Announcements for Monday, February 6, 2012

1.     Today’s lunch is French Toast Sticks and Sausage Patty, assorted fruits and vegetables, and low-fat white or chocolate milk.

 

2.     Congratulations to Alex Wang who placed 1st this past weekend in the Chester County Math Counts competition. The A team consisting of Arun Balaji, Mark Dong, Alex Wang, and Michael Zhang placed 2nd overall for the team portion of the competition. Arun Balaji placed 9th individually. Mary Mei, Melissa Cui, Patrick Liu, Jonathan Xu, Thomas Huck, and Brady Munroe also did a nice job at the competition. The state competition is next month in Harrisburg. Good luck to the math counts team.

 

3.     This quote comes from W. Clement Stone who was a 21st century businessman, philanthropist, and author: “Have the courage to say no.  Have the courage to face the truth.  Do the right thing because it is right.  These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

 

4.     Today in history, during the American War for Independence, representatives from the United States and France sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance in Paris.  The Treaty of Amity and Commerce recognized the United States as an independent nation and encouraged trade between France and the America, while the Treaty of Alliance provided for a military alliance against Great Britain, stipulating that the absolute independence of the United States be recognized as a condition for peace and that France would be permitted to conquer the British West Indies.

 

5.     On this day in 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king's two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father's death; she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27.