Today our school participates in the #SAVETHEKIDS assembly with speaker Collin Kartchner. To find out more follow the links in this post.
First Person to Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel and Survive
October 24, 1901
Annie Edson Taylor makes the plunge on what was her 63rd birthday. She had tested the barrel by sending it over the falls with a cat inside. The cat survived. Taylor used a custom-made barrel, constructed of oak and iron and padded with a mattress. After the lid was screwed on, a bicycle tire pump was used to compress the air in the barrel. Except for a small gash on her head, she was unharmed in her adventure.
Soccer Great – Pele’ born 1940
Father of the Video Game Birthday
Father of the Video Game
William Higinbotham
Born October 25, 1910 d. 1994
American physicist. “Father of the Video Game.” In 1958 he rigged up an oscilloscope for the public to play tennis on at New York’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.
First Photo of Earth from Space
October 24, 1946
Taken from an altitude of 65 miles above Earth from a motion picture camera mounted on a V-2 rocket launched from White Sands Missile Range.
Sports Assembly
A Note from the Registrar
Schedule changes for trimester 2 will be available on November 4, 2019. Forms can be picked up in the front office or by the registrar’s office. All forms need to be signed by a parent. Remember we don’t make schedule changes to change lunches or teachers. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Bigler.