11.06.06
“A” Week Thanks for your continued support of Griffin Middle!
Our school is SUCCESSFUL becuase of "U"!
11.07.06
ELECTION DAY—DON’T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR CHILD TO VOTE WITH YOU!
The Tallahassee Ballet visits Griffin Middle School!
Beginning Band Concert & PTO Meeting 6:45—7:45 PM (Band Director, Mr.
White)! Door prizes, great music and important information!
Special Guest, Mr. Tim Tankersley—LCSB Nutrition Services Director
Your child should bring home a copy of the weekly Tiger Team Update today!
11.08.06
BSOC v Raa Middle School 5:30 PM@Messer Park
GBB V Swift Creek Middle School 6:00 PM In the Tiger’s Den ($2.00)
11.09.06
BSOC v Fairview Middle School 5:30 PM @ Messer Park
GBB v Deerlake 6:00 PM @ Deerlake Middle School ($2.00)
11.10.06
Veterans Day—No School!
11.13.06
“E” Week PTO Booster Drive continues! We are counting on YOU!
BSOC v Belle Vue 7:00 PM @ Messer Park
11.14.06
PROGRESS REPORTS COME HOME!
11.15.06
GBB v Fairview 6:00 PM @FV ($2.00)
School Spelling Bee (See Mrs. O’Neill for details)
11.16.06
National Parental Involvement Day—stay tuned for details!
BSOC v Cobb Middle School 5:30 PM @ Messer Park
11.17.06
Seminole Book Challenge continues! Plan to read during the weekend!
Tigers Take Note!
All Tigers are expected to read 30 minutes per day!
Our PTO Booster Drive continues! We need your help, Tigers!
Progress Reports come home on Tuesday, November 14, 2006!
Keep working hard, Tigers!
Congratulations to our 1st nine weeks Honor Roll students! We honored 368
All A, A/B and Citizenship Honor Roll students on yesterday with a special
ice cream social. The kids had a great time! Honor Roll students will also
receive gift cards (All A Honor Roll students), certificates from Partners
(All A and A/B Honor Roll students), bumper stickers (All A and A/B Honor
Roll students) and a chance to win great prizes throughout this week (all
Honor Roll students)! Stay tuned for a special Honor Roll edition of our
newsletter on November 14, 2006!
We are selling Science Fair/History Fair boards in our front office:
White boards - $4.00 each
Colored boards - $5.00 each
Happy Thanksgiving, Tigers!
Thanksgiving Holidays
November 22—24, 2006
No School! Remember to read each day!
Join us on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 6:45 PM in our cafetorium!
Our dynamic & talented GMS Beginning Band will perform under the direction
of Mr. Nathan White, our Band Director!
Mr. Tim Tankersley, LCSB Nutrition Services Director, will be our special
guest!Door prizes!
The Tigers Honor Our Veterans! The Origins of Veterans Day
In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside overlooking the Potomac River
and the city of Washington, D.C., became the focal point of reverence for
America’s veterans. Similar ceremonies occurred earlier in England and
France, where an unknown soldier was buried in each nation’s highest place
of honor (in England, Westminster Abbey; in France, the Arc de Triomphe).
These memorial gestures all took place on November 11, giving universal
recognition to the celebrated ending of World War I fighting at 11 a.m.,
November 11, 1918 (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). The
day became known as “Armistice Day.”
Armistice Day officially received its name in America in 1926 through a
Congressional resolution. It became a national holiday 12 years later by
similar Congressional action. If the idealistic hope had been realized
that World War I was “the War to end all wars,” November 11 might still be
called Armistice Day. But only a few years after the holiday was
proclaimed, war broke out in Europe. Sixteen and one-half million
Americans took part. Four hundred seven thousand of them died in service,
more than 292,000 in battle.
The first celebration using the term Veterans Day occurred in Birmingham,
Alabama, in 1947. Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran,
organized "National Veterans Day," which included a parade and other
festivities, to honor all veterans. The event was held on November 11,
then designated Armistice Day. Later, U.S. Representative Edward Rees of
Kansas proposed a bill that would change Armistice Day to Veterans Day. In
1954, Congress passed the bill that President Eisenhower signed
proclaiming November 11 as Veterans Day. Raymond Weeks received the
Presidential Citizens Medal from President Reagan in November 1982. Weeks'
local parade and ceremonies are now an annual event celebrated nationwide.
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