"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen."

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
 













What do you believe you can do this year to make this the best year ever?

Video:The History Of April Fool's Day

Was the "best prank" you played on someone or played on you?
We would love to hear your stories!

Are You Ready To Wonder?

Visit WONDEROPOLIS & Start Wondering! 

What did you wonder about today? Please share!

Contest Alert!

Doodle 4 Google is an annual program that invites K-12 students in the United States to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google's homepage logo for millions to see.
This year, we ask students to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, “My Best Day Ever…” One talented student artist will see their artwork appear on the Google homepage, receive a $30,000 college scholarship, and a $50,000 technology grant for their school along with some other cool prizes!
Use this link for more information:
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

So get doodling!  You never know...maybe a student from North Rockland will win!

Educational Forum For FamiliesOf Intellectually Curious Students

New Canaan, CT
Sunday, January 27, 2013
10:00 am-4:00 pm
New Canaan Country School
~Presentations and discussions
~Exhibit hall showcasing local and national resources
~Interactive sessions and mini-courses for grades 3 and up

Visit the link below if you would like to attend.
http://www.scholarsearchassoc.com/media/com_acymailing/upload/fairfield_forum_poster.pdf

Something to work on over the break:)

Let's see who can get it first!

Below you will find 9 well-known five letter words, with only their endings remaining. Once you have found the words, their initial letters can be anagrammed into a 9-letter word. What is the word?

..XIC
..IEN
..NRE
..PPO
..PIL
..LOO
..DAY
..UIP
..ELF

Good Luck, and have a WONDERFUL break!

Brainteaser Alert!!!

Try out this classic brainteaser called The Towers of Hanoi. 
The game called the Towers of Hanoi was invented by the French mathematician Edouard Lucas in 1883 and since then it has been both a popular puzzle and a well-known mathematical problem that is an excellent illustration of the general concept of recursion. This puzzle is known by most mathematicians and a very large number of people who like either puzzles or elementary mathematical problems. The problem is that you have to move the tower of wooden wooden circles - one at a time- from one post  to another without placing a larger piece on a smaller piece. Sounds easy enough until you try it.  Here is the link to play it online:
http://www.coolmath-games.com/towerofhanoi/index.html

Let us know what you think!!!