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.

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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)