Daily Bulletin
Clark Elementary Bulletin for Tuesday, August 25, 2026
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! Good morning, Clark Elementary! Today is Tuesday, August 24, it's the 2nd day of school, and it's National Banana Split Day.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY! On this day in 1939, The Wizard of Oz, which would become one of the best-loved movies in history, opened in theaters around the United States. Based on the 1900 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), the film starred Judy Garland as the young Kansas farm girl Dorothy, who, after being knocked unconscious in a tornado, dreams about following a yellow brick road, alongside her dog Toto, to the Emerald City to meet the Wizard of Oz.
WEATHER The weather today will once again be beautiful. The high will be in the eighties, and the skies will be oozing sunshine.
VOCABULARY BUILDER-UPPER/WORD OF THE DAY The word of the day is courage (cour-age), which is a noun that means a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear. Someone with courage is bold and brave, unafraid to face tough challenges. Unlike the Cowardly Lion, who went all the way to the Emerald City to see if the Wizard had any courage to spare. In Middle English, courage referred to "what is in one's mind or thoughts." Today, anyone with courage has only fearless feats and courageous acts in mind. Having courage means acting when others are afraid of the danger, or simply acting without fear of failure.
WHAT'S COOKING? For our lunch today, we shall devour a gargantuan pile of mouth-watering SUPER NACHOS with all of the fixings, a delicious smoked ham and cheese sammy, or a PB&J. We have fresh fruits and veggies to munch on and a carton of refreshing, ice-cold milk to wash it all down.
QUOTE OF THE DAY Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor and all-around big deal, once said, "To care for all human beings is part of being human." Part of just being a normal human is looking out for and helping others; it comes with the gift of language and opposable thumbs. We have a lot of new kids at Clark this year. We all need to make them feel like they're part of the Clark family. Be good with each other and choose to make this a tremendous Tuesday.