Daily Bulletin
Clark Elementary Bulletin for Monday, August 31, 2026
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! Good morning, Clark Elementary! Today is Monday, August 31, the last day of August, the 6th day of school, and National Trail Mix Day!
THIS DAY IN HISTORY! On this day in 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his movie camera, the Kinetograph. Edison had developed the camera and its viewer in the early 1890s and staged several demonstrations.
WEATHER The weather will be hot and sunny. The high will be in the mid-nineties, so it will feel like we're on the sun. The skies will be clear and full of sunshine.
VOCABULARY BUILDER-UPPER/WORD OF THE DAY The word of the day is carpe diem , which is a noun that means the enjoyment of the present moment without concern for the future, from Latin meaning "enjoy/seize the day." The Latin phrase carpe diem, which is usually translated as "seize the day," literally means "pluck the day (while it's ripe)," from a root meaning "harvest." And if you can't stop fretting about what might happen next week or next year, just try to adopt your own carpe diem philosophy — getting all that you can out of today.
WHAT'S COOKING? For our lunch today, we will feast on a heaping pile of creamy chicken Alfredo, chicken nuggets chock-full of the choicest chicken parts, or a delicious 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, a big thinker and Roman Emperor, once said, "Wake up in the morning and tell yourself: The people I will deal with today will be hurtful, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and mean. They will be like this because they can't tell the good from the bad, or the right from the wrong. But I have seen the beauty of the good, and I will not act that way." Remember that you and you alone choose your actions. Other kids or adults can't make you mad or make you treat people poorly. You control you. Choose to make this a wonderful Monday.