The Game of Tens

GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

• Congrats to the Graham Steer and Lady Blues tennis team! They won 19-0 over Mineral Wells this week.  The entire team played great.  Our mixed doubles team of Marcus Monfort and Sabrina Adrianson continued their winning streak-- they have a 6-0 record this season. Best of luck competing at WF Hirschi this Saturday.
• Our Lady Blues volleyball teams play this evening at Millsap.  Good luck girls!
• Good luck to our Graham Steer football team this evening at Burkburnett.
• Good luck and safe travels for our GJHS volleyball and cross-country athletes competing in Jacksboro.
• Flu Shots
• United Pharmacy will be setting up a Flu Shot Clinic for each campus for employees only. They will go to each school on October 10th and be there for about an hour. United will file Aetna school insurance only. There will not be any out-of-pocket expenses or co-pays.
• Jordan's Pharmacy provides free flu shots - for the whole family.  You just have to go to the pharmacy.  They have the shots in stock and there is no cost to any family member covered by AETNA insurance.
• “SHOUT OUT” to Stacy Lewis and Stephanie Talbott for providing Trail of Breadcrumbs training for our administrative team!!!

THE GAME OF TENS

Many famous writers, researchers, artists, etc. have stated that we all have at least one teacher who changes our lives. Here are a few famous quotes to celebrate these inspiring mentors:

“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.”                  ― Joyce Meyer.

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ― William Arthur Ward.

“Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students.” ― Charles Kuralt.

“When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.” ― William Glasser.

“Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.” ― Solomon Ortiz.

“The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.” ― Ally Carter.

“What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.” ― Karl A. Menninger.

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”                        ― Henry Adams.

“You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.”                  ― J.D. Salinger.

“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ― Albert Einstein
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“A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.”         ― Ruth Beechick.

“Your role as a leader is even more important than you might imagine. You have the power to help people become winners.” ― Ken Blanchard.

“The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.” ― Mark Van Doren.

“True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion.” ― Allan Lokos.

“Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.” ― Helen Caldicott

“The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.”           ― Robert Brault.

A fundamental human need is to have a sense of significance (Maslow, 1943). We want to know that our work is important and that we are having a positive influence on those we serve and work alongside. This impact is one of the greatest strengths of our profession as educators.

If you think significance can be gained via the pursuit of fame, possessions or power, then I encourage you to take this pop quiz to test your “Significance IQ”:

• Can you name the ten wealthiest people in the world?
• Can you name the ten most admired people in America?
• Can you name the ten top corporate executives in America?
• Can you name the last ten presidents of the United States?
• Can you name the last ten Nobel Prize winners?
• Can you name the ten Cabinet members of any of the past three Presidents?

Fame, fortune and titles do not gain one significance. James  4:14 states, “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

The significance of a teacher does not vanish. It is carried forward within the hundreds of students served by them.

Test your significance with this pop quiz:

• Name the ten people that made a positive impact on your life.
• Name the ten teachers you remember most fondly.
• Name ten students you know you have made a difference for.
• Name ten students, who when you hear their name, you are surprised they turned out to be productive adults. :)

Even if your list includes only one of each of these count yourself among the blessed.

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:

Why did the broom get a poor grade in school? (Scroll down for the answer)

Because it was always sweeping in class!