Five Things for Thursday: Rotary Club, NHS PTO Meeting & More

Narragansett/South Kingstown Weather:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. North wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind around 8 mph.

Narragansett High School PTO Meeting:  Here’s what we’ll be covering at the November NHS Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) meeting:

• Knowing the Score: how to use Power School and other resources to monitor student progress, and catch academic issues before they become serious problems
• Common Tasks & Senior Project: What they are and how you can follow your student’s progress. 
  Meeting takes place at 7pm at the NHS Media Center 

Rotary Club Meeting: The Rotary Club of Wakefield generally meets every Thursday at Lilana's Restaurant (at the Holiday Inn) at 12:15pm for weekly fellowship, lunch and guest speaker. For more information, click here.

Post to Patch: It's ridiculously easy for to post an event or make an announcement on Narragansett-SK Patch. Blogging is simple, too. Click here to find out how.

This Day in History: On this day in 1867, the first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792, traveled by mail or messenger.