Steelers First Loss!

Steelers suffer their first loss this past Sunday! They didn't capitalize when they could've, hopefully they can snap back next weekend against the Seahawks.

Curtin Football Beats Lyco Valley

The Governor Football Team came up with their first victory this past Thursday at WAHS Stadium. The orange and black used tough tackling, speed and offensive explosiveness to defeat the Pioneers. The guys used a great sense of teamwork and class in securing this win. Hats off to Coach Decker, Coach Allison, and Coach Sweeting for preparing our players for this game. Next opponent...Bucktail this week. Go get'em boys!

ipod-Does Everybody Need One?

My oldest son just celebrated his tenth birthday last weekend. It is amazing how time flies when you reach adult life. He wanted an ipod for his birthday. My wife and I consider this to be a luxury item which we always encourage our kids to save their own money to purchase something like this for themselves. My son did just that with is birthday money. We ordered it last night. Hopefully he can show me some tricks to using this as a technological tool. I can remember when the cassestte walkman was the big rave! Ask you parents about that one.

Beaver Stadium - PSU

My son Cameron and I went to the Penn State game this past weekend at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions played the University of Buffalo. This was his first game and he liked the atmosphere, especially the "wave." We were able to check out the PSU Blue Band at half time. Penn State went to 3 and 0 with this victory. Michigan this weekend. It should be a great game.

Do You Believe in the Tooth Fairy?

My son lost a tooth this past weekend and was pretty excited about it. We call him "fang" for the time being. Do you remember when you lost your front teeth?

Steelers Style!

Here we go! Steelers are off to a great start for the 2007 season! Willie Parker was awesome today going well over 100 yards for the day. Things are good right now in P-Burg, looking forward to a very productive season under the direction of new head coach, Mike Tomlin. Is a Super Bowl run in the makings? Let me know what you think.

Ms. Bower Honored on Mural!

Sorry about the lapse of postings as of late...

Check this out! Ms. Bower, 8th grade mathematics teacher, at Curtin was honored on a mural painted in Jersey Shore to honor all people who have served our great nation. Ms. Bower is the first service person on the mural. Here is a picture of her checking out herself on the mural. Pretty cool! Thank you for your service Ms. Bower in the military and at Curtin Middle School.

AGC-The Governor Himself

A little information about our school's namesake:

Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1817 – October 7, 1894) was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
Curtin was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law and was employed as a lawyer. His first public office was as Secretary of the Commonwealth. In 1855, Governor James Pollock appointed him as Superintendent of Public Schools. He switched political allegiance from the Whigs to the new Republican political party in 1860, with his successful run for governor. He served in that office from 1861 until 1867.

Teamwork!

TEAMWORK is a beautiful thing! People coming together for a common purpose. Check it out here in the Curtin office. Everyone working together to help others is the name of the game. Thanks to all who just jump right in to lend a hand. This makes me very proud!

First Week of School at AGC

The first week at Andrew G. Curtin Middle School went very well. I would like to thank all the students, staff, and parents for making it so successful. Each year we will continue to streamline and make improvements to our school. New Student Orientation went very well the week before school. I really appreciate students using the grade level assigned entrances. This has made things fairly easy in getting students to where they need to be immediately in the morning. Thank you for everyone's cooperation. Remember, you represent the Curtin Community and yourself daily on your way to and from school. REMEMBER: PTO OPEN HOUSE will be this coming WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5th starting at 6:30 in the auditorium. After the open meeting you can go and visit the teachers of your children. This is a "Meet and Greet" opportunity!

Two-Toned Crustacean

I saw this picture in the news and just had to include it on the blog! A perfect symmetrical two-toned lobster. Reports say that this is a 1 in a 50 million find for a lobster fisherman. I would rather hit the lottery but this is pretty cool!