Daily Announcements

Friday, May 15, 2026

Today is a Day 2 (HS) Day 2 (Elem.)

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Frederick Douglass

Today in History: Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born

Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born Marie Jana Korbelova on May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

The daughter of Czech diplomat Josef Korbel, Albright fled to England with her family after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939. Though Albright long believed they had fled for political reasons, she learned as an adult that her family was Jewish and that three of her grandparents had died in Nazi concentration camps. The family returned home after World War II ended but immigrated to the United States in 1948 after a Soviet-sponsored Communist coup seized power in Prague. Josef Korbel became dean of the school of international relations at the University of Denver (where he would later train another female secretary of state, Condoleeza Rice).

After graduating from Wellesley College in 1959, Albright married Joseph Medill Patterson Albright of the prominent Medill newspaper-publishing family. With an MA and PhD from Columbia University under her belt, Albright headed to Washington, D.C., where she worked for Maine’s Senator Edmund S. Muskie and served on the National Security Council in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. She and Joseph Albright divorced in 1982. During the Republican presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, Albright worked for several nonprofit organizations and taught at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

With a Democrat—Bill Clinton—in the White House again in 1992, Albright found herself at the center of Washington’s most powerful circle. In 1993, Clinton appointed her ambassador to the United Nations. In that post, Albright earned a reputation as a straight-talking defender of American interests and an advocate for an increased role for the U.S. in U.N. operations. In late 1996, Clinton nominated Albright to succeed Warren Christopher as U.S. secretary of state. After her nomination was unanimously confirmed by the Senate, she was sworn in on January 23, 1997.

History.com

Today's lunch is:

• Pizza Crunchers
• Roll
• French Fries
• Green Beans
• Asst. Fruit Cup

HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

REMINDER: Progress period 4 ends TODAY. Get your work turned in!!

Who would love a frozen treat after school? The Senior Class will be selling popsicles and other ice cream treats after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays during the month of May. Come to Mrs. LaFave's room starting at 2:40.

Anyone interested in summer employment here at school, please see Ms. Coon for more details.

Attn. 7th & 8th Graders: Plan for a locker clean out next week! Date and time to be announced later.

ELEMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Have a great weekend!