1. Musical PreviewsThe Derry Area High School musical is next weekend! This year, our students are performing Les Miserables. On Wednesday, the cast will be performing previews for the entire school district. They will perform small pieces of the entire show for the middle and high school, and have a meet and greet with the elementary school students. Hopefully the previews will make everyone go see the show! 2. Latrobe Country Club JobsLatrobe Country club is offering jobs, located at 346 Arnold Palmer Drive in Latrobe. They are offering a part time job as a dishwasher and a job as a server and another as a runner. The part time job for the dishwasher would be Friday through Sunday. For those interested please contact Jason M Seiple, the executive chef, at 724-539-8585. 3. Oakbrook Food FundraiserThe Oakbrook food fundraiser is now available outside of Mrs. Bushey’s room. This is a prom fundraiser and you will receive $5 toward your account for each item you sell. All money and orders are due March 6. LUNCH TALKAs the Coronavirus spreads through northern Italy, some schools, including Syracuse University and New York University, announced they were closing their campuses in Florence immediately. Other schools are keeping their overseas campuses open for now but are offering students the option of leaving. Many schools, including Cornell University, have already suspended travel to China because of the coronavirus outbreak. China's National Health Commission said 77,658 cases of the COVID-19 virus had been confirmed as of Tuesday. TODAY'S QUOTEThe Most Magical Place on Earth... On Disney's Magic Kingdom ride in Orlando, the guest's boat flooded with water and sunk. The tour ride was supposed to be'humorous' and 'exotic'. Matthew Vince, who was a passenger on the boat, told CNN that everything was okay and everyone was rescued in about 20 minutes. The ride may have been known as 'The Most Magical Place on Earth' but on this tour there was no magic. TODAY'S NUMBER: $70 MillionA 22-year-old grocery store employee just won the biggest jackpot in Quebec's history after he purchased a ticket from the store where he works. Paper or plastic? Allllllll the paper, please. AND FINALLYBy The Station Staff Updated 8:28 AM EST 1. NEW ARTICLE: "My Sport" by Lauren AngusAfter swimming for 9 years, I always anticipated my high school swimming experience. Though I have been swimming in large competitions since I was little, WPIALS is a completely different experience... 2. Bachelors Gone ExtinctThis year's Bachelor Auction, “Bachelors Gone Extinct” will be held Saturday March 21st, (please note the date change) doors will open at 6:30 and the auction will begin at 7:30! Please come support the Interact Club in their efforts to raise money for The Make-A-Wish Foundation. 3. Derry Easter Egg RollGrandview is offering an opportunity for community service hours! This opportunity will be open to high school students seeking a fun filled afternoon with the Grandview students. This opportunity is for the Derry Easter Egg Roll. For those interested, please attend the informational meeting with Mr. Hill and Miss. Barsic March 3, in E308. LUNCH TALKInstead of taking the traditional route, Dunkin switches it up. While most franchises are currently coming out with healthier and vegan options, Dunkin's team was busy thinking of the 'perfect afternoon pick-me-up', a bag full of bacon! In the cardboard bag, you'll find eight half-strips of natural, cherry wood smoked bacon, coated with sweet, brown sugar and black pepper. The same bacon was used in their Dunkin's Sweet Black Pepper Bacon Breakfast Sandwich. TODAY'S QUOTEIn giving my life to tennis, tennis gave me a life. Five-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova, 32, has announced her retirement from tennis in a column she wrote for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Her last appearance came at the 2020 Australian Open, where she was knocked out in the first round by Donna Vekić. TODAY'S NUMBER: $200 Billion$200 billion dollars is the amount of money that Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook lost from the recent Coronavirus outbreak. This is due to a dip in stocks, consumer purchases, and panicked investors. AND FINALLY1. Ag Week: Today is Flannel DayThis week is National FFA Week. Help the Ag department celebrate! Today is Flannel Day. Thursday is tie-dye day and Friday, show your school spirit by wearing blue & gold, and bring a dollar to wear your favorite hat! 2. Blenko ScholarshipIf you're looking for a scholarship that's just for you, the Patti and Walter Blenko scholarship could be the one! This scholarship is for people who love set and costume designing, theater, and musical arts. Make sure you take the chance before it's too late because applications have to be postmarked by April 17th. The fund for this scholarship is worth $4,000. Not only is there a new scholarship, but our current musical, Le Miserables, is having its first show for the public next month. 3. Poster WinnersCongratulations to Katelyn Harris, Madison Liberoni, Page Gelsdorf, and Sara Bungard on winning this semester's Learning Style Poster Contest for Mrs. Prato's CEUT class. LUNCH TALKUltramarathoners and other endurance runners take note: You can't rely on electrolyte sports drinks and supplements to keep essential salt levels in balance and prevent illness during and after these grueling races, according to a new study. Researchers from Stanford University evaluated 266 athletes who took part in RacingThePlanet -- an extreme sporting event that involved running 155 miles over seven days across rough terrain in different deserts around the world. Dr. Grant Lipman, the lead author of the study, said the findings were applicable to other sports. TODAY'S QUOTEThis trial — and the jury’s decision today — marks a new era of justice… Yesterday, Harvey Weinstein was just found guilty of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and rape. This trial was a long process and involved 28 women testifying against the former Hollywood agent. Weinstein faces a possible 29 years in prison. He awaits trial, with bail denied, scheduled for March 11. TODAY'S NUMBER: 2There are two cheetah cubs that have been born from vito fertilization. Vito fertilization makes it possible to gather eggs from a mother and have it fertilized and it is given to another female that will carry the cubs until birth. This success brings hope for the endangered species. The cubs are staying at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. AND FINALLY3 things to know for February 25: Oakbrooke Fundraiser, Kennemetal Program, Sophomore Scheduling2/25/2020
1. Oakbrooke FundraiserIf you're looking for more opportunities to raise money for prom, look no further. Mrs. Bushey is giving out the Oakbrooke food fundraiser outside of her room all day. Even if you sell one item, that's $5 directly into your student account. Pick one up as soon as you can, all of your customer's money and orders are due March sixth. 2. Kennemetal ProgramStudents scheduling for their junior and senior year are reminded that applications for the Kennemetal Young Engineers program are available in the guidance office. The deadline to apply is February 28th. 3. Sophomore SchedulingAttention 10th Grade students, the school counselors are beginning to meet individually with you concerning next year’s schedule. Please have your blue Course Selection forms completed. Remember to have your electives selected as well as your parent/guardian signature. LUNCH TALKIt’s official, no more need for refunds of Friends! Warner Brothers has revealed that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer are starring in a reunion special for WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service. The service launches in May along with other Warner Brothers originals. Such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Big Bang Theory, Looney Tunes, The West Wing, and 100,000 others! TODAY'S QUOTEI had to crawl on all fours and my knees – it’s a rocky, snowy, dirty, wet trail. A runner in Washington broke his ankle on a remote mountain trail and was forced to crawl for eight hours in order to get cell service. The runner, identified as Joseph Oldendorf, recounted the tale, saying, “[he] had to crawl on all fours and [his] knees – it’s a rocky, snowy, dirty, wet trail – and after a while, [his] knees were raw, so [he] had the idea put [his] shoes over them so [he] would at least have some traction and a little bit of protection, but they’re still really messed up." He is now on the road to recovery in Seattle. TODAY'S NUMBER: 2A pair of cheetah cubs have been born from in vitro fertilization to a surrogate cheetah mother for the first time, and experts are hailing it a "huge scientific breakthrough." The cubs were born February 19 at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio to their surrogate mother Izzy, a 3-year-old cheetah, according to Smithsonian's National Zoo. Their biological mother is 6 1/2-year-old Kibibi. AND FINALLY1. Bachelor's Gone ExtinctOn Friday, March 20th, "Bachelors Gone Extinct" will be held. The actual event will begin at seven p.m., but the school's doors will open at 6:30 p.m.. This event is hosted by DAHS's Interact Club. All of the money raised from this event will be going towards the Make-A-Wish Foundation. 2. New ContentNow that the DA Station is up and running again, a new type of article is being posted, interviews. Each week, the journalism class will post one or more interviews from the perspective of students and faculty. Look at the DA Station website for daily updates and follow us on Instagrams @da_station for exclusive updates and content. 3. FFA WeekIt's National FFA Week. Help us celebrate! TODAY is Pajama Day! Tuesday is Camo day, and Wednesday is Flannel Day. Thursday is tie-dye day and Friday, show your school spirit by wearing blue & gold, and bring a dollar to wear your hat! LUNCH TALKNASA needs your help with the upcoming mission to earth’s sister planet of venus! Due to the hot temperatures of its surface, electronics will not suffice for the obstacle detecting system. That is where help is needed, NASA has opened up the opportunity for people to think of a system that will work for the rover's obstacle detecting system in the extreme heat. The winner will receive 15,000 dollars for the design. TODAY'S QUOTEThen I do 700 pushups a day, 2,000 situps a day in sets of a hundred, 500 leg squats a day. For upper body and the arms, I do approximately 300 arm curls a day. On February 15, 62 year old George Hood held a plank for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds, which Guinness World Records confirmed was the new record. The female record is currently held by Dana Glowacka from Canada, who held a plank for 4 hours, 19 minutes and 55 seconds last year, according to Guinness World Records. Hood, a former US Marine and retired Drug Enforcement Administration supervisory special agent, has broken the record for longest plank before, in 2011 when he held it for 1 hour and 20 minutes. But when he tried to set it again in 2016, he lost to Mao Weidong from China, who held a plank for 8 hours, 1 minute and 1 second. TODAY'S NUMBER: 1In what appears to be an unfortunate accident, Samsung Galaxy phone users worldwide have received a mysterious notification from Samsung’s Find My Mobile app. The alert, which several users reported, simply reads “1” with another “1” below it. A few hours after the incident, Samsung said that the messages were unintentionally sent during an internal test. AND FINALLY |
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