GOOD MORNING & HAPPY FRIDAY!
2023-2024 Calendar Update- The GISD Calendar Committee met on Thursday, January 26th. During the meeting, the group reviewed calendars from districts that have recently made the decision to move a 4-Day instructional calendar. Additionally, they review the Q&A document that has been prepared to address the question raised during the recent campus staff meeting. The committee decided to narrow the calendar choices from three to two for staff, parent, and community voting. Once Mr. Loomis has completed the “cleaning up” of the final two selections, the superintendent will send them out for voting.
Young County Livestock Show- Creative Arts- Congratulations to the Graham High School students who received recognition at the Young County Livestock Show in Creative Arts! Senior Division- Kimber Pratt, Acrylic, 1st Place; Madison Dyess, Acrylic, 2nd Place; Bowen Boenisch, Mixed Media, 1st Place, Reserve Champion; Madison Dyess, Charcoal/Pencil, 1st Place; Marigale Jordan, Chalk/Colored Pencil/Pastel, 1st Place; Alyssa Masterfield, Pen/Ink, 1st Place, Grand Champion; Alyssa Masterfield, Pen/Ink, 2nd Place; Marigale Jordan, Pen/Ink, 3rd Place
Lady Blues & Graham Steer Basketball- The Lady Blues and Steers will be in Stephenville this evening. The Lady Blues contest will begin at 5:45 pm with the Steers games to follow at 7:00 pm. GO LADY BLUES AND STEERS!
Graham Steer Soccer- The Steers will be at Newton Field this evening vs Kennedale at 6:45 pm. GO STEERS!
Lady Blues Soccer- The Lady Blues will be at home on Saturday for a 3:45 contest vs Lake Worth. GO LADY BLUES!
Lady Blues Softball- The Lady Blues will be at Abilene Cooper on Saturday at 1:30 pm. GO LADY BLUES!
Long Live the Differences….
Gillian is a seven-year-old girl who cannot sit in school. She continually gets up, gets distracted, flies with thoughts, and doesn't follow lessons. Her teachers worry about her, punish her, scold her, and reward her the few times that she is attentive, but nothing. Gillian does not know how to sit and cannot be attentive.
When she comes home, her mother punishes her too. So not only does Gillian have bad grades and punishment at school, but she also suffers from them at home.
One day, Gillian's mother is called to the school. The lady, sad as someone waiting for bad news, takes her hand and goes to the interview room. The teachers speak of illness, of an obvious disorder. Maybe it's hyperactivity or maybe she needs medication.
During the interview, an old teacher arrives who knows the little girl. He asks all the adults, mother, and colleagues, to follow him into an adjoining room from where she can still be seen. As he leaves, he tells Gillian that they will be back soon and turns on an old radio with music.
As the girl is alone in the room, she immediately gets up and begins to move up and down chasing the music in the air with her feet and her heart. The teacher smiles as the colleagues and the mother look at him between confusion and compassion, as is often done with the old. So he says: "See? Gillian is not sick, Gillian is a dancer!"
He recommends that her mother take her to a dance class and that her colleagues make her dance from time to time. She attends her first lesson and when she gets home, she tells her mother: "Everyone is like me, no one can sit there!"
In 1981, after a career as a dancer, opening her own dance academy and receiving international recognition for her art, Gillian Lynne became the choreographer of the musical "Cats."
Hopefully, all “different” children find adults capable of welcoming them for who they are and not for what they lack.
Have a nice day…Take care of yourself and others!
CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:
What kind of bagel can fly? (Go to www.thecruseline.com for the answer.)
A Plain Bagel!
