Garden City Elementary School
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Aug./Sep. 2016
First Day of School
August 3, 2014
Have a great year!
September 5th
is a Holiday for All
Literary Birthdays
Star-Spangled Banner
author Francis Scott Key
was Born on August 1, 1779 (and died in
the year 1843) in Frederick County, Maryland.
After witnessing the British bombardment of
Fort McHenry on the night of September 13-14,
1814, he was enthralled to see the American flag
still flying over the fort at daybreak. He then
wrote the poem originally entitled “Defense of
Fort McHenry” which became the U.S. National
Anthem in 1931.
August 7: Betsy Byars
August 11: Don Freeman
August 16: Beatrice Schenk DeRegniers
August 18: Paula Danziger
September 8: Jon Scieszka
September 13: Roald Dahl
September 15: Tomie DePaola
September 16: H. A. Rey
Extra, extra, read all about it!
Read “My Lucky Day” by Keiko Kasza
It is a clever and cute book about
a pig and fox.
Read it and see what happens!!
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