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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS
Friday is a day to celebrate the hard work of the week. Let's finish strong and head into the weekend on a high note, EAGLE NATION!!!!!! It's one more week until Spring Break, so let's have a good weekend of relaxation, laughter, and good vibes. Don't forget to come out for some athletic events this weekend and next week as Spring sports are gearing up into full action. The JV baseball opens its season today at home Lansingburgh, while Varsity Softball travels to Schalmont. On Saturday, the Varsity Track & Field team will attend the Guilderland Invitational.
Make sure you get out this weekend to see the drama club's presentation of James and the Giant Peach in the high school auditorium.
Check out the schedule below for the season (please know that weather can cause dates and times to be subject to change for games and events).
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Athletes must participate in a certain number of practices before being eligible for a scrimmage or a game/meet. Softball, track, and field athletes need 6 practices, and Baseball athletes need 10 practices.
Remember, keep it classy, Eagle Nation!
Fun fact of the day: Panda bears spend the majority of their waking hours eating. They have been known to eat for 12 hours straight. (It sounds like Panda bears and myself have the same thought process)
45 more class days left of school for Jr/Sr High 52 Days till Memorial Day 91 Days till the 4th of July
Spring Sports Eagle Apparel
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The Galway Eagle Apparel Store
Modified Sports Practice Schedule for 3/31 - 4/04
- Modified Track:
- Mon - Fri: 3:15 - 5:00 p.m.
- Pick-up will be in the Elementary Parking lot
- Modified Baseball:
- Mon - Wed: 3:00 - 4:30 inside
- Thur - Fri: 3:00 -4:30 - Site is weather pending
- Nice weather - Town Field
- Bad weather - Inside
- Modified Softball:
- Mon - Fri: 3:00 - 4:30 inside/back field behind HS
Did you know? The silhouette on the official NBA logo is Los Angeles Lakers guard Jerry West
On this date in sports:
- In 1974, Hammerin' Hank Aaton tied Babe Ruth's home run record by hitting his 714th.
- In 1983, North Carolina State defeated Houston in the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship on a dunk at the buzzer off a missed 30-foot desperation shot, which led to one of the most memorable moments in NCAA history of coach Jimmy Valvano running around the court.
- In 1988, the New York Mets set an Opening Day record by bashing 6 home runs.
- In 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played his last NBA game.
- In 1997, the Atlanta Braves officially opened Turner Field in a game against the Chicago Cubs.
Today is National School Librarian Day (make sure you thank yours for all they do) and National Chicken Cordon Bleu Day!
***Some Reminders!!!!***
- 4/04-06 - Jr/Sr. High Drama Production of James and the Giant Peach
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4/11 - End of 3rd Marking Period for Jr/Sr. HS
- 4/11 - Passover Begins at Sundown
- 4/12-20 - Spring Recess
- 4/15 - Last Day to File Taxes
- 4/18 - Good Friday
- 4/20 - Easter
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4/22 - Earth Day
On this date in history:
- In 2002, after 27 years of fighting, the Angolan government and UNITA signed a cease-fire agreement that ended the country's civil war.
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In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest personal-computer software company.
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In 1969, American surgeon Denton Cooley implanted the first complete artificial heart in a human; several days later, the patient received a donor heart but died shortly thereafter.
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In 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers, and was assassinated by James Earl Ray.
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In 1960, the biblical epic Ben-Hur became the first film to win 11 Academy Awards; it notably received Oscars for best picture, director (William Wyler), and lead actor (Charlton Heston).
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In 1958, the peace symbol, designed by Gerald Holtom, made its first public appearance, displayed on signage during a protest staged by the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
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In 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed, the founding member nations of this military alliance being Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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In 1862, in the American Civil War, Union forces under General George B. McClellan began the unsuccessful Peninsular Campaign to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
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In 1850, with a population totaling about 1,600, Los Angeles was incorporated as an American city.
- In 1841, after serving for only one month, William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. president to die in office; he was succeeded by Vice President John Tyler.
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