April 9, 2015

Welcome to the Speas Global Elementary Blog!

All staff members, let's make sure we are teaching, reteaching, and teaching again the procedures in the common areas (Hallway, Cafeteria, Bathrooms, Playground, Bus).  We should be giving out lots of Bee's for students demonstrating the basic expectations.  It is a good idea to review the procedures before you leave one area to travel to another area.  

Our Mission: 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.

Goals:

To increase English Language Arts achievement by 10%
To increase Mathematics achievement by 10%
To increase Science Achievement by 10%

Check out this graphic about global education.  The things above water are just the tip of the iceberg.   Try to go deeper in your instruction and touch some of the issues below the surface.

ISS
Specialists will begin holding ISS in their respective areas on their assigned days.  The schedule is below.  Teachers, specialists may be contacting you for work for students assigned to ISS.  Please get them work as soon as possible.   

Day	Teacher	Location
A	Arora	Room 213
B	Bowen	Music
C	King	Art
D	Childers/McMasters	Media/CL
E	Lindquist	Gym

Teachers: Having Trouble with Defiant Students?  Have you tried these strategies?

http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/school-wide-strategies-managing-defiance-non-complianc

Announcements:

Last day for Teacher Intent
Soccer Practice Today
Girls on the Run Tody


Just A Minute

I have only just a minute, 


 60 seconds in it.


Forced upon me, can't refuse it.


Didn't seek it, didn't choose it.


But it's up to me to use it.


I must suffer if I lose it,


Give account if I abuse it,


Just a tiny little minute,


But eternity is in it.


What are you going to do with your minute?


By Benjamin E. Mays

***For all technology issues, please follow these steps in order to submit a SchoolDude ticket. Mr. McMasters will receive this ticket and be able to work on resolving the issue as quickly as possible. Tickets take priority so please enter a ticket for the technology issue that you have. If you have any questions on how to do this, please see Mr. McMasters. Thank you!

To submit a ticket…on either the WSFCS homepage or the Speas homepage, click on “User Options” in the top right of the screen --> “SCHOOL DUDE requests --> Click “IT request” tab --> fill out request and click submit. ***

We have a Speas Symbaloo page.

http://www.symbaloo.com/home/mix/13eOcMEZPT#

email: djjohnson@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
pass: speasbees2014

Please email us with your favorite educator sites so we can create a huge selection of online resources.  

All staff members, let's make sure we are teaching, reteaching, and teaching again the procedures in the common areas (Hallway, Cafeteria, Bathrooms, Playground, Bus).  We should be giving out lots of Bee's for students demonstrating the basic expectations.  It is a good idea to review the procedures before you leave one area to travel to another area.  

SMOD Tickets (dress code violations) are located in the workroom.  Please keep the bottom portion for your own records as a way to keep track of the number of violations.  The continuum is as follows:

1st offense: verbal warning, and letter will be sent home to be signed.  Parent or guardian notified of violation
2nd offense: Teacher notifies parent or guardian and student is removed from class until proper SMOD is delivered.

(Teachers, we all should be enforcing this, it will only work if we all enforce it).

Calendar

4.9	1	E	X		Johnson out; deadline to fill out intent forms
4.10	2	A	X		1st Grade Dan Nicholas Park 8:30-2:00; Happy Birthday Woodson!!!!: Report Cards Due
4.11					Campus Clean Up
4.13					Canty out-training; Houston Texas visiting
4.14					Report Cards go home
4.15					Early Release Day
4.16					Happy Birthday Hooker; Ash out AM; International Night
4.17					5th Grade A & T
4.20
4.21					IC mtg.  Instr. strategies
4.22					Johnson out- AM
4.23					Johnson out; 2nd grade to butterfly farm
4.24					School-Wide Assembly Diggerdoo Down Under
4.26
5.1					Canty out meeting
5.4					TRC Window Opens
5.5					Ash out AM
5.8					GSN Module 4 due; PEP checks begin
5.14					Ash out AM; Papa Murphy’s Spirit Night
5.7					4th Grade Heritage Theater, New Winston Museum
5.20					Johnson out AM
5.22					1st Grade NC  Zoo 8:00-2:00 PM; Yoforia Movie Night; Ready EOG window opens; TRC window closes
6.5					Ready EOG window closes
6.7					Water Day
6.12					Last day for students
6.22					Last day for teachers

What Holiday is Today?

Thursday	Apr 9	Vimy Ridge Day	Canada
Thursday	Apr 9	Independence Restoration Day	Georgia
Thursday	Apr 9	Pesach VI (Passover)	Israel
Thursday	Apr 9	The Day of Valor	Philippines
Thursday	Apr 9	Constitution Day of the Republic of Kosovo	u1

Today in World History

193		In the Balkans, the distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
715		Constantine ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
1241		In the Battle of Liegnitz, Mongol armies defeat Poles and Germans.
1454		The city states of Venice, Milan and Florence sign a peace agreement at Lodi, Italy.
1682		Robert La Salle claims lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France.
1731		British Captain Robert Jenkins loses an ear to a band of Spanish brigands, starting a war between Britain and Spain: The War of Jenkins' Ear.
1770		Captain James Cook discovers Botany Bay on the Australian continent.
1859		Realizing that France has encouraged the Piedmontese forces to mobilize for invading Italy, Austria begins mobilizing its army.
1865		General Robert E. Lee surrenders his rebel forces to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va.
1900		British forces route Boers at Kroonstadt, South Africa.
1916		The German army launches its third offensive during the Battle of Verdun.
1917		The Battle of Arras begins as Canadian troops begin a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
1921		Russo-Polish conflict ends with signing of the Riga Treaty.
1940		Germany invades Norway and Denmark.
1942		In the Battle of Bataan, American and Filipino forces are overwhelmed by the Japanese Army.
1945		The Red Army is repulsed at the Seelow Heights on the outskirts of Berlin.
1950		Comedian Bob Hope makes his first television appearance.
1963		Winston Churchill becomes the first honorary U.S. citizen.
1966		The statue of Winston Churchill is dedicated at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C.
1968		Murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., is buried.
1970		Paul McCartney announces the official break-up of the Beatles.
Born on April 9
1649		James Scott, Duke of Monmouth.
1821		Charles Baudelaire, French poet.
1826		Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate commander during the American Civil War.
1865		Erich Ludendorff, German general during World War I.
1879		W.C. Fields (Claude William Dukenfield), comedian and actor.
1898		Paul Robeson, actor and activist.
1905		J. William Fulbright, U.S. senator from Arkansas.
1926		Hugh Hefner, founder and publisher of Playboy magazine.