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)