AM Announcements - April 21

AM Announcements
April 21, 2010

1. Today is Day 143.

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: April 21
Assistant Principals' meeting - 9:30-12:00 - Ms. Powell off-campus
Volunteer Luncheon - 11:00-1:00

Thursday: April 22
Earth Day
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - Marston off-campus - 8:00-3:30

Friday: April 23
Allotment Conference with Toni Bigham - 2:30-3:00 - Reichert off-campus

3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 4/27-4/30 - US Census at Speas in the gym. PE classes will be outside
b. 4/ 27- EOG Training
c. 4/27 - Mind Work Out
d. 4/28 - EOG Training
e. 4/30 - Dollar Dress Down Day

4. With the Spring Fling coming on April 30, remember that all certified staff are expected to attend and assist as members of the PTA. Classified staff who attend and are working will receive COMP time coupons for the amount of time they work.

5. Next week, the US Census will be at Speas providing assistance to the community. They will be in the gym Tuesday, 4/27 through Friday, 4/30 from 8:00-5:00. PE classes will be held outside or in the classroom if it rains.

6. Don't forget to turn in your pledge card for the UNCF drive. They can be turned in to Michelle Odom. She informed me yesterday that our total is still $ 645.00.The drive ends May 21, 2010.

7. The filters in the HV/AC units in the pod were changed yesterday. The delay in changing these was caused by a back-order on the filters needed for these units. There were no filters available in the entire system. This explains why they were so dirty when we moved into the pod.

8. A sign-up sheet has been placed in the mail room for 3rd quarter Review Conferences. Please sign up for a time.

9. Next Tuesday, our ESL students will participate in their spring MIND WORKOUT. This friendly competition will be held in the media center. We will start with pizza in the cafeteria at 5:30 followed by the program in the media center. As a result, there will be no A's and Bees Tutoring next week.

10. Classroom Teachers, please remember to send me the number of students whom you are very certain will be retained at the end of the year. I need them by Thursday afternoon as I meet with Ms. Bigham on Friday.

11. Because of the Document Camera training session after school on Thursday, there will be no tutoring. This includes at-risk and title-1. A note will go home with tutoring students today and an Alert Now will go out this evening as a reminder.

12. We will develop a PM Duty Schedule so that everyone does not have to wait out front. We have had people waiting until we were sure we had the problems worked out in the new dismissal procedure.

13. The Volunteer Luncheon is today from 11:00-1:00. We will make the necessary arrangements so that K and 3rd grade teachers can enjoy the food and fellowship. I will be in the cafeteria to ensure coverage of classes as well.

14. Ms. Powell will be off-campus this morning from 9:00-1:00 at an Elementary Principals' meeting.

15. There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.
David Letterman (1947 - )

It is possible to be below flattery as well as above it.
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800 - 1859)

Everything you can imagine is real.
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.
David Richerby