Cuban Missile Crisis

October 22, 1962, in a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba. These missile sites—under construction but nearing completion—housed medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in the United States, including Washington, D.C. Kennedy announced that he was ordering a naval "quarantine" of Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from transporting any more offensive weapons to the island and explained that the United States would not tolerate the existence of the missile sites currently in place. The president made it clear that America would not stop short of military action to end what he called a "clandestine, reckless, and provocative threat to world peace."  Cuban Missile Crisis video

In social studies today:

7th grade- Students took Chapter 1 Assessment in class.
6th grade- Participated with Mrs. Meyer in a health check with student nurses.
8th grade- Returning from Eagle Bluff after school.

**Also, Friday October 22 was the end of the 1st quarter.
Mr. Johnson