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John Kingsnorth, Superintendent
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January 31, 2008 In The Loop


In This Issue;


$748.9M contributed to School Aid Fund

By Heather Jeffrey- Executive Editor
Published: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:32 PM CST

LANSING — The Michigan Lottery marked its 35th fiscal year in 2007, and with it came record-breaking payouts to both lottery winners and the School Aid Fund. According to the Michigan Lottery annual report, which was released earlier this week, net prizes totaled $1,329.1 million and the School Aid Fund received $748.9 million. One may wonder how the education system can be suffering financially with this yearly contribution, but Tom Weber, acting Lottery commissioner, explained why. “The fiscal 2007 contribution — $748.9 million — is a huge amount of money to you and me. Think of the things we could do with that money,” Weber said. “Likewise, it is a huge amount of money to one district, or two or three, or event 10 districts. There is nothing that such an amount couldn’t buy!”


Senior Scoop

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21st Century Work is Underway

Fremont’s Board of Education has a vision for our children: to help them become “World-Ready.” Just two words, but they set the table for a dramatic, new focus on how we will prepare our children for the 21st Century world of learning and work.

Since the Board developed this thinking last summer, we have been hard at work with many of you in our community in the next task at-hand: discussions on how we can – indeed must - come together to bring this vision to reality.

Based on what we learned last fall from staff and community members at several work sessions, we now have formed planning teams around four targets: facilities, or learning environments; community engagement and connections; world-ready; and technology.

The planning teams are working with the end in mind. What education resources do we want to have available for our children in five years, and what do we need to do, step by step, to get there?

While each of the planning teams have now each met at least once, we have room, and still would welcome, participation from everyone in our service area. We need your best judgment. Please consider joining us, and contact me by email or by phone to begin.

The planning teams are a direct link back to the Board of Education. Their recommendations this spring will guide the Board’s thinking, in the near- and long-term, on the best ways to achieve these goals.

Won’t you join us? Contact me today. Your efforts can have far-reaching rewards for the children of our community. See schedule below.


Schedule for the next S3 meetings

The S3 community meetings have been terrific so far. Each committee has met at least twice and we are getting some great input. The minutes of these meetings will be posted on our school website next week. The schedule for the next set of meetings is:

Facilities team – March 4, 2008 at 6:30

Community Connections team – TBA

Technology Team – February 13, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.

World Ready Team - February 18, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

All meetings are in the administration building.

We would love to see you there!


An Ideal Husband

High School Theatre opens its 32nd season with Oscar Wilde’s AN IDEAL HUSBAND. Under the direction of Mr. Roger Zinnecker, FHS theatre will host the performance on two weekends, February 8 & 9 and also 15 & 16. The performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and are held at the beautiful Dogwood Center.

Twenty two students are directly involved backstage with another twenty two in support. The show was presented last summer at the Stratford Festival and strikes a particular note for an election year. The show centers around a political figure who made a decision in his youth which will now compromise his power and position should the secret be revealed. Wilde comments on the Victorian penchant for appearances over substance and the idea that marriages and behavior can be perfected. The cast is led by seniors Mark Drake, Davis Lindsay and Lizzie Paris under the supervision of stage manager Ashley Christensen.


THE YEAR 1907

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!
The year is 1907.
One hundred years ago.
What a difference a century makes!
Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1907:
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The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years old.

Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City
cost eleven dollars.

There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S. , and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more
heavily populated than California

With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st
most populous state in the Union .

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !

The average wage in the US was 22 Cents per hour.

The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400  per year .

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year,
A dentist made $2,500 per year,
A veterinarian $1,500 per year,
And a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!
Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which
Were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used
borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from
entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.
Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and
Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30!!!!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea
hadn't been invented yet.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over
the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists
said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,
regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian
of health." 

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
Now I sent it to you and others all over the United States ,
Possibly the world, in a matter of just seconds !!!!!!!!!

IT STAGGERS THE MIND !!!!!!!!!

 

Phishing Emails disguised as letters from Government Agencies

By Will Holmes
Programmer Analyst
Fremont Insurance Company

Be on the lookout for emails that look like they are from the IRS, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, or any other government agency. These are scams.

Some will ask you to go to a website that has been made to look like a real government website. There they will ask for your personal information, including financial information.

Other letters, upon opening, will implant a virus on your computer. These viruses can do tasks from send information stored on your computer to the scammers to recording your keystrokes so that the scammers will learn all of your passwords and codes.

Do not open any of these emails. The government will never attempt to contact you by email. The government does not even know your email address. They always conduct business through regular postal mail and it will always be addressed to you by name.

If you receive an email that you believe may be fraudulent, report it to the FBI/FTC’s task force for internet crimes. www.ic3.gov/

For more information on how to protect yourself from online scams read our Solution 18 on Scams


State Representative
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100th District

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John D. Kingsnorth
Superintendent
Fremont Public Schools
(231) 924-2350
jkingsnorth@fremont.net