Redskin Loss Hurts & Omen Holds True Again!

This past Monday night, "my" Washington Redskins were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers by a score of 23-6 on national TV. The Steelers stopped running back Clinton Portis and sacked quarterback Jason Campbell seven times. Due to this painful loss, my day-off on Tuesday was dreary and unproductive. Making the loss even worse, I had to wear a Steeler's jersey yesterday in order to pay-off my friendly wager with both Ms. Cheung and Mr. Spicher.

In the picture below, I am surrounded by the ELMS 6th graders who happen to be Steeler fans, too. Needless to say, they were very pleased with their team's victory this past week and enjoyed my discomfort wearing the black and gold.

Interesting Redskin Omen

For all but one of the last 17 presidential ballots, since 1937, a Redskins victory has signaled a win for the party currently in power and a loss has meant a change in the party occupying the White House.

As we now know, Senator Obama won the Presidential Election over rival Senator John McCain keeping this interesting omen alive.

Obama Wins!

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This past week, our students participated in a National Mock Election in order to learn more about the election process and the policy making decisions made by the Federal Government. According to our student voting results, Senator Obama won the Presidential race, along with Frank Kratovil, Dutch Ruppersberger and Paul Sarbanes in each of their respective Congressional races here in Maryland. In addition, our students identified the economy as the issue that is most important to them.

If you haven’t done so already, I hope all parents will talk to their children about this year’s election and share their values and beliefs concerning the very important national issues facing our country. Our students here at ELMS are very engaged and interested in what their parents think! Don't lose this great chance to talk to your middle schooler about something that is of mutual interest.

Also, I hope each of you will vote on November 4th. In addition to the Presidential race that will be decided here in Maryland, there are local school board seats up for election and the choice to legalize slots or not.

Don't forget...Your vote matters and your children are watching
whether you participate or not!