Good Morning and
Happy Friday!
We have lots of students in action this evening, this
weekend and in the coming week. Good Luck to All!!! See the district online
calendar for details.
Good luck to the Lady Blues Softball team as they open
district play tonight in Mineral Wells!
The annual PK Relays will be held at the GHS track tomorrow.
Hope to see you there!
The GHS theater program will be competing in the OAP this
coming Tuesday in Stephenville. Break a
leg!
The high school UIL Academic meet will be in Stephenville
this coming Thursday. Good luck!
Newton Field Stadium
Update- Although it does not appear so, there has been a lot of behind the
scenes work completed over the past couple of weeks. In the coming week some asbestos abatement
work will be completed. Demolition bids will be received on April 5th.
Administrative
Positions- You may have noticed that we have posted assistant principal
positions for Graham High School and Crestview Elementary. The GHS position was left vacant this year
after Mrs. Robbins was named the principal for GJHS. The Crestview position
will be a new position. Having an AP at
Crestview will allow us to shift the testing responsibility from the counselor
to the AP. Additionally, we will share a
counselor for Crestview/Pioneer. Both of
these administrative positions are being funded with money within the existing
budget.
Look Up- Look
Up is musical production by
Kids Who Care. The performance will be at the Graham Memorial Auditorium on
March 30th at 7:00. This lively, entertaining show addresses
technology's place in society today. It is a positive way to
address how we can use technology, but also reminds us to focus on connecting
in person. The show is being presented by several of the church youth
groups. In addition, the Rotary Club and GISD are helping to financially
sponsor the event. This show would be great for families to see together
to spark conversation about technology. I hope you will encourage your
students to come and watch on March 30th.
The Lion & The Mouse
Some time ago I saved a copy of this edited version of the
Aesop Fable, The Lion & The Mouse.
One day the King of Beasts was lazily lying around, amusing
himself with his thoughts when an unsuspecting mouse made the mistake of his
soon to be very short life. He wandered
right by one of the big lion’s paws. The
great lion cast one disbelieving eye downward towards the mouse, watched him
scamper by for a second or two and then, quick as a flash, pounced on the poor
unsuspecting rodent.
The lion smiled with delight as he held up the squirming,
helpless mouse by the tail. He then
opened his terribly large mouth and was about to turn the hapless creature into
an appetizer when the mouse began begging and pleading for his life. “Please, please Mr. Lion sir. Please don’t
eat me… I beg you… Have mercy and spare me oh great King of the Beasts!
In a playful mood the lion said, “Why my little lunch snack?
Give me one good reason why I should spare your furry, worthless life.” In it
high pitched and fear tinged voice the mouse responded, “Because sir, if spare
me, someday I will save your life. If you eat me today, however, I won’t be
able to help you tomorrow.”
When the lion heard the mouse’s words he was momentarily
speechless. The he suddenly burst into a
fit of laughter, dropping the mouse in the process and rolling around on the
ground, chuckling so hard that his stomach hurt and his eyes watered. When he
finally got control of himself he addressed the mouse, “My little tasty morsel,
how would someone so small and weak as you possibly save my life, the King of
Beasts?” I fear that you have just said is the funniest thing I have ever heard
in all days. The mouse stood his ground and repeated, “If you spare my life
noble sir, one day I will save yours.”
The lion, still chuckling, decided to let the mouse live,
perhaps only because it had brought some good humor into his day. “Go on then”
he told the mouse, “be off with you before I change my mind.” The grateful
mouse thanked the lion and as the little creature scampered off into the safety
of the tall grass, he called back over his shoulder, “Someday I will save your
life, fine sir.”
Shorty after, the incident was completely forgotten by the
lion. The mouse, of course, never
forgot. About a month later, when the lion was hunting for his dinner he
accidently triggered a trap and, in an instant, he found himself hanging upside
down in a net. He realized at that very moment that he was a goner. There was
no way he was going to be able to extricate himself. Other animals cam by but
could do nothing for the lion except offer words of condolence. Suddenly he
heard a familiar squeaky voice behind him. We he turned, he saw a mouse
climbing on the net towards the main rope that held it suspended from the
treetops. In that instant he recognized the mouse as the one that he had spared
not a month earlier. The lion groaned in frustration and desperation. “My
little friend, it looks like I will make a fine rug for those hunters. When
they come back I fear I’m dead.” The mouse calmly and cheerfully addressed the
Great lion. “Not to worry my kind sir, I will have you free in no time.”
Whereupon the little creature began to gnaw at the main rope. Little by little
the rope began to fray and then shred, on strand after another. Soon there was
just on small strand that held the net in place. In the background they could
hear the sounds of the approaching hunters. “Hurry my friend” urged the lion.
“You are almost there and I am almost free.” Then with one last bite, the mouse
completely cut through the rope, the net fell to the ground and opened and the
lion bolted to safety. Indeed the weak, little mouse had save the great lion’s
life.
Every member of a team is important. Every member of a team
has an important contribution to make. Your skill, size, strength or speed does
not mean that you can’t learn something from other team members. Once you start
acting larger than life and think you don’t need your supporting cast, you’re
surely headed for a big fall.
Corny Joke of the Day:
Why is the letter A like a flower?
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