1. Les Mis InfoAny high school student interested in auditioning for this year’s musical: Les Mis may pick up materials from Mr. Rick in the HS VMR Room. Audition dates are Monday, December 9 & Tuesday, December 10 from 4:00-7:00 pm. Audition sign-ups are outside the VMR. 2. NBHS InfoAttention National Business Honor Society members: There is a mandatory meeting on Thursday, December 5th in E307, Mrs. Prato’s room. 3. Clarion WaiverClarion University is waiving their application fee: If you have not begun an application, Clarion is offering you an application fee waiver code. The online application fee waiver code COWAIVER20 is available if you are interested in Clarion University. Visit www.clarion.edu/apply to complete the application. LUNCH TALKHoney, I'm going to go to the store real quick for some milk, eggs, cheese, and a quick interval workout. You need anything? Supermarkets are trying to entice shoppers with more than just food. As reported by CNN, Hy-Vee is teaming up with high-intensity training gym OrangeTheory to build studios attached to two of its stores. In Morristown, New Jersey, ShopRite opened a store with a fitness studio that offers yoga and Zumba classes for its shoppers with loyalty cards. And Whole Foods' flagship store in Austin, Texas, partners with barre, spinning and yoga studios in the area for classes on its rooftop plaza. Today's Number: 0Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick hasn’t drawn any interest from NFL teams following his November workout. A day after the event, Kaepernick’s agent, Jeff Nalley, sent out video from the workout to all 32 NFL teams. None of them have contacted Nalley, according to ESPN’s Howard Bryant. AND FINALLY1. Dodgeball TournamentThe annual Thanksgiving dodgeball tournament will be held tomorrow during periods 1 and 4 in the gym. 2. Backyard BrawlBackyard brawl results from Friday 11/22 are as follows: Although We did not come home with the trophy we placed second overall against Latrobe Norwin and Penn Trafford. For the girls placing first overall in the partner workout competition were Tara Perry and Ashley Baker. Placing second Leah Perry and Serena Slusarcyk. Placing first in the obstacle course Tara and Leah Perry. Placing second was Kiley Latshaw and Serena Slusarcyk. Taking first in both Broad jump and medicine ball toss was Serena Slusarcyk and Ty Cymmerman. Ashley baker won the handstand walk competition. Maddie Sanderson placed second in the 50 yard freestyle swim while Bethany Allen placed third. If you are interested in attending next year please see Mrs Smith or Mrs Mazzoni! 3. BreakfastIf you are eligible for free or reduced lunch, you are also eligible for breakfast, including the Breakfast on the Go cart in the front lobby! Start your day off right by eating breakfast! LUNCH TALKAs reported by Yahoo: A 63-year-old man died from an infection after being licked by his dog. The man’s case, published in the European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, revealed that he had touched and was licked by his dog in the weeks prior to becoming ill. Doctors eventually discovered that the man had been infected with a bacteria known as Capnocytophaga canimorsus, which lives in the saliva of dogs and cats. Today's Number: 100Thieves have stolen around 100 pieces of priceless treasure in a heist from a castle vault in the German city of Dresden. The vault features an astounding collection of historical jewelry and precious ornaments -- from shimmering bowls carved out of crystal and agate to jeweled figurines and goblets fashioned from gilded ostrich eggs. AND FINALLY1. Veteran CardsThe Interact club is staying after school to fill out the cards for veterans on Monday November 25. Please if you are in Interact and are free to stay after school, come to help out. The more hands the faster it will go. 2. Ski ClubThere will be a ski club meeting during homeroom in the audion on November 26. 3. Sadie HawkinsThe class officers would like to invite you to the Sadie Hawkins Dance on December 14th in the high school gym from 7:00PM to 10:00. Tickets are $5.00 and will be sold December 9th through 13th during homeroom in Mr. McCleary’s room F312 and during all lunches outside the high school cafeteria. LUNCH TALKWith Thanksgiving festivities this week, it's probably a good idea to check your pantry and fridge. Federal health officials are warning people to avoid some foods due to a series of issues -- from E. coli to lack of inspection. Here are the foods to keep away from your holiday table:
Today's Number: $732,422A total of 33 players were disciplined by the NFL following the Browns-Steelers brawl in the final seconds of their Thursday Night Football matchup on Nov. 14. The fines totaled $732,422, which includes $250,000 fines to each team. AND FINALLY1. Trojans Performing in Macy's Day ParadeNineteen members of Latrobe’s Laurel Valley Academy of Dance will be dancing before a national television audience in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade including Derry Area's Kyri Hammers, Alisha Mauro, and Anna Oshie. The parade will air on the NBC network from 9 a.m. to noon. 2. Comcast ScholarshipThe Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program recognizes students for their community service, academic performance and leadership skills. This year, scholarships of $2,500 will be awarded to over 800 students nationwide. Deadline to apply is December 6, 2019. Please visit comcastleadersandachieversscholarship.com to learn more and apply today! 3. Laser Engraved Christmas OrnamentsOn Wednesday, December 9th, you are invited to stay after school from 3:00-5:00 and design your own laser engraved wooden Christmas Ornament. The session is limited to the first ten students who sign up. You will learn how to design the ornament and laser engrave it. The Sign up sheet is available at the library front desk. LUNCH TALKIf you're watching this video, please skip to 6:00. Wheel of Fortune contestant Kristen Shaw lost a lot of money on a minor mistake Thursday night. Turns out the rules for the occasional “crossword puzzle” challenge are rather particular. In order to solve the “crossword puzzle” a contestant must list the words that appear in the puzzle. In this case there were four words, “right,” “football, “left” and “Sally.” Unfortunately Shaw said, “Right, football, left and Sally.” Since she included the conjunction “and” she lost. "And" was a $3,000 mistake. Today's Number: 2,290The number of cases of lung injury linked to vaping in the US as of Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking the sobering stat, and the numbers are piling on week after week. The CDC also reports 47 confirmed deaths in 25 states and the District of Columbia. AND FINALLY1. Red Stone HighlandsRed Stone Highlands permission slips are due today. Also cards for veterans, books for laundromats, Santa’s workshop and Operation Santa Claus permission slips are all due on Friday! We need 2 ushers for Friday night and Saturday night for the all class play. If interested, please report to Mrs. Bushey’s room. 2. Craft/Vendor ShowDerry Soccer is hosting a Craft/Vendor show on Sunday, November 24th at AV Germano Hall and are in need of volunteers to help from 10-2:00 or 1-5:00. Sign up in the high school office. See Mrs. Huss. 3. Dime DriveThe Interact Club is conducting a dime drive to sponsor Rotary International’s ShelterBox Project. With the money raised, we will either buy a shelter box or a shelter kit for families in need in foreign countries. If the whole high school raises $500 through this dime drive the homeroom who collected the most dimes will receive free slushie coupons. The collection will end November 22nd, please bring in as many dimes as possible to support ShelterBox. LUNCH TALKFrom Bloomberg: The rich aren’t just getting richer. They’re getting older. And, fortunately for their children, they’re set to leave plenty of money in the bank. About $36 trillion will flow from one generation to another over the next 30 years, according to a report Tuesday from wealth manager United Income. The pace of bequests has already started surging. Americans inherited $427 billion in 2016, the most recent data available, up 119% from 1989 even after adjusting for inflation. Today's Number: 30From CNN: Amazon is burning through billions to get you stuff faster. It'll spend more than $35 billion on shipping costs this year, more than twice what it spent two years ago. The company recently warned investors it'll drop an extra $1.5 billion this holiday season as it works to transition to one-day shipping for Prime members. Profits are shrinking. And yet, this may prove to be a modest undertaking compared to Amazon's future delivery ambitions. "When we have a full drone fleet you'll be able to order anything and get it in 30 minutes if you live near a hub that's serviced by drones," Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer Jeff Wilke told CNN Business. "That's only possible because of robotics." AND FINALLY |
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