan Ministries. There is a box located in Room 3. They are also asking for staff participation in the talent show. If you would like to sign-up please notify Ms. Cathy Smith or Ms. Fletcher.
9. Please remember that Report Cards go home next Monday. Any student in danger of not being promoted at the end of the year should receive a letter notifying their parents that they are in danger of not being promoted. The letter(s) for students in grades K-2,4 can be found on the Shared Volume.
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > Retention Letter Q2 - 2010 with Spanish
The letter(s) for grades 3 and 5 can be found on the Shared Volume. The paths for each grade are listed below. The English version is on the top and the Spanish version is beneath it.
Grade 3:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM3-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 3 a 09-10
Grade 5:
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > PossRetenPAR L-1SEM5-GR - 09-10
Data on '530dc01' (S:) > StaffShare > Letters to Parents > SPPARLETTER1stSEM 5 a 09-10
After you have filled them out, please give them to me to sign before giving them to Ms. Rhodes to copy. Do not wait until next Monday to give me the letters. I need them by this Friday. Once they are copied, place a copy in their CUM folder and keep one for your records. Every year we have a parent who says that they were never notified their child was in danger. These letters serve as our documentation that they were notified. We will send out letters after the third quarter as well. The same procedure should be followed. Those letters will also be placed on the Shared Volume prior to report cards being sent out.
10. Today is the first day of the third quarter. Everyone starts off at the same point.
11. A schedule has been placed on the bulletin board in the lounge for review conferences. Please sign up. Bring a listing of the students you are most concerned about and include what changes you are going to make to address their specific needs.
12. If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Dean Martin
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.
Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947)
Friday, January 22, 2010
AM Announcements - January 22
AM Announcements
January 22, 2010
1. Today is Day 91.
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: January 22
EOQ testing ends
Dollar Dress Down Day
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. Make sure that you remind your students that the only water we can accept is unopened water purchased from a store. They cannot fill up a bottle and bring it.
8. Please notify all Safety Patrol members to turn in their badges and belts to Ms. Powell by 12:00 PM tomorrow.
9. Please remember to stay in your classroom at the end of the day until the bell has rung for your grade levels. The bell for K-2 is at 2:15 and for 3-5 is at 2:20.
10. More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
Woody Allen (1935 - ), My Speech to the Graduates
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
Steven Wright (1955 - )
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Charles Wadsworth
January 22, 2010
1. Today is Day 91.
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: January 22
EOQ testing ends
Dollar Dress Down Day
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. Make sure that you remind your students that the only water we can accept is unopened water purchased from a store. They cannot fill up a bottle and bring it.
8. Please notify all Safety Patrol members to turn in their badges and belts to Ms. Powell by 12:00 PM tomorrow.
9. Please remember to stay in your classroom at the end of the day until the bell has rung for your grade levels. The bell for K-2 is at 2:15 and for 3-5 is at 2:20.
10. More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
Woody Allen (1935 - ), My Speech to the Graduates
I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place.
Steven Wright (1955 - )
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
Charles Wadsworth
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
AM Announcements - January 21
AM Announcements
January 21, 2010
1. Today is Day 90.
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: January 21
EOQ Testing continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Moreno-Castro Pre-K meeting in the art room - 12:30-1:30
LEA Representatives' meeting - Board Auditorium - 3:30-5:00 - Powell and Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - Room 369 - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: January 22
EOQ testing ends
Dollar Dress Down Day
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. I want to tthank Mr. Cokley and all the other people who assisted with dismissal yesterday under very difficult circumstances. Ms. Powell told me that everything went very smoothly.
8. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. In one day we raised 76 gallons of water. Please remind your students to bring only unopened bottles of water purchased from the store.
9. Ms. Powell and I will be off-campus this afternoon at Central Office. We will both be attending the LEA Representatives' training meeting from 3:30-5:00 and I also have Staff Policy Committee from 4:00-5:00.
10. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria at 2:00 p.m. today with their things for a brief meeting.
11. Ms. Moreno-Castro will be using the art room this afternoon from 12:30-1:30 for a Pre-K parent meeting.
12. Remind your students that tomorrow is a Dollar Dress Down Day.
13. As I walk around the building I am seeing increasing use of cell phones/Blackberries/i-Phones during the work day while individuals are supposed to be working with children. Out of concern over interruptions and the loss of instructional time, the office only sends "emergency" calls to classrooms. Messages are taken instead and are placed in your boxes. This procedure grew out of concerns expressed by the faculty about the loss of instructional time. The same concern does not appear to transfer to personal cell phone calls, direct connects and e-mails. One understands the occasional "emergency" use of a cell phone. The question remains as to how many "emergencies" an individual can have in the course of a day
14. I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)
The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful
Frederick Locker-Lampson
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
unknown, Popular Mechanics, March 1949
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)
January 21, 2010
1. Today is Day 90.
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: January 21
EOQ Testing continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Moreno-Castro Pre-K meeting in the art room - 12:30-1:30
LEA Representatives' meeting - Board Auditorium - 3:30-5:00 - Powell and Reichert off-campus
Staff Policy Committee meeting - Room 369 - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
Friday: January 22
EOQ testing ends
Dollar Dress Down Day
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. I want to tthank Mr. Cokley and all the other people who assisted with dismissal yesterday under very difficult circumstances. Ms. Powell told me that everything went very smoothly.
8. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people. In one day we raised 76 gallons of water. Please remind your students to bring only unopened bottles of water purchased from the store.
9. Ms. Powell and I will be off-campus this afternoon at Central Office. We will both be attending the LEA Representatives' training meeting from 3:30-5:00 and I also have Staff Policy Committee from 4:00-5:00.
10. Student Council Members need to meet in the cafeteria at 2:00 p.m. today with their things for a brief meeting.
11. Ms. Moreno-Castro will be using the art room this afternoon from 12:30-1:30 for a Pre-K parent meeting.
12. Remind your students that tomorrow is a Dollar Dress Down Day.
13. As I walk around the building I am seeing increasing use of cell phones/Blackberries/i-Phones during the work day while individuals are supposed to be working with children. Out of concern over interruptions and the loss of instructional time, the office only sends "emergency" calls to classrooms. Messages are taken instead and are placed in your boxes. This procedure grew out of concerns expressed by the faculty about the loss of instructional time. The same concern does not appear to transfer to personal cell phone calls, direct connects and e-mails. One understands the occasional "emergency" use of a cell phone. The question remains as to how many "emergencies" an individual can have in the course of a day
14. I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)
The world's as ugly as sin, and almost as delightful
Frederick Locker-Lampson
Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
unknown, Popular Mechanics, March 1949
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
C. P. Snow (1905 - 1980)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
AM Announcements - January 20
AM Announcements
January 20, 2010
1. Today is Day 89.
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: January 20
LWS - Education Day Committee - 12:00-1:00 - Reichert off-campus
EOQ Testing continues
Curriculum Coordinators meeting - Marston off-campus -11:30-3:30
Thursday: January 21
EOQ Testing continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Moreno-Castro Pre-K meeting in the art room - 12:30-1:30
Friday: January 22
EOQ testing ends
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Since we began EOQ testing on Friday, I need to remind test administrators and proctors of certain protocols that must be followed. a. Use of cell phones, Blackberries or any other electronic communication devices is strictly forbidden. b. There can be no reading of books, magazines or any other type of print material during the testing session by anyone. c. Administrators and proctors are to be up on their feet and circulating through the room constantly during the test.
8. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people.
9. I will be off-campus today from 11:45-12:15 at a Leadership Winston-Salem Education Day sub-committee meeting at the Career Center.
10. Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966), Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976)
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy (1789)
January 20, 2010
1. Today is Day 89.
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: January 20
LWS - Education Day Committee - 12:00-1:00 - Reichert off-campus
EOQ Testing continues
Curriculum Coordinators meeting - Marston off-campus -11:30-3:30
Thursday: January 21
EOQ Testing continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Moreno-Castro Pre-K meeting in the art room - 12:30-1:30
Friday: January 22
EOQ testing ends
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Since we began EOQ testing on Friday, I need to remind test administrators and proctors of certain protocols that must be followed. a. Use of cell phones, Blackberries or any other electronic communication devices is strictly forbidden. b. There can be no reading of books, magazines or any other type of print material during the testing session by anyone. c. Administrators and proctors are to be up on their feet and circulating through the room constantly during the test.
8. We are counting on all our staff members supporting the effort to donate 5000 gallons of water to the American Red Cross. It will make a tremendous difference in the lives of the Haitian people.
9. I will be off-campus today from 11:45-12:15 at a Leadership Winston-Salem Education Day sub-committee meeting at the Career Center.
10. Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966), Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976)
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy (1789)
Friday, January 15, 2010
AM Announcements - January 19
AM Announcements
January 19, 2010
1. Today is Day 88.
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: January 19
EOQ Testing continues
Marzano Staff Development - 2:40-4:00
Wednesday: January 20
EOQ Testing continues
Curriculum Coordinators meeting - Marston off-campus -11:30-3:30
Thursday: January 21
EOQ Testing continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Moreno-Castro Pre-K meeting in the art room - 12:30-1:30
Friday: January 22
EOQ testing ends
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Since we began EOQ testing on Friday, I need to remind test administrators and proctors of certain protocols that must be followed. a. Use of cell phones, Blackberries or any other electronic communication devices is strictly forbidden. They should be turned off prior to the beginning of the testing session and turned on only after test booklets have been turned in to the testing coordinator. b. There can be no reading of books, magazines or any other type of print material during the testing session by students, administrators or proctors. c. Administrators and proctors are to be up on their feet and circulating through the room constantly during the test. They are not to sit down for any reason. They must cover the entire room as they circulate. They cannot divde the room up and have one individual cover one half while the other covers the other half.
8. The North Carolina Teacher Academy is developing a research-based program for Instructional Coaches. It will include multiple sessions on a variety of topics that will lead to add-on licensure for individuals completing the process.
There are several titles and job descriptions that are being used for teachers who are serving in these fulltime released positions – literacy specialist, lead teacher, literacy coach, instructional coach, instructional facilitator, curriculum facilitator, to name a few.
If you are currently employed fulltime in this capacity, they would like to invite you to participate in the program. Please see Dr. Reichert for a registration form and return by email to the NC Teacher Academy office no later than February 10, 2010.
9. There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.
Samuel McChord Crothers, The Gentle Reader
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
January 19, 2010
1. Today is Day 88.
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: January 19
EOQ Testing continues
Marzano Staff Development - 2:40-4:00
Wednesday: January 20
EOQ Testing continues
Curriculum Coordinators meeting - Marston off-campus -11:30-3:30
Thursday: January 21
EOQ Testing continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Moreno-Castro Pre-K meeting in the art room - 12:30-1:30
Friday: January 22
EOQ testing ends
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
b. 01/26 - Technology Staff-Development
c. 01/29 - Box Tops for Education due
d. 02/01 - Report Cards go home
e. 02/02 - SIT meets
f. 02/05 - Honor Roll Assembly
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Since we began EOQ testing on Friday, I need to remind test administrators and proctors of certain protocols that must be followed. a. Use of cell phones, Blackberries or any other electronic communication devices is strictly forbidden. They should be turned off prior to the beginning of the testing session and turned on only after test booklets have been turned in to the testing coordinator. b. There can be no reading of books, magazines or any other type of print material during the testing session by students, administrators or proctors. c. Administrators and proctors are to be up on their feet and circulating through the room constantly during the test. They are not to sit down for any reason. They must cover the entire room as they circulate. They cannot divde the room up and have one individual cover one half while the other covers the other half.
8. The North Carolina Teacher Academy is developing a research-based program for Instructional Coaches. It will include multiple sessions on a variety of topics that will lead to add-on licensure for individuals completing the process.
There are several titles and job descriptions that are being used for teachers who are serving in these fulltime released positions – literacy specialist, lead teacher, literacy coach, instructional coach, instructional facilitator, curriculum facilitator, to name a few.
If you are currently employed fulltime in this capacity, they would like to invite you to participate in the program. Please see Dr. Reichert for a registration form and return by email to the NC Teacher Academy office no later than February 10, 2010.
9. There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
The gods too are fond of a joke.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.
Samuel McChord Crothers, The Gentle Reader
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong.
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
AM Announcements - January 15
AM Announcements
January 15, 2010
1. Today is Day 87.
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: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
All classified teacher assistants leave 30 minutes early
Mr. Ireland leaves @ 1:00
Mr. Cokley leaves @ 5:00
Mrs. Higgins leaves @ 1:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves @ 3:00
Ms. Rhodes comes in @ 9:30
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Ms. Powell and I will be off-campus this morning at a Move meeting from 8:00-9:00 AM.
8. Tianna Wilson's self-portrait was printed in January's issue of Forsyth Family Magazine. Her artwork can be found on pg. 68 of the issue. We also have artwork from three students that Ms. Laney chose for the Salem College Art Exhibit. She picked Dante Wise (Miller), Taylor Thomas (Jewell), and Kyja Falks(Kooken). Their artwork will be displayed at the Salem College's Fine Arts Gallery from January 13th-February 3rd. There is a reception on Sunday January 31st at 3:00 PM.
9. We got the filing cabinets and table we discussed in the staff meeting yesterday. I dion't know when they will be delivered but I'll keep you informed. Please send me an e-mail if you were one of the requestors.
10. The following Student Council Members will need to meet in the front lobby tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. They will be returning back to school no later than 12:45 p.m.
Avery Deney, Cameron Parker, Nikeyta Parker, Christopher McClurkin, Kaycee Adkins, John McClurkin,
Sakura Walters, Caryn Fletcher, Christa Fletcher, Chloe Fletcher, Tianna Wilson, Tierra Wilson, Deyani Cole, Jayshon Cornelius, Daniela Hernandez, Jerry Hernandez,Damani Campbell-Hughes
11. Monday, January 18 is Martin Luther King holiday. Therefore, all classified teacher assistants will get an hour early release today eaving 30 minutes early. Mr. Ireland, Mr. Cokley, Mrs. Higgins, Ms. Fletcher & Ms. Rhodes will take their hour on Friday, 1/15.
12. Please remind your students that there is no school on Monday.
13. Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925)
January 15, 2010
1. Today is Day 87.
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: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
All classified teacher assistants leave 30 minutes early
Mr. Ireland leaves @ 1:00
Mr. Cokley leaves @ 5:00
Mrs. Higgins leaves @ 1:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves @ 3:00
Ms. Rhodes comes in @ 9:30
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate. You can join them in donating books as well.
7. Ms. Powell and I will be off-campus this morning at a Move meeting from 8:00-9:00 AM.
8. Tianna Wilson's self-portrait was printed in January's issue of Forsyth Family Magazine. Her artwork can be found on pg. 68 of the issue. We also have artwork from three students that Ms. Laney chose for the Salem College Art Exhibit. She picked Dante Wise (Miller), Taylor Thomas (Jewell), and Kyja Falks(Kooken). Their artwork will be displayed at the Salem College's Fine Arts Gallery from January 13th-February 3rd. There is a reception on Sunday January 31st at 3:00 PM.
9. We got the filing cabinets and table we discussed in the staff meeting yesterday. I dion't know when they will be delivered but I'll keep you informed. Please send me an e-mail if you were one of the requestors.
10. The following Student Council Members will need to meet in the front lobby tomorrow at 10:45 a.m. They will be returning back to school no later than 12:45 p.m.
Avery Deney, Cameron Parker, Nikeyta Parker, Christopher McClurkin, Kaycee Adkins, John McClurkin,
Sakura Walters, Caryn Fletcher, Christa Fletcher, Chloe Fletcher, Tianna Wilson, Tierra Wilson, Deyani Cole, Jayshon Cornelius, Daniela Hernandez, Jerry Hernandez,Damani Campbell-Hughes
11. Monday, January 18 is Martin Luther King holiday. Therefore, all classified teacher assistants will get an hour early release today eaving 30 minutes early. Mr. Ireland, Mr. Cokley, Mrs. Higgins, Ms. Fletcher & Ms. Rhodes will take their hour on Friday, 1/15.
12. Please remind your students that there is no school on Monday.
13. Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925)
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
AM Announcements - January 14
AM Announcements
January 14, 2010
1. Today is Day 86.
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: January 14
Reichert off-campus all day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
All classified teacher assistants leave 30 minutes early
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
All classified teacher assistants leave 30 minutes early
Mr. Ireland leaves @ 1:00
Mr. Cokley leaves @ 5:00
Mrs. Higgins leaves @ 1:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves @ 3:00
Ms. Rhodes comes in @ 9:30
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
7. Dr. Reichert came through his surgery fine yesterday. He is recovering at home and plans to be back aggravating us on Friday.
8. Tianna Wilson's self-portrait was printed in January's issue of Forsyth Family Magazine. Her artwork can be found on pg. 68 of the issue. We also have artwork from three students that Ms. Laney chose for the Salem College Art Exhibit. She picked Dante Wise (Miller), Taylor Thomas (Jewell), and Kyja Falks(Kooken). Their artwork will be displayed at the Salem College's Fine Arts Gallery from January 13th-February 3rd. There is a reception on Sunday January 31st at 3:00 PM.
9. We got the filing cabinets and table we discussed in the staff meeting yesterday. I dion't know when they will be delivered but I'll keep you informed. Please send me an e-mail if you were one of the requestors.
10. Please remember to be packing up and discarding any items you have not used in the past 3 years. This especially applies to 5th, 4th, Ms. Smutek & Ms. Laney.
11. Monday, January 18 is Martin Luther King holiday. Therefore, all classified teacher assistants will get an hour early release beginning Thursday, 1/14 leaving 30 minutes early and Friday, 1/15 leaving 30 minutes early. Mr. Ireland, Mr. Cokley, Mrs. Higgins, Ms. Fletcher & Ms. Rhodes will take their hour on Friday, 1/15.
12. Today's Quotes:
Things are only impossible until they're not. Jean-Luc Picard, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport. George Winters
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. John Ciardi (1916 - 1986)
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
January 14, 2010
1. Today is Day 86.
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: January 14
Reichert off-campus all day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
All classified teacher assistants leave 30 minutes early
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
All classified teacher assistants leave 30 minutes early
Mr. Ireland leaves @ 1:00
Mr. Cokley leaves @ 5:00
Mrs. Higgins leaves @ 1:30
Ms. Fletcher leaves @ 3:00
Ms. Rhodes comes in @ 9:30
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
7. Dr. Reichert came through his surgery fine yesterday. He is recovering at home and plans to be back aggravating us on Friday.
8. Tianna Wilson's self-portrait was printed in January's issue of Forsyth Family Magazine. Her artwork can be found on pg. 68 of the issue. We also have artwork from three students that Ms. Laney chose for the Salem College Art Exhibit. She picked Dante Wise (Miller), Taylor Thomas (Jewell), and Kyja Falks(Kooken). Their artwork will be displayed at the Salem College's Fine Arts Gallery from January 13th-February 3rd. There is a reception on Sunday January 31st at 3:00 PM.
9. We got the filing cabinets and table we discussed in the staff meeting yesterday. I dion't know when they will be delivered but I'll keep you informed. Please send me an e-mail if you were one of the requestors.
10. Please remember to be packing up and discarding any items you have not used in the past 3 years. This especially applies to 5th, 4th, Ms. Smutek & Ms. Laney.
11. Monday, January 18 is Martin Luther King holiday. Therefore, all classified teacher assistants will get an hour early release beginning Thursday, 1/14 leaving 30 minutes early and Friday, 1/15 leaving 30 minutes early. Mr. Ireland, Mr. Cokley, Mrs. Higgins, Ms. Fletcher & Ms. Rhodes will take their hour on Friday, 1/15.
12. Today's Quotes:
Things are only impossible until they're not. Jean-Luc Picard, 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport. George Winters
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. John Ciardi (1916 - 1986)
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
AM Announcements - January 13
AM Announcements
January 13, 2010
1. Today is Day 85.
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: January 13
Reichert off-campus after 10:30 AM.
Thursday: January 14
Reichert off-campus aall day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
7. Thanks to Ms. Schwabe for monitoring A's and Bees Tutoring last night. It was greatly appreciated.
8. Tianna Wilson's self-portrait was printed in January's issue of Forsyth Family Magazine. Her artwork can be found on pg. 68 of the issue. We also have artwork from three students that Ms. Laney chose for the Salem College Art Exhibit. She picked Dante Wise (Miller), Taylor Thomas (Jewell), and Kyja Falks(Kooken). Their artwork will be displayed at the Salem College's Fine Arts Gallery from January 13th-February 3rd. There is a reception on Sunday January 31st at 3:00 PM.
9. We got the filing cabinets and table we discussed in the staff meeting yesterday. I dion't know when they will be delivered but I'll keep you informed. Please send me an e-mail if you were one of the requestors.
10. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999), "Catch-22"
Oregano is the spice of life.
Henry J. Tillman
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Gail Godwin
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
January 13, 2010
1. Today is Day 85.
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: January 13
Reichert off-campus after 10:30 AM.
Thursday: January 14
Reichert off-campus aall day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
7. Thanks to Ms. Schwabe for monitoring A's and Bees Tutoring last night. It was greatly appreciated.
8. Tianna Wilson's self-portrait was printed in January's issue of Forsyth Family Magazine. Her artwork can be found on pg. 68 of the issue. We also have artwork from three students that Ms. Laney chose for the Salem College Art Exhibit. She picked Dante Wise (Miller), Taylor Thomas (Jewell), and Kyja Falks(Kooken). Their artwork will be displayed at the Salem College's Fine Arts Gallery from January 13th-February 3rd. There is a reception on Sunday January 31st at 3:00 PM.
9. We got the filing cabinets and table we discussed in the staff meeting yesterday. I dion't know when they will be delivered but I'll keep you informed. Please send me an e-mail if you were one of the requestors.
10. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Joseph Heller (1923 - 1999), "Catch-22"
Oregano is the spice of life.
Henry J. Tillman
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
Gail Godwin
To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
Monday, January 11, 2010
AM Announcements - January 12
AM Announcements
January 12, 2010
1. Today is Day 84.
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: January 12
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
School Board meeting - 6:00 PM - Speas recognized as a Signature School - (Mincer, Linville, Miller, Powell and Reichert)
Wednesday: January 13
Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: January 14
Reichert off-campus aall day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
7. Tonight Speas will be recognized at the Board of Education meeting for being selected as a Piedmont Triad Signature School. Ms. Linville, Ms. Miller, Ms. Mincer and Ms. Powell and I will be in attendance. It is supposed to be the first thing opn the agenda right at 6:00 PM. It will be televised on Cable 2.
8. Since both Ms. Powell and I will be downtown, I need a volun teer to be here to monitor A's and Bees tutoring at 6:00 PM. If you can help out until I can get here, just let me know. Thanks.
9. The fourth and fifth grade AG classes will travel to Hanes Midddle School today for a tour.
10. I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.
Joey Bishop (1918 - )
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
January 12, 2010
1. Today is Day 84.
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: January 12
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
School Board meeting - 6:00 PM - Speas recognized as a Signature School - (Mincer, Linville, Miller, Powell and Reichert)
Wednesday: January 13
Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: January 14
Reichert off-campus aall day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
7. Tonight Speas will be recognized at the Board of Education meeting for being selected as a Piedmont Triad Signature School. Ms. Linville, Ms. Miller, Ms. Mincer and Ms. Powell and I will be in attendance. It is supposed to be the first thing opn the agenda right at 6:00 PM. It will be televised on Cable 2.
8. Since both Ms. Powell and I will be downtown, I need a volun teer to be here to monitor A's and Bees tutoring at 6:00 PM. If you can help out until I can get here, just let me know. Thanks.
9. The fourth and fifth grade AG classes will travel to Hanes Midddle School today for a tour.
10. I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
Today you can go to a gas station and find the cash register open and the toilets locked. They must think toilet paper is worth more than money.
Joey Bishop (1918 - )
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything - or nothing.
Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)
Friday, January 8, 2010
AM Announcements: January 11
AM Announcements
January 11, 2010
1. Today is Day 83.
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: January 11
Interim Reports go home
Access Training - 8:30-4:00 - Ms. Marston off-campus
LWS Education Committee - 4:00-5:30 - Career Center Conference Room - Reichert off-campus
H1N1 Shots available downtown - 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday: January 12
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
School Board meeting - 6:00 PM - Speas recognized as a Signature School - (Mincer, Linville, Miller, Powell and Reichert)
Wednesday: January 13
Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: January 14
Reichert off-campus aall day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. H1N1 Flu Shots for Employees, Retirees, and Dependents who are covered by State Health Plan are available today from 7:30 AM until 7:00 PM at the Administrative Center - 3rd Floor Auditorium. Please bring your insurance card. No Registration is required. Children under 10 must see their doctor for shots. Dependents between 10 and 17 must have a parent present to receive a flu shot. Employees and dependents not covered by Insurance may pay $15.00 for the shot. No credit cards will be accepted.
7. I will be out this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Ms Powell will cover things during my absence.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. As teachers need more boxes for packing, just ask Mr. Ireland. He will provide them.
10. Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
Mark B. Cohen
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), The Road Not Taken
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
Stephen King (1947 - )
January 11, 2010
1. Today is Day 83.
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: January 11
Interim Reports go home
Access Training - 8:30-4:00 - Ms. Marston off-campus
LWS Education Committee - 4:00-5:30 - Career Center Conference Room - Reichert off-campus
H1N1 Shots available downtown - 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday: January 12
Staff Meeting - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
School Board meeting - 6:00 PM - Speas recognized as a Signature School - (Mincer, Linville, Miller, Powell and Reichert)
Wednesday: January 13
Reichert off-campus all day
Thursday: January 14
Reichert off-campus aall day
Elementary Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Friday: January 15
EOQ testing begin - Grade 5 - Science
Move Meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Room #169 - Reichert and Powell off-campus
SolEd. Meeting - 3:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
b. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
c. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. H1N1 Flu Shots for Employees, Retirees, and Dependents who are covered by State Health Plan are available today from 7:30 AM until 7:00 PM at the Administrative Center - 3rd Floor Auditorium. Please bring your insurance card. No Registration is required. Children under 10 must see their doctor for shots. Dependents between 10 and 17 must have a parent present to receive a flu shot. Employees and dependents not covered by Insurance may pay $15.00 for the shot. No credit cards will be accepted.
7. I will be out this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Ms Powell will cover things during my absence.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. As teachers need more boxes for packing, just ask Mr. Ireland. He will provide them.
10. Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
Mark B. Cohen
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), The Road Not Taken
The road to hell is paved with adverbs.
Stephen King (1947 - )
Thursday, January 7, 2010
AM Announcements: January 08
AM Announcements
January 08, 2010
1. Today is Day 82.
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: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. In the upcoming weeks around January 18, the last 12 parking spaces in the front lot from the gym to the drain at the cafeteria will be blocked off for about a week while they make connections between the building site and the water mains. We will lose approximately 12-13 parking spaces. Individuals who normally park there should park on the lower lot along Polo Rd. between the middle and far entrances. We will send out a reminder based upon the progress they make. The tentative start date for this is January 18.
7. According to the construction plan, the drainage work will be completed this week and next week they will install the playground equipment and prepare the site for children. Also look for the pod to be brought on site in about two weeks. It will not be serviceable until the first part of March at the earliest. As soon as we can move in we will begin the process one room at a time. We are having a construction dumpseter brought in to help in the removal of everything you are going to throw away. Boxes have been requested from several sources and as soon as they arrive, it would be a good idea to start tossing the stuff you don't use and packing the stuff you do. Remember that you can't throw out school purchased equipment, supplies and materials without following a process. Please see me if you want to discard anything purchased with school funds.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. The warehouse is sending over a skid of boxes for us to use packing for the move. These will be distributed among the teachers in the back building. When you are ready to pack, let Mr. Ireland know and he will tape the boxes for you. These boxes will be recycled throughout the course of the move so we don't wantr to damage them.
10. Does anyone have a copy of the book 365 Penguins? Ms. Hoots is in need of a copy.
12. Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Bill Cosby (1937 - )
No good deed goes unpunished.
Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987)
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
William Wrigley Jr. (1861 - 1932)
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
January 08, 2010
1. Today is Day 82.
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: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter from the teacher. The application deadline is February 18.
6. In the upcoming weeks around January 18, the last 12 parking spaces in the front lot from the gym to the drain at the cafeteria will be blocked off for about a week while they make connections between the building site and the water mains. We will lose approximately 12-13 parking spaces. Individuals who normally park there should park on the lower lot along Polo Rd. between the middle and far entrances. We will send out a reminder based upon the progress they make. The tentative start date for this is January 18.
7. According to the construction plan, the drainage work will be completed this week and next week they will install the playground equipment and prepare the site for children. Also look for the pod to be brought on site in about two weeks. It will not be serviceable until the first part of March at the earliest. As soon as we can move in we will begin the process one room at a time. We are having a construction dumpseter brought in to help in the removal of everything you are going to throw away. Boxes have been requested from several sources and as soon as they arrive, it would be a good idea to start tossing the stuff you don't use and packing the stuff you do. Remember that you can't throw out school purchased equipment, supplies and materials without following a process. Please see me if you want to discard anything purchased with school funds.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. The warehouse is sending over a skid of boxes for us to use packing for the move. These will be distributed among the teachers in the back building. When you are ready to pack, let Mr. Ireland know and he will tape the boxes for you. These boxes will be recycled throughout the course of the move so we don't wantr to damage them.
10. Does anyone have a copy of the book 365 Penguins? Ms. Hoots is in need of a copy.
12. Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Bill Cosby (1937 - )
No good deed goes unpunished.
Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987)
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
William Wrigley Jr. (1861 - 1932)
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
AM Announcements: January 07
AM Announcements
January 07, 2010
1. Today is Day 81.
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
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. This summer camp for K-5 students works with math and science in a problem-based approach. The camp is free for all students. If you have students who would truly benefit from exposure to this kind of program, please consider discussing this with their parents. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter. The application deadline is February 18.
6. The protocol for outdoor Physical Education/Recess has been that temperatures between 32 degrees and 90 degrees are usually "safe" for Physical Education instruction or recess for elementary students. This cold snap has windchills at unusually low temperatures. Outdoor instruction needs to be decided using discretion, and temperatures AND windchill need to be regarded in that decision. Please let me know if there are questions. - Nancy Hoover - PE Program Manager, WSFCS
7. The forecast for today includes a chance of rain and snow showers with the snow coming after 4:00 PM. The latest forecast from the Weather Bureau is for an accumulation on up to 1/2 inch overnight. Please note item 10 below as it relates to school opening on a delay and the times staff members are to arrive.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. Please usae the form you received via e-mail to comment on the first draft of the new essential standards for English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Foreign Languages. Teacher feedback on these standards is a critical component of the curriculum review and revision process. DPI wants to know what you think..
The attached link is for English/Language Arts and Social Studies standards. English/Language Arts feedback forms may be emailed to jhcostello@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. Social studies feedback forms may be emailed to pgrant@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. The forms must be received by February 5.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2/
Leslie Baldwin will contact the foreign language teachers directly regarding the review and feedback.
10. The following concern was brought to TAC and this is the response from Panthea Briles, Dr. Martin's Executive Assistant.
CONCERN: I have concerns regarding how school delays impact staff arrival to their designated schools. . . .How is it unsafe for our students and bus drivers to be on the road, but safe for teachers, administrators, assistants, etc. who drive into work?
RESPONSE: The decision to delay school is made for a number of reasons - but paramount in this decision is the safety of students waiting at the bus stop - if there is some black ice for example, a car can lose control and hit a student on the side of the road. Student drivers have little or no experience looking out for black ice. Adults have more experience driving in these weather conditions. A school faculty and principal can decide to delay staff arrival on delayed school opening days, but the staff will still need to work 7 hours and 45 minutes and administrators and other employees shall work 8 hours. A staff could delay opening one hour on a two-hour-delay day and stay one hour later. The Board's Administrative Regulation 4115.1, Teacher Work Schedule, establishes the 7 hour 45 minute work day which requires time be made up when staff arrival is delayed.
Please refer to the Board's Administrative Regulation 4151.7 that applies when schools are closed due to inclement weather.
Comment: We have always said that the workday at Speas remains the same when there is a delay. The caveat is that no one should attempt to come to school if they believe it to be unsafe. They should delay their arrival in the interest of safety. They are expected, however, to stay later in order to get in the full work day of 7 hours 45 min. for certified staff and 8 hours for classiffied staff.
11. We want to thank Ms. Dagenbach and Ms. Laney for setting up an exhibit of Speas student artwork at the Reynolda Manor Public Library. Please drop by and take a look. It's free! Remind your children. They would love to see their creations hanging in a public space.
12. I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.
I. F. Stone (1907 - 1989)
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
David Sedaris, interview in Louisville Courier-Journal, June 5, 2005
January 07, 2010
1. Today is Day 81.
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
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. This summer camp for K-5 students works with math and science in a problem-based approach. The camp is free for all students. If you have students who would truly benefit from exposure to this kind of program, please consider discussing this with their parents. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter. The application deadline is February 18.
6. The protocol for outdoor Physical Education/Recess has been that temperatures between 32 degrees and 90 degrees are usually "safe" for Physical Education instruction or recess for elementary students. This cold snap has windchills at unusually low temperatures. Outdoor instruction needs to be decided using discretion, and temperatures AND windchill need to be regarded in that decision. Please let me know if there are questions. - Nancy Hoover - PE Program Manager, WSFCS
7. The forecast for today includes a chance of rain and snow showers with the snow coming after 4:00 PM. The latest forecast from the Weather Bureau is for an accumulation on up to 1/2 inch overnight. Please note item 10 below as it relates to school opening on a delay and the times staff members are to arrive.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. Please usae the form you received via e-mail to comment on the first draft of the new essential standards for English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Foreign Languages. Teacher feedback on these standards is a critical component of the curriculum review and revision process. DPI wants to know what you think..
The attached link is for English/Language Arts and Social Studies standards. English/Language Arts feedback forms may be emailed to jhcostello@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. Social studies feedback forms may be emailed to pgrant@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. The forms must be received by February 5.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2/
Leslie Baldwin will contact the foreign language teachers directly regarding the review and feedback.
10. The following concern was brought to TAC and this is the response from Panthea Briles, Dr. Martin's Executive Assistant.
CONCERN: I have concerns regarding how school delays impact staff arrival to their designated schools. . . .How is it unsafe for our students and bus drivers to be on the road, but safe for teachers, administrators, assistants, etc. who drive into work?
RESPONSE: The decision to delay school is made for a number of reasons - but paramount in this decision is the safety of students waiting at the bus stop - if there is some black ice for example, a car can lose control and hit a student on the side of the road. Student drivers have little or no experience looking out for black ice. Adults have more experience driving in these weather conditions. A school faculty and principal can decide to delay staff arrival on delayed school opening days, but the staff will still need to work 7 hours and 45 minutes and administrators and other employees shall work 8 hours. A staff could delay opening one hour on a two-hour-delay day and stay one hour later. The Board's Administrative Regulation 4115.1, Teacher Work Schedule, establishes the 7 hour 45 minute work day which requires time be made up when staff arrival is delayed.
Please refer to the Board's Administrative Regulation 4151.7 that applies when schools are closed due to inclement weather.
Comment: We have always said that the workday at Speas remains the same when there is a delay. The caveat is that no one should attempt to come to school if they believe it to be unsafe. They should delay their arrival in the interest of safety. They are expected, however, to stay later in order to get in the full work day of 7 hours 45 min. for certified staff and 8 hours for classiffied staff.
11. We want to thank Ms. Dagenbach and Ms. Laney for setting up an exhibit of Speas student artwork at the Reynolda Manor Public Library. Please drop by and take a look. It's free! Remind your children. They would love to see their creations hanging in a public space.
12. I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that!
Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)
If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.
I. F. Stone (1907 - 1989)
Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff into it.
David Sedaris, interview in Louisville Courier-Journal, June 5, 2005
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
AM Announcements - January 06
AM Announcements
January 06, 2010
1. Today is Day 80.
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: December 16
No items at this time
Thursday: December 17
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. This summer camp for K-5 students works with math and science in a problem-based approach. The camp is free for all students. If you have students who would truly benefit from exposure to this kind of program, please consider discussing this with their parents. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter. The application deadline is February 18.
6. The minutes of yesterday's SIT meeting can be found on the Shared Volume and are posted on our web site. For information on the discussion, please talk with your grade level/group representatives.
7. The results of the vote on taking January 25 off are as follows: Yes - 32 No - 1. As a result, individuals with annual leave available can use it on January 25.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the media center. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. NCDPI has recently completed the first draft of the new essential standards for English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Foreign Languages. Teacher feedback on these standards is a critical component of the curriculum review and revision process. They very much desire that each school has the opportunity to comment on the standards. NCDPI is committed to reading all suggestions submitted by each district.
The attached link is for teachers to view the English/Language Arts and Social Studies standards. I will send teachers a copy of the feedback form. Should you choose to offer your comments, complete the form by February 5, 2010. English/Language Arts feedback forms may be emailed to jhcostello@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. Social studies feedback forms may be emailed to pgrant@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. The data will be compiled and submitted to NCDPI by the February 15th deadline.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2/
Leslie Baldwin will contact the foreign language teachers directly regarding the review and feedback process.
10. It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
(1880 - 1956)
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men.
Russell P. Askue
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
10. Some classrooms cannot access the higher numbered channels on their TV's. If you are one of them, please let Ms. Childers know by sending her an e-mail today. Right now the only room we are certain of is room #14, Ms. Say's class.
11. The weather suggestions for outdoor play/recess say that temperatures between 32 and 90 degrees should be "safe" for children. The temperature today, Monday 1/4, is 32 or 33 currently, but the windchill is 19 or 20. Your discretion should be used in these circumstances.
12. Teachers whoparticipated in the step challenge should return their pedometers and step challenge recordings to the office by Wednesday afternoon. Behealthy School Kids staff will stop by on Thursday to pick up these items. Please use the bag for the pedometers and envelope for the recordings that Behealthy School Kids delivered to the office before the break. Thank you!
13. I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970)
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
William James (1842 - 1910)
Confusion is always the most honest response.
Marty Indik
January 06, 2010
1. Today is Day 80.
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: December 16
No items at this time
Thursday: December 17
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. CERTL applications are available from Ms. Rhodes. This summer camp for K-5 students works with math and science in a problem-based approach. The camp is free for all students. If you have students who would truly benefit from exposure to this kind of program, please consider discussing this with their parents. The parents must fill out an application and it must include a written teacher recommendation letter. The application deadline is February 18.
6. The minutes of yesterday's SIT meeting can be found on the Shared Volume and are posted on our web site. For information on the discussion, please talk with your grade level/group representatives.
7. The results of the vote on taking January 25 off are as follows: Yes - 32 No - 1. As a result, individuals with annual leave available can use it on January 25.
8. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the media center. Please encourage your students to participate.
9. NCDPI has recently completed the first draft of the new essential standards for English/Language Arts, Social Studies, and Foreign Languages. Teacher feedback on these standards is a critical component of the curriculum review and revision process. They very much desire that each school has the opportunity to comment on the standards. NCDPI is committed to reading all suggestions submitted by each district.
The attached link is for teachers to view the English/Language Arts and Social Studies standards. I will send teachers a copy of the feedback form. Should you choose to offer your comments, complete the form by February 5, 2010. English/Language Arts feedback forms may be emailed to jhcostello@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. Social studies feedback forms may be emailed to pgrant@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or sent to the Administrative Center through courier. The data will be compiled and submitted to NCDPI by the February 15th deadline.
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/phase2/
Leslie Baldwin will contact the foreign language teachers directly regarding the review and feedback process.
10. It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
(1880 - 1956)
Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men.
Russell P. Askue
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
10. Some classrooms cannot access the higher numbered channels on their TV's. If you are one of them, please let Ms. Childers know by sending her an e-mail today. Right now the only room we are certain of is room #14, Ms. Say's class.
11. The weather suggestions for outdoor play/recess say that temperatures between 32 and 90 degrees should be "safe" for children. The temperature today, Monday 1/4, is 32 or 33 currently, but the windchill is 19 or 20. Your discretion should be used in these circumstances.
12. Teachers whoparticipated in the step challenge should return their pedometers and step challenge recordings to the office by Wednesday afternoon. Behealthy School Kids staff will stop by on Thursday to pick up these items. Please use the bag for the pedometers and envelope for the recordings that Behealthy School Kids delivered to the office before the break. Thank you!
13. I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970)
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
William James (1842 - 1910)
Confusion is always the most honest response.
Marty Indik
Monday, January 4, 2010
AM Announcements - January 05
AM Announcements
January 05, 2010
1. Today is Day 79.
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: January 05
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
SIT - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
Meet Ms. Heyland and Ms. Logan - 6:00-8:00
Wednesday: December 16
No items at this time
Thursday: December 17
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. If you are a teacher in grades 2-5 and have not called two parents and invited them to bring their students to A's and Bees tutoring, please do so this afternoon.
6. There will be a SIT meeting today at 2:40-4:00 PM. Please give any items to your representatives.
7. Ms. Alston began Jump Rope for Heart yesterday. It will continue until the event scheduled for February 18. Students took a flyer home yesterday. Please remind them that they are not to solicit contibutions door to door unless they are accompanied by their parent or guardian.
8. The results of the vote on taking January 25 of will be announced in tomorrow's AM Announcements. If you haven't voted, you have until noon today.
Click here to take survey
9. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off at the box in the lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
10. Some classrooms cannot access the higher numbered channels on their TV's. If you are one of them, please let Ms. Childers know by sending her an e-mail today. Right now the only room we are certain of is room #14, Ms. Say's class.
11. The weather suggestions for outdoor play/recess say that temperatures between 32 and 90 degrees should be "safe" for children. The temperature today, Monday 1/4, is 32 or 33 currently, but the windchill is 19 or 20. Your discretion should be used in these circumstances.
12. Teachers who participated in the step challenge should return their pedometers and step challenge recordings to the office by Wednesday afternoon. Behealthy School Kids staff will stop by on Thursday to pick up these items. Please use the bag for the pedometers and envelope for the recordings that Behealthy School Kids delivered to the office before the break. Thank you!
13. Remember that Ms. Childers has 10 "Census 2010" kits in the library available for teachers to check out. Just let her know if you are interested.
14. I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970)
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
William James (1842 - 1910)
Confusion is always the most honest response.
Marty Indik
January 05, 2010
1. Today is Day 79.
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: January 05
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:30-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
SIT - 2:40-4:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00
Meet Ms. Heyland and Ms. Logan - 6:00-8:00
Wednesday: December 16
No items at this time
Thursday: December 17
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Reichert and Powell
Friday: December 18
No items at this tiime
4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 01/11 - Interim reports go home
b. 01/12 - Staff meeting
c. 01/15-01/22 - EOQ Testing
d. 01/18 - No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
e. 01/25 - No School - RS Day for staff
5. If you are a teacher in grades 2-5 and have not called two parents and invited them to bring their students to A's and Bees tutoring, please do so this afternoon.
6. There will be a SIT meeting today at 2:40-4:00 PM. Please give any items to your representatives.
7. Ms. Alston began Jump Rope for Heart yesterday. It will continue until the event scheduled for February 18. Students took a flyer home yesterday. Please remind them that they are not to solicit contibutions door to door unless they are accompanied by their parent or guardian.
8. The results of the vote on taking January 25 of will be announced in tomorrow's AM Announcements. If you haven't voted, you have until noon today.
Click here to take survey
9. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off at the box in the lobby. Please encourage your students to participate.
10. Some classrooms cannot access the higher numbered channels on their TV's. If you are one of them, please let Ms. Childers know by sending her an e-mail today. Right now the only room we are certain of is room #14, Ms. Say's class.
11. The weather suggestions for outdoor play/recess say that temperatures between 32 and 90 degrees should be "safe" for children. The temperature today, Monday 1/4, is 32 or 33 currently, but the windchill is 19 or 20. Your discretion should be used in these circumstances.
12. Teachers who participated in the step challenge should return their pedometers and step challenge recordings to the office by Wednesday afternoon. Behealthy School Kids staff will stop by on Thursday to pick up these items. Please use the bag for the pedometers and envelope for the recordings that Behealthy School Kids delivered to the office before the break. Thank you!
13. Remember that Ms. Childers has 10 "Census 2010" kits in the library available for teachers to check out. Just let her know if you are interested.
14. I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970)
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
William James (1842 - 1910)
Confusion is always the most honest response.
Marty Indik
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