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Thought of the month: We tell lies when we are afraid…afraid of what we don’t know, afraid of
what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the
thing we fear grows stronger. –Tad Williams
Robert Paul "Tad" Williams, (age 54) was born in San Jose, California, and is the author
of several fantasy and science fiction novels, including Tailchaser's Song, the Memory, Sorrow,
and Thorn series, the Otherland series, and The War of the Flowers. In addition, Tad wrote
Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis for DC Comics starting with issue. Tad Williams is also currently
working on a series of young-adult books co-written with his wife Deborah Beale called Ordinary
Farm.
February Character Trait: Honesty
A facet of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes such as integrity,
truthfulness, and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating, or theft.
Weekly Words:
2/1 Honesty: refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes
such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying,
cheating, or theft.
2/6 Sincere: real or genuine; free from falseness
2/13 Truth: the quality or state of being true; that which is true or in accordance with fact or
reality
2/21 Genuine: that which is real, true, or authentic
2/27 Loyal: faithful to one's government, or state; faithful to one's oath, commitments, or
obligations
African and African American Month
Monthly Celebration 2/24
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Andrew Jackson
Beard invented the
"Jenny Coupler" in
1897, a device which
allowed train cars to
hook themselves
together when they
are bumped into one
another. The device
saved the lives of
many railroad
workers, who
originally had the
dangerous job of
hooking the moving
cars together by
hand.
13
Garrett Augustus
Morgan invented,
among many other
things, a three-way
automatic stop sign,
which he sold to
General Electric. It
was used in the U.S.
until the three-light
traffic sign was
developed.
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No School
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George Carruthers
invented the far
ultraviolet
electrographic camera,
used in the 1972
Apollo 16 mission.
This invention
revealed new features
in Earth's far-outer
atmosphere and deepspace objects from the
perspective of the
lunar surface.
Carruthers was
inducted into the
National Inventor's
Hall of Fame in 2003.
14
Track and Field star,
Jesse Owens (1913 1980) broke many
records at the 1936
Olympic games in
Berlin, including
becoming the first
athlete to win four
gold medals in one
Olympiad
21
In 1995, writer Maya
Angelou was
recognized for
remaining on The New
York Times Paperback
Nonfiction Bestseller
List for two years—
the longest running
record in history. She
worked as the first
black female streetcar
conductor in San
Francisco, California,
before graduating from
high school.
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Model Tyra Banks
was the first AfricanAmerican woman on
the covers of GQ
magazine and the
Sports Illustrated
swimsuit issue. In
1997, she became the
first-ever AfricanAmerican on the cover
of the Victoria's Secret
catalog.
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African-American
mechanical engineer,
David Crosthwait, Jr.
created the heating
systems for the
Rockefeller Center and
New York's Radio
City Music Hall. He
also holds 39 U.S.
patents and 80
international patents
pertaining to heating,
refrigeration and
temperature regulating
systems.
2
Nathaniel Alexander
was the first to patent
the folding chair. His
invention was
designed to be used in
schools, churches and
at large social
gatherings.
3
Elijah McCoy invented an
automatic lubricator for
oiling steam engines in
1872. The term "the real
McCoy" is believed to be
a reference about the
reliability of Elijah
McCoy's invention.
9
Thomas L. Jennings
was the first AfricanAmerican to receive a
patent in 1821. It was
for a dry-cleaning
process in 1821. He
used the money earned
from the patent to
purchase relatives out
of slavery and support
abolitionist causes
10
History has credited
Thomas Edison with the
invention of the light bulb,
but fewer people know
about Lewis Latimer's
innovations toward its
development. Until
Latimer's process for
making carbon filament,
Edison's light bulbs would
only burn for a few
minutes where Latimer's
filament burned for
several hours.
15
In 1992, 35-year-old
athlete Evelyn Ashford
became the oldest
woman to win an
Olympic gold medal in
track-and-field.
16
Wilt Chamberlain was
the first basketball
player to score 100
points in a single game
during the 1961 season
and the first player in
the NBA to score
30,000 points.
17
Music legend Aretha
Franklin is one of the most
honored artists in Grammy
Award history, with 20
wins to date.
22
In 1963, tennis
champion Arthur Ashe
was the first AfricanAmerican to be named
to the U.S. Davis Cup
team. He was the first
African-American to
win the U.S. Open
(1968); to come in first
in the Wimbeldon
men's singles (1975);
and be inducted into
the International
Tennis Hall of Fame
(1985)..
23
Musician Louis
Armstrong earned the
nickname "Satchmo"
from his peers. The
name was short for
"satchelmouth", a
reference to the way
he puffed his cheeks
when he played his
trumpet. He bought his
first coronet at the age
of 7 with money he
borrowed from his
employers. He taught
himself to play while
in a home for juvenile
delinquents.
24
In 1938, First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
challenged the segregation
rules at the Southern
Conference on Human
Welfare in Birmingham,
Alabama, so she could sit
next to African-American
educator Mary McLeod
Bethune, whom she
referred to as "her closest
friend in her age group."
27
Musician Bo Diddly
reportedly got his
name from the
diddley bow, an
African instrument
with one string.
28
Macon Bolling Allen
was the first AfricanAmerican to pass the
bar and practice law in
the United States in
1845. He was the first
black American
Justice of the Peace
and the first AfricanAmerican licensed to
practice law in the
U.S.
29
Before Wally Amos
became famous for his
"Famous Amos"
chocolate chip
cookies, he was a
talent agent at the
William Morris
Agency, where he
worked with the likes
of The Supremes and
Simon & Garfunkel
Daily Sentences
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Honesty is always the best policy!
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You can either be honest or dishonest; there are no in between.
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President Lincoln, also known as Honest Abe, was a stickler for truth.
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He was sincere in his apology for breaking the lamp.
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I’m sincere when I tell you that there is no better school than Boulevard Heights Elementary
School.
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Sincere congratulations go to everyone that is a member of the Honor Roll.
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Being sincere may hurt others but it is much better than not saying the truth.
2-10 Sincere apologies are to be given to people whose feelings we hurt for any reason.
2-13 It has been said that telling the truth will set you free.
2-14 Judges in a courthouse are always in pursuit of the truth.
2-15 As difficult as it sounds, different people have different believes about truth.
2-16 When you are known for always saying the truth, you are considered trustworthy.
2-17 Truth separates honest people from those who lie.
2-21 She bought a genuine Monet painting at the yard sale.
2-22 The stone on Linda’s ring is genuine.
2-23 A genuine individual is a person that never appears to be somebody else.
2-24 We have a genuine feeling of goodness about our FCAT scores this year.
2-27 In doing the Pledge of Allegiance, we promise to be loyal to United States of America.
2-28 My dad has been a loyal employee of his company for many years now.
2-29 Loyal individuals stick to their beliefs no matter what else is said.
Honesty: Success will come to those who
are at first honest with themselves. Assist
students in understanding the importance
of academic honesty (plagiarism, reading
logs, checking papers, etc.). Discuss
literary genres and their approach to what
is real and what is not.