Daily Bulletin
Clark Elementary Bulletin for Thursday, March 05, 2026
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! Good morning, Clark Elementary! Today is Thursday, March 5th, it's the 123rd day of school, and it's National Cheese Doodle (think Cheetos) Day!
THIS DAY IN HISTORY!
On this day in 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots, were protesting the occupation of their city by British troops, who were sent to Boston in 1768 to enforce unpopular taxation measures passed by a British parliament that lacked American representation.
British Captain Thomas Preston, the commanding officer at the Customs House, ordered his men to fix their bayonets and join the guard outside the building. The colonists responded by throwing snowballs and other objects at the British regulars, and Private Hugh Montgomery was hit, leading him to discharge his rifle at the crowd. The other soldiers began firing a moment later, and when the smoke cleared, five colonists were dead or dying, and three more were injured. The Sons of Liberty, a Patriot group formed in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act, advertised the "Boston Massacre" as a battle for American liberty and just cause for the removal of British troops from Boston.
WHAT'S COOKING? For lunch today, we will chew on delicious popcorn chicken crammed full of the choicest chicken chunks, scrumptious fish sticks full of fishy goodness, or the classic PB&J. We have fresh fruits and veggies to nibble on and cartons filled to the brim with refreshing, ice-cold milk to wash everything down.
WEATHER Today's weather will make you feel like you're in Seattle. The high will be in the fifties, the skies will be cloudy, and there's a good chance for rain throughout the day.
VOCABULARY BUILDER-UPPER/WORD OF THE DAY The word of the day is cliffhanger (cliff·hang·er), a noun that means a plot device in a book, movie, or TV show that leaves the audience in suspense at the end of a scene or episode. The key to a good cliffhanger is a character in some precarious position — this keeps the plot exciting, and it also ensures that the audience will return to see how dilemmas are resolved. In the case of a book, a cliffhanger keeps you turning the pages. The use of cliffhangers goes back to Homer's "Odyssey," though the word itself dates from 1937, from serial movies that would sometimes literally leave characters dangling from a cliff at the end.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Seneca once said, "Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." Every single person you meet, you have the opportunity to be kind or mean. When you have the choice, and you always have the choice, why would you choose to be anything other than kind? Choose to make this a truly wonderful Thursday!
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.