Daily Bulletin
Clark Elementary Bulletin for Monday, October 19, 2026
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! Morning Clark! Today is Monday, October 19, the 37th day of school, and National New Friends Day.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY! On this day in 2024, the Kalamazoo Wings hockey team set a world record for the most foam fingers waved simultaneously at a game—3,414 fans waved at once. Giant foam fingers have been around since 1971, when a high school teacher in Iowa made a papier-mâché prototype.
WEATHER Today, the weather will be amazing. The high will soar into the upper sixties, and the skies will be mostly sunny.
VOCABULARY BUILDER-UPPER/WORD OF THE DAY Today's word of the day is cumbersome (cum-ber-some), which is an adjective that describes something that is difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight. Cumbersome comes from the Old French word encombrer (meaning to block, hinder, or obstruct), which traces back to Vulgar Latin comboros (an obstruction or pile of logs in a river).
WHAT'S COOKING? For lunch today, we will feast upon a fetching slab of delicious country-fried steak, nuggets lovingly crammed full of only the choicest chicken parts, or a classic PB&J. We have oodles of fresh fruit and veggies to munch on and cartons of refreshing, ice-cold milk to wet your whistle.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Tony Robbins, a big thinker and author, once said, "The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself."
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.