Month: January 2020
Weekly Bulletin January 27 – 31, 2020
GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 27 – 31, 2020 WORD OF THE WEEK: GROUNDHOG DAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund’sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day is a popular tradition celebrated in Canada and the United States on February 2nd. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog
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Weekly Bulletin – January 20 – 24, 2020
GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 20 – 24, 2020 WORDS OF THE WEEK: LUNAR NEW YEAR 2020 Chinese New Year[a] (or generally referred to as Lunar New Year globally) is the Chinese festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. The festival is usually referred to as the Spring Festival in mainland China,
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Weekly Bulletin – January 13 – 17, 2020
GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 13 – 17, 2020 WORDS OF THE WEEK:MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, DAY JANUARY 20, 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King’s birthday is January 15. The holiday is similar to
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Weekly Bulletin – January 6-10, 2020
GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 6 – 10, 2020 WORDS OF THE WEEK: A NEW DECADE 2020 A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived (via French and Latin) from the Ancient Greek: δεκάς, romanized: dekas, which means a group of ten. Other words for spans of years also come from Latin: biennium (2 years), triennium
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