With it being President's Day, today, I thought this current event fit in well.
When I hear the holiday President's Day, I automatically think that it's a day that we celebrate all the Presidents.
Weeeellllll.... Uncle Same begs to differ.
This holiday was actually designed for George Washington's birthday!
Washington's actual birthday was February 22, and that's when the
holiday was originally celebrated.
In 1968, however, Congress passed the
Uniform Monday Holiday Act , which designated the third Monday in
February as Washington's Birthday, beginning in 1971.
"Presidents" Day later evolved from that after Abraham Lincoln whose birthday is also in February.
Most people could care less what the holiday is as long as they get a day off from it :)
This would be a great teaching window because you could research many other holidays that may or may not fall somewhat under the same circumstances as Presidents Day!
It also gives you an excuse to get into lessons about the Presidents of the United States!
HAPPY PRESIDENT'S DAY!! OR SHOULD I SAY HAPPY WASHINGTON DAY :)
On February 5th, We had a guest speaking come in and give us TONS of resourceful information and products dealing with money. Her name was Jeannette Bennett. Ms. Bennett was from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Memphis branch. I learned SO much from her!!! She brought tons and tons of goodies for us to have. I was very impressed and felt like the knowledge we gained was so useful because money is a HUGE part of our life and will continue to be!
An educational policy issue that has been going on is the issue dealing with Mississippi passing the bill to get charter schools.
What are charter schools you ask?
Charter schools are public schools that receive public funding, but are
operated independently and are not subject to many of the regulations
that apply to other public schools.
I know what your thinking.. Why does this matter? That is just more job opportunities right?
In a way it is but depending on the state, charter school teachers DO NOT have to be a certified teacher. Yes, you read that right. We, CERTIFIED TEACHERS, could possible be not hired over someone who are not certified. I am obviously against charter schools (if you couldn't tell) because I just don't like the thought of people who aren't a certified teacher to be teaching young minds the fundamentals of life. The House and the Senate must agree before it can go to Gov. Phil Bryant, who supports charter schools. Let's keep our fingers crossed that whatever happens, happens for a reason whether we can see the reasoning for it now or not. Here is the link to the news website reporting it: http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Charter-school-debate-continues-in-Miss-House-188215031.html
