Announcements 9/11/2020

by | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorized

  • The Varsity Volleyball team plays Daingerfield at 4:30 today. If you plan to attend, you will be required to wear a mask while you are in the stands.  This is our first district game so we wish them and Coach Musick the best of luck.  The 9th, JV and Varsity will play make up games at Sabine on Saturday.
  • Wednesday is picture day! You should receive order forms in your English class, take them home and give them to your parents.
  • If you signed up to take the ACT tomorrow or next Saturday , make sure you arrive at your testing location with your admission ticket, a photo ID and an approved calculator.  You will not be permitted to test without an admission ticket and an ID.  If you have questions or need help, see Mrs. Wright.
  • Sophomores and Juniors who want to take the PSAT in October, please use the Google form in your English teacher’s Google classroom to sign up. The cost of the test is $17 and the deadline to sign up is next Wednesday, Sept 16th.  See Mrs. Wright if you have questions.
  • Today, as you know, is the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack on our country. Although none of you were born yet, the adults in the building can probably tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing on that day.  I was teaching a calculus class here at the high school, when a student ran in to tell me the plane had hit one of the twin towers.  We all spent the day staring at the TV in disbelief and trying to figure out what would happen to our world.  At the World Trade Center, 2,763 died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers, including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 60 police officers who were trying to save the office workers trapped on higher floors. At the Pentagon, 189 people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that struck the building. On Flight 93, 44 people died when the plane crash-landed in Pennsylvania.  The world that you know today is not the same world that existed before the attacks on 9/11.  I will say that America came together in a way that I had never seen before and haven’t seen since!  We are strong people and the worst of circumstances will never defeat us.  So as we fight the current battle against this virus, just know that no matter how terrible things are, you can get through it.  There are brighter days ahead.  As we say the pledge and observe a moment of silence today, please remember the brave people who lost their lives 19 years ago and be proud to be an American.