| June
2005 |
| 8 |
McKinley Elementary
School PTO meeting 9:00 a.m.
Commencement for Abington Senior High School
Held at Temple University’s Liacouras Center, 7:00 p.m. |
| 9 |
Ascension Day in the Eastern
Orthodox church See May 2005 for explanation |
| 12 |
Shavuot or Festival of Weeks
begins at sunset |
| 13-14 |
Shavuot (Festival of Weeks)
This Jewish festival begins at sundown on May 21 and
is known as Yom Habikkurim, or "the Day of the First Fruits"
because it marks the time when the farmers of Israel would bring
their first harvest to Jerusalem as a token of thanksgiving.
It also commemorates the giving of the law (Ten Commandments)
to Moses and the Israelites at Mt. Sinai. Shavuot means weeks,
and this festival is held exactly seven weeks after Passover. |
| 13 |
Willow Hill Elementary School
PTO meeting, 7:30 p.m.Race Unity Day this is a Bahai-sponsored
observance promoting racial harmony and understanding and the
essential unity of humanity. For more information, contact the
United Nations Office at 212-803-2500 or visit www.us.bahai.org |
| 14 |
Flag Day This
day for patriotic observance commemorates June 14, 1777 when
the Stars and Stripes was adopted by the Continental Congress.
Inspired by three decades of state and local celebrations
in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Flag Day was officially
established by a proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson
on May 30th, 1916. After this proclamation, it was celebrated
in communities for years until it became a national day of
observance ; on August 3rd, 1949, President Truman signed
an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National
Flag Day.
Abington Board of School Directors meeting,
7:30 p.m. Abington School District Administration Building,
970 Highland Avenue |
| 15 |
Parent Council meeting
held at Abington Senior High School, 7:30 p.m. Year-end wrap-up
and celebration. This is a forum to promote better understanding
of the issues concerning the education of Abington children.
Information at “ACT Organizations”TADA Games Finale
Held at Abington Junior High School gym |
| 16 |
Day of the African Child
Celebrated since 1991, this day commemorates the achievement
and future challenges of Africa and celebrates the heritage
of African-American children. It recalls a two-week period in
1976 when in Soweto South Africa, thousands of black school
children took to the streets to protest the inferior quality
of their education and demand their right to be taught in their
own language. Hundreds of children were shot down. Information:
1-800-FOR-KIDS. |
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Father’s Day A
day to honor one’s father and all men who act as father
figures, it is observed on the third Sunday in June according
to a presidential proclamation signed by Lyndon B. Johnson
in 1966. Father’s Day was first proposed in 1901 by
a Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington who wanted to honor her
father who had been left a widower and had raised six children.
The first Father's Day was observed on June 19, 1910 in Spokane
Washington. Around that time in cities and towns across American
other people were beginning to celebrate a "father's
day." In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the
idea of a national Father's Day.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation
of African Americans in Texas when in 1865 General Gordon
Grander landed on Galveston Island and proclaimed the sovereignty
of the United States over Texas and the freedom of all who
had been slaves—two and a half years afer slavery had
endedin other parts of the South. Made a Texas state holiday
in 1979k it is now celebrated in many parts of the country.
Pentecost celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox
church For explaination, see May 2005 |
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First Day of Summer
Abington Board of School Directors meeting,
7:30 p.m. Abington School District Administration Building,
970 Highland Avenue |
