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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS
Monday's are for people with a mission, EAGLE NATION! It is a short week here at the Eagle Nest, as we only have classes today and tomorrow, and then we are off for Thanksgiving Recess. We hope you all get to enjoy the break, get some rest, and spend time with family and loved ones. If you are travelling, please be safe.
Modified sports START today. Let's goooo!!!! Also, Winter Sports Senior Banner pictures are today.
We are also looking for some more Varsity Cheerleaders and JV girls' Basketball players if anyone is interested. Please reach out ASAP. We would love to have more athletes participate.
There are 30,650 total Farms in New York, and there are 6.5 million acres of farmland.
The weather is looking like possible rain/snow over the week, with the temperatures falling fast over Thanksgiving.
Remember, keep it classy, Eagle Nation!
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Our Winter Sports Team Shops are Open. Get your order in ASAP!!!!!
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Girls Basketball Sprint Shop
Boys Basketball Sprint Shop
Cheer Sprint Shop
Wrestling Sprint Shop
Fun fact of the day: No number before 1,000 contains the letter 'A' when spelled out.
Did you know? Olympic gold medals have some gold in them, but they're mostly made of silver.
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On this date in sports:
- In 1867, the Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union was formed in Kingston.
- In 1949, the Syracuse Nationals beat the Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
- In 1956, Glenn Davis led an American trifecta in the men's 400m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics; hurdles Olympic record equalling 50.1s to beat teammates Eddie Southern and Joshua Culbreath.
- In 1982, Cal "The Iron Man" Ripken was named AL Rookie of the Year.
- In 2012, the continued NHL lockout resulted in all games through December 14 being cancelled.
Today is National Sardine Day!!!!! YUCK
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***Some Reminders!!!!***
- 11/24 - Modified Winter Sports Begin
- 11/26-30 - Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
- 12/07 - Pearl Harbour Remembrance Day
- 12/09 - Senior High Concert @ 7 p.m.
- 12/10 - Winter Sports Photos
- 12/11 - BOE Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
- 12/12 - Jr/Sr. High End of 2nd Midterm
- 12/14 - Hanukkah Begins
- 12/15 - Grades 6-8 Holiday Concert @ 7 p.m.
- 12/16 - Grades 1-5 Holiday Concert @ 6 p.m.
- 12/21 - Winter Begins
- 12/20 - 01/04 - Holiday Recess
- 12/24 - Christmas Eve
- 12/25 - Christmas
- 12/31 - New Year's Eve
On this date in history:
- In 2001, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ratified changes to the country's legal code that made women equal to men before the law and no longer subject to their husbands.
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In 1971, a man later known as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane shortly after departing from Portland, Oregon, and later parachuted out of the aircraft with the ransom money; despite an extensive manhunt, he was never identified or caught.
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In 1963, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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In 1947, the Hollywood Ten, a group of motion-picture producers, directors, and screenwriters who appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in October 1947, were found in contempt of Congress.
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In 1877, shortly before her death, Anna Sewell published her only novel, Black Beauty, the first major animal story in children's literature.
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In 1874, American inventor Joseph Farwell Glidden patented the first commercially successful barbed wire.
- In 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published.
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In 1832, a special state convention in South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, which declared two federal tariffs null and void within the state; it sparked the nullification crisis, which ended in favour of the federal government.
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In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman, who sailed from Batavia (Jakarta) to investigate the practicality of a sea passage eastward to Chile and to explore New Guinea and ended up discovering Tasmania.
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