Announcements for Thursday, March 31, 2011

1.     Lunch Today is popcorn chicken, assorted fruits and vegetables with low fat white or chocolate milk

 

2.     If you would like to be a Conestoga Football or Basketball Cheerleader for the 2011-2012 school year, you must attend two practice days on Monday, April 4^th and Tuesday, April 5^th from    7:30-8:45.  Practices will be held in the Valley Forge Middle School cafeteria.  You must attend both practice sessions in order to be able to try-out.  Try-outs will be held on Monday, April 11^th and Tuesday, April 12^th beginning at 5:30.  More information will be given at the first practice.

 

3.     On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower's designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers

 

4.     The 8th grade boys' lacrosse team beat Valley Forge Middle School 5-4 yesterday.  Quinn Bridge, Jack Braun, Sam Friedman, Jack Monahan, and Luke Taicher each scored a goal, and Sam Friedman also had three assists.

 

5.     Today in March 31, Major League Baseball players are sent back to work after the longest strike in baseball history ends on this day in 1995. Because of the strike, the 1994 World Series was cancelled; it

          was the first time baseball did not crown a champion in 89 years