Missed Opportunities

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

Brag Time for a few of our best!  Gary Browning received the message below from Melanie Bloomfield at ESC 9.

“I have been wanting to email you for a while and am finally getting to it.  Our Math academies this summer were full with teachers ready to learn.  But I have to brag on the teachers from Graham.  They knew their content areas, shared with the group and were the most attentive teachers I have had in a training like this.

They were positive, always willing to volunteer and just a pure joy. Nancy Cook and I were very impressed with your teachers. We wanted you and the leaders in Graham to know how grateful we are to have worked with them.  If I recall correctly, you had teachers attend the K/1, 2nd, and 3rd grade academies this summer.

If you have a chance to mention it, please let these teachers know how impressed we were with their teams and we wish them a great beginning to an new year.”

Thanks a ton Dawn Riley, Liz Rose, Modely Carranza, Kathy Riggins, Tessa Boenisch, Benny Ramsey, Tonya Fellows, Deb Guinn, Calle O’Briant, Salley Stacey, Sherrie Little, Cristina Reeve, Brianne Elrod, Leigh Medford, Kaci McClendon, Shelly Holt and Carrie Trice for the dedication and representation of Graham ISD!

Lady Blues Volleyball- The Lady Blues Freshman, JV & Varsity swept Breckenridge this past Tuesday. Congrats! Good luck at the Argyle Tournament this weekend!

School Events/School Calendar- Please make sure all your events are being placed on the web calendar.

Graham Steers Football Season Tickets- There is still time to purchase season tickets.  Purchasing season tickets now allows you the opportunity in the future to move to better seats.  See Heather Williams at the admin office for your season ticket needs.

November 7, 2017 Elections- ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE? The last day to register to vote in the November election is October 10, 2017.  It’s a simple process to complete. Go to https://webservices.sos.state.tx.us/vrapp/index.asp.

Missed Opportunities

The story is told of a young man who wished to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and responded, "Son, go stand out in that field and I'm going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter."

The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first bull. The barn

door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking bull he had ever

seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice than

this one, so he ran over to the side and let the bull pass through the

pasture out the back gate.

The barn door opened again. Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his life. It stood - pawing the ground, grunting,

slinging slobber - as it eyed him. Whatever the next bull was like, it had

to be a better choice than this one. He ran to the fence and let the bull

pass through the pasture, out the back gate.

The door opened a third time. A smile came across his face. This was the weakest, scrawniest little bull he had ever seen. This one was his bull. As the bull came running by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed... but the bull had no tail!

Life is full of opportunities. Some will be easy to take advantage of, some will be difficult. But once we let them pass (often in hopes of something better), those opportunities may never again be available.

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:

Why are frogs are so happy? (Scroll down for the answer)

They eat whatever bugs them!