Nov 16, 2001: First Harry Potter film opens

On this day in 2001, the British author J.K. Rowling’s star creation--bespectacled boy wizard Harry Potter--makes his big-screen debut in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which opens in movie theaters across the United States. Based on the mega-best-selling fantasy novel of the same name, the film, which starred Daniel Radcliffe in the title role, went on to become one of the highest-grossing movies in history.

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Today in social studies:

7th grade- Students wrote their reflection papers on the Road Trip USA project that we completed at the end of last week.  Also continued working on their Personalities Project in class.

6th grade- Students took quiz over Chapter 2 Section 2 in class.  Also worked on 3 articles in our Time For Kids magazines in class.

8th grade- Started working on their European Explorers project in class and also

watched the soldier from Hiawatha, Iowa who received the Congressional Medal of Honor from

President Obama today at the White House.  Medal of Honor Ceremony

Mr. Johnson