Reminder! Join us Wednesday night (January 15) from 6-8 PM as we explore real-time data from the youth in Slate Valley. Working together, we can break through barriers to help our youth thrive. Please bring a cell phone for audience participation. *Refreshments provided. *Childcare available at Castleton Village School. Castleton University (The Casella Theater, Fine Arts Building).
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Monday, Jan 13 * 7/8 Boys Practice 530 - 700pm at BVS *
Game: 5/6 Girls HOME vs. Wells 430pm game start *
Athletes please meet your coach at BVS at 4pm for pre-game warm up.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 13, 1941 * James Joyce dies * James Joyce, widely regarded as Ireland’s greatest author, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at the age of 58. One of the most brilliant and daring writers of the 20th century, Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses is ranked among the greatest works in the English language.
Chess Academy * The OVS Chess Academy rings in the new year with an active afternoon on the 64 squares.
Students of the Month * Congratulations to the following students of the month of December for exhibiting exceptionally noticeable values of safety during the school day and therefore being a tremendous role-model to your fellow students.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 5/6 Girls Bball Practice 400-530pm at BVS
OVS Quote of the Day
Gusher signals start of U.S. oil industry * On January 10, 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry. The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap. Following the discovery, petroleum, which until that time had been used in the U.S. primarily as a lubricant and in kerosene for lamps, would become the main fuel source for new inventions such as cars and airplanes; coal-powered forms of transportation including ships and trains would also convert to the liquid fuel.
You’re Invited!
Join us as we explore real-time data from the youth in Slate Valley. Working together we can break through barriers to help our youth thrive.
Please bring a cell phone for audience participation.
*Refreshments provided
*Childcare available at Castleton Village School
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
6-8 PM, Castleton University (The Casella Theater, Fine Arts Building)
The sign-up for Slater Youth Wrestling Club (Boys and Girls, Grades K-6) is January 13th from 6-6:30PM. Sign up form: https://5il.co/c64z
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Thursday, Jan 9 * No practices, No games today.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 09, 2007 *
Steve Jobs debuts the iPhone * On January 9, 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features—at the Macworld convention in San Francisco. Jobs, dressed in his customary jeans and black mock turtleneck, called the iPhone a “revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone.” When it went on sale in the United States six months later, on June 29, amidst huge hype, thousands of customers lined up at Apple stores across the country to be among the first to purchase an iPhone.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 7/8 Boys HOME vs. Poultney 430pm * Boys please meet coach at BVS at 4pm, for warm up prior to game * 5/6 Girls HOME vs. Clarendon 530pm * Girls please meet coach at BVS at 5pm
OVS Quote of the Day
January 08, 1963 * Mona Lisa exhibited in Washington * At the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, is exhibited for the first time in America. Over 2,000 dignitaries, including President John F. Kennedy, came out that evening to view the famous painting. The next day, the exhibit opened to the public, and during the next three weeks an estimated 500,000 people came to see it. The painting then traveled to New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it was seen by another million people.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * BVS/OVS 5/6 Girls HOME vs. West Rutland 430pm * Girls please meet coach at BVS at 4pm to warm up prior to the game
OVS Quote of the Day
Samuel Morse demonstrates the telegraph * On January 6, 1838, Samuel Morse’s telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s.
