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Page 12 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021 1. On Jan. 22, 1970, the NBA titles? world’s fi rst “jumbo jet” made a maiden voyage from JFK International Airport to London; what is the jet’s name? 2. In what play did Shakespeare say, “winter tames man, woman, and beast”? 3. The earth’s most distant point from an ocean – called the Eurasian Pole of Inaccessibility – is in what country? 4. January 23 is annual National Pie Day; the biggest pie fi ght in a fi lm was in 1927’s “The Battle of the Century,” which starred what famous comedy duo? 5. What liquor is also the name of a dynasty? 6. What U.S. president who had a putting green installed at the White House, when asked how his life had changed after his presidency, said, “I don’t get as many short putts”? 7. On Jan. 24, 1950, what “Method of Treating Foodstuff s” was patented? 8. How are howler, spider and squirrel similar? 9. How are corkscrews, butterflies and shells similar? 10. What team has had the most consecutive 11. On Jan. 25, 1759, what Scottish poet was born who later authored “For Auld Lang Syne”? 12. The VP’s husband’s title is Second Gentleman; What Shakespeare play’s title (with a character named Valentine) includes the word “gentleman”? 13. What 1800’s Dutchman painted “The Potato Eaters” and in 1976 had a potato variety named after him? 14. What two Halls of Fame was Wilt Chamberlain inducted into? 15. On Jan. 26, 1988, what musical opened that became the longest-running Broadway show? 16. In what country was Caesar salad invented? 17. January 27 is an annual international remembrance day of what? 18. What sculpture in the St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City is the only work that Michelangelo ever signed? 19. How are The Joker, Darth Vader and Zorro similar? 20. On Jan. 28, 1934, the fi rst U.S. ski tow rope was used in what Vermont town? ANSWERS Northeast Metro Tech receives $500 donation to support ExxonMobil STEM programs WAKEFIELD – Superintendent David DiBarri and Principal Carla Scuzzarella are pleased to share that Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School (Northeast Metro Tech) has received a $500 donation from ExxonMobil and Global Partners LP. The donation will support Northeast Metro Tech’s STEM program. “This is such a kind gesture to support our STEM programming and we really appreciate our local ExxonMobil station for this donation,” said Scuzzarella. “This funding will directly benSCHOOL | FROM Page 1 related story) raised concerns from School Committee Members Carol Tye and Anthony D’Ambrosio. “The purpose of the motion is clear: It reinforces our major goal, which is to get the kids back in school,” said Tye. “But it seems from the information we got tonight that March 1 being the date would just be impossible.” Tye said she also objects to the phrase “strongly pursue” within the motion, since it suggested that the committee and administration have not been working aggressively to get students back in the classroom over the past nine months. “I wouldn’t want people to look at that and say, oh, well they haven’t been doing much of anything,” said Tye. Committee members eventually agreed that the wording of the motion be changed to refl ect that the administration continue to pursue, rather than strongly pursue, eff orts to get students back in classrooms. The major disagreement between committee members revolved around the March 1 date included in the original motion. Both Tye and D’Ambrosio argued to either include a later date in March or leave out a date altogether to avoid raising hopes that might not be met. “I agree with Ms. Tye. I think everyone here agrees we need to be trying as hard as we can to get all students back as quickly as possible,” said D’Ambrosio. “But it needs to be safe to do that.” Given the information on the potential vaccination of school employees, D’Ambrosio said, he is amenable to seeing a date in the motion closer to the end of March. Mayor Brian Arrigo cautioned about throwing out any dates efi t students in our STEM program by supporting the robust, hands-on education we provide to help create skilled future employees in these high demand careers.” Global Partners LP has awarded grants to schools throughout New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland for the past decade in partnership with ExxonMobil’s Educational Alliance Program. The initiative awarded $182,500 to 365 schools in 2020 to support STEM education. “It really comes down to our for opening classrooms, given the fl uidity of the COVID-19 situation. “We need to have fl exibility and fl uidity – with COVID – using any kind of date,” said Arrigo. “I think we learned this with graduation, and I think we learned this with everything: that putting a date on something can be a real challenge.” Ferrante said that even if there isn’t a specifi c date, there should be some kind of timeline established to give students and parents some idea of when school would reopen. Several committee members agreed that the motion should include language that reopening would be subject to the vaccination of school employees. Gravellese and Rizzo both pushed to keep the date as close to the beginning of March as possible. Gravellese noted that there are districts that have been in a hybrid learning model since September. “The second a date is mentioned on paper … that fl uidity isn’t necessarily conveyed, and people will take that as gospel because things get lost in translation,” said D’Ambrosio. “We’ll need to be really careful if a specifi c date is mentioned.” Rizzo said the March 1 date should be looked at as a goal, and includes students, such as special needs and ELL students, who should have been in school since September. Rizzo also noted that even before Kelly unveiled new information on Tuesday, D’Ambrosio and Tye were not on board with the motion to begin with. “Obviously, we want everyone to be back as soon as possible, and I understand arguing for an optimistic date, but voting on the most optimistic goals?” D’Ambrosio said. “If we put out a date that isn’t realistic, and many of us know March 1 is not realistic, it is tantamount to local Territory Managers (TMs) working closely with their local Exxon- and Mobil-branded station owners to choose the schools they feel would benefi t the most from these innovative grants,” said Global Partners Brand Programs Manager Louis Parison. “A lot of our grants each year go to the same schools which helps them to truly develop a consistent STEM program. Our TMs are vested in their local communities, and the local Exxon- and Mobil-branded stations in town also want to support these educational eff orts.” just spreading misinformation at this point.” Rizzo asked why D’Ambrosio didn’t think the March 1 date is realistic, when many other districts in the state have been holding hybrid or in-person learning. “My response is because our positivity rate as of this week is almost 14 percent, and that’s many magnitudes higher than the state average,” D’Ambrosio said. “Our living conditions are so dense that communal spread is inevitable if we send people back. Revere is not other cities and towns in the state; I wish the material conditions were similar, but it’s not right now, and we have to do what is in the best interest of the safety of the community.” He continued, “Sitting here and fi ghting about it is counterproductive, and honestly it is a little bit embarrassing and it is a waste of time. We agree on the main point that we need to bring kids back, and we are arguing about two weeks, which can make a world of diff erence in the vaccine regime here.” Kelly said she agreed with points that all the committee members were making and reiterated that the administration has had a plan in place for hybrid learning since August. “What has kept us from going to school is not a lack of planning or a lack of foresight or a failure to set a date,” she said, but the reality of the COVID numbers in Revere. “We’ve listened to the medical experts, and that’s the reason why we are unlike some other communities,” Kelly said. An attempt by Tye to include a later target start date in the original motion failed. The motion as passed unanimously by the School Committee included the March 1 target date. “It’s better than nothing,” D’Ambrosio said. 1. Boeing 747 2. “The Taming of the Shrew” 3. China (in Xinjiang near Kazakhstan) 4. Laurel & Hardy 5. Bourbon (the House of Bourbon) 6. Dwight D. Eisenhower 7. The microwave oven 8. They are New World monkeys. 9. They are translations of pasta names (cavatappi, farfalle and conchiglie). 10. Boston Celtics 11. Robert Burns 12. “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” 13. Vincent van Gogh 14. Basketball and Volleyball 15. “The Phantom of the Opera” 16. Mexico (in Tijuana) 17. The Holocaust 18. The Pietà (“The Pity”) 19. They are fi lm characters wearing masks. 20. Woodstock

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