Daily Bulletin
Clark Elementary Bulletin for Thursday, September 03, 2026
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS! Good morning, Clark Elementary! Today is Thursday, September 3, the 9th day of school, and US Bowling League Day!
THIS DAY IN HISTORY! On this day in 1929, Sir Alexander Fleming was a young bacteriologist when an accidental discovery led to one of the great developments of modern medicine on September 3, 1928. Having left a plate of Staphylococcus bacteria uncovered, Fleming noticed that a mold that had fallen on the culture had killed many of the bacteria. He identified the mold as Penicillium notatum, similar to the kind found on bread. In 1929, Fleming introduced his mold by-product, called penicillin, to cure bacterial infections.
WEATHER The weather: Hot and sunny. It will feel like we're living inside an oven.
VOCABULARY BUILDER-UPPER/WORD OF THE DAY The word of the day is an arm and a leg, an idiom meaning a lot of money. The phrase an arm and a leg uses hyperbole, or exaggerated language, to express how expensive something is: It takes so much money to buy it that you might as well be losing two important limbs! Similar exaggeration is used in the phrase highway robbery, where it is suggested that something is so expensive it feels like you're being robbed.
WHAT'S COOKING? For our lunch today, we shall feast upon small popcorn-shaped nuggets crammed 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 Mark Twain, one of America's greatest writers, once said, "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Today, use your powers for good and help those around you be better because you're in their lives. Choose to make this a wonderful Thursday!