Steer Nation Message 3-27-20 Inner Peace... May You Be Infected

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

Graham ISD Rock Stars- Graham ISD is blessed with so many awesome individuals!  I can’t say enough about the work the Graham ISD team has accomplished in a very short time to prepare to totally flip our normal way of doing things. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

City of Graham Public Announcement- Please tune in to Y100.5 and/or watch the City of Graham FaceBook live on today at 12:30 pm for an important message and update from Mayor Blanton, Judge Bullock, County Health Official Dr. Martin, GRMC CEO Shane Kernell, and Graham City Manager Brandon Anderson.

Use of Newton Field Facilities- Currently the Newton Field facility remains open and can be accessed via David’s Gate on the Carolina St. side.  Please, please, please overtly use the appropriate social distancing protocol yours and others safety.

Remote Learning Material Pickup- The staff of each campus has been hard at work preparing material and lessons for our students. Today between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm these materials will be available to pick up. Please see details on this document- Remote Learning Material Pick Up.

WiFi Locations- Please see the information on the COVID-19 tab of the district website for maps indicating WiFi locations around our campuses. Additional locations that are not yet pictured on the website including the Brazos Communication Hot Spots located at the Woodland Elementary front circle drive and at the Graham Downtown Square near the Chamber of Commerce office. Highridge Church will have an open WiFi source set up and available from their parking lot beginning on Monday.

Inner Peace… May You Be Infected!

During tumultuous times some people choose to lash out at others. Fortunately, a great many have already been exposed to inner peace...and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions. This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now, been a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.

Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:

* A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.

* An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.

* A loss of interest in judging other people.

* A loss of interest in judging self.

* A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.

* A loss of interest in conflict.

* A loss of the ability to worry.

            (This is a very serious symptom.)

* Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.

* Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.

* Frequent attacks of smiling.

* An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.

* An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.

WARNING: If you have some, or all, of the above symptoms, please be advised that your condition of inner peace may be so far advanced as to not be curable. If you are exposed to anyone exhibiting any of these symptoms, remain exposed only at your own risk.

Have a nice day…unless you have already made other plans!

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY!

What is the most musical part of a chicken? 

THE DRUMSTICK!!!

Steer Nation Message 3-12-20 Big Rocks

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY THURSDAY!

GHS One-Act Play- “Break A Leg” wishes to the cast and crew of Arsenic and Old Lace! I encourage you to attend the One-Act Play contest that is taking place this Friday in the Graham Memorial Auditorium. The contest begins at 11:00. Graham High School will be second to perform, Arsenic and Old Lace, at approximately noon. Attendees should plan to arrive by 11:45 as once they close the doors to begin the show entry is prohibited. This will be a $5.00 admittance charge to the contest.

Lady Blues Softball- The Lady Blues will be competing in the Graham tournament today, tomorrow and Friday.  GO LADY BLUES!!!

Lady Blues and Steer Golf- Good luck at Weeks Park in WF!

Lady Blues and Steer Tennis- Best of luck at the Springtown Tournament!

Lady Blues and Steer Track- Wishing you the best at the Bridgeport Meet!

Steer Baseball- The Steers have games this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Boyd and Henrietta. Good Luck!

Lady Blues and Steer Soccer- Friday evening will be Senior Night for our Lady Blues and Steer soccer teams. Both teams will be playing Burkburnett. GO LADY BLUES AND STEERS!

Big Rocks

An expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz" and he pulled out a one-gallon, mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?"  Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."  The time management expert replied, "Really?"

He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?" By this time the class was on to him. "Probably not," one of them answered.

"Good!" he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"

"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good." Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"

One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no matter how full your schedule is if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!"  "No," the speaker replied, that's not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all.

What are the 'big rocks' in your life? Time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get them in at all." So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks' in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.

Have a nice day!

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY

What’s Irish and comes out in Spring? 

Paddy O’Furniture

Steer Nation Message 3-6-20 Fable of the Porcupine

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

GHS FCCLA Students Qualify For State- Congratulations to our FCCLA Regional students who qualified for State contest! Gold-Andrea Meyers; Silver-Madeline Paulson; Silver-Bailey East; Silver-Abigayle Yates; Participant-Lilli Brockway

GHS Arsenic and Old Lace Public Performance- 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 8, 2020, at the GHS Auditorium. Admission is $5.00. Come catch our 2020 UIL One-Act Play before we present it for contest! Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic look at family… for better or worse. Mortimer Brewster, a dramatic critic, finds that real life is stranger than fiction when he must find a solution for his two sweet old aunt’s murderous habits, his psychotic brother’s return with a plastic surgeon and a grudge, his other brother’s insistence on being Teddy Roosevelt, and a mixture of bumbling cops who make everything more complicated! Insanity runs in his family and it means hilarity for all involved!

Graham High School OAP Contest Mark Your Calendar- District 6, 4A UIL One-Act Play contest is next Friday, the 13th at the Graham Memorial Auditorium.

Contest begins at 11:00, and the order of performances are as follows:

1.     Burkburnett: A Bright Room Called Day

2.     Graham: Arsenic and Old Lace

3.     Iowa Park: Euridyce

4.     Vernon: The Red Suitcase

5.     Hirschi: The Miracle Worker

Advancing plays will perform at the Bi-District contest at the Graham Memorial Auditorium on March 24th.

Steer Baseball- Yesterday, the Steers set out on a West Texas road trip playing Levelland, Shallowater, and Canyon. Good luck!

Lady Blues Softball- Congrats on the thumping of Mineral Wells this past Tuesday and good luck in the Granbury Tournament!

Graham  Steer Baseball and Lady Blues Softball on Game Changer- If anyone is interested in keeping up with the baseball and softball games but is unable to make it out to the games, you can follow the action using Gamechanger. You can click on the link and get a free account and follow the games on your computer as the games are played. They also have an app that will allow you to follow along on your phone as well.

Link to Graham Steers Baseball Game Changer site- https://gc.com/t/spring-2020/graham-steers-varsity-5d6c5b8d3428052d0b744feb

Link to Lady Blues Softball Game Changer site- https://gc.com/t/spring-2020/graham-lady-blues-varsity-5dbc5df1bce8c28e9fc6a157

Steer Golf- Good luck in the Squaw Valley tournament in Glen Rose!

Graham ISD Teams Participating in the Rotary Duck Derby- Graham ISD has the following teams participating in the annual Rotary Duck Derby event: Pioneer Elementary; Crestview Elementary; Woodland Elementary; GHS FFA Booster Club; Lady Blues Softball. Please consider supporting these teams!

Fable of the Porcupine

It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together.  This way, they covered and protected themselves; but, the quills of each one wounded their closest companions even though they gave off heat to each other.

After a while, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen.  So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. This way they learned to live with the little wounds that were caused by the close relationship with their companion, but the most important part of it was the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive. Therefore:

The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but the best is when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY

What did the dad say to his kid that wanted to go to the pet store to get a porcupine? (Go www.thecruseline.com or email me for the answer.)

 

“That seems pointless!”

Have a nice day!