AM Announcements - May 05

AM Announcements
May 05, 2010

1. Today is Day 154.

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: May 05
Joyce Kohfelt and Toni Biugham visit Speas LLI program - 12:30-2:00
DIBELS testing

Thursday: May 06
DIBELS testing
Joint Principals' meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Title-1 meeting - 12:00-2:00 - Reichert off-campus
PTA Spring Dinner - Village Inn Clemmons - 6:30-8:30

Friday: May 07
Counselors Breakfast - Piedmont Club - 7:30-9:00 - Clodfelter and Reichert off-campus
Second on-demand writing sample due in the moodle by the end of the day

3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 05/11 - SIT Meeting
b. 05/10 - Field Day
c. 05/10 - Interim Reports go home
d. 05/12 - Used Book sale - gym - 8:30-1:30
e. 05/14-05/21 - EOG Testing
f. 05/15 - Student Council Yard Sale and Used Book Sale
g. 05/24 - Interim Reports go home
h. 05/24-05/28 - Remediation Period for Level I/II students

4. Congratulations to Ms. Odom who graduates Saturday from college with her BS in Sociology from WSSU. Way to go Michelle!

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 $720.00. Remember that the drive ends May 21, 2010.

7. Review Conferences for today are:

8. 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.

9. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
William Blake (1757 - 1827)

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring

It's a lot like nature. You only have as many animals as the ecosystem can support and you only have as many friends as you can tolerate the bitching of.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-16-05