AM Announcements - March 23

AM Announcements
March 23, 2010

1. Today is Day 127.

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: March 23
Third Quarter testing
Speas Idol Student Council Talent Show 6:30-8:00 PM

Wednesday: March 24
Third Quarter testing

Thursday: March 25
Third Quarter testing

Friday: March 26
Third Quarter testing
Dollar Dress Down Day
Box Tops for Education collected

4. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 3/30-4/2 - Spring Break
b. 4/07 - Spring Pictures
c. 4/08-09 - AGS screening
d. 4/14 - Young Authors' Day
e. 4/16 - Honor Roll Assembly
f. 4/21 - Volunteer Breakfast

5. Tonight is the "Speas Idol" Talent Show. They have been working tirelessly to put on quite a show. Please join us if you can tonight for a good time celebrating the talented students here at Speas.

6. Don't forget to take the Governor's Working Conditions Survey. This is an on-line survey and will be open through April 16. This is a chance to have your voice heard on issues that are important to you.

7. 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.

8. If you have anything that can be reused and placed back in the instructional supply closet, please give it to Ms. Rhodes. Rather than throw it away we will attempt to reuses whatever we can.

9. Teachers in grade 3-5 should pay close attention to the e-mail sent this morning regarding a bathroom incident.

10. Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)

There are only two kinds of scholars; those who love ideas and those who hate them.
Emile Chartier

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900), Ecce Homo, Foreword

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.
Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)