Monday: mock ACT, Trump’s commentary on North Korean rocket engine test

Happy Monday, Oak Park. Here’s what you need to know to wrap up your weekend and begin your week:

This week: mock ACT

There will be a Board of Education meeting Tuesday, March 21, in room G-9 at 6 p.m.

A mock ACT will be held in G-9 at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 25.

Next week: Mr. Eagle Pageant

The results for both the Mock ACT and Mock SAT will be given in G-9 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30.

The Mr. Eagle Pageant will be held in the Pavilion Thursday, March 30, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

There is a Comedy Sportz game from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday, March 31.

Beyond Oak Park: Trump weighs in on North Korean dictator’s rocket engine test

President Donald Trump told reporters that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un was “acting very, very badly” after the nation tested a new type of rocket engine. This successful test indicates that North Korea is increasingly more capable of firing a long-range missile. Read more from Fox News.

More Beyond Oak Park:

  • New York City newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin died Sunday morning at age 88.  Breslin had won the Pultizer Prize and was considered the “champion of New York City’s working class.”  Read more from CNN.
  • Liberty High School in Frisco, Texas, established a prayer room in 2009, but it is now stirring controversy. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is concerned that the prayer room violates the First Amendment by giving preference to certain religions. Read more from Fox News.