• March Book Madness brackets are available in the library. Only people who complete a bracket are eligible for prizes! Brackets are due by Thursday. The entire bracket is posted on the bulletin board next to the library.

• Reminder to all wrestlers that we have an away game today and you need to be in the gym right after school we are leaving at 2:30.

• Interested students can sign up for Season 4 sports during your lunch time today though Wednesday (3/7). Season 4 sports options include volleyball for 6th grade girls, basketball for 6th grade boys, tennis for 6th/7th/8th grade girls or track for everyone. Athletes will need to have all paperwork and payments turned in by Friday March 23rd.

• Congratulations to the following winners of the One Fish, Two Fish contest last week: for the 6^th grade Ryan Agutelo was closest with 420, for the 7^th grade Renedia Asobo also guest 420, For the 8^th grade Gael Leyva was closest with 350, and from the Staff Ms. Underwood was closest with 405. Make sure you stop by the library to get your prize.

• Congratulations to the following students that earned a place in the State NHD Contest in April:
  • Abel Dagne placed 5th for his documentary about the Battle of Adwa
  • Mandira Ghanti & Eesha Kunisetty placed 2nd for their performance about Epperson v. Arkansas - the fight to teach evolution in schools
  • Justin Humphreys, Pauline Saveliev, and Julia Liu place 2nd for their documentary about Agent Orange
  • Zayna Aarbi won 1st place for her performance about the Kashmir Conflict
  • Krish Jain won 1st place for his website about the Partition of India

• This week we will be talking about Whitworth University where Mr. Williams went for his undergraduate and Educational Administration program. Whitworth is a small, private institution located in Spokane with about 3,000 students. It is also affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. 
  • Whitworth was founded in 1890 in Sumner, then moved to Tacoma in 1899. The college did not move to Spokane until 1914.  It has a 12:1 student-faculty ratio and mascot is a pirate.

Happy Birthday this week to the following Staff Members: Mr. Wujick, and Ms. Saracco

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