Seeing double: 2-22-22 is not your ordinary Tuesday
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Some dates just stick out.
Today is one of those. It’s Feb. 22, 2022, or 2-22-22.
People are calling it “Twosday” and it falls on a Tuesday, which makes it even more of an anomaly.
Known as a palindrome, which means it reads the same backward and forward, people take notice and often do things to commemorate the day.
Schools across Western Pennsylvania are doing just that. Students are creating time capsules at Mary Queen of Apostles School in New Kensington and second graders from George Washington Elementary in Bethel Park School District did various activities based around twos at 2:22 p.m. There will be scavenger hunts and students dressing in tutus.
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In the J.E. Harrison Education Center in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District K-6 students were wearing tutus, tiaras and T-shirts with two or 2 on them.
Second-grader Sloane Miller, who has a twin brother Weston Miller, sported a colorful tutu and had her hair in pigtails, which she said she planned for Twosday.
“This is exciting,” she said. “When my dad was driving us to school, we heard all about 2-22-22 day on the radio. That made today even more special.”
Relating current events in the classroom is a way to engage students on a different level, said J.E. Harrison Education Center principal Heatherlyn Wessel.
“It’s fun and a way to expand learning,” Wessel said. “I love seeing the students and teachers embracing 2-22-22. These students are making history.”
The next date to celebrate will be 3-3-33. Current first graders will be high school seniors.
Staff and students at Stanwood Elementary in K-5 in the Hempfield Area School District are holding a two-minute dance party at 2:22. Teachers hid “2s” throughout the school and students went on a scavenger hunt to find them, said Lauren Bruener, principal. Students could dress as twins with a classmate.
The district’s Parent Teacher Organization purchased tacos for the staff on Tuesday.
“This is a unique time,” Bruener said. “We can teach about palindromes as well as embrace this moment that the kids will remember for a long time.”
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Today’s palindrome date is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence for you, but Stonehenge was there for 11/11/1111! #twosday #onesday pic.twitter.com/jw0ihyzrmf— Stonehenge (@EH_Stonehenge) February 22, 2022
On Facebook, Sarah Thomas of Mt. Washington, moderator of the group Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Photos, is asking for photographers to take a picture at 2:22 or anytime to capture scenes from today and to post it.
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She took a photo of the iconic Kaufmann’s clock in Downtown Pittsburgh. Other photographers posted their pictures as well.
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The Central Westmoreland Career Technology Center in New Stanton is hosting a “Careers of Twomorrow” event called “Elementary Night” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. It’s an opportunity to introduce elementary school students to future work choices. There are 23 programs of study.
“There is a huge need,” said Alexander Novickoff, an assistant director of workforce education at Central Westmoreland Career Technology Center. “We can help students who are interested in welding or robotics or other trades. There is a stigma to these career fields.”
They chose this date because it’s one people have been talking about it, he said. And it’s important to think about careers of “twomorrow” today, he said.
Today is two, twenty-two, twenty-two – it’s the last most organized day of the century! And The Container Store is celebrating by giving you 22% off just for today! Make it the first most organized day of your life! Welcome to The Organization! pic.twitter.com/escq26Zumk
— The Block Northway (@BlockNorthway) February 22, 2022
Retailers are having fun with Twosday as well. The Container Store, a chain with a location in The Block Northway in Ross, is calling the date “Welcome to the Organization Day.” All items are 22% off. It’s the last “most organized day” of the century, as proclaimed on its website.
At Benjamin Franklin Elementary in the Bethel Park School District the library was decorated with the numeral 2 on chairs, tables, book cases and students had to find and count how many there were.
Inside Melissa Porter’s Bethel Park’s Memorial Elementary first grade classroom, students created time capsules they can open when they are seniors on 3-3-33. The project included them drawing their families, writing the names of their friends and including the price of a gallon of gasoline and a gallon of milk. They also made hats decorated with 2s. Henry Russell wore two of his favorite T-shirts.
At George Washington Elementary in Bethel Park, second graders completed a worksheet where they drew a clock with the time of 2:22, wrote two words that rhyme with two and listed two books they’ve read.
They were asked what they want to be in 22 years. Answers included boat driver, singer and actress…in good movies.
“2-22-22 was such a unique date and the kids were really excited it also fell on a Tuesday,” said Mary Queen of Apostles in New Kensington first grade teacher Mrs. Jayme Hadley via email. “We celebrated in first grade with fun learning activities that focused on twos, pairs, and doubles throughout the day. “