Chile Earthquake/Hawaii Tsunami

Have you been following the news of the earthquake that happened in Chile this morning? The earthquake was a magnitude of 8.8 (Haiti was a 7.0). According to ABC News, the Chile quake was 64 times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti one month ago. Click here to read more about the Chile earthquake.

To follow up this event, tsunami warnings have been posted for Hawaii, and it appears as though a tsunami (tidal wave) is definitely going to hit Hawaii within the next hour or so. I find it amazing that an event in South America could effect Hawaii. That's over 6,000 miles away! (See map below.) Even more amazing is that they are able to track and predict that a tsunami is about to hit Hawaii. They have even predicted the earliest possible minute that the tsunami could hit, which is 4:05 pm ET.

Continue to follow the events in Chile and Hawaii as they occur.

Snow Day x 2 = Long Weekend!

Hope you all enjoyed the back-to-back snow days. Enjoy them now because we just lost two days off of our Easter vacation. I'm also sorry that the Dodgeball Tournament has been postponed. Listen to announcements to see if it will be rescheduled.

Things you should know:

1. The Unit 7 Map Test will take place either Monday or Tuesday, depending on when I can schedule computer lab time to complete the oil economy project.
2. Speaking of the oil economy project, you will only have one more day in the computer lab, so make sure your graphs are finished.
3. Boys & Girls Varsity Basketball teams will play Saturday, February 27th @ Milton. The Girls Varsity Team will play Mount Carmel @ 12:00 noon, and the Boys Varsity Team will play Line Mountain @ 1:30 pm.
4. Finally, don't forget to blog, but if you're reading this then..........right.

See you Monday!

Jr. High Valentine's Day Dance

Thanks to all who came to the Valentine's Day dress-up dance on Friday. Thank you to all the chaperones who came as well.

Congrats to the 7th and 8th grade prince and princess!

Here's a look at some of the the best...and worst...from the rest of Friday night. I'll let you be the judge...

Yell Blue--Blue!

Shots from the Jr. High Pep Rally.

I never knew we had such outstanding hula-hooping talent at our school.

And whose that cool guy filling in on 1st Trumpet?

No Mo Snow!

Are you enjoying the snow? I'm thankful that we only got 3-4 inches. My sister Jackie just sent this picture from Manassas, Virginia where my wife and I used to live. Who'd have thought I'd move north and see LESS snow?! They just received over 20 inches of snow for the SECOND time this winter! That's crazy!

I blame the groundhog who saw his shadow this week. Stupid groundhog.

Too Good For Drugs

I'm too good for drugs too! I enjoyed having Mrs. Drick in my room today as we learned how to deal with stress in our lives.

What are you guys learning from the Too Good For Drugs program? Is this a program we should continue for future 7th grade classes at South?