AM Announcements - March 01

AM Announcements
March 01, 2010

1. Today is Day 111.

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: March 01
Access Testing continues
Janie Costello meets with Kindergarten - 2:40 PM
Partners in Math Training - 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Various locations
WS/FC Council of PTA's meeting - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM- Reichert

Tuesday: March 02
Access Testing continues
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15 AM - 12:00 PM - Reichert off-campus
SIT meeting - 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Wednesday: March 03
Access Testing continues
State-wide Tornado Drill - 9:30 AM
Mary Starling Concert - Fifth grade - 11:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Student Council Meeting - 1:30 PM
After school tutoring begins

Thursday: March 04
Access Testing continues
Sneed Collard author visit - 8:00-9:00 AM
Job Site meeting - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Reichert

Friday: March 05
Access Testing continues
Fouth Grade Writing Assessment completed - Content Specific paper

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 03/08-03/12 - Book Fair
b. 03/08 - Partners in Math training - 4:00-6:00
c. 03/09 - Really Big Night - 6:15-08:00
d. 03/15 - Interim Reports go home
e. 03/23 - Student Council Talent Show
f. 03/30 - Spring Break begins

5. The Statewide Tornado Drill will take place Wednesday, March 3rd, at 9:30 am. The tornado drill will be broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio and will activate the State`s Emergency Alert System including local radio and cable stations. Please make sure that you have practiced with your class prior to the drill.

6. For the next two months, your check will not contain your social security number . At the end of the two month period, the social security number will be replaced with a new specific employee number. This is being done to protect all employees from identity theft.

7. We will begin our after school tutoring program this Wednesday. A schedule of assignments will be placed in your boxes today. I would like to meet all those who can attend this afternoon from 2:40-3:00 in the media center. If you were interested and do not receive a schedule, please attend the meeting. Schedules can always be revised.
 
8. Ms. Powell will be off-campus all week. If you have disciplinary issues, please send the referrals or requests for assistance to Dr. Reichert.

9. News from Student Council:
a. Talent Show Meeting with the following particpants @ 2:00 p.m. in the cafeteria: Dagenbach Diva's, Christian Keltner, Leo Sandy, Chloe Fletcher, Genesis Padron, Germaine, Messiah Payne, Deyani Cole, Patrick Williams, Dante Wyse, Jordan Anderson, Tierra Wilson, Tianna Wilson, Nashiea Lane, Kyja Faulk.

b. American Idol Talent Show would love to have staff participation. Please notfiy Mr. Cokley, Ms. Mincer, or Mrs. Fletcher if you would like to participate.

c. Please encourage your students to attend the show. The admission cost is a $1.00. There will be a hotdog and hamburger dinner before the show.

d. Student Council will have a meeting on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Students will need to bring their things. On Thursday please allow a student council rep to speak to your class regarding information from the meeting.

10. Can you believe that it is March already?

11. Next week's Staff Meeting on Monday will be rescheduled due to the fact that classroom teachers need time to prepare for Partners in Math trainings being held each Monday this month. We'll get you a date as soon as we can work one out.

12. People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
Randall Jarrell (1914 - 1965)

Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)