Announcements 11/2/12

LUNCH TODAY:  CHEESE PIZZA, HAMBURGER, OVEN ROASTED POTATOES & TURKEY HAM

STUDENT NEWS:

  • Congratulations to today’s trivia winner, Eledon Beyene!  Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.  Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore the only individual counted twice among the presidents. Come to the office during lunch to collect your prize.  Today’s trivia:   What US state is known as, “The Last Frontier”?
  • Thank you to all students who participated in Student Vote yesterday.  Thanks especially to Allie Rauner, Mercy Morales and Eva Hafermann who served as the Election Commissioners.  Here are the results from Lefler.  President Obama received 68% of the vote for President and Governor Romney received 28%.  In the Senate race, Bob Kerrey had 62% of the vote and Deb Fisher had 38%, in the race for the House of Representatives, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry received 52% of the vote and Korey Reiman received 48% and in the race for State Board of Education, Lillie Larsen earned 54% and Bob Van Valkenburg earned 45%.
  • There will be 7th grade girls’ basketball practice today after school.
  • Today’s “Pay It Forward” idea is to talk to a student you normally don’t talk to.
  • Thanks for all your help with the FRIGHT HUNGER FOOD DRIVE!!  We brought in a total of 184 pounds to help support the People’s City Mission.  The overall winner of the food drive is the class of 2019 bringing in a total of 101 pounds.  2nd Place goes to the class of 2017 with 61 pounds and 3rd Place goes to the class of 2018 with 22 pounds.
  • 8th Grade Students interested in mobile app development, computer game development, digital video or other advanced computer classes are invited to attend informational meetings at the Information Technology Focus Program Tuesday, November 13, beginning at 7:00 PM.