Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Good Morning Stallions and Staff! Today and every day will be the best days of your life. At Sligo, we expect the Best! Sligo is the school that highlights learning can be fun. Our Sligo’ s 2015-2016 Theme is “Sligo on the Rise”. Sligo is a school that embraces and appreciate culture diversity. This month we are continuing our celebrating of Native American Heritage Month. I am _________, ________________, ______________ we are your fellow Morning Announcers Please kindly stand for the pledge of allegiance to our American Flag: P A U S E AND COUNT I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic For which it stands, One nation Under God, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Thanks! You may now be seated. This week’s Quotation: “Grasps hand, eye lights eye in good friendship, and great hearts expand, and grow one in the sense of this world’s life.” Written by Robert Browning This is a special note to all students: Stallions, as you know by now, the weather is beginning to turn colder and may we place emphasis on all Stallions should dress appropriately. The heat has been turned on in the building, so wearing layers is the best suggestion. Be warm! From the desk of Principal Dimmick: Due to the high percentage of rain forecast for Thursday, we are rescheduling our PTSA Fitness Fun Day to this Friday, November 20th, 2015. FRIDAY IS OUR NEXT SPIRIT DAY! Keep listening, w will share a special note from Principal Dimmick on Spirit Day, this coming Friday. The BEST Buck store will be closed today (Wednesday) and tomorrow (Thursday). It will be open Friday for any students with 5 or more BEST Bucks and a pass. Attention Minecraft Club: Great News! Our first meeting is on TODAY after school in lab 023. That’s right! The first meeting of the Minecraft club is Wednesday after school in lab 023. See you there! WSLI will be on the airways TOMORROW MORNING. Thursday morning WSLI will share a special CHARLIE BROWN Thanksgiving Production. You will enjoy! “Attention, attention: All of Mr. B’s 7th grade world studies students, the retake for the 1st exit card grade will be during A lunch on TODAY and the deadline to retake this exit card will be A lunch on Friday 11/20/15. If you received a score of 3.5 or lower, you should strongly consider making yourself available for this retake. The retake will be held in Mr. B’s room, 129.” O. k. WE MADE IT TO OUR First Fitness fun Day! FRIDAY is Fitness Fun Day 2015– All Students will participate during their PE Classes! Running, Dancing and Basketball! It’s time to get your game on! So, get ready to raise money and compete for fantastic prizes: including gift cards, iPad mini, tickets to the party of the year and more! Every student who raises $100 or more gets to go to the “Party of the Year,” after school on Dec 17th – music, food, games, inflatable money machine, gift cards and more! We are closer to our goal than ever Stallions! So, keep up the great work! To date,—we have raised $13,000. Go Stallions! We are $4,000 from our goal of raising $17,000! Send in your checks made out to the Sligo PTSA. Sligo parents will be in the front hall of school Tuesday and Thursday morning to collect the envelopes with donations. If you have a Razoo account remember to fundraise from family and friends! FROM THE DESK OF OUR PRINCIPAL: The preliminary rounds of the Sligo Geography Bee will take place this week in Social Studies classes. Final rounds will take place after school in January. Good luck students! Also from the desk of our Principal Dimmick: Students, this coming Friday is another Spirit Day…wear your favorite Sligo Swag to school, or your blue and gold. Help show your school spirit by participating in our Spirit Day Friday. Stallions, are you thankful for something? As we approach the Thanksgiving Season, our Stampede, Sligo’ s Newspaper Team is looking for students who wish to share a special thanksgiving note in our next edition. We welcome your note on how thankful you are. After hearing about so many youth were killed in Paris, I’m thankful for life. My fellow Announcers, all agree that we are thankful for our Moms and Dads. What are you thankful for? Please share with the Stampede Team. Once again, this FRIDAY is Fitness Fun Day. Let’s get ready! We are going to have a GREAT time. See you on Friday. Fitness Fun Day. Tell everybody that there will be some really nice giveaways. DON’T MISS THIS EVENT. Fitness Fun Day 2015. Attention all students who received an invitation to participate in S'TEAM Sligo this year! Please turn in your permission slip packet back this Friday November 20. If you do not turn in your permission slip packet by this Friday, your spot will be taken. Thanks for sharing with us your undivided attention. We appreciate your kindness and respect. Make today and each day your VERY BEST DAY! Have a most enjoyable DAY week.