AM Announcements - February 18

AM Announcements
February 17, 2010

1. Today is Day 104.

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 18
Access Testing for LEP students continues
Job Site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Powell and Reichert
Field Trip to Salemtowne - Ms. Say's class - 9:30-11:00
Staff Policy Committee meeting - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus

Friday: February 19
Access Testing for LEP students continues
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Powell and Reichert off-campus
SolEd Partnership meeting - 3:30-5:30 - Reichert off-campus

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 02/24 - Title-1 Parent Involvement Audit
b. 02/26 - Dollar Dress Down Day
c. 02/26 - Box Tops for Education Due
d. 02/27 - Title-1 Comprehensive Needs Assessment Training - 9:00-1:00

5. The deadline for CERTL applications is today.

6. Books for the African Book Project can be dropped off in the front lobby until February 26.

7. Review Conferences today: None

8. You can still sign-up in the mailroom to take food or groceries or a meal to Rose Rusch and Amber. Please see Ms. Higgins if you wish to donate Annual Leave days to Rose. Your support is greatly appreciated.

9. The 2nd Quarter AR Incentive Sessions will take place next week on the following schedule:

Monday, Feb. 22 - 8:00-8:45 : Grades K/1
Tuesday, Feb. 23 - 8:00-8:45 : Grades 4/5
Wednesday, Feb. 22 - 8:00-8:45 : Grades 2/3

10. I will be off-campus this afternoon at a Staff Policy Committee meeting downtown. If you need me, I  will leave around 3:30 so please catch me before that time.

11. I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), upon being told the cost of an operation

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third law)

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
George F. Will (1941 - )