Five Things you Need to Know Today is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance.

Today is Tuesday, October 17. Here are five things you need to know.

1. Sunny Wednesday: Today will be sunny with a high around 61, according to the National Weather Service.

2. French Immersion vote: The Milton School Committee will meet tonight for the final vote on the Grade One Assessment plan. The meeting will take place at the 7 p.m. meeting in the Milton High Library. The agenda for that meeting can be found, here. 

3. Sustainable Milton meeting: Sustainable Milton will hold its monthly meeting at 7 tonight at the Milton Public Library. Go to sustainablemilton.org to learn more about the organization.

4. Milton Reads: The One Town; One Book initiative, Milton Reads 2012, is ongoing. Join fellow Miltonians in reading and discussing To Kill a Mockingbird. Visit miltonreads2012.wordpress.com for the latest information.

5. Become a blogger: Do you have an opinion on something Milton-related or an area of expertise? Become a Milton Patch blogger. You can share your thoughts and writing with your neighbors right here on our site. Email adamr@patch.com with a brief description of what you'd like to blog about.