- From: Superintendent
To: EPS.MailList
Subject: Welcome Back
Date: Monday, January 06, 2014 7:08:54 AM
Dear Colleague:
Each new year, I enjoy the articles that review the past year, often describing the best of this and the worst of that,
whatever that happens to be.
- It turns out the Romans began using January 1 as the first day of the year centuries before North American colonists
did.
- Centuries after Caesar, in 1592, Pope Gregory figured out a way to tweak the calendar to make up for the fact that every
130 years, Caesar's solar calendar is off by five hours, 48 minutes and 56 seconds – which adds up over time.
- For those of us in educat...
2014.01.06 Welcome Back 
