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Memo for morning announcements gets revealed/beginning of the book.
The memo that is significant later in the story is revealed. It states that everyone should stand with respectful and silent attention to the national anthem. Also, this is when the book begins. -
Philip's homeroom class gets switched.
Philip was originally in Mr. Lunser's homeroom class, but the school moved him to Ms. Narwin's. -
Philip nearly fails the English exam.
Philip got a C- on Ms. Narwin's winter term English exam. -
Ms. Narwin asks Dr. Doane for a grant.
Ms. Narwin wants to take a summer course to improve her ways of teaching, so she asks the principal, Dr. Gertrude Doane, for a grant. -
Philip talks to Coach Jamison.
Coach Jamison, the track team coach, talks to Philip about his failing grade in his English class, which is preventing him from being able to run on the track team. -
Philip hums the national anthem in Ms. Narwin's class.
Philip hums "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Ms. Narwin's homeroom class but he does not stop humming even when Ms. Narwin tells him to. Philip the argues that he was allowed hum the national anthem is his old homeroom class. -
Philip gets kicked out of Ms. Narwin's homeroom class.
During Philip's homeroom period, he hummed "The Star-Spangled Banner" again. Just like the day before, Ms. Narwin asked for him to stop. This time instead of letting Philip off the hook, Ms. Narwin sent him to the assistant principal's office. -
Philip gets suspended.
Just like the previous two days, Philip hums the national anthem. He got sent to Dr. Palleni's office for the second time. Even though Ms. Narwin was against the assistant principal suspending Philip, Dr. Palleni still sent Philip home for 2 days. When Philip's mom came to pick him up from school, Dr. Palleni refused to help Mrs. Malloy comprehend the situation. -
Philip gets interviewed.
After getting suspended, Philip talks to his dad who recommends talking with Ted Griffen, a fellow neighbor running for school board at the Harrison School District. Mr. Griffen then sets up an interview with an education reporter from the Manchester Record. The reporter asks Philip about his suspension and the story behind it, though she only gets his side of the story. -
The reporter interviews more people.
The education reporter at Machester Record, whose name is Ms. Stewart, goes around interviewing more people. She asks the superintendent, the principal, the assistant principal, and Ms. Narwin of Harrison High School questions about Philip's suspension. Ms. Stewart was looking for quotes and a deeper dive into the situation. -
Manchester Record releases the article.
Manchester Record released the article about Philip's suspension. However, the article is very subjective and makes Philip look like the good guy. -
Philip's story popularizes.
Philip's story becomes a hot topic. It is mentioned in Jake Barlow's Talk Show where it seems as though most people are siding with Philip. Telegrams of support are sent to Philip while telegrams and letters of hate and disgust are sent to Dr. Doane and Ms. Narwin. -
Students are interviewed.
Dr. Doane interviews a couple of students such as Ken Barchet and Allison Doresett to find out more about Philip's behavior. They mostly seem to think that Philip was being rude and disturbing. -
Philip asks Ms. Narwin for extra work.
Philip asks Ms. Narwin for extra work, but Ms. Narwin tells Philip to leave and that he is no longer one of her students. -
Ms. Narwin is asked to leave.
The superintendent of Harrison High School asks Ms. Narwin to take the rest of the term off. -
Philip's classmates do not support him.
Philip goes back to school. However, everyone's reactions were very unexpected to Philip. Many other students expressed negative feelings towards Philip's actions. In fact, even Coach Jamison, the track coach, told Philip what he did was wrong. -
Ms. Narwin gets interviewed.
Ms. Narwin gets interviewed in hopes of her side of the story being told. -
Ms. Narwin's article does not get published.
The article explaining Ms. Narwin's side of Philip's suspension does not get published. -
Philip joins another school.
Philip changes schools. His new school is called Washington Academy. However, Philip is shocked to find out that there is no track team there.