Inter-Lakes High School Tuesday November 28, 2017

Full Chorus today during OH. Select Chorus from 3:00-3:25. Rehearsal is mandatory. Students who are interested in the trip to Spain, your time is winding down to register! We will be having our second meeting today at 5:30 in the ILHS library for those who have registered and for those who are still thinking about it. If you cannot attend, please see Mrs. Judge. Tuesday, December 5th, 6-7:00pm, Former Chief Justice John Broderick will present, “Changing the Culture & Conversation around Mental Health/Illness.” Former Chief Justice Broderick is the Senior Director of Public Affairs at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. Through his own personal story and family’s journey, former Chief Justice Broderick works to enhance public knowledge and awareness of mental illness and emotional suffering. This free presentation will take place in the I-L Community Auditorium and is open to the public. We have been monitoring the use of the Library after school and have adjusted the hours to close at 5:30. There is a National Honor Society meeting tomorrow morning at 7:55 in room 30 to discuss this Friday night's dance. Boys varsity basketball scrimmage at Pittsfield today, 6:00pm (bus leaves at 4:30) ***Today in History*** November 28, 1520, After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic. On October 21, he finally discovered the strait he had been seeking. The Strait of Magellan, as it became known, is located near the tip of South America, separating Tierra del Fuego and the continental mainland. Only three ships entered the passage; one had been wrecked and another deserted. It took 38 days to navigate the treacherous strait, and when ocean was sighted at the other end Magellan wept with joy. His fleet accomplished the westward crossing of the ocean in 99 days, crossing waters so strangely calm that the ocean was named “Pacific,” from the Latin word pacificus, meaning “tranquil.”