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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS
Thursday is the perfect day to decide what you can do right now to make this the best week ever, EAGLE NATION! Women make up 36% of the total number of U.S. farm operators; 58% of all farms have at least one female decision-maker. Stay dry out there, as there is on-and-off rain all day.
The Varsity Volleyball team plays in the State Quarterfinals today at Mount Saint Mary's College in Newburgh, where they will take on the #1 team in the state, Mount Academy, at 4:30 p.m. See the link below for ticket information. There is a spectator bus for students. All spectators are responsible for purchasing their own tickets beforehand. Remember, keep it classy, Eagle Nation!
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- Andy Miller - WAC Small School MVP
- Matt Jones - 2nd Team WAC Small School All-Star
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- Congratulations to Benna McElhinney and Lilly-Ann Jessop for being selected to the Exceptional Senior Game
 
Registration for Modified, JV, and Varsity Winter Sports is open. Please see the link below.
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https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/galway-athletics
School Sports Physicals
School sports physicals will be held today.
Fun fact of the day: Finland has ranked as the happiest country in the world for seven years straight.
Did you know? The first-ever Olympic Games were won by a chef.
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On this date in sports:
- In 1875, the Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms.
- In 1900, the Baltimore Orioles (now NY Yankees) entered baseball's American League.
- In 1907, French bicycle maker Paul Cornu flew the first twin-rotor helicopter, lifting 1.5 m (5 ft) off the ground for 20 seconds
- In 1994, Dale Earnhardt Sr. won the NASCAR Championship
- In 207, Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 Football World Cup (first time since 1958), after a play-off defeat against Sweden.
Today is National Indian Pudding Day!!!!!
***Some Reminders!!!!***
- 11/13 - BOE Meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
- 11/17 - JV & Varsity Winter Sports Begin
- 11/18 - Winter Sports Meet the Coaches Night @ 6:30 p.m.
- 11/24 - Modified Winter Sports Begin
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11/26-30 - Thanksgiving Break - No Classes
On this date in history:
- In 2001, on the heels of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan prompted by the deadly terrorist attacks of September 11, the army of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance captured the capital city of Kabul.
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In 2015, terrorists staged coordinated attacks in Paris and its environs, the deadliest occurring at the Bataclan theatre and concert hall; in all, at least 130 people were killed and more than 350 were wounded.
- In 1985, Mount Ruiz in the Cordillera Central of the Andes, in west-central Colombia, erupted twice, burying the town of Armero on the Lagunilla River and killing an estimated 25,000 people.
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In 1980, Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, a biopic about boxer Jake La Motta, had its world premiere and became an American classic, especially known for the Oscar-winning performance of Robert De Niro.
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In 1940, the animated film Fantasia had its first public screening, and it became one of Disney's more controversial works, derided for its portentousness and praised for its stunning visual virtuosity.
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In 1916, during World War I, a costly four-month Allied offensive against German positions along the Somme River ended.
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