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Is turkey the real cause of feeling sleepy after a Did the pilgrims officially declare
Month’s Events Thanksgiving Day meal? Thanksgiving as a public holiday?
Turkey does contain Tryptophan, which could No, Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a
Marking Period 2 Make-Up Work Due make us feel sleepy; however, sleepiness is public holiday in 1863.
Wednesday, December 5 likely caused by the over-consumption of food,
especially desserts.
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million turkeys are Election Day MIDTERMS MIDTERMS MIDTERMS
eaten on Thanksgiving No classes English English ENL
Career Day every year with the ENL Foreign Language
Wednesday, December 12 state of California Foreign Language Phys Education
consuming the most
each year.
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Veteran’s Day
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Fall Concert Social Studies Social Studies Math Math
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The first Thanksgiving was actually a three-day Thanksgiving Recess Thanksgiving Recess
Bake Sale celebration. Today, Thanksgiving is one day School Closed School Closed
— maybe two, if you count Black Friday. Apparently,
Cheer however, the Pilgrims wanted to party even harder.
Basketball Boys Varsity Governor William Bradford organized the feast, inviting the
Plymouth colonists' Native American allies, but it was only
Sophomore Transcript Week until the Wampanoag Indian guests came and joined the
Monday, December 17 to Friday, Pilgrims that they decided to extend the affair.
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Phys Ed Tournaments
Wednesday, December 19 to Friday,
December 21
Open School Open School
Evening Afternoon
6pm-8:30pm 12:30pm-3pm
 School-Wide Spirit Days
Fall Concert
Date: Friday, December 14, 2018
Location: GCHS Auditorium
Ticket Price:
SA Members: $3*
*For SA Member pricing, see Mr. Parkinson
in the SA office, room 236A
Non-SA Members: $5*
*For Non-SA Member pricing, see
 Mr. Green in room B-34
 Ms. Hornick in room B-27
 Mr. Parkinson in room 236A
 Dr. Robertson in room 317
School Spirits
Bake Sale
Date: Monday, November 19, 2018
Location: Auditorium Lobby
Benefits:
Proceeds will go towards
Cheer and Basketball Boys Varsity
Cost: $1 for almost everything
What You Can Buy:
Cookies, Cake, Pie, Brownies, Candy
Riddle of the Month
It lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with
its roots on top? What is it?
Last Month’s Riddle: What has to be broken before
you can use it?
Answer: An egg