AM Announcements - May 25

AM Announcements
May 25, 2010

1. Today is Day 168.

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:

Tuesday: May 25
EOG Retest Remediation
Equity+ Principals' Meeting - Easton Elementary - 12:00-2:00
Web Page Migration to School Wires - Workshop - 2:45-4:00

Wednesday: May 26
EOG Retest Remediation
Web Page Migration to School Wires - Workshop - 2:45-4:00
SolEd Meeting - 3:30-5:00

Thursday: May 27
EOG Retest Remediation
Drs. Appointment - Reichert off-campus - 12:30-2:00

Friday: May 28
EOG Retest Remediation
Dollar Dress Down Day
Box Tops for Education collected

3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 05/31 - Memorial Day - No School
b. 06/01-06/04 - EOG Retest
c. 06/04 - Class Picnics
d. 06/08 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 9:00 - 10:00 AM
e. 06/08 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30AM -1:30 PM
f. 06/10 - K-4 Honor Roll Assembly - 9:00 AM
g. 06/18 - Report Cards mailed or available for pick-up in the office

4. The address of the blog for staff comment on the information presented to SIT last Tuesday is:

http://2010-11organizationstructureb.blogspot.com/2010/05/2010-2011-structure-organization-and.html

5.Dr. Weycker's office has the 2009-2010 K-2 Data Warehouse open for teachers to submit math and literacy assessments for their students. Directions for entering the data as well as new information regarding passwords may be found on the teachers' portal under Documents and then K2 Assessment Folder. This information may be found on the administrators' portal in the K2 Assessment Folder. If you have questions, please contact Janie Costello or Velvet Simington. The link to the K-2 Warehouse may be found on the teachers' portal on the right hand side, labeled K2 Assessment Data Collection.

6. Friday is the late arrival/early release day for classified staff members before the Memorial Day holiday. Classified staff members who arrive at 7:15 may arrive at 7:30 and leave at 2:30.

7. This afternoon will be the first of two Web Page Migration to School Wires workshops. It will run from 2:45-4:00. There will be a second tomorrow. All teachers must attend one so they can move their web pages over. The contract with our currect web host expires at the end of June and you will lose everything unless it has been moved to the new site. This is not a difficult process but you need to know how to do it. If you can't attend today, please plan of being there tomorrow.


8. The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.
King Farouk of Egypt (1920 - 1965), 1948

The future will be better tomorrow.
Dan Quayle (1947 - )

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), Mostly Harmless

Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art.
Charles McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle