Middle School Winter Sports Beat * HOME game for 7/8 Boys vs. West Rutland 5pm game start. PLEASE have the athletes to the gym around 430pm for warm up, prior to game. * 5/6 Girls Practice 615 - 730 pm at BVS gym
OVS Quote of the Day
Alaska admitted into Union * On January 3, 1959, President Eisenhower signs a special proclamation admitting the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state. *
The European discovery of Alaska came in 1741, when a Russian expedition led by Danish navigator Vitus Bering sighted the Alaskan mainland. Russian hunters were soon making incursions into Alaska, and the native Aleut population suffered greatly after being exposed to foreign diseases. In 1784, Grigory Shelikhov established the first permanent Russian colony in Alaska on Kodiak Island. In the early 19th century, Russian settlements spread down the west coast of North America, with the southernmost fort located near Bodega Bay in California.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 5/6 Girls bball practice 415 - 530pm at BVS gym * 7/8 boys bball practice 530-700 at BVS gym
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.
