DAILY BULLETIN
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WEDNEsday
December 3, 2024
Today’s Uniform:
Class B
Tomorrows UNIFORM:
Class A
MEAL MENU
II MESS:Â Chicken Vegetable Coconut Curry, Vegetarian Curry, Basmati Rice, Flat Bread
III Mess: Creamy Cajun Pasta, Andouille Sausage, Chicken, Onions, Peppers, Tomato, Penne, Roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower                                Â
Salad: Cajun Cobb Salad                                       Â
I Mess:Â Chocolate Chip Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage Link, Skillet Potatoes, Juice, Milk, Infused Ice Water, Fresh Cut Fruit, Berries, Yogurt, Granola, Hand Fruit
      TEACHER/COUNSELOR OFFICE/STUDY HALL HOURS
Ms. Stanton      Counseling
Ms. Castellano    Office Hours
Mr. Swearingen   Study Hall
Mr. Garo         Study HallÂ
Mr. Mustazza     Study Hall
        Peer Advisors
5-5:30pm         Mario Riquer
5:30-6pm         Ryan Kang
6 – 6:30pm        Sean Din
6:30 – 7pm        Kayden Jansen
7 – 7:30pm        Hudson Moelke
7:30 – 8pm        Minh Quoc Nguyen
FOCAL POINTS
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this month’s Warrior Virtue theme is gratitude.
What is gratitude? Gratitude is a feeling of appreciation or thankfulness for kindness or generosity received from someone or something. Last year, UCLA Health published a scientifically backed article discussing the benefits of gratitude. Practicing gratitude can help improve your mood, lessening anxiety and depression. It can even improve your sleep and benefit your heart.
Consider some of the following activities to start practicing gratitude in your day-to-day life:
- Recognize Mentors: Take the time to thank someone who has mentored you and show appreciation for their guidance and support.
- Thank You Notes: A thank you note is sincere, personal, and to-the-point. The world’s best leaders make a point of using thank you notes to build connection and express gratitude toward people who interact with them.
- Meditation:Â It’s not just for yogis. Meditating on the things that you’re thankful for can help put your life into perspective, especially when you find yourself struggling with a negative mindset.
- Daily Affirmations:Â Sometimes the only person who can talk you through tough times is you. Taking yourself through a list of what you’re grateful for in your life can set your mood for the entire day ahead.
SPORTS BLAST
All cadets, please remember to form up in front of Davis Hall for our mandatory accountability formation. Only head to your sports after you have been dismissed.
Basketball
Practice 3:45-5PM
UPDATES
As the Office of Admission gears up for Spring admissions, we’d like to remind you about our exciting Bring-a-Buddy program. A number of cadets have already taken advantage of this program to recommend their friends to the Academy. If you a refer a friend to Army and Navy Academy, you’ll receive a $1000 credit at the Bookstore when he successfully enrolls. That’s a lot of Takis!
Please contact the Office of Admission up the stairs from the Mess Hall if you have any questions about this program.
From the Mess Hall
Reminder: Pick up your trash! You must take your plates and silverware to the dish room window. DO NOT dump your plates and silverware into the trash.
Spring Break Trip
If you are going to Italy during Spring Break 2025, there is a MANDATORY meeting Wednesday at lunch. Grab your lunch and come to room 303.
ASB/ Door Decorating
Today during club time we will have door decorating. Please report to your club for further directions.
Weekend Activities Dec. 5-8
Thursday, Dec. 5th
1530-1800Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Indoor Rock-Climbing Club, Mesa Rim
Friday, Dec. 6th        Â
1700-2100Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ice Skating
Saturday, Dec. 7th
1200-1400Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Basketball Tournament in Davis Hall
1200-1500Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cadets Choice
1800-2200Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Movie Run
Sunday, Dec. 8th     Â
1000-1700Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Paintball
Las Posadas!
Our Annual Las Posadas celebration will be Thursday December 5th at 1730!!
 The Atkinson Warrior Band Concert and Christmas Dinner
 Please join us on Monday, December 9th at 530 for our Annual Atkinson Warrior Band concert and Christmas Dinner inside Davis Hall!
From The Health Center
Flu season is approaching. Make sure that you wash your hands and cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Let’s stop the spread of germs.
TODAY IN HISTORY
Hostage Terry Anderson freed in Lebanon
On December 4, 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon release kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson after 2,454 days in captivity.
As chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press, Anderson covered the long-running civil war in Lebanon (1975-1990). On March 16, 1985, he was kidnapped on a west Beirut street while leaving a tennis court. His captors took him to the southern suburbs of the city, where he was held prisoner in an underground dungeon for the next six-and-a-half years.
Anderson was one of 92 foreigners (including 17 Americans) abducted during Lebanon’s bitter civil war. The kidnappings were linked to Hezbollah, or the Party of God, a militant Shiite Muslim organization formed in 1982 in reaction to Israel’s military presence in Lebanon. They seized several Americans, including Anderson, soon after Kuwaiti courts jailed 17 Shiites found guilty of bombing the American and French embassies there in 1983. Hezbollah in Lebanon received financial and spiritual support from Iran.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
“There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.”
— Kong Qiu (Confucius)Â
DEAN
“You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
— Maya Angelou
COMMANDANT
“Life must be worn gloriously.”
— Captain Christopher Pike
