Dan Gable born

October  25, 1948 wrestling legend Don Gable is born in the tiny town of Waterloo, Iowa. His father was a real-estate salesman and former high-school wrestling star; his mother was a homemaker. In high school, Gable ran track, swam and played football and baseball. He didn’t devote himself to wrestling with his trademark single-minded ferocity until he was 16, when his older sister was raped and murdered in the family’s living room. After that, he told an interviewer, he became "a horse with blinders as far as wrestling was concerned" because he wanted to give his parents something positive.  Also on October 25, 1881, Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, is born in Malaga, Spain.

Today in social studies:
7th grade-  We discussed the tests the students took on Friday and used the rest of the class period to work on Road Trip USA Task #3.
6th grade- Continued working on Mythology unit, reading "Chariot of the Sun God" and class discussion.  And assigned "The Golden Touch" for Tuesday.
8th grade- Students watched CNN Student News and discussed the new prototype car that can go 100 miles on 1 gallon of gas.  Also posted on Tween Tribune for the remainder of class.


Mr. Johnson