THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO LOOK

This is where you need to look for pictures of last night's awards ceremony and change of command.  Pictures will be posted as soon as they are available; in the meantime, congratulations to the new team!  Can you identify who is who?

UNIT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Middletown High School has been awarded the Unit Achievement Award for the fifth straight year.  Congratulations!  Next year:  Distinguished Unit with Academic Honors!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Cadets Ferguson and Esquivel for winning the end of the year challenge.  The received credit for correctly answering 6 of 13 challenge questions and, considering the grading methodology, no one else could win, no matter how many answers were correct.  They will split a $50 prize that will be awarded at the change of command ceremony on the 31st of May.

THE HIDDEN QUARTER

The quarter has been found, and it was found not by luck, but through an analysis of the clues.  The quarter was found by Cadet Ferguson.  Before I report where it was hidden, let me add two clues that were not published and see if anyone can tell me the erstwhile whereabouts of the quarter.

- At The Citadel a short cadet has a name.  Look to the short cadet.

- This particular one is an E-5.

The end of year challenge remains open, but I have received on response that is 46% correct.  Based on this and the time remaining, it will soon be mathematically impossible for even a perfect entry to win.  Keep trying, lazy ones.

THE HIDDEN QUARTER

Another hint:  If you go to Washington, D.C. or Boston, MA, you can ride one of these with or without a quarter in your pocket.  You need not be a tourist, but it helps.

THE HIDDEN QUARTER

Time for another clue?  Boo on you!  I present the following for your comprehension and dancing pleasure:

Just as Archimedes said, the added weight of the quarter in question will cause an increase in the force of gravity.  This will push the object lower in the water and the underwater volume of the object will increase, thus generating an increase in the force of buoyancy.  The force of buoyancy and the force of gravity will come back into a state of equilibrium and the object, quarter and all, will now sit lower in the water.  This interplay between gravity and buoyancy would continue until the object either sinks or, if the change is in the opposite direction, simply floats away. 

Gotta love Archimedes!

THE HIDDEN QUARTER

Where's the quarter?  Without a doubt,  it will keep the water out.

(MHS NJROTC props if you know who Hans Brinker was.)