AM Announcements
June 01, 2010
1. Today is Day 173.
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: June 01
EOG Retest - Science (Grade 5 only)
Joint Principals Meeting - 7:15-12:00 - Reichert off-campus
Wednesday: June 02
EOG Retest - Reading
Thursday: June 03
EOG Retest - Math Calculator Active
Friday: June 04
EOG Retest - Math Calculator Inactive
Dollar Dress Down Day
Class Picnics - 11:00-1:00
3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 06/08 - Fifth Grade Celebration - 9:00 - 10:00 AM
b. 06/08 - Fifth Grade Social - 11:30AM - 1:30 PM
c. 06/08 - K-4 Honor Roll Assembly - 8:15 - 9:00 AM
d. 06/10 - Last Day of School
e. 06/15 - Staff Social at Pinebrook Country Club
f. 06/18 - Report Cards mailed and/or available 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. Due to increasing problems with children playing with SILLY BANDS, we are banning them from school for the remainder of the year. The fad will most likely be past by the time school resumes in the fall. A notice will be going home in this afternoon's Bee Lines
7. K-1 Teachers Only: - Training for the Imagine It program has been scheduled by WS/FCS for the week of 6/21-6/25. All teachers are expected to attend and will be paid a stipend of $75 per day. If you have already made plans for this week, please see me to see what other arrangements can be worked out with Dr. Costello. Since it is taking place in June we can still use this year's staff development allocation to pay the stipend.
8. The cafeteria tables are not being cleaned or swept under at an appropriate level. Please make sure that your classes clean the tabl;es and sweep the floors for the classes that come after you.
9. If you have car riders do not take them through the gym. Once you enter the front building send all car riders immediately to the front. The delays are really backing traffic up. Thanks for your cooperation.
10. Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
Pancho Villa (1877 - 1923), last words
I hate women because they always know where things are.
James Thurber (1894 - 1961)
I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.
Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page.
Bill Clinton (1946 - ), announcement of Next Generation Internet initiative, 1996
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
AM Announcements - May 28
AM Announcements
May 28, 2010
1. Today is Day 171.
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:
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. Yesterday's refreshments were courtesy of Hope Presbyterian Church. The have a box on the shelves above the A-F section of mailboxes. Thank You cards can be placed there.
8. Thursday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education released a revised version of the 2010-11 education budget. This budget would protect public school classrooms with no additional classroom personnel cuts beyond those already approved for the coming year in the 2009 budget. Now the House will have to vote on this and then reconcile their budget with the Senate.
9. It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
Gore Vidal (1925 - )
Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left.
David M. Ogilvy
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
May 28, 2010
1. Today is Day 171.
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:
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. Yesterday's refreshments were courtesy of Hope Presbyterian Church. The have a box on the shelves above the A-F section of mailboxes. Thank You cards can be placed there.
8. Thursday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education released a revised version of the 2010-11 education budget. This budget would protect public school classrooms with no additional classroom personnel cuts beyond those already approved for the coming year in the 2009 budget. Now the House will have to vote on this and then reconcile their budget with the Senate.
9. It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so.
Gore Vidal (1925 - )
Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left.
David M. Ogilvy
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.
Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
AM Announcements - May 27
AM Announcements
May 27, 2010
1. Today is Day 170.
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:
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. Yesterday's refreshments were courtesy of Hope Presbyterian Church. The have a box on the shelves above the A-F section of mailboxes. Thank You cards can be placed there.
8. Let me take a moment to thank all of you for yesterday afternoon. It is truly hard to believe that I stood up in front of my first class of 31 second and third graders 42 years ago. It has all gone too quickly. I truly envy all of you who have the unique opportunity to work with children and spend your days teaching. There is no more enjoyable job in the world than teaching. We are blessed with this opportunity. I have been asked on several occasions since I announced my retirement about what my legacy will be. I don't think about things in those terms. Our legacies ride school buses; eat lunches in the cafeteria; are often too loud; and make us smile with the off the wall things they say. They will act throughout their lives often times unknowingly on what they have learned from us. It may be in the way they love their children; the work ethic they possess on the job; or how they care for their aging parents. Our legacy is eternal. The following is the final stanza of a poem I love called "The Quilting Bee." The poem uses the making of a quilt as a metaphor for the building of relationships between individuals.
Front porch music, quill-plucked dulcimer music,
fiddle, bow, and banjo music hung in tulip poplars and lowland gums.
The patterned music of generations past clung to the quilting stiches,
as they formed intricate patterns.
Stitches as invisible to the glance as sixteenth notes to the ear,
binding fabric and friends.
Having little to give as wealth, each shared self,
and, in the giving became posterity’s remembrance beyond generations,
where names are forgotten but deeds remembered.
8. I will be off campus between 1:30 and 2:30 today at a Dr's. appointment.
9. I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it... just the thousands out there marked 'Occupant.'
Unknown
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Matt Groening (1954 - ), "Life in Hell"
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
May 27, 2010
1. Today is Day 170.
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:
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. Yesterday's refreshments were courtesy of Hope Presbyterian Church. The have a box on the shelves above the A-F section of mailboxes. Thank You cards can be placed there.
8. Let me take a moment to thank all of you for yesterday afternoon. It is truly hard to believe that I stood up in front of my first class of 31 second and third graders 42 years ago. It has all gone too quickly. I truly envy all of you who have the unique opportunity to work with children and spend your days teaching. There is no more enjoyable job in the world than teaching. We are blessed with this opportunity. I have been asked on several occasions since I announced my retirement about what my legacy will be. I don't think about things in those terms. Our legacies ride school buses; eat lunches in the cafeteria; are often too loud; and make us smile with the off the wall things they say. They will act throughout their lives often times unknowingly on what they have learned from us. It may be in the way they love their children; the work ethic they possess on the job; or how they care for their aging parents. Our legacy is eternal. The following is the final stanza of a poem I love called "The Quilting Bee." The poem uses the making of a quilt as a metaphor for the building of relationships between individuals.
Front porch music, quill-plucked dulcimer music,
fiddle, bow, and banjo music hung in tulip poplars and lowland gums.
The patterned music of generations past clung to the quilting stiches,
as they formed intricate patterns.
Stitches as invisible to the glance as sixteenth notes to the ear,
binding fabric and friends.
Having little to give as wealth, each shared self,
and, in the giving became posterity’s remembrance beyond generations,
where names are forgotten but deeds remembered.
8. I will be off campus between 1:30 and 2:30 today at a Dr's. appointment.
9. I'm not worried about the bullet with my name on it... just the thousands out there marked 'Occupant.'
Unknown
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
Matt Groening (1954 - ), "Life in Hell"
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
AM Announcements - May 26
AM Announcements
May 26, 2010
1. Today is Day 169.
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 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. Today is the last Web Page Migration to School Wires workshop. If you didn't attend yesterday you will not have another chance to do this before June 30. All web pages have to migrate to School Wires by the end of June or you will lose your entire web page and have to begin again.
8. I will be off campus after 3:00 Today at a Sol Ed meeting downtown.
9. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
Dale Carnegie
My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.
Rita Rudner
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Scott Adams (1957 - )
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
May 26, 2010
1. Today is Day 169.
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 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. Today is the last Web Page Migration to School Wires workshop. If you didn't attend yesterday you will not have another chance to do this before June 30. All web pages have to migrate to School Wires by the end of June or you will lose your entire web page and have to begin again.
8. I will be off campus after 3:00 Today at a Sol Ed meeting downtown.
9. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.
Dale Carnegie
My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.
Rita Rudner
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Scott Adams (1957 - )
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Monday, May 24, 2010
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
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
Sunday, May 23, 2010
AM Announcements - May 24
AM Announcements
May 24, 2010
1. Today is Day 167.
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:
Monday: May 24
EOG Retest Remediation - All students and remediation teachers meet in the gym at 8:15 with Ms. Powell
Interim Reports go home
Tuesday: May 25
EOG Retest Remediation
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
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. Remediation begins today and lasts through Friday. All students who did not pass will meet in the gym at 8:15. Ms. Powell will address the students and then the teachers will divide them for remediation.
5. The NCWISE web site has been down all weekend for maintenance so I have been unable to secure the pool of names of students who were enrolled at Speas for 140 days. Once I have done that I can get a picture of our performance regarding AYP in Math and Reading. I did a review of our scores last year and our proficiency numbers for the first administration. Last year, after the 2nd administration, we were 69.9% proficient in Math and 54% proficient in Reading. Currently, after the first administration, we are 63% proficient in Math and 45% proficient in Reading. This 45% does not include the 9 students in grades 3 and 5 who were 1 standard error from Level III. A couple more correct answers on the retest and they will be proficient as well. It appears that we are positioned well to make AYP in reading since we have already reached the 45% level in proficiency. While we have to remove those students who were not enrolled for 140 days, we also have the results of the second administration to add. Math will require diligence but we have 17 students who were 1SE and need only another correct answer or two to be proficient. Getting out of school improvement is within our grasp. We have got to make our students understand this and give their all June 1-4.
7. 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
8. Thanks to Ms. Marston and the 3-5 grade teachers for doing such a wonderful job in preparing our testing materials from scanning. We were one of twelve schools with completely clean data. Thanks also to all of you who administered, proctored, or worked alone without your right hands so we could use assistants for testing. It was a long week and we get to do it on a slightly smalled scale June 1-4.
9. There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.
Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
Claud Cockburn (1904 - 1981)
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Mother Night
May 24, 2010
1. Today is Day 167.
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:
Monday: May 24
EOG Retest Remediation - All students and remediation teachers meet in the gym at 8:15 with Ms. Powell
Interim Reports go home
Tuesday: May 25
EOG Retest Remediation
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
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. Remediation begins today and lasts through Friday. All students who did not pass will meet in the gym at 8:15. Ms. Powell will address the students and then the teachers will divide them for remediation.
5. The NCWISE web site has been down all weekend for maintenance so I have been unable to secure the pool of names of students who were enrolled at Speas for 140 days. Once I have done that I can get a picture of our performance regarding AYP in Math and Reading. I did a review of our scores last year and our proficiency numbers for the first administration. Last year, after the 2nd administration, we were 69.9% proficient in Math and 54% proficient in Reading. Currently, after the first administration, we are 63% proficient in Math and 45% proficient in Reading. This 45% does not include the 9 students in grades 3 and 5 who were 1 standard error from Level III. A couple more correct answers on the retest and they will be proficient as well. It appears that we are positioned well to make AYP in reading since we have already reached the 45% level in proficiency. While we have to remove those students who were not enrolled for 140 days, we also have the results of the second administration to add. Math will require diligence but we have 17 students who were 1SE and need only another correct answer or two to be proficient. Getting out of school improvement is within our grasp. We have got to make our students understand this and give their all June 1-4.
7. 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
8. Thanks to Ms. Marston and the 3-5 grade teachers for doing such a wonderful job in preparing our testing materials from scanning. We were one of twelve schools with completely clean data. Thanks also to all of you who administered, proctored, or worked alone without your right hands so we could use assistants for testing. It was a long week and we get to do it on a slightly smalled scale June 1-4.
9. There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.
Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
Never believe anything until it has been officially denied.
Claud Cockburn (1904 - 1981)
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Mother Night
Friday, May 21, 2010
AM Announcements - May 21
AM Announcements
May 21, 2010
1. Today is Day 166.
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:
Friday: May 21
EOG - Make-up testing
3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 05/25 - Web Page migration session to School Wires
b. 05/26 - Web Page migration session to School Wires
c. 05/28 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 05/28 - Box Tops for Education due
e. 05/31 - Memorial Day - No School
f. 06/01-06/04 - EOG Remediation
g. 06/04 - Class Picnics
h. 06/08 - Fifth Grade Celebration; Honor Roll Assembly; Fifth Grade Social
4. All we test today are make-ups. Yippie! We'll have our results this weekend and be ready to start remediation on Monday.
5. The SIT team and K-1 teachers placed the decision to purchase Imagine It for K-1 in my hands yesterday. The discussion was lengthy and many opinions were shared. This was prompted by the fact that we were the only Title-1 school (tiered or non-tiered) that determined not to participate. Sit members can provide you with the full text of the information I presented to them and what precipitated my bringing it back up when SIT had determined not purchased. As a result of their decision and the feelings expressed by K-1 teachers, I have placed the purchase of Imagine It in our prioritized Title-1 plan and will be submitting a purchase order today.
6. Don't forget to turn in your pledge card for the UNCF drive. The current total is $740.00. Remember that the drive ends today.
7. The School Board met last night to discuss budget concerns. This meeting was an attempt to deal with the gulf that exists between the School Board and the County Commissioners regarding school funding. The School Board requested an increase of $600,000 over last year. The County Commissioners countered with a reduction of $4,000,000 from last year's allocation. At this time, according to Fitch Rating Service, the County has approximately $129,000,000 in reserve in fund balance. The commissioners do not seem to be inclined to touch this "rainy day" fund. The following additional cuts discussed last night amounted to approximately $4 million. These were the elimination of elementary foreign language; elimination of all local assistant positions; reduction in theme budgets from $35,000 to $20,000 for all elementary schools; elimination of funding for the WS Symphony and related travel expenses; charging students a fee to play inter-scholastic sports; and reducing the supplement paid to sponsors and coaches since all these items are funded with local money from county taxes. Together these would save approximately $4 million. The commissioners will reconsider the board's request at a meeting on Monday night at 6:00 PM.
8. 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
9. This has been a long stressful week. Try to get out of here quickly this afternoon.
10. We will most likely receive testing results tomorrow if our data is clean. At the latest it will be Monday morning at 7:30. Once the information is know we will divide the students into groups and begin remediation. We need everyone to be flexible next week. Student performance for AYP and for Gateways is dependent on the first two administrations so those who will go through the remediation process can still help themselves and the school. Results from the first administration are the only scores used to calculate growth by the state.
11. I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.
Anonymous, French slogan
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884 - 1980)
May 21, 2010
1. Today is Day 166.
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:
Friday: May 21
EOG - Make-up testing
3. Upcoming Calendar Items:
a. 05/25 - Web Page migration session to School Wires
b. 05/26 - Web Page migration session to School Wires
c. 05/28 - Dollar Dress Down Day
d. 05/28 - Box Tops for Education due
e. 05/31 - Memorial Day - No School
f. 06/01-06/04 - EOG Remediation
g. 06/04 - Class Picnics
h. 06/08 - Fifth Grade Celebration; Honor Roll Assembly; Fifth Grade Social
4. All we test today are make-ups. Yippie! We'll have our results this weekend and be ready to start remediation on Monday.
5. The SIT team and K-1 teachers placed the decision to purchase Imagine It for K-1 in my hands yesterday. The discussion was lengthy and many opinions were shared. This was prompted by the fact that we were the only Title-1 school (tiered or non-tiered) that determined not to participate. Sit members can provide you with the full text of the information I presented to them and what precipitated my bringing it back up when SIT had determined not purchased. As a result of their decision and the feelings expressed by K-1 teachers, I have placed the purchase of Imagine It in our prioritized Title-1 plan and will be submitting a purchase order today.
6. Don't forget to turn in your pledge card for the UNCF drive. The current total is $740.00. Remember that the drive ends today.
7. The School Board met last night to discuss budget concerns. This meeting was an attempt to deal with the gulf that exists between the School Board and the County Commissioners regarding school funding. The School Board requested an increase of $600,000 over last year. The County Commissioners countered with a reduction of $4,000,000 from last year's allocation. At this time, according to Fitch Rating Service, the County has approximately $129,000,000 in reserve in fund balance. The commissioners do not seem to be inclined to touch this "rainy day" fund. The following additional cuts discussed last night amounted to approximately $4 million. These were the elimination of elementary foreign language; elimination of all local assistant positions; reduction in theme budgets from $35,000 to $20,000 for all elementary schools; elimination of funding for the WS Symphony and related travel expenses; charging students a fee to play inter-scholastic sports; and reducing the supplement paid to sponsors and coaches since all these items are funded with local money from county taxes. Together these would save approximately $4 million. The commissioners will reconsider the board's request at a meeting on Monday night at 6:00 PM.
8. 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
9. This has been a long stressful week. Try to get out of here quickly this afternoon.
10. We will most likely receive testing results tomorrow if our data is clean. At the latest it will be Monday morning at 7:30. Once the information is know we will divide the students into groups and begin remediation. We need everyone to be flexible next week. Student performance for AYP and for Gateways is dependent on the first two administrations so those who will go through the remediation process can still help themselves and the school. Results from the first administration are the only scores used to calculate growth by the state.
11. I am a Marxist--of the Groucho tendency.
Anonymous, French slogan
A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.
W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884 - 1980)
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