1. The due date for entries into the PTO’s What a Life Program’s Expressions Contest is today, Friday April 23rd. The deadline for entries will be Monday, April 26th. Entries will not be accepted after Monday.
2. According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on April 26, and three days was a customary amount of time to wait before baptizing a newborn. Shakespeare's date of death is conclusively known, however: it was April 23, 1616. He was 52 years old and had retired to
3. The 7th grade girl's lacrosse team played an amazing Game yesterday against Paxon Hollow. The girls won 7 to 3. Kara S played outstanding in Goal, making 10 saves! Goals were scored by Annie, Maddie, Maggie, and Mary Hall. The team's defense was out of this world! Great game team.
4. After being convicted in the assassination of politician Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan is sentenced to the death penalty. In 1972, Sirhan’s sentence was commuted to life in prison after
