AM Announcements - April 23

AM Announcements
April 23, 2010

1. Today is Day 145.

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:

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. Please note yesterday's e-mail regarding tuition reimbursement for spring coursework through the North Carolina. It could be worth a great deal.

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. Ms. Odom will not have the new total until this morning. I'll share it with you when she gets it to me. Remember that the drive ends May 21, 2010.

7. Review Conferences for today are:

8. Yesterday I sent out a e-mail to all staff members regarding changes in the WS/FCS Sick Leave policy. If you did not receive it, please let me know so we can get a copy to you. Staff members without e-mail addresses received a hard copy in their mail box.

9. Be thinking about the information you received today about taking sick leave in hourly increments. We will try and answer your questions at our next faculty meeting.

10. Fifth grade teachers, please continue to encourage your parents to take the WS/FCS Parent Survey on-line. If they need access to a computer, we can help them. Also remember to take time to have your classes take the student survey. Remember to talk with them about honesty when they complete there survey. We want honest information. We want to know what is going well and what needs to improve.

11. Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything.
Charles Kuralt

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)