Announcements for Tuesday, April 24, 2012

1.       Today’s lunch is Soft Taco w/Cheese, Diced Tomatoes, Lettuce & Taco Sauce, assorted fruits and vegetables, low-fat white or chocolate milk.

 

2.       Attention:  5th and 6th Graders: World Wildlife Club will meet in room 211 during Activity Period this Wednesday, April 25th!

 

3.       President John Adams approves legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress," thus establishing the Library of Congress. The first books, ordered from London, arrived in 1801 and were stored in the U.S. Capitol, the library's first home. The first library catalog, dated April 1802, listed 964 volumes and nine maps. Twelve years later, the British army invaded the city of Washington and burned the Capitol, including the then 3,000-volume Library of Congress.

 

4.       7^th grade knowledge bowl students, please stop by Mr. Erwin’s room TODAY to pick up a permission form for the Knowledge Bowl trip.

 

5.       6th grade chorus is canceled today.

 

6.       On April 24, 1980, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the 52 American hostages held in Tehran ends with eight U.S. servicemen dead and no hostages rescued.