AM Announcements - March 04

AM Announcements
March 04, 2010

1. Today is Day 114.

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

Friday: March 05
State-wide Tornado Drill - 9:30 AM
Fouth Grade Writing Assessment completed - Content Specific paper

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 03/08-03/12 - Book Fair
b. 03/08 - Mary Staling Concert - Grade 5
c. 03/08 - Partners in Math training - 4:00-6:00
d. 03/09 - Really Big Night - 6:15-08:00
e. 03/15 - Interim Reports go home
f. 03/23 - Student Council Talent Show
g. 03/30 - Spring Break begins

5. The Statewide Tornado Drill has been moved to tomorrow, March 5th, 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. I would like to meet with staff members in the media center this morning at 7:15 to go over two issues that have arisen regarding student behavior in the bathroom and cafeteria. If everyone is on time we will be out before the students come in at 7:25. Thanks.

7. Ms. Powell will be off-campus all week. If you have disciplinary issues, please send the referrals or requests for assistance to Dr. Reichert.

8. News from Student Council:

a. 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.

b. 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.

9. 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.

10. In response to concerns expressed in SIT regarding folders and routing I met with Ms. Fletcher and we put several processes in place as a way of insuring that you receive folders prmptly upon their arrival and route folders promptly that are leaving. For new enrollees who have never been in school, Ms. Fletcher creates a folder and places it in your drawer in the filing cabinets. If the child is coming from outside WS/FCS she creates a temporary folder with whatever information we have and places it in a box on her desk. If you have need of any information please contact her and she will be happy to assist you with whatever information we have until the folder arrives.

11. There are boxes in the front lobby for donations of cereal to Crisis Control Ministry. We will be collecting full unopened boxes throughout the month.

12. Our author presentation today is scheduled for 8:15 in the gym. Classes will not be called.  Please begin moving to the cafeteria immediately following this morning's broadcast. If there is a delay for any reason we will notify everyone via morning broadcast.

13. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), De Profundis, 1905

Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

None are so busy as the fool and knave.
John Dryden (1631 - 1700), The Medal, 1682