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Click here to download the complete newsletter NOVEMBER FUN FACTS: November, the 11th month of the year, has 30 days and marks the beginning of the winter holiday season for most folks, even if the winter solstice doesn’t occur until late December. We’ve made this month, named for the ninth (novem) month in the early…

Click here to download the Newsletter OCTOBER FUN FACTS: OCTOBER BIRTH FLOWERS October’s birth flowers are the cosmos and the calendula or marigold. Cosmos is a symbol of joy in life and love and of peace. The calendula (aka garden, English, or pot marigold) represents winning grace, grief, or chagrin in the language of flowers.…

Click here to download the full newsletter SEPTEMBER FUN FACTS: September, in Old England, was called Haervest-monath (Harvest Month). This is the time to gather up the rest of the harvest and prepare for the winter months. There are flowers enough in the summertime, More flowers than I can remember— But none with the purple,…

Click here to download newsletter AUGUST FUN FACTS: August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar. It has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar’s month of July had. (They took that extra day from February) Previously names Sextilis in Latin, it was the sixth month of the Roman calendar. Birthstone:…

Click here to download newsletter JULY FUN FACTS: Fourth of July is a holiday to look forward to every year! Full of outside, summer fun, barbecued foods, and firework displays. Behind all of that, however, is history! In celebration of our nation’s Independence Day, here are 10 fun facts and pieces of trivia: 1. John…

Click Here to Download the Newsletter! JUNE FUN FACTS: • June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. • June’s birthstone is the pearl, the Moonstone and the Alexandrite. • The June birth flower is the Rose (Rosa) and the Honeysuckle (Lonicera). NORTHWESTERN NEWS: Students last day…

Click here for the PDF version of the Newsletter MAY FUN: • The birthstone for May is the emerald which represents success or love. • The zodiac sign for May are Taurus (April 20 – May 20) and Gemini (May 21 – June 20). • The birth flower for May is the Crataegus monogyna and…

Click here for the PDF version of the Newsletter APRIL FUN: “Its spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is so you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” -Mark…