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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
» Read moreGALILEO 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
» Read moreGALILEO 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
» Read moreGALILEO 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,
» Read moreGALILEO 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
» Read moreGALILEO 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
» Read moreGALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin DECEMBER 16 – 20, 2019 WORDS OF THE WEEK: December 15, 2019 BILL OF RIGHTS DAY Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 15, 1941, as Bill of Rights Day. And I call upon the officials of the Government, and upon the people of the United
» Read moreGALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin DECEMBER 2 – 6, 2019 WORDS OF THE WEEK: December 7, 2019 NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and
» Read moreGALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin NOVEMBER 18 – 22, 2019 WORDS OF THE WEEK: THANKSGIVING DAY November 28, 2019 Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It originated as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, with a proclamation by George Washington after
» Read moreGALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin NOVEMBER 11 – 15, 2019 WORDS OF THE WEEK: VETERANS DAY November 11, 2019 (101st Veterans Day) Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice
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