Today’s Trivia Question: For which 1964 musical blockbuster did Julie Andrews win the Academy Award for best actress? 

The lunch menu for today is scrambled eggs with sausage and a muffin or salad bar or chef’s choice grab and go, hash brown stars, fresh veggies, assorted fruit and milk. 

Attention All 7th Graders: the deadline for handing in your permission slip and/or chaperone slip is this Friday, February 21.  You may give them to Mrs. Bishop or Mrs. Vajda. 

There is no choir rehearsal today Thursday, February 20th due to the early release and conferences. Solo auditions will be held next Thursday, 2/27 after rehearsal. Please see Mrs. Rosekelly to sign up for a time. 

 

Band-O-Rama is this Saturday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. in the high school gym. Band members should report to Edison High School auditorium by 6:30 to warm-up and tune. 

Today the yearbook envelopes were handed out.  This year’s book will have 48 pages of pictures, including the Washington, D.C. trip, Turkey Trot, Awesomeness Day and many more.  The cost of a yearbook is only $15.  You may order online at ybpay.lifetouch.com or return your envelope to your homeroom teacher or give it to Mrs. Bishop.  The deadline is March 2 for placing your order.  

Any 7th or 8th grade boy or girl planning to join the track teams this spring needs to sign up on the sheets outside of Coach Vajda’s room.  Be sure to include your afternoon bus number on the signup sheet.  When you sign up, it is important that you take a practice schedule from the folder next to the signup sheets. Make sure you give that schedule to your parents.  If you are planning to join, but have not had a physical yet this school year, please see Coach Vajda or Mrs. Bishop for the forms.  Lastly, if you are interested in pole vault as an event this year, please put a star next to your name when you sign up. 

The answer for today’s trivia question is that the musical blockbuster that Julie Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress was Mary Poppins.  

We would like to close with this quote from Thomas Jefferson: “Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.”