Announcements
Welcome: Friday - May 28, 2010/Day 180
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!
Media Center:
We would like to congratulate Padyn Huschka, Pete Wittmeyer, and Elizabeth Hostetler. They are the winners of the library’s Accelerated Reader drawing and can stop by the library to claim their $25.00 gift cards. Great work, Padyn, Pete, Elizabeth , and everyone else who successfully completed AR tests this year! DCHS students passed 942 AR tests this year. That’s a total of 94, 821, 922 words read. How impressive! Have a great summer!
Spain Trip:
Due to the lack of people signing up for the trip to Barcelona, Spain, the trip has been canceled. BUT, there will be a trip planned in 2012 to Costa Rica for those who still want to travel. This trip is much cheaper and more information will be available next school year.
Students:
Action for Eastern Montana will be having a summer employment program. If you qualify for the program you will be placed in a work setting in your community for the summer months. The pay is $7.25 an hour. If you are interested, please come to the principal’s office and pick up an application.
Students and Staff:
Lunch today-Ham Deli Sandwiches/There will NOT be a salad bar today.
Lunch Accts:
All lunch accounts need to be paid in full by TODAY, Friday, May 28th!! If you are wondering, stop by the clerk’s office to find out if your account is in good standings.
Media Center:
Students, please return the library books and pay your fines by TODAY, Friday. If you have questions about the items you have or the fines you maybe owe, stop by the library and ask Mrs. Melby or Mrs. Price for that information. These obligations do not go away unless you take care of them, so do yourself a favor and clear your library account before you complete the year.
Friday:
Happy Last Day of School…..:-) “Contractual Early Release” today……. @ 1:23 pm
Date ___5/28/10____________
Thought for the day: Two of my favorite all time quotes………remember these as you have a GREAT SUMMER.
“The elevator to success is out of order. You’ll have to use the stairs... one step at a time.” —Joe Girard
“Failure is not about insecurity. It’s about lack of execution.” —Jeffrey Gitomer
A bit of humor: Once upon a time there were two little skunks named "In"
and "Out." They lived in a hollow tree with their mother.
Sometime In and Out played outside, but other times they played inside. One day In was out and Out was in. Mother skunk told Out to go out and bring In in. So Out went out and in a few minutes he came in with In.
"My my, Out," she said, "How did you find In so quickly?"
Out just smiled and said, "Instinct."
I bet you didn’t know; This is a bit long…..but being the last day of school etc…….it needs to be said! Let’s talk about the 4TH OF JULY A little early……
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; & another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton, of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 12 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.
So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid. Remember: freedom is never free!
It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than parties, picnics, fireworks and baseball games.