Toy Globe Lesson

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

One Act Play Performing in the Area Contest Today… Break a Leg! The Area OAP Contest is being held in the Graham Memorial Auditorium and performances will be begin at 1:00 pm.  The performance order is:

1. Stephenville performing Caucasian Chalk Circle

2. Wylie performing Macbeth

3. Midlothian performing 937

4. F.W. Academy of Fine Arts performing Bob

5. Graham performing Wit

6. Brownwood performing Les Mis

Elementary Night Tonight at the Lady Blues Varsity Softball and the Graham Steers Varsity Baseball Games!

Coach Irby and Coach Jim Bob Williams would like to invite all of our elementary students and staff to the district softball and baseball game vs the Hirschie Huskies this evening. All elementary students and staff that are present are requested to join the teams on the field for the National Anthem prior to the games.  Everyone will be lined up on the foul line along with the Lady Blues and Graham Steers. Also, the booster club will be offering dollar hot dogs for all elementary students and staff! The Lady Blues game will begin at approximately 6:00 and the Graham Steer Game will begin at approximately 7:30. We look forward to see everyone at the ballpark!

Graham Steer and Lady Blues Tennis Update! Marcus Montfort and Sabryna Adrianson had another great tournament taking 3rd place out of a 32 team field. They had impressive wins over Denton High, Abilene High and Aledo. They currently hold a record of 39-4. Nick Stevens and Will Reger had a nice tournament as well, with wins over Fort Worth Brewer and Birdville. Emily Rice and Adri Ustick did a great job getting 13th out of a 32 team draw. They had wins against Fort Worth Brewer and Sherman. The entire team did a fantastic job representing Graham High School. Despite being one of the smallest schools in the tournament, we were very competitive in every match and finished in 11th place. Today, Graham Tennis will be competing in their biggest tournament of the year in Abilene.  This 2-Day tournament will include teams from DFW, Central and West Texas. Next Tuesday and Wednesday the Steer and Lady Blues will be competing at the District Tournament being held in Wichita Falls.  Great job and best of luck!

Lady Blues and Graham Steer Golf in the Lead After the First Round of the District Golf Tournament! The Lady Blues are up by 75 stokes with Ashley Choate in 1st, Abbi Iles and Marleigh Sanders tied for 2nd and Maggie Nunley in 3rd.  The Graham Steers are leading by 47 strokes with Kolton Carmichael in 1st and Keaton Boyle in 2nd.

Graham High Students are Finalist in The North Central Texas Better Business Bureau Video Contest! Congrats to Kody Morris, Seaira Hack, Bryan Sierra, Jacob Comacho, Jeff Hazlett and Ryan Karper. Here is the link that shows all the finalists and the schools they represent:  https://www.bbbvideocontest.org/wichita-falls/

TOY GLOBE LESSON

A father brought home a children’s toy globe of the earth for his young son. The boy was fascinated by it and spent the entire evening excitedly talking to his father about continents and oceans, the North Pole/South Pole, and all the rest. When it was bedtime, and as the youngster was settling under the covers, the father picked up the globe and began tip-toeing out of the bedroom. The little boy, not quite asleep, saw what was happening and whispered to his father, "What are you going to do with my world?"

The unspoken question from every child to each one of us is: "What are you going to do with my world?" As educators, I hope we are doing everything we can to empower them to make it better!

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY!

What would bears be without bees? (Scroll down for the answer)

Ears!

Demanding Not Demeaning

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FIRST FRIDAY OF SPRING!

The GHS One Act Play Advances to the Area Contest! Bravo to the Cast, Crew and Directors!!!  The Best Actress Award went to Jessica Burgess and Honorable Mention All Star Cast honors was awarded to Kristin Spring and Hank Graham.  Great job by ALL!

Best of Luck to Graham Steer Joel Jones who is competing at the State Powerlifting this Saturday in Abilene!

Congrats to the Lady Blues Tennis Double Team of Grace Miller and Adrianna Arredondo!  The won the Girls Double Consolation Bracket of the Iowa Park JV Tournament with a 6-4 win over Wichita Falls HS.

Graham Steer and Lady Blues Golf News- Our golfers are tuning up for district this week. (District starts next Monday at Graham CC). The boys played in Denton at Robson Ranch on Monday. Kolton Carmichael lead the team with an 83.

Success for the Graham FFA at the Houston Livestock Show! Congrats to Jack Lowery who placed 12th and made the sale; Nicolas Wankowicz (3rd grade) top 12, Joseph Wendel-top 14, Riley Wyatt top 20, File Werner- top 20 and Ashley Swider- top 20.

Lady Blues Softball Wins District Opener 10 - 3 over Iowa Park. Great job ladies!

Graham High School Students Performed Well at the UIL Academic Meet! Congrats to all on a job well done! See results below:

Accounting- 1st place - Marcus Montfort; 2nd Place - Joshua McBride; 4th place Nathan King; 5th place Kristen Duncan; 1st place team!

Computer Applications- 4th place - Hayden Husen

Computer Science- 4th Place- Elijah Crowley; 3rd place team

Informative- 2nd - Jack Mercer

Math- 5th place- Jorge Ramirez; 2nd place team

Number Sense- 6th Place - Alfonso Duran; 2nd place team

Persuasive- 1st place - Smith Graham; 3rd place- Hayden Husen

Poetry- 6th place - Jeff Hazlett

Prose- 2nd place - Brooklyn Pruitt

Ready Writing- 4th place- Aimee McShan; 5th place- Janahi Guevara; 6th Place- Hank Graham

Social Studies- 1st Place - Smith Graham; 3rd Place- Chris Guinn; 5th place- Luke Norman; 1st Place Team

Spelling and Vocab- 6th place - Krystal Edwards

The 70th Running of the Graham PK Relays this past weekend was a success! Thanks a ton for our partners from the Graham Lion’s Club for sponsoring the meet! Select this link for a listing of the PK Relay Results.

Graham Steers Baseball and Lady Blues Softball will be in action tonight at Burkburnett. Best of luck!

Demanding Not Demeaning

(Excerpt from 24/7: The First Person You Must Lead is YOU. by retired Brig. Gen. Rebecca “Becky” Halstead)

While commanding in Germany, I experienced one of the lowest moments in my military career. After 24 years of experience, and one as a one-star general, I found myself questioning my leadership capacity -- until I realized that attitude was self-destructive. I needed to trust my ability to lead myself through the situation.

Just a month before we deployed, my boss, a three-star general, made an unannounced field visit to one of my units to observe their training and readiness for deployment. When he arrived they were packing up their gear. Their exercise had ended.

Furious with what he witnessed, he immediately ordered me to his office in Heidelberg. When I reported, he pulled an envelope out of his bottom desk drawer, threw the contents on the table, pounded his fist on the packet, and said, “This is what is going to happen to your units in Iraq. I have no confidence in your ability to lead in combat.”

I couldn’t breathe. Did he really just say that?

“If you think that unit is trained and certified, you are wrong. You will retrain and recertify all your battalion headquarters and come back to me with a plan to do so.”

My head spun as I tried to grasp the gravity of the situation. Thoughts raced through my head. “We are within months of deploying. Is there enough time? How will I resource this?”

Time spent defending the fairness of his review would have been wasted. I needed to focus on resolving his perceived training gap, making certain my units were fully prepared.

This situation taught me not to lead others the way this leader led me, and to avoid being intimidating or threatening to those I led. I was reminded that leaders should be demanding, not demeaning.

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:

What do you call a blind dinosaur?

Do-you-think-he-saurus

Think Differently

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY PRE SPRING BREAK FRIDAY!

28 Team/Projects have qualified for the State TSA! Congrats to GHS students: Jack Hays, Seth Harvell, Smith Graham, Kade Darrow, Jack Lowery, Elizabeth Routon, Luke Norman, Kolton Gough, Jake Lanham, Keaton Boyle, Tanner Lively, Beth Bishop, Morgan Gober, Marleigh Sanders, Hudson Peavy, Stephen, Bynum, Parker Oliver, Samuel Thomas, Hayden Husen, Jack Mercer, Bryce Bozeman, Brody Rogers, Will Walton, Ian Villa, Colin Pounds, Matthew Clark, Laney Choate, Jeff Hazlett, Ryan Karper, Tabitha Pesch, Leah Hollingsworth, Patrick Acevedo, Donovan Barrett, Luis Anaya, Jeb Curry, Jesus Hernandez, Jeff Hazlett, Samuel Thomas, Marisa Miracle, Bailee Loomis, Chapel West, Jeff Hazlett, Ryan Karper, Hudson Peavy, Seth Harvell, Arturo Lucio, Donovan Barrett, Liliana Huerta, Bridget Creswell, Sam Perkins, Luis Anaya, Anthony Martinez, Rachel Box, William Busey, and Lars Hansen

Lady Blues Win the Graham Invitational Golf Tournament- Ashley Choate finishes 2nd overall.  Great job ladies!

One Act Play Advances to Bi-District Contest- Congrats to the cast, crew and director, Salley Maxey and Tracey Pippins. The Cast and Crew for the Graham High School play, W;t, includes: Jessica Burgess as Vivian Bearing, Alyssa Riley as Susie, Hank Graham as Jason, Michael McHenry as Dr. Kelekian, Kristin Spring as E.M. Ashford, Katie Ferguson as Technician/Student, Sebastian Avila as Technician/Student and runs led lighting, Laren Rogers as Technician/Code Team, Nick Moore as Mr. Bearing, Diana Gates- Stage Manager/music, Justin McHenry- Lighting, Kasey Lawson- Stage Crew, Rhaymee Putnam- Stage Crew.

Additional awards for the OAP Cast & Crew:

Diana Gates as Best Overall Technical Crew

Best Overall Technical Crew Award

Honorable Mention All-Star Cast- Michael McHenry and Hank Graham.

All-Star Cast- Kristin Spring

Best Actress- Jessica Burgess.

Candice Martin Varsity Softball Tournament in Graham on March 9, 10, 11-

• Candice Martin Varsity Softball Tournament

• Friday, March 10 Graham Games
• 8:30 vs Abilene Cooper
• Saturday, March 11 Graham Games
• 11:30 vs Brownwood
• 4:00 vs Bangs
• 5:30 vs Wylie

Graham Public Education Foundation (GPEF) Promotional Video and Pistols & Pearls- The Graham High Video Production class under the direction of Mr. Kintz will be working to produce a promotional video for the GPEF.  The video footage will focus on areas/programs that have received GPEF Grants.  The video will be shown at this years Pistols & Pearls event that is scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2017.

Energy Savings Challenge- Ideal Impact would like to offer an incentive for making sure we are all saving as much energy as possible over the upcoming Spring break. They will be on campus during the break to inspect all rooms for energy waste. Any classroom that has all computers and projectors POWERED OFF and everything else (mini-fridges, pencil sharpeners, lamps, candle warmers, computer monitors, microwaves, etc.) UNPLUGGED will be entered to win a $25 gift card.  Please help in our effort to keep our energy waste to a minimum while we are enjoying time with family and friends. Thank you!

Think Differently

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet.  

He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help."  

There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat.

He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words.

He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up.  A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.

The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning?  What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."

I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."

Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind.

The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind.

Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story:  Be thankful for what you have.  Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling.  And even more beautiful, is knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!

I hope that each of you have a restful and enjoyable Spring Break!

Corny Joke of the Day:

What did the tree say to spring? (Scroll down for the answer.)

What a re-leaf.

Good Ideas Aren't Always Unique

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

GHS Art Student Advance to the State VASE Contest- After competing in the Regional VASE event in Wichita Falls this weekend, we have three students advancing to State with their artworks. Brissa Fuentes, Kaylee Chowning, and Jolie Pippins are invited to the State event in San Antonio this April - please congratulate these girls on their hard work! Congratulations are also in order for Mrs Christie Andrews- thank you for giving our students the opportunity to be great!

GHS Team Qualifies, as 1 of 10 teams, for the StellarXplorers III National Finals to held in Colorado Springs, CO this April. Team members include: Connor Wolf, Smith Graham, Jonah Qualls, Garrett Gatlin, Nicolas Saunder and Mrs. Michelle Lowrey. Congrats and great job!

Bella Blues Drill Team Success at the Danceline USA Classic State Championship- Congrats on Double Division I, 1st Place Student Choreography and 1st Place Team Kick results!

GHS Student Claire Jones Wins the Rotary Four Way Speech Contest- Great job Claire!

Graham Steer Joel Jones Set Personal Records at Junior National Weightlifting Competition- Joel snatched 114kg (251lbs) and clean and jerk 150kg (330 lbs). Awesome job Joel!

Graham Steer and Lady Blues in Action- Good luck and safe travels to all!

Good Ideas Aren’t Always Unique

Innovation is challenging. Especially if you feel held back by that old saying, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” But marketing expert Seth Godin says there’s more to innovation that a unique idea. He offers the safety pin as an example.

When Walter Hunt patented the first safety pin in the 19th century, the device was reminiscent of a fibula -- used by the ancient Romans to fasten their togas shut. Many would-be inventors might have said of the safety pin, “Why should I bother with this? It’s already been done.”

But not Hunt. And rightly so, says Godin, who reminds contemporary inventors and innovators that nearly anything you can dream up has a strike against it.

“It’s either already been done or it’s never been done, “ he writes on his blog. “Ignore both conditions. Pushing an idea through the dip of acceptance is far more valuable than inventing something that’s never existed… and then walking away from it.”

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY: (Contributed by GISD Employee Debra Timmons)

What do wicked chickens lay? (Scroll down for the answer.)

Deviled Eggs!