OVS Quote of the Day
Rare Bugatti found in British garage * On January 2, 2009, media outlets report that a rare unrestored 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe has been found in the garage of a British doctor. A month later, on February 7, the car sold at a Paris auction for some $4.4 million.
VSO Visits OVS * 3 Members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra visited OVS today. Fiddlesticks’ performances for schoolchildren are designed to introduce students to the most important members of the symphony orchestra and to make some of the key concepts in classical music-making come alive. Longtime members of the VSO, the performers are funny, friendly, interactive — and superior musicians.
Middle School Sports Beat * 7/8 Boys HOME vs. CKS 430pm * 5/6 Girls HOME vs. Shrewsbury 530pm
OVS Quote of the Day
President Clinton impeached * After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term.
2nd & 3rd Grade Candy Land/Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory Celebration
Winter Sports Beat Correction * Wednesday, Dec 18 * Practice at BVS 5/6 Girls 400-530 * 7/8 Boys 530-700
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 7/8 Boys HOME vs. CKS 430pm * 5/6 Girls HOME vs. Shrewsbury 530pm
OVS Quote of the Day
Mayflower lands at Plymouth Harbor * On December 18, 1620, the British ship Mayflower lands at modern-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, and its passengers prepared to begin their new settlement, Plymouth Colony. *
The famous Mayflower story began in 1606, when a group of reform-minded Puritans in Nottinghamshire, England, founded their own church, separate from the state-sanctioned Church of England. Accused of treason, they were forced to leave the country and settle in the more tolerant Netherlands. After 12 years of struggling to adapt and make a decent living, the group sought financial backing from some London merchants to set up a colony in America. On September 6, 1620, 102 passengers–dubbed Pilgrims by William Bradford, a passenger who would become the first governor of Plymouth Colony–crowded on the Mayflower to begin the long, hard journey to a new life in the New World.
All after school activities districtwide have been cancelled for today (12/17) due to the road conditions and predicted snow accumulations as the day goes on. This includes all practices and games.
4th Annual Ugly Sweater Parade * Friday, 3PM * Wear your favorite, your funniest, your warmest, or your ugliest. * We will be parading through the halls of OVS. * Everyone is welcome, please join us!
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * There are no sports events scheduled for today.
OVS Quote of the Day
First airplane flies * Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. * The historic Wright brothers’ aircraft of 1903 is on permanent display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 7/8 Boys at BVS tonight is from 600-700pm * 5/6 Girls HOME vs. West Rutland 500pm
OVS Quote of the Day
The Boston Tea Party * In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. *
The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a virtual monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat
* 5/6 girls practice 400-530
* 7/8 boys practice 530-700
