3 things to know for January 17: Senior Quotes, Senior Meeting, Girls' Basketball falls to Carlynton1/17/2020
1. Senior QuotesSeniors please have your yearbook information sheets including your senior quote into Mr. Curcio TODAY. If not, you will not have a senior quote in the yearbook. 2. Senior MeetingAttention All Seniors, there will be an important and mandatory meeting of all Seniors this Friday, January 17th, at 8:00 in the high school audion. Subjects covered include community service hours, voting for faculty graduation speaker, graduation week schedule and reminders and other important information. If you have any questions, please see Mr. McCleary. 3. Girls' Basketball falls to CarlyntonThe Lady Trojans were defeated by Carlynton 42-31. The difference was the three point shooting of Carlynton which made six threes in the game to only 2 for Derry. Tiana Moracco led the Lady Trojans in scoring with 13. The girls travel to Penns Manor for an exhibition contest Friday, playing back-to-back games for the 4th time this season. LUNCH TALKResearchers working at the Scripps Research Translational Institute reviewed de-identified data from users wearing Fitbits -- the company's privacy policy allows for the potential use of de-identified user data for research -- and found that they were able to do real-time flu prediction at the state level. This marks the first time heart rate trackers and sleep data have been used to predict the flu or any infectious disease in real time, according to the study authors. Today's Number: 43,000Weighing in at more than 4,700 pounds and measuring two feet high and 26 inches wide, the Guinness Book of World Records declared Waco, Texas, as the home to the world's largest Snickers bar Thursday. The world's largest Snickers bar is the size of 43,000 regular-sized Snickers bars put together. For those wondering, that's over 12 million calories. AND FINALLY3 things to know for January 16: Senior Quotes, Mandatory Senior Meeting, Boys' Volleyball Sign-ups1/16/2020
1. Senior QuotesSeniors please have your yearbook information sheets including your senior quote into Mr. Curcio by THIS Friday - TOMORROW. If not, you will not have a senior quote in the yearbook. 2. Mandatory Senior MeetingAttention All Seniors, there will be an important and mandatory meeting of all Seniors this Friday, January 17th, at 8:00 in the high school audion. Subjects covered include community service hours, voting for faculty graduation speaker, graduation week schedule and reminders and other important information. If you have any questions, please see Mr. McCleary. 3. Boys' Volleyball Sign-upsBoys Volleyball Sign-Ups will be held on Tuesday, January 21st during homeroom in the gym. Anyone who is planning on playing needs to attend. If you have any questions, see Coach Spencer. LUNCH TALKThis year's inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were revealed Wednesday including Depeche Mode, The Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. and T-Rex. To be eligible for the Hall of Fame an individual artist or band must have released their first commercial recording at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. Ballots were cast by an international voting body of more than 1,000 artists, including current living Inductees, historians and members of the music industry. Factors such as an artist's musical influence, body of work, innovation, style and technique are taken into consideration with the voting, according to the organization. Today's Number: $4.37 millionKen Jennings defeated James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter to win the "Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time" special tournament on Tuesday night. Jennings was the first to win three matches, which made him champion. His victory brought his winnings total to $4.37 million. AND FINALLY1. Yearbook OrdersAttention students, your last chance to pre-order your yearbook will take place the week of January 27-31. Cost is $80.00 check or money order only! Your name will NOT be engraved on the front cover. If there is a surplus of yearbooks at the end of the year they will be sold for $80.00. Again, the only way to ensure you get your 2020 Derrian is to pre-order. 2. Boys' Basketball falls to HighlandsThe Trojan basketball team lost to Highlands 81-59.The Trojans nearly had four players in double figures, led by Aidan Bushey with 16. Tanner Nicely had 14, Tyson Webb 10 & Ryan Bushey 9 3. Majorette and Colorguard WorkshopThe DAHS Marching Band is offering a Majorette and Color Guard workshop on Mondays from 6-6:45 beginning on February 3rd in the Aux Gym. Any student in grades 4-11 interested in learning to twirl batons or flags should pick up a flyer in the office. LUNCH TALKClimate change, infectious diseases, anti-vaxxers and antimicrobial resistance all made their way onto the World Health Organization's list of health challenges facing the next decade. The list, published on Monday, was developed with input from experts around the world and presented "urgent, global health challenges," according to WHO, the United Nations' public health agency. "The list reflects a deep concern that leaders are not investing enough resources in core health priorities & systems, putting lives & economies in jeopardy," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a Tweet on Monday."We need to realize that health is an investment in the future. Countries invest heavily in protecting their people from terrorist attacks, but not against the attack of a virus, which could be far more deadly & far more damaging economically & socially," he wrote. "We face shared threats & we have a shared responsibility to act." Today's Number: 60The number of people who were treated after a Boeing 777-200 flown by Delta dumped jet fuel while returning yesterday to Los Angeles International Airport, hitting five elementary schools and a high school. The jet had an engine problem and dropped its fuel for safety, though planes aren't supposed to dump fuel over populated areas. The FAA is investigating. AND FINALLY1. Lady Trojans Win AgainThe Lady Trojan Basketball team erupted for 35 first quarter points and with a total team effort defeated Valley 67-33. Tiana Moracco led the scoring with 19 and Kamryn Kelly followed up with 14 points and 14 rebounds. 2. Food BankStudents wishing to help out at the Derry Area Food Bank Distribution on Wednesday, January 15, from 8:30 until approximately 11:15 can pick up permission forms from Mrs. Cramer in the Main Office. Students can only attend if they have a signed permission form turned in prior to the trip. Students assisting at the Food Bank will earn 2 ½ hours of community service credit for their work. Students are reminded that they must have ten hours of community service documented in order to graduate. If you have any questions, please see Mr. McCleary. 3. Senior QuotesSeniors please have your yearbook information sheets including your senior quote into Mr. Curcio by THIS Friday. If not, you will not have a senior quote in the yearbook. LUNCH TALKSince it was founded more than a century go, the New York Public Library has seen millions of books checked in and out. But the book that's been checked out the most is a simple story about a child enjoying his city's first snowfall. The library, the second largest in the US after the Library of Congress, has released its list of the Top 10 checkouts of all time. Topping it is "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats. That picture book has been borrowed a whopping 485,584 times since it was published in 1962. Here are the 10 most checked-out books: 1. "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats (485,583 checkouts) 2. "The Cat in the Hat," by Dr. Seuss (469,650) 3. "1984," by George Orwell (441,770) 4. "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak (436,016) 5. "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee (422,912) 6. "Charlotte's Web," by E.B. White (337,948) 7. "Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury (316,404) 8. "How to Win Friends and Influence People," by Dale Carnegie (284,524) 9. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," by J.K. Rowling (231,022) 10. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," by Eric Carle (189,550) Today's Number: 42the LSU Tigers of Baton Rouge capped off a dominant season, winning the College Football Playoff national championship game, beating last year's champion, Clemson, 42-25 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to finish 15-0. AND FINALLY1. Long Wins Grand Champion ShowmanHolly Long of New Alexandria, Westmoreland County won the first-ever Master Showmanship Competition for breeding livestock at the 104th Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg. Long took home the title of Grand Champion Showman and the use of a stock trailer for one year. The new contest was an opportunity for youth to demonstrate their knowledge of the animal they were showing, as well as their poise and presentation skills. The contest was open to Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Showmen from the divisions of dairy cattle, breeding cattle, dairy goats, meat goats, alpacas and poultry. An individual may only qualify with one species each year. Each competitor shows an animal from each species included. Contestants are not allowed to show their own animals. 2. Last Chance for YearbooksAttention students, your last chance to pre-order your yearbook will take place the week of January 27-31. Cost is $80.00 check or money order only! Your name will NOT be engraved on the front cover. If there is a surplus of yearbooks at the end of the year they will be sold for $80.00. Again, the only way to ensure you get your 2020 Derrian is to pre-order. 3. Ski TripFirst Ski and Snowboard trip will be Friday January 17th. All forms are in Mrs Krehlik's GOOGLE classroom. See her for class code if needed. ALL money and paperwork for the first trip is DUE TODAY! Extra envelopes for payments are in the offices. LUNCH TALKAmerica's new favorite restaurants are Wawa, Sheetz, and 7-Eleven. Yep, gas stations. Consumers, especially Millennials, are not always willing to go to a quick-service restaurant, a fast-food joint or walk around a 40,000-square-foot grocery store, analysts say. Instead, they'll often head to a convenience store, where the average amount of time customers spend inside the store is less than four minutes. Today's Number: 33:50A South Carolina man competing in the 2020 Charleston Marathon has beaten the world record for the fastest time to finish a marathon in an exoskeleton suit. Adam Gorlitsky, who is paralyzed from the waist down, completed Saturday's 26.2-mile race with a time of 33 hours, 50 minutes and 23 seconds. AND FINALLY |
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