Monday, June 6, 2016


TIPS OF THE MONTH


Special Days in June
June 14
Flag Day History

National Flag Day is when Americans celebrate the meaning of their nation's flag, honor the traditions associated with its care, and educate those around them to its significance.
Significant milestones
 June 14, 1777 the Flag Resolution was signed, making the current stars and stripes the National Flag of the United States of America.
May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson called for the nation-wide observance of Flag Day.
In 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed congress' decree, making June 14th of each year National Flag Day.
Tips
Fly the flag proudly in front of your residence.
Recite the pledge of allegiance.



June 19
Father’s Day History

Father's Day is the day to recognize, honor and celebrate the sacrifices and accomplishments of fathers. On this day, children celebrate their fathers and father figures to show their love and appreciation. Father's Day was created to complement Mother's Day and is celebrated on the third Sunday in June.
Significant milestones
In 1910, the Washington State Governor declared Father's Day on the 19th of July.
In 1972 President Richard Nixon proclaimed the third Sunday in June to be recognized for Father's Day.
Tips
Make Dad a big breakfast and serve it to him in bed.
Spend the day with Dad doing one of his favorite activities: fishing, golfing, hiking.




Juneteenth History

Juneteenth, also called Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, celebrates the abolition of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Texas to deliver news that President Lincoln has issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the enslaved. Although Lincoln's Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, it took nearly two and half years for word to travel from Washington to Texas. By then, Texas had amassed more than 250,000 slaves. In 1980, Texas became the first state to recognize it as an official holiday.
Tips
Visit an African-American Museum.
Read about the lives of African-Americans who lived during the 1800’s to 1900s.

Taken from Family, School and Community Engagement


What a Unique Idea!!!
For a classroom of elementary school students looking for inspiration before a big test this week, the writing wasn’t on the wall. It was on their desks.

A Woodbury teacher wrote inspirational messages directly on her students’ desks before they started four days of high-pressure, high-stakes Common Core-aligned tests, followed by three more days the next week.

Sunday, May 29, 2016

I Stand Before You 


I stand before you all today
But not one eye can see my way

My time arrived, to leave this earth
A fact so planned, to every birth

It happened where I had to go
My torch for life was so aglow

I transferred while in uniform
Protecting freedom, through a storm

Should I resent I died for you
Not on my life, red white and blue

Please help my family through each day
Tell all my friends, try not to stray

And of the country I did love
Do think of me, through God above

Your memories, brought forth this day
Send love to us, who could not stay
©2001 Roger J. Robicheau

Wednesday, May 4, 2016



Alphabet Soup Answers
Objective: To allow participants some practice in simple problem solving.
Procedure: Prepare the following questions as a quickie quiz. Ask participant to complete the exercise as quickly as possible.
Know your alphabet? Then tell us what the answer is by using one letter.
1.      A vegetable?                           P                     
2.      A drink?                                  T                     
3.      A body of water?                    C                     
4.      Part of the head?                       I                      
5.      A bird?                                    J                      
6.      An insect?                               B                     
7.      A female sheep?                     U                     
8.      An actor’s signal?                   Q                    
9.      An exclamation?                      O                    
10.  A question?                             Y                     
This time use two letters.
1.      Chilly?                                    IC                    
2.      Too much?                             XS                   
3.      Rot?                                        DK                   
4.      Not hard?                               EZ                   
5.      Vacant?                                  MT                  
6.      Jealousy?                                NV                  
7.      Composition?                         SA                   
8.      Indian Tent?                           TP                   

Sunday, May 1, 2016



Alphabet Soup
Great idea for an entrance or exit ticket at a faculty meeting!!!

   Objective: To allow participants practice in simple problem solving.

  Know your alphabet? Then tell me what the answer is by using one          alphabet.
1.     A vegetable?                        P                     
2.     A drink?                                                      
3.     A body of water?                                        
4.     Part of the head?                                         
5.     A bird?                                                        
6.     An insect?                                                   
7.     A female sheep?                                       
8.     An actor’s signal?                                     
9.     An exclamation?                                         
10.  A question?                                               
    This time use two letters.
1.     Chilly?                                                       
2.     Too much?                                                 
3.     Rot?                                                           
4.     Not hard?                                                   
5.     Vacant?                                                      
6.     Jealousy?                                                   
7.     Composition?                                            
8.     Indian Tent?                                               
   Answers will follow later.