Students across all the grade levels will get to celebrate the 100th day of school today with different activities that focus around the number 100. Here are some interesting facts about the number 100:
- There are 100 years in a century.
- On the Celsius scale, 100 degrees is the boiling temperature of water.
- The United States Senate has 100 Senators.
- There are 100 yards in an American football field.
- 100 is a perfect square number and its square root is 10.
- 100 is the basis of percentages ("per cent" meaning "per hundred" in Latin), with 100 percent being a full amount.
- There are 100 pennies in one dollar.
- "C" is the Roman numeral for 100. "C" comes from the word Latin word centrum.
- A person who lives to be 100 is called a centenarian.
- The sum of the first nine (9) prime numbers is 100.
- The sum of the first 10 odd numbers equals 100.
- There are 100 letter tiles in a Scrabble game.
- The record number of points scored in one NBA game by a single player was 100 points, set by Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962.
- If you had $100 billion dollars, you could spend $3 million dollars a day, every day, for the next 100 years.
- There are 100 sweat glands in one (1) square inch of skin.
- 100 pennies weigh 250 grams, which is a little over half a pound.
- A Googol is the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes!
Students in grades 3 and 4 have been studying China for the last couple of weeks. They continue to read stories, learn the language, make crafts, learn their history, culture, traditions and research and write about all things Chinese. I got the chance yesterday to go around the classroom and ask the students about what they were learning at the time and I learned all kinds of things I didn't know about Chinese silk making, the Great Wall of China, the invention of the crossbow, the importance of the dragon, and the geography of China. In a couple weeks, at the culmination of the unit, students will get the chance to parade in their dragon costumes they are making, as well as get to share out to other students in the school what they chose to research about.
- Students will be allowed to wear hats, and/or hoods up, in school all day.
- Popcorn will be the snack of choice tomorrow.
- All staff members may wear jeans to school tomorrow.
- and...there will be a special announcement by Mr. Willey tomorrow morning when he goes around to greet each classroom that I hear has something to do with recess!
Walden School
Email: anthony.fontana@ccsuvt.net
Website: https://walden.ccsuvt.net/
Location: 135 Cahoon Farm Road, West Danville, VT, USA
Phone: (802)563-3000