Oakdale Daily Announcements
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Wednesday, April 22nd
Pledge of Allegiance
Oklahoma flag salute
I salute the flag of the state of Oklahoma. Its symbols of peace unite all people.
Birthdays!
Birthdays Today
Announcements for Today
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, April 24th
Distance Learning Announcements:
- Make sure you are checking your email, students!
- This is week 3. Attend your zoom meetings!
- Make sure you are clicking on your assignments in Google Classroom and reading the directions BEFORE you ask your teacher questions about it!
- The Distance Learning Site is updated.
Zoom class meeting schedule
Things That Happened TODAY in History:
1889
The Oklahoma land run officially starts at noon as thousands of Americans race for new, unclaimed land.
"At twelve o'clock on Monday, April 22nd, the resident population of Guthrie was nothing; before sundown it was at least ten thousand. In that time streets had been laid out, town lots staked off, and steps taken toward the formation of a municipal government."
1955
A joint resolution by the 84th Congress orders all U.S. coins to bear the motto "In God We Trust." supplanting E pluribus unum "Out of many, one",(in use since the initial 1776 design of the Great Seal of the United States.
1976
Barbara Walters becomes the first female nightly news anchor on network television.
Vocabulary Word of the Day
vehicle
noun: a conveyance that transports people or objects
sentence: A vehicle was waiting when she arrived to take her to the hotel.
Challenge for the week:
Solve this CONE math challenge by Friday! I'll give the answer in Friday's announcements.
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Website: www.oakdale.org
Location: 10901 North Sooner Road, Edmond, OK, USA
Phone: 4057713373
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