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Tuesday, May 22
8:30 AM - Principals' Meeting

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Today, 5/19/2012
High: 79 Low: 52
Mostly cloudy
6% chance of precipitation.
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High: 80 Low: 52
Partly cloudy
7% chance of precipitation.

District Announcements

Science & Technology Camp
"Change Happens...So What?"
June 18 - June 21
1st - 5th Grade
G.E. Massey Elementary School
Register by June 4, 2012
Space limited to first 100 students.
Registration Form:  English Version  Spanish Version


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Our motto, "Do Your Best! Be Your Best! Act Your Best!" is seen and heard throughout our building on a daily basis to help our students be successful.
 
 
 

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desist - Read Full Article

The Buzzword of the Day for 05/19/2012 is:

desist (verb)

\dih-SIST\

What does it mean?

: to stop something one is doing

How do you use it?

"Three things I wanted exceedingly for this work . . . a pickaxe, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow or basket; so I desisted from my work, and began to consider how to supply that want, and make me some tools." (Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe)

Are you a word wiz?

Poor Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked on an island by himself! In describing how he stopped work to give his tools some thought, which of the following words could he have used instead of "desist"?

A. suffice
B. cease
C. detract
D. perch
Check your answer on Word Central.