The meaning behind stamps

The way you place a stamp on an envelope has a meaning!

If you're like me, you probably place stamps on an envelope with little to no care for how. Well, just like me, you may have been accidentally sending love letters to business connections because of how you placed it!
The coded messages started in the Victorian era, as a hidden sign of courtship at an age where parents heavily censored mail. If you place a stamp upside down, for example, it means I Love You; diagonally, it means I miss you.
So now you know, if for whatever reason you still use snail mail, be careful how you stamp your letters. Check out more interesting info on this at the source.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Other/The-Way-You-Place-A-Stamp-On-An-Envelope/55150#ze10EWQXoI72lpDp.99

Wednesday - Agenda

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Conferences tonight and tomorrow
• Jump Rope for Heart tomorrow - Wear your superhero gear! (Whatever that might be. :) )
• Book talks continue tomorrow
• Anything else?

Agenda - Tuesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Awards assembly period 3 tomorrow
• Conferences tomorrow and Thursday
• Jump Rope for Heart Thursday afternoon - (Super Hero Theme)
• Book Talks continue tomorrow
• Anything else?

Agenda - Monday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Book talks start tomorrow
• Jump Rope Thursday
• Conferences start tonight - Make sure you know when yours is!
• Report Cards come home today! YAY!

Agenda - Thursday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• JUMP ROPE ENVELOPES DUE TOMORROW
• Delaney, Makayla, Austin Track forms
• Spelling test tomorrow
• 50 Spelling points due tomorrow
• Davison Day tomorrow
• Choir members - Music Fest tomorrow. Good luck!

An Olympic rower once stopped mid-race to allow ducklings to pass; he still won the race.

 

Henry 'Bobby' Pearce was one of the best scullers of the early 20th century. The Australian phenomenon won Gold Medals at both the 1928 and the 1932 Olympic Games. He came from a long line of talented scullers and his family is referred to as the "First Family" of Australian rowing.
It turns out that Pearce was so good that he could afford to make the races a little harder on himself. In the quarter finals of the 1928 Olympics, Pearce pulled up during his race to let a mother duck and her ducklings pass in front of his boat.
Who could say no to those floating balls of fuzz? The crowd, especially the children were delighted by this act of kindness.
Pearce went on to beat his opponent, Frenchman V. Savrin, and easily win the race. He also set a new Olympic record of 7 minutes 42.8 seconds. He went on to win the gold, and thanks to both his prowess and the duckling incident, his was one of the most popular victories at that Olympics.

Read more at http://www.omg-facts.com/Sports/An-Olympic-Rower-Once-Stopped-Mid-race-T/56356#scQT7WPOIIM1ZKUc.99

Agenda - Wednesday

Students, please note the following in your agendas:

• Jump rope envelopes due Friday
• Indoor track forms due tomorrow