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George Washington Clayton, Denver's First Big Giver
Tom Noel eloquently captures the life of Mr. Clayton, Clayton Early Learning's benefactor, in this Denver Post article.
Noel: George Washington Clayton, Denver's first big giver
By Tom Noel, for The Denver Post
In this season of giving, how many Coloradans remember the state's first major philanthropist?
The story of George Washington Clayton has been largely lost, although he shines as Colorado's first champion giver. Born on George Washington's birthday in Philadelphia in 1833, "Wash" worked in his father's store. In the spring of 1859, he set out for the Pikes Peak Diggings to open shop in the six-month-old town of Denver. On the trail, he met many bitterly disappointed "go-backers" who denounced the Colorado gold rush as a hoax. Undiscouraged, Clayton pushed on to Denver.
There, he opened a one-story business selling clothing, boots, shoes and miner's equipment at 15th and Larimer Streets. In 1882, on the same site, he built the handsome, four-story stone Clayton Building. Now better known as the Granite Building, it is a cornerstone of Larimer Square, Denver's first designated historic district.
In 1860, Clayton married Letitia Myers of Philadelphia. Their son, born in June 1861, died four months later. Clayton's sorrow doubled six months later when his wife followed his son to the grave. Clayton never remarried — and never recovered. He took both bodies back to Philadelphia for burial.
He buried his own sorrow by devoting himself to his business. Moving out of the home he had so briefly shared with a wife and child, he began living in his store. There, Clayton began amassing a vast real estate empire. As Denver's economy fluctuated wildly with booms and busts, Clayton wound up with more and more land titles and mortgages instead of cash payments.
Clayton also took a lively interest in civic matters. In 1861, he was elected to the city council, which struggled to bring law and order to the frontier village. He supported one of the city's first laws, "an ordinance prohibiting gambling and selling of liquor or merchandise on the streets or from wagons or tents."
Clayton also joined councilmen pushing for the establishment of a city jail and a public school. He served on Denver's first board of Arapahoe County commissioners and supported his brother, William, in his successful bid to become mayor of Denver in 1868.
While moonlighting in politics, Clayton mainly focused on his business. He dropped storekeeping to become Denver's biggest single property owner, shrewdly investing in downtown real estate and also in the expanding edges of Denver, including many holdings in Capitol Hill, City Park, Clayton, Park Hill, University Hills and what would become Stapleton Airport and the Denver County Jail near Smith Road and Havana Street.
On Aug. 15, 1899, Clayton was found dead at his desk in the Clayton Building. When his safe was opened, his executors found that he bequeathed most of his estate, estimated at between $2 million and $5 million, to found the George W. Clayton home and school for orphan boys.
The day after he died, The Denver Post praised Clayton as a man who "never appeared in print if he could avoid it but did anonymous acts of kindness." The Clayton College fund, The Post noted, made him Colorado's first $1 million giver and hoped his generosity would "usher in a new and long looked for era of public spirit."


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Movies in the Park
Interested in becoming a Movie sponsor? SPP offers Movies in the Park each May and October. Click here for info: Movie Sponsor Packet. Scroll down to see the May 2017 movie sponsor list.
Bring family and friends to enjoy FREE film classics and live music each Thursday evening in May on St. Petersburg's beautiful downtown waterfront in N. Straub Park. The fun begins with music at 7 pm and movies at dark in the park, on Beach Dr. and between 4th and 5th Avenues NE. Scroll down for the May movie schedule!
SPP is excited to offer as a bonus movie this spring Movies in the Park at Midtown. It will be a single showing on Thursday, April 27 in the beautiful garden at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American Museum (2240 9th Ave. S.). Note: no alcohol or animals allowed at this movie.
Come to Movies early to choose a choice spot & sit back and enjoy the beautiful evening while listening to the live music and having a picnic. One can either purchase food & drink (including beer & wine except on April 27) from some of the best of the 'Burg's vendors set up in the park or you can bring your own. Bring a blanket or low seat, a limited number of folding chairs will be available. A great way to get to Movies in the Park is on bicycle! Pick-up a bike from one of the many Coast Bike Share stations, a convenient station is located next to Movies in the Park Downtown and in Midtown. If you bring your own bike, secure, on-site bicycle valet parking will be available thanks to Coast Bike Share.
Movies are free; pay-what-you-can donations appreciated. This is the 8th season for Movies in the Park, an event many refer to as the best "small" event in the waterfront parks.
April 27 - Movies in the Park at Midtown - Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum - 2240 9th Ave. S.
Red Tails - (2012) rated PG13 – With Cuba Gooding, Jr. The story of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen - they faced segregation on the ground but were heroes in the air. Evening's music: Trumaine Lamar, aka Tru, delivers cunning lyrics, smooth melodies, and impressive percussion.
Movies in the Park - Downtown at North Straub Park
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Charade (1963) – A night on the waterfront with Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant starring in a classic filled with suspense & romance - you will be sorry if you miss out! The movie has it all: Hepburn's character falling in love in Paris, a mystery, an Oscar nominated title song & the perfect supporting cast. Evening's music: Rayzilla's Hippie Slayers, a fixture in the Tampa Bay music scene for years, Rayzilla's brings his newest ensemble to Movies in the Park with new songs drawing from his previous bands, the Dreamboats and the WAHH.
Princess Bride (1987) rated PG – A favorite for all ages with a magical mix of romance, fantasy, action & comedy. Evening's music: Mezzu' Mare, with the father/son duo of Jeff Pattishall & JJ Pattishall -two creative musicians with JJ on lead & baritone guitars and Jeff on violin & mandolin. Expect to hear a variety of styles including jazz, rock, world, rhythm, and singer-songwriter music.
Footloose (1984) rated PG–With Kevin Bacon & Lori Swinger. A sound track with '80's hit songs that will have you up before the night's end singing & dancing! Evening's music: The Joe Milligan Project, consisting of Joe Milligan (guitar and vocals), Bill La Grandier (percussion), Amanda Gerttula (violin), Russell Roush (bass), Douglas Lichterman (lead guitar), & Mandy Frick (background vocals). The band offers an eclectic sound ranging in style from stripped down acoustic folk, to full band rock and roll energy.
Top Gun (1986) rated PG – With Tom Cruise in this action-packed film that won an Oscar for best original song! Evening's music: Funk Shui, a progressive funk powerhouse - be ready to dance!
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Biologically speaking, adrenaline, also known as the 'Fight or Flight' hormone, is one of the many hormones produced by the adrenal glands of our body. This substance is synthesized when a person experiences situations characterized by life threatening, high stress, anger, scariness and excitement. It works by stimulating the heart rate, contracting, blood vessels, and dilating air passages, all of which work to increase blood flow to the muscles and oxygen to the lungs.It is an evolutionary adaptation that allows the body to react to danger quickly. The dilated air passages helps in increasing the physical performance for short bursts of time. Strength and speed increases. This hormonal surge is called 'adrenaline rush'.
Now enough with the biology!!!
In our life, we have, sure faced a lot of different situations where we have had this adrenaline rush. For instance, almost all of us would have had this experience of running like an athelete behind a overcrowded city bus or an electric train to catch it. Adrenaline is such a wonderful hormone given to us by God! It is both vital and also a kinda cool hormone. For me, whenever I am in one of these situations, I get a suddeness or lets say an 'urge' to do something at that moment. I also get this kind of a feeling as if a hot liquid is flowing right through your chest.
As you can see above, a roller coaster in an amusement park always brings out the adrenaline in you.
At school, there are many times when we get a free period. By rule, during free periods students should remain in there respective classes. But in my class, all the boys used to go out to play after checking the ground was clear. And note this combination- We play football with a tennis ball brought by a classmate in the basketball court. I am sure this would have happened in only our school. Hardly any time would time have passed, but only at that moment the games master would decide to come and check the ground. And that idiot (no offense :P) would not have come at the beginning of the period. The moment he has suspicion and points at us, blowing the whistle, we run to our classes like anything.
Similarly when I see Harry Potter zooming fast through the air in a broomstick or when I see Dom racing in his chevrolet in Fast & Furious or watching 3-D movies like the recently released The Amazing Spiderman, there is an adrenaline surge. Some of you might also have felt this. Even PC games such as Need For Speed, Grand Theft Auto, Prototype and many more brings out the adrenaline in you.. More recently, the Xbox Kinect ,which is becoming increasingly popular, I think is a source of adrenaline. Generally, anything you do that you fear, produces adrenaline. Activities such as bungy-jumping, paragliding etc are a guarantee. Music also sometimes gets you all charged up. Whenever you feel the vibe of the song, you tend to tap your feet or drum your fingers on any surface available. Finally, you also get the adrenaline surge when people are having 'it'.[ : P ][ ; ) ]
'I wish there was adrenaline at all times, living with that extra physical strength, excitement in our life!!!'


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Make Smart Swaps to Improve Your Diet
If you're trying to create healthier meal plans but find it challenging, try a different strategy: Focus on making smart swaps for individual foods.
The Top Foods to Swap
It's not hard to make healthy swaps if you know the foods that you are better off avoiding. Barbra Heller, RD, a registered


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The Miracle Woman - 1931
Directed By Frank Capra - released August 7, 1931
Barbara Stanwyck is Florence Fallon, star attraction at a less than ethical evangelical operation run by veteran con-artist Bob Hornsby (actor Sam Hardy). She got there by way of her bitter anger over the death of her reverend father at a church which he had served humbly for decades, and she has now taken her talent and knowledge to serve the confused purposes of making money and teaching a more visually stimulating gospel.
Along comes blind military veteran John Conner (actor David Manners), a man immune to the visual spectacle presented (or more accurately, manufactured) from behind the curtains at Fallon's religio-circus. Circumstances throw Fallon and Conners together, and over time she begins confiding in Conners (and he starts confessing to her, though rather surreptitiously by way of a handy ventriloquist dummy which is a character much bolder than Conner's can manage). Soon Hornsby is determined to break up this romance as it is starting to compel more honesty and reflection than he can stomach from Fallon, who has never understood the real depths of deception Hornsby has packaged for her to sell to audiences.
Though early in Capra's career, this is obviously his movie, from the Joseph Walker cinematography to the character development. The romance and melodrama is soggy in the same way which slowed down The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Forbidden, both made with Stanwyck. Ambitious and trying to handle serious issues, The Miracle Woman shows a step forward by Capra in attempting to meld together a topical subject with melodrama, seasoned with humor.
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- Central Park - 1932 - Joan Blondell has trouble on her hands when she gets suckered into helping a gangster to rob a charity event. Though this film stars Joan and Wallace Ford, it also features the American Great Depression which is the background for the hunger and desperation that flavors the film.
- Robert Osborne - 1932 - 2017 - The "Movie Man" who worked as a film historian and host for The Movie Channel and Turner Classic Movies.
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- Torchy (Glenda Farrell) Gets Her Manand solves crimes faster than her boyfriend (a policeman) and the whole police force.
- Get Smart - 2008 - Maxwell Smart is back in action with Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) on a mission into Russia which turns into a hunt for a traitor within CONTROL's ranks - - and everyone is starting to think it might be Agent 86.
- Ernest Saves Christmas - 1988 - Florida seems like the wrong place to find a missing Santa Clause, but taxi driver Ernest locates him there all the same.
- Jeopardy 1953 - - A Mexican vacation goes off the rails when escaped American convict (Ralph Meeker) hijacks Barbara Stanwyck.
- Zorba The Greek 1964 - Alan Bates and Anthony Quinn are on Crete, with Irene Papas
- Frankenstein Island - 1981 - The plot moves slowly and often doesn't seem to make sense in this legendary bad film featuring a projected image of John Carradine that rattles off incoherant dialogue.
- The Lady Vanishes - 1938 - Hitchcock's famous film about a disappearing lady aboard a trans-continental train. Except for one stubborn young female passenger [who is consequently accused of mental instability] no one aboard can remember the vanished elderly Miss Froy.
- White Zombie - 1932 - Bela Lugosi likes making zombies, and this comes in handy when a local plantation owner on Haiti decides if he can't woo a certain girl to be his wife, he'll have Lugosi turn her into a mindless slave that he can command.


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Legal Notice
Please click here to view a legal notice from the Warren Hills Regional School District Board of Education.
Board of Education Vacancy
The Warren Hills Regional School District is seeking candidates for the Board of Education open seat from Washington Township. Submit letter of interest and resume by June 5, 2017 to Mrs. Estrella Molinet, BS, 89 Bowerstown Road, Washington, NJ 07882
Important Announcement
In recent days, much information has come forward regarding the novel and Netflix television program, 13 Reasons Why. Due to the sensitive nature and graphic depiction of the storyline, discussions among mental health professionals, educators and community agencies have begun with a focus on the impact this program may have on our children.
Attached is a letter developed collaboratively by the Superintendents of the Warren Hills Regional cluster schools. Please note that the attached letter is also available on any of our Warren Hills websites as well in the main office at both schools.
Thank you for your kind attention and review of this letter. Click here to read
2017-2018 Calendar
Please click here to view the 2017-2018 Board-approved school year calendar.
Attention Warren Hills Faculty and Current Warren Hills Students
Did you know that the doors of Warren Hills High School first opened in September of 1967? Join us in celebrating the upcoming 50th Anniversary of Warren Hills Regional High School opening its doors. We are asking for photo submissions of your time here to highlight why it's so great to be a Blue Streak. Please make sure they are school appropriate and submitted to the following address: email@example.com. In your submission please include your name, year of graduation, and any additional information you may feel is needed for the picture. All submissions should be sent in by May 15, 2017.
WHREA Retirement Dinner
Please click here to view the Save the Date for the WHREA Retirement Dinner. Details to follow.
Lead in Drinking Water Reports
The Warren Hills Regional School District has successfully completed the required lead testing of drinking water in both the High School and Middle School. Please click the links below to read the LEAD IN DRINKING WATER REPORTS.
Click here to read the LEAD IN DRINKING WATER REPORT.
Click here to read the FOLLOW-UP LEAD IN DRINKING WATER REPORT.
Sign Up for School Delay, Closing, and Early Dismissal Notifications!
The Warren Hills Regional School District will be using a new service called Remind to distribute school delays, closings, or early dismissals. Remind will send a text message to a subscriber's cell phone indicating any weather-related changes in schedule as determined by the district.
To sign up for middle school notifications, text @whmsremind to 81010.
To sign up for high school notifications, text @whhsremind to 81010.
Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact the WHRSD Technology Department at firstname.lastname@example.com.
2017-2018 Program of Studies
Please click here to download a copy of the 2017-2018 Warren Hills Regional School District Program of Studies.
Random Student Substance Testing
The Warren Hills Regional Board of Education will be discussing and voting to approve Board Policy #5536, RANDOM STUDENT SUBSTANCE TESTING, at their December 6, 2016 meeting. The public is welcome to attend and participate in the discussion. The revised policy can be found on the district webpage by clicking this link.
Please join us on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 6pm in the High School Library for a financial aid overview. Kimber Decker, a representative of HESAA (Higher Education Student Assistance Authority) will be going over information on all of the Federal and State grants, scholarships and loan programs available through the FAFSA.
Honeywell InstantAlert Update
Warren Hills will be interfacing the Honeywell InstantAlert service with our Genesis student information system. Parents and guardians will no longer need to enroll and update contact information through the Honeywell site. This information will be taken directly from Genesis and used by Honeywell for message broadcasts. This change will take place on Wednesday, October 5, 2015.
Please contact the Technology Department with any questions.
State Assessments Information
Please click here for an overview of the state assessments requirements for students.
Coalition for Healthy and Safe Communities
Please review the letter from Prosecutor Burke and Freeholder Smith in assisting with the fight against substance abuse. Prosecutor Burke and Freeholder Smith are partnering with the Coalition for Healthy and Safe Communities program of Warren County and have requested that schools and communities join the fight.
Microsoft Office 365 for Students
We are pleased to announce that students will be receiving individual Microsoft Office 365 accounts with access to Outlook email services, Microsoft OneDrive and the complete Office suite of apps as part of the instructional program here at Warren Hills.
This is an exciting opportunity for all of our students as they will now have access to a secure school email account, cloud file storage, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint wherever they have an Internet connection. Microsoft Office 365 is a powerful collection of tools that will allow students to work collaboratively and extend learning beyond the classroom.
To access their account, students must use their existing username appended by @warrenhills.org along with their existing login password on the Office 365 Portal.
Please contact our Technology Department if you need assistance accessing your account.
Follow Us On Twitter
Warren Hills is proud to announce that we will be utilizing several Twitter accounts to further communicate with our school community. This will be in addition to ongoing website announcements, Honeywell messages, and letters home to families.
Warren Hills Regional School District - @WHRSD
Warren Hills Regional High School - @WHRHighSchool
Warren Hills Regional Middle School - @WHRMiddleSchool
Warren Hills Guidance Department - @WHRSDGuidance
Warren Hills Special Services - @WHRSDSpecServ
Warren Hills Athletics Department - @WHRSDAthletics
2016 Communication Survey
Click here to complete this Middle States EBD survey. The information you provide via this survey will help Warren Hills Regional School District improve our programs to better serve your needs.
2016-2017 School Year Calendar
To view the approved 2016-2017 school year calendar, click here.
Safety Notice
Please click here to read a safety notice providing parent information regarding school lockdowns and shelter-in-place from Chief James McDonald, President of the Warren County Chiefs Association.


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Sleep Hygiene
Sleep Hygiene involves more than brushing your teeth before bed. Here are some tips for creating a physical and mental state conducive to a restful night's sleep.
Create a Sleep Environment
Follow a Regular Schedule
Watch What and When You Eat and Drink
Develop a Relaxation Ritual
Develop a relaxation ritual. Take a warm bath or have a hot cup of herbal tea.


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