GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!
GHS Theatre- You are invited to attend the GHS Theatre department performances of The Littlefield Gazette Does Not End Today by Don Zolidis. This new play is about a small-town newspaper struggling to stay alive in today's increasingly digital age. This play is full of humor, heart, and humanity. Please come support our incredible students either Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm, or both times! Saturdays Cast: Stormie Gage, Madison Freeman, Sara Dospapas, Rylee Ranger, Lee Pierce, Cristina Garcia, Abrianna Clay, Haedyn Moore, Jordan Redner, Makayla Schenker. Sunday's Cast: Lyric Hazelton, Natalie Crawford, Ellie Wooldridge, Rachel Bleeker, Kumar Mittal, Marissa Hazelton, Haedyn Moore, Jordan Redner, Makayla Schenker. Crew: Kylee Ann, Jayden Frost, Corin Slater, Abigail Herring, Andie Meyers, Patricia Figueroa. Tickets are $5 and are available at the door and online at https://www.grahamisd.com/272594_2.
GHS Fishing Team- Congratulations to Bowen Boenisch and Hayden Horn! They placed 23rd out of 262 boats in the Texas High School Bass Association Tournament on Lake Texoma last weekend.
Lady Blues Volleyball- The Lady Blues defeated Burkburnett in a five-game set on Tuesday evening. The team is on the road in Vernon this afternoon at 4:30 pm. GO LADY BLUES!
Graham Steers Football- The Steers will face the Vernon Lions at 7:00 pm this evening in Vernon. GO STEERS!!!
Lady Blues Cross Country- The District Champion Lady Blues Cross-Country team will compete in the UIL Regional Meet in Lubbock this coming Monday. Wishing you safe travels and good luck!
Graham Steer Cross Country- The Steers Cross-Country Team will be competing in the UIL Regional Meet in Lubbock this coming Monday. Best of luck and safe travels!
Rompin Stompin Big Blue Band (RSB3)- The RSB3 earned a rating of “1” last Saturday at the UIL Regional Marching Contest and advances to the Area contest that will be held on Saturday, October 30 in Denton at Denton Collins High School. Our performance time is 5:15 pm. CONGRATULATIONS RSB3!
Bees…
I recently ran across a story that impressed me. While I cannot vouch for its veracity, I do appreciate the lesson it teaches. Here it is:
“My dad has bees. Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a five-gallon bucket of honey and on top of the honey were three little bees struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked if we could help them, and he said he was sure they would not survive. Casualties of honey collection, I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly. After all, he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty yogurt container and put the container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier collection, there were bees flying all over outside. We put the three little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me outside a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by their sisters (all of the bees are female), and they were cleaning the sticky, nearly dead bees, helping them to get all the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters. When it came time for me to leave, we checked one last time. All three of the bees had been cleaned off to fly away, and the container was empty.
Those three little bees were alive because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them; family and friends who refused to let them drown and resolved to help until the last bee could be set free. We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.”
Hopefully, this is a lesson that we all experienced during the last year-and-a-half of the pandemic. When it seems that the “weight of the world” was on our shoulders, it helps when a friend or colleague is available to help carry the load. Sometimes it is a neighboring teacher who saves the day. My hope is that someone in our Graham ISD family has played that role for you from time to time.
As we prepare for winter with its cold weather and indoor activities and the continuation of COVID outbreaks, etc., never hesitate to lean on a friend or colleague to help you “fly.”
Remember to be smart… be safe… and be kind!
CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY!
Why did the ice cream truck break down? (Scroll down for the answer.)
Because of the Rocky Road!
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