Month: February 2020

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin FEBRUARY 24 – 28, 2020  WORDS OF THE WEEK: LEAP YEAR 2020  FEBRUARY 29, 2020   Simply put, a leap year is a year with an extra day—February 29—which is added nearly every four years to the calendar year. Adding an extra day every four years keeps our calendar aligned correctly with the astronomical seasons, since

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  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin FEBRUARY 17 – 21, 2020  WORDS OF THE WEEK: February 20isCherry Pie Day  It’s Cherry Pie Day. Cherry pie is America’s second most popular pie, behind only apple pie in popularity. However, in the month of February, it’s Number 1.  As a young boy, future president George Washington made the Cherry tree popular, with his

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin FEBRUARY 10-14, 2020    WORDS OF THE WEEK: VALENTINE’S DAY ORD OF THE WEEK:  VALENTINE’S DAY FEBRUARY 14, 2019   Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. Originating as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus, Valentine’s Day

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