GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!
The Lady Blues defeated Andrews last night 5-3 in game one of the best of three series! A home run by Nicole King and hard hit balls off of the outfield wall by Sarah Bundrick & Alex Husen in the 5th inning changed the game. Additionally, Aubree Beggs provided some clutch fielding from her centerfield position. Emma Southerland got win from the mound. Game 2 will be played in Snyder on Saturday at 2:00. Game 3, if needed, will be played at 4:00.
Lady Blues Honor Chester Martin! Prior to leaving for the Snyder on Thursday, the Lady Blues softball team honored community member and long time Lady Blues Softball supporter Chester Martin with a special sign, CHESTER’S CHAIR, to mark his permanent reserved seat at the ballpark.
Congrats to Graham Steers Jack Hayes and Hunter Dooley! Each of these young men represented themselves, their families, their school and their community admirably at the UIL State Track Meet. Jack Hayes finished with a Silver Medal in the Discus. Hunter Dooley finished with a Gold Medal earning the title of 4A SHOT PUT STATE CHAMPION!
End of Year Staff Breakfast and Awards- June 2nd signifies the last work day for our instructional staff. On this day, we are having a full breakfast (casseroles, biscuits & gravy, fruit and scones) catered by The Dinner Bell. The breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. in the GHS cafeteria. At 9:00 a.m. we will all meet in the GHS gym for the Staff Awards program. After the awards program, if you have completed the checkout procedure with your principal, you are free to begin your weekend. To assist us with planning for the breakfast, we are asking each staff member to complete this Yes or No survey. Please click on this link to complete the survey-
WRITTEN IN STONE
“A TRUE FRIEND IS THE GREATEST OF ALL BLESSINGS” - Unknown
I recently read a story that reads much like an Aesop’s fable. The moral to the story is pretty profound, I think. It goes like this:
Two friends were hiking in the desert. At a point in the trip, they got into an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. Immediately, the one who had been slapped dropped to his knees and without saying a word wrote in the sand, “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.”
They continued hiking until they came upon an oasis. After getting a drink and filling their canteens, the men decided to bathe. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started to drown. His best friend immediately pulled him out of the muck and saved him. After recovering from the near drowning, the rescued man wrote on a stone, “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.”
The friend who had first slapped him and then saved his friend’s life asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in sand but now you write on stone. Why?”
The other man replied, “When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it. However, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it!”
For educators this time of the year is met with mixed emotions. It’s busy; it’s hectic. We are trying to meet deadlines, and we are trying to wrap-up another school year. Then, one day we come up for air, and we realize that we are faced with saying goodbye to friends and colleagues with whom we have worked. Some are retiring, and others are just moving on to “greener pastures”. Whatever the reason, now is the time to etch those friends’ names in stone so that “no wind can ever erase it”.
This year will mark the retirement of eight members of our education family. As these ladies and gentlemen retire from their positions, we want them to know that by positively touching thousands of lives during their careers, they have ensured that the winds of time will never erase their impact them from memories of their students!
Good luck Micki Bullock, Brad Lang, Michelle McGee, Vanessa Monk, Buddy Moore, Mary Sanders and Tonya Sparks ! We wish each of you the best and we thank you for your service!
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget!
“I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS” The Beatles
CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:
What do softball players eat on?
Home plates!
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