Thought of the Day – Wednesday Jan 27
January 27th, 2010
Silence
is more musical
than any song.
- Christina Rossetti
Last week of Math Month!!
January 25th, 2010
Well boys and girls, it’s coming to the of January… and that means that Math Month is almost at it’s end! 
This week, we have our Brain Busters Room Challenge – Finals, as well as a REMATCH of the Upper Elementary Mental Math Challenge (Recess Tuesday) and the deadline for the Mensa Puzzle Challenge (Submit answers on Tuesday).
How exciting!
Next month, we have a brand new theme coming up…. I won’t reveal it yet…, you’ll find out at the end of this week! 
In the meantime, I’ll leave you with the Thought of the Day:
Tomorrow is the
most important thing in life.
Comes into us at midnight
very clean.
It’s perfect when it arrives
and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we’ve learned
something from yesterday.
- John Wayne
Thought of the Day – Friday Jan 22
January 22nd, 2010
Reason should direct
and appetite obey.
- Cicero
Thought of the Day – Thurs Jan 21
January 21st, 2010
The best way to
escape from a problem
is to solve it.
- Alan Saporta
Thought of the Day – Wednesday Jan 20
January 20th, 2010
Always remember
others may hate you
but those who hate you
don’t win unless
you hate them.
And then you destroy yourself.
Richard M. Nixon
Molding the Mind | Comment (0)Math Month!!
January 19th, 2010
This week we kicked off Math Month with some really challenging activities:
- Brain Busters – Room Challenge
- Mensa Puzzle Game
- Counselor’s Mental Math Challenge
Here are some pictures from the Lower Elementary Counselor’s Mental Math Challenge (today):
Students trying out the Mensa Math Puzzle Game:
Thought of the Day:
It takes a great deal of
courage to stand up to
your enemies,
but even more to
stand up to your friends.
- J. K. Rowling
Thought of the Day – Monday Jan 18
January 18th, 2010
Every day holds
the possibility of a
miracle.
- Elizabeth David
Thought of the Day – Friday Jan 15
January 15th, 2010
The cure for boredom is
CURIOSITY.
There is no cure for curiosity.
- Dorothy Parker
Thought of the Day – Thursday Jan 14
January 14th, 2010
The past with its pleasures,
its rewards, its foolishness,
it punishments, is there
for each of us forever,
and it should be.
- Lillian Hellman
Thought of the Day – Wednesday Jan 13
January 13th, 2010
Time
has a wonderful way
of showing us
what really matters.
- Margaret Peters
