AM Announcements - April 06

AM Announcements
April 06, 2010

1. Today is Day 132.

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.

Tuesday: April 06
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
School Improvement Team meeting - 2:40-4:00
STAY Banquet - 5:30-7:00
A's and Bees Tutoring - 6:00-8:00

Wednesday: April 07
School Pictures - Follow the schedule established by Ms. Powell - It will be placed in your boxes
Peter and the Wolf - Grade 3-5 - gym - 9:30-10:20

Thursday: April 08
AGS Screening - Kindergarten

Friday: April 09
AGS Screening - Kindergarten

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 4/14 - Young Authors' Day
b. 4/15 - RJR Jazz Band - 8:15 AM
c. 4/16 - Honor Roll Assembly
d. 4/21 - Volunteer Lunch

5. Don't forget to take the Governor's Working Conditions Survey.

6. The Annual Enrollment Period for the State Health Plan continues and will run through April 9. ALL EMPLOYEES MUST ENROLL ON-LINE through the following website:

http://wsfcs.hrintouch.com/

If you have questions about login or site navigation please call 1-866-239-1055. If you have questions about State Health Plan benefits call 1-888-234-2416.There is also a button on the WS/FCS web site that you can use to access the enrollment web site.

7. Thanks for making the shift to the pod relatively uneventful. Great job.

8. The Teacher Notification of Intent web site is open, and available to teachers via the Employees page of the WS/FCS web site. All full-time teachers need to complete an intent form (there is a different process for part-time teachers). The deadline is April 16th.

• Go to the WS/FCS home page at http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/
• Click on the red “Employees” tab
• Under the “Administration” heading, click on the link for “WSFCS Administrative Resources”
• In the right hand column under “Employee Related Data Entry”, click on the link “Teacher Notification of Intent Decisions”
• Log in like you would to register for a workshop
• Click on “Enter/Edit Teacher Notification of Intent”
• Review the information page, then enter your SSN in the secure box at the bottom of the page to go to the Teacher Intent form and make your elections
• You can edit or adjust your elections as often as you like between now and April 16th

9. Remind your students that pictures are tomorrow and group pictures will also be taken. Students are not required to wear uniforms.

10. The folks from Peter and the Wolf have invited our fourth and fifth grade classes to attend. The performance from the UNC-SA is tomorrow at 9:30 and will last until 10:20. The performance is about 30 minutes and the rest of the time is set aside for questions.
 
11. The AR incentive days for April 12 & 13 (Mon. and Tues.) and April 19 (Mon). Details for which grade level which day will follow once all numbers are turned in. If an additional day is need due to big numbers it will be Tues. April 20.
 
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