Last Day of February

Can you believe it is already the last day of February? Where has this month gone? Some things that were celebrated this month were: ~Black History Month ~ American Heart Month ~ Friendship Month ~ Valentine’s Day ~ National Youth Leadership Month ~ Library Lovers Month ~ National School Counseling Week ~ Congenital Heart Failure Awareness Week ~ Jello Week ~ Random Acts of Kindness Week ~ Engineers Week ~ and National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

Random facts about February. ~The largest American sporting event of the year, the Super Bowl, is held in February. ~Birthstone is Amethyst ~ Flower is Primrose ~ Zodiac signs are Aquarius and Pisces ~ Over time, the length of February kept changing. At one point, it had as little as 23 days. ~ The name of February comes from the Latin word “februum” which means purification. ~ February is the only month where it’s possible to go the entire time without having a full moon. ~ AND Of all the words you can misspell, February is one of the most misspelled words in the English language!