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LITERACY NIGHT - Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Thank you to everyone for helping with litercy night.  This is the kind of parent involvement that allows us the opportunity to "teach" parents so they can support their children. And it is fun!  So please join us on Tuesday January 26, 2012 from 6:00p.m to 7:30p.m. 

 
TEACHERS OF THE YEAR - Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Congratulations to Mrs. Yanez, Mrs. Mendoza, Mr. Moreno and Mr. Castro;  they are our Ed Pastor Elementary School Teachers of the Year.  At our school we have an outstanding team of professional teachers.  We really have a lot to be proud of at EPES!!!

 
 
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daltonism
(DAWL-tuh-niz-em)

noun: Color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish between red and green.

Etymology
After John Dalton (1766-1844), chemist and physicist, who gave us Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures. He studied his own color blindness as well.

Usage
"Theodore R. Weeks refers to 'national daltonism: the extreme difficulty nationalists had... in perceiving and appreciating the viewpoints or needs of members of other nationalities." — Stephen D. Corrsin; Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia; Canadian Slavonic Papers (Ottawa); Sep-Dec 1999.

Usage
"Theodore R. Weeks refers to 'national daltonism: the extreme difficulty nationalists had... in perceiving and appreciating the viewpoints or needs of members of other nationalities." —Stephen D. Corrsin; Nation and State in Late Imperial Russia; Canadian Slavonic Papers (Ottawa); Sep-Dec 1999.

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methuselah
(meh-THOO-zuh-luh)

noun:
1. An extremely old man.
2. An oversized wine bottle holding approx. 6 liters.

Etymology
After biblical figure Methuselah, who was said to have lived 969 years.

Usage
"Five restaurant years would be about equivalent to 30 human years, so Bambino's, which has been around since 1983, is a veritable Methuselah among eateries." — A.C. Stevens; Why Cook Tonight?; The Boston Herald; Feb 11, 2001.

"Meet Frank Ahern, the Methuselah of Seattle high-school coaches, a revered urban legend in his second half-century of helping city youth." — Craig Smith; A Coach For The Ages; The Seattle Times; Feb 27, 2000.

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keelhaul
(KEEL-hawl)

verb tr.
1. To haul under the keel of a ship.
2. To rebuke sharply.

Etymology
From Dutch kielhalen, from kiel (keel) + halen (to haul). In the olden times this form of punishment was inflicted in the Dutch and British navies. The punished sailor was tied to a rope looped under the ship and thrown in the water. Then he was dragged along the bottom of the ship to the other side. The result was either severe injuries from brushing against the barnacles on the ship's bottom or death from drowning. Thankfully, in modern times keelhauling is performed only metaphorically

Usage
"A determined farmer named Taggart is out to keelhaul the varmint that carried off his youngest son." — Gene Seymour; Unnecessary Sequel Creeps in Once Again; Los Angeles Times; Aug 29, 2003. (© Wordsmith.org)
lexiphanes
(lex-SIF-uh-neez)

noun
One who uses words pretentiously.

Etymology
From Greek lexiphanes (phrase monger), from lexis (word or phrase) + -phaneia (to show).]

Usage
"The danger is in becoming so seduced by the lexiconic that we become lexiphanes. There's no excuse for indulging in the bombastic at any time, of course." — Murray Waldren; That's Language; The Australian (Sydney); Jul 16, 2005. (© Wordsmith.org)
disport
(di-SPORT)

verb tr., intr.: To divert or amuse (oneself).
noun: A diversion or amusement.

Etymology
From Old French desporter (to divert), from dis- + porter (to carry).

Usage
"On the island, as on a stage, the people of Paris disport themselves in every attitude of summer recreation." — T.J. McNamara; Seurat's Grand Triumph of Light; New Zealand Herald; Jan 23, 2010.

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Aglae Mendez
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October, 2009

Esteban Viera
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October, 2009
 
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