5 MIN FILLER

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INTRO

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Good Morning Ephrata NAMES today is Friday March 26, 2021. Please rise for a moment of silence and the pledge to the flag.

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SILENCE/FLAG VIDEO

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Underclassmen, please take a few minutes to review your course requests for next year by logging in to your PowerSchool portal.  You can access requests by clicking on the “Class Registration” item under the Navigation menu on the left (where you selected your courses).  If everything looks good, you are done.  If you would like to change a non-teacher recommended course, just have your parent message your counselor with the course(s) that you would like to add and/or drop.  If you would like to switch a teacher recommended course, be sure to complete a yellow Teacher Recommendation Change form – available from the Counseling Office or the Counseling Office webpage.

All change requests need to be made by March 31st.  If you have questions, reach out to your counselor.

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Did you know that today is Pennsylvania Social Emotional Learning or SEL Day? Probably not, so to learn a little bit out SEL we have 2-minute video we would like to share with you.

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Play video to 2 minutes 3 seconds – cut off the ad for subscribing at the end at 2:03

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87zTsJ_Fxhc

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You will be receiving a link to a 3-question survey through schoology to gather some information on student perspectives on 5 core skills of SEL. Please take a few moments to complete this.

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And now over to ____________ with the news

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NEWS INTRO

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In today's news, In today's news, are multiple people have been injured and there have beenmultiple deaths after a vicious tornado ripped through Calhoun County Alabama on Thursday. "There's numerous homes damaged, numerous people injured, and at least five fatalities," said Sheriff Matthew Wade. Calhoun County is also about to get hit by another storm. Wade is worried it will bring another tornado with it. On this day in history, in 1827, german composer Ludwig Van Beethoven dies in Vienna. He had been deaf for the later part of his life, but said on his death bed "I shall hear in heaven.""

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Now to the juniors with the lunch

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LUNCH VIDEO

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SPORTS INTRO

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yesterday in sports, tennis started out the season strong with a 7-0 win over Octorara. The boys all won singles in either 6-0 or 6-1 sets. Today tennis is at Warwick, and tomorrow volleyball is at Cocalico, girls lacrosse is at Cedar Cliff, and boys lacrosse is home vs Warwick.

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Now back to the main desk

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Person 1: Are you interested in being a part of Student Council Next Year? If so, stop down and grab a petition in Mr. Marzock’s room 137.

Person 2: In order to be considered on Student Council, you will need the petition, at least 25 signatures on the petition from members of your grade, and a teacher recommendation.

Person 1: Everything is due to Mr. Marzock no later than TODAY at the end of the school day.  If we do not receive your signatures or teacher recommendation by then, you will not be on the ballot.

Person 2: If you have any questions, please stop down to see Mr. Marzock for more details.

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Have a great day Ephrata!

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