AM Announcements - March 03

AM Announcements
March 03, 2010

1. Today is Day 113.

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: March 03
Student Council Meeting - 1:30 PM
After school tutoring begins

Thursday: March 04
Sneed Collard author visit - 8:00-9:00 AM
Job Site meeting - 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Reichert

Friday: March 05
State-wide Tornado Drill - 9:30 AM
Fouth Grade Writing Assessment completed - Content Specific paper

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 03/08-03/12 - Book Fair
b. 03/08 - Mary Staling Concert - Grade 5
c. 03/08 - Partners in Math training - 4:00-6:00
d. 03/09 - Really Big Night - 6:15-08:00
e. 03/15 - Interim Reports go home
f. 03/23 - Student Council Talent Show
g. 03/30 - Spring Break begins

5. The Statewide Tornado Drill has been moved to Friday, March 5th, at 9:30 am. The tornado drill will be broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio and will activate the State`s Emergency Alert System including local radio and cable stations. Please make sure that you have practiced with your class prior to the drill.

6. We will begin our after school tutoring program today.  Please send the slips any of your students have turned in to the office. Only students who have turned in a slip indicating the days they will be staying can remain after school and then, only on the days indicated on the slip.

7. Ms. Powell will be off-campus all week. If you have disciplinary issues, please send the referrals or requests for assistance to Dr. Reichert.

8. News from Student Council:

a. American Idol Talent Show would love to have staff participation. Please notfiy Mr. Cokley, Ms. Mincer, or Mrs. Fletcher if you would like to participate.

b. Please encourage your students to attend the show. The admission cost is a $1.00. There will be a hotdog and hamburger dinner before the show.

c. Student Council will have a meeting today @ 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Students will need to bring their things. On Thursday please allow a student council rep to speak to your class regarding information from the meeting.

9. Next week's Staff Meeting on Monday will be rescheduled due to the fact that classroom teachers need time to prepare for Partners in Math trainings being held each Monday this month. We'll get you a date as soon as we can work one out.

10. There are boxes in the front lobby for donations of cereal to Crisis Control Ministry. We will be collecting full unopened boxes throughout the month.

11. Ms. Summey will be in today however she has a Home-School Coordinator's meeting this morning. She will be here immediately following the meeting.

12. Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
Diogenes the Cynic (412 BC - 323 BC)

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)