Daily Five: Two New Courses At Waterford High

1. Today, there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, with a high around 77, according to the National Weather Service. Tonight, there is a chance of showers of thunderstorms, with a low around 62, according to the service.

2. The Board of Education approved two new courses for Waterford High School students at their last meeting on Thursday.

The first is called athletic experience, a class only for seniors that is part of the physical education program. The class will teach sports leadership to seniors through cooperative teaching, one-on-one skill work, officiating, coaching and other ways, according to a memo from Assistant Superintendent Craig Powers.

The second is to turn the jazz ensemble into a one credit class. Right now, the jazz ensemble meets twice-a-week after school as an extra-curricular activity. The new plan makes it a class during the school day. To compensate it for it, the symphonic band and the concert band classes will be combined into one class.

3. The Conservation Commission did not rule on a proposal by Kobluck Brothers LLC at their last regularly-scheduled meeting on Thursday night.

However, the commission is holding a special meeting on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in Town Hall. There, the commission will rule on the application as they have run out of extensions.

4. With the long weekend over, everything reopens today, including Waterford's public schools. Town Hall and all other non-essential government offices reopen today as well.

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5. On this date in 2004, the World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. And on this date in 2001, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Casey Martin could use a golf cart in PGA events. Martin has a birth defect in his right leg that limited his ability to walk and stand.

Quote of the Day

“Things do not change; we change.”

-Henry David Thoreau

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