AM Announcements - April 29

AM Announcements
April 29, 2010

1. Today is Day 150.

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: April 29
U.S. Census on campus - 8:00-5:00 - gym
Extend2 training - 8:00-9:00
Field trip - Grade 2 - All a Flutter Flutterfly Farm
Reichert off-campus all day
Staff - 5 minute meeting in Media Center with Ms. Bushey

Friday: April 30
U.S. Census on campus - 8:00-5:00 - gym
Dollar Dress Down Day
Spring Fling - 5:00-8:00 (Faculty) 5:30-7:30 (Students and parents)
Reichert off-campus all day

3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 05/04 - SIT Meeting
b. 05/04-05/06 - DIBELS Testing
c. 05/07 - Second on-demand writing sample due in the Moodle
d. 05/10 - Field Day
e. 05/14 - EOG testing begins

4. REMINDER:  All certified & classified staff members will return to work on Monday, August 16 for a workshop with Principal Kafele.  This is for all Title 1 / Equity + schools.  We have submited two proposals for the workshop.  Virginia Spaventa volunteered along with the KI Serendipity.  Those proposals are due April 30 to Cydney Conger and can be sent by email.  Location TBD.

5. Ms. Childers sent around information about the Scholastic Book Fairs Warehouse Sale. Below is additional information :

Wednesday 05/12/2010 - Saturday 05/22/2010
*PO Day* Wednesday - May 12th - 9a-7p
Thursday & Friday May 13th-14th 9a-7p
Monday-Friday May17th-21st 9a-5p
Saturdays May 15th & May 22nd 9a-3p

6. Don't forget to turn in your pledge card for the UNCF drive. The current total is $______. Remember that the drive ends May 21, 2010.

7. Review Conferences for today are: Larson 8:50

8. The following e-mail arrived yesterday from NCCAT. Any of our ILT's with 2 or 3 years experience may want to check this out.

Do you have talented 2nd and 3rd year teachers that you want to keep in the profession and in your school? Let NCCAT help you - at no cost to the teacher or your school! Please contact NCCAT Teacher Services at 800-922-0482 or Dr. Renee Coward at renee@nccat.org to register for this free, five-day residential seminar for your beginning teachers.

They pay for everything! Ask anyone who's been. It is marvelous. They even cover your sub.

9. Ms. Bushey would like to meet with all staff members for 5 minutes on Friday, April 30 in the Media Center at 2:45. 

10. Remember to review data in your PLC meetings as we work to complete our needs assessment for our Prioritized Title-1 Plan. With the budget in turmoil our decisions about which programs and personnel to fun with Title-1 money become even more critical.

11. We're all in this alone.

Lily Tomlin (1939 - )

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.
John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
Paul Valery (1871 - 1945)

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)