AM Announcements - March 16

AM Announcements
March 16, 2010

1. Today is Day 122.
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: March 16
Technology Staff Development
A's and Bees Tutoring 6:00-8:00

Wednesday: March 17
Curriculum Coordinators' meeting - 8:30-3:30 - Ms. Marston off-campus
SolEd Meeting - Reichert - 5:30-7:30

Thursday: March 18
Job site meeting - 9:00-10:00 - Powell and Reichert attending
Staff Policy Committee - 4:00-5:00 - Reichert off-campus

Friday: March 19
Move meeting - 8:00-9:00 - Powell and Reichert attending - #169 downtown

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 03/22-26 - Third Quarter testing
b. 03/23 - Student Council Talent Show
c. 03/26 - Box Tops for Education collected
d. 03/26 - Dollar Dress Down Day
e. 03/30 - Spring Break begins

5. If you or your grade level have not taken your visit to teacher(s) at another school, please schedule it for some time before March 29. See Ms. Higgins for the paperwork so we can pay for your 1/2 day sub out of Title-1 funds. Those groups that have been already have found it very valuable.

6. Please be sure to follow Emory Maiden's e-mail request. I have added the survey link below in case you need it. This is for all staff members attending today's staff development.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dGhBc01YMWl1VXRlT0tPS2VpMHdEdkE6MA

7.  The gifts have arrived for students who participated in Jump Rope for Heart. Please watch broadcast tomorrow and send the students that are named down to the gym after broadcast to recieve their gifts.

8. The Annual Enrollment Period for the State Health Plan began yesterday 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.

I did the process yesterday. Once you have created your username and password, just continue to move from screen to screen. The tobacco products attestation questions will come up as you move through. Just keep moving from one screen to the next until it tells you you are finished. If you have questions,please let me know. I'll be happy to help.

There is also a button on the WS/FCS website that you can click on for this process.

9. There will be A's and Bees tutoring tonight from 6:00-8:00 pm.

10. The idea of all-out nuclear war is unsettling.
Walter Goodman

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden

In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.
Ellen Goodman (1941 - )

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.
John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)