Friday, November 10, 2023

Win the Day... Make life a masterpiece- Steer Nation Message 11/10/23

GOOD MORNING…HAPPY THURSDAY!

Veterans Day Tribute- All are welcome to attend the GISD Veterans Day Tribute at 9:30 this morning!

Graham Steer Football- The Steers will be playing in the Bi-District round of the playoff this evening at Aledo stadium vs Hillsboro. Tickets can be purchased at THIS LINK.  Go Steers… Beat the Eagles!

FFA Area Qualifiers- Congratulations to our FFA Area Qualifiers! Brailey Brooks- Senior Creed; Aneida Huerta- Senior Spanish Creed; Renata Garcia- Jr. Spanish Creed; Brazier Joy- Job Interview.

RSB3 Members Selected to Region 7 North Zone All-District Band- Congratulations to our All-District Band selections. Brihanna Aben - Flute (1st Chair); Brook Harvill - Clarinet; Mia-Katherine Hunter - Clarinet; Stormy Jackson - Clarinet; Devin McCall - Bass Clarinet (1st Chair); Jeremiah Roberts - Tenor Saxophone; Jackson Kidd - Baritone Saxophone (1st Chair); Taylor Lauster - French Horn; Harrison Ribble - Tenor Trombone (1st Chair); Thomas Gage - Bass Trombone (1st Chair); Heather Wright - Euphonium; Zander Montano - Euphonium. Alternates: James Gage - Alto Saxophone (Alternate); Tristan Schwettmann - Tuba (Alternate); Alison Mullens - Percussion (Alternate).

Crestview Elementary STEM Night- Mark your calendar and make plans to attend the Crestview STEM Night on December 5th!

Woodland Elementary Salutes Our Local Veterans- Woodland Elementary has invited veterans to visit with our students this week. Thanks a ton to Erin Erwin, Sarah Curd, and Max Krupp for taking the time to visit the Woodland students. 


GJHS Students Conduct Mock Trials at the Young County Courthouse- Our 8th-grade advanced reading classes have recently read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. To connect the reading experience with the “real world” teachers Sheena Parilla and Tyler Fowler organized a mock trial experience at the Young County Courthouse. This would not have been possible without the assistance of Young County Judge Win Graham and Young County Attorney Chris Baran!

GISD Board Calls Bond Election for May 2024- The below image provides an overview of the two propositions the voters will have an opportunity to consider.



Win the Day…make life a masterpiece (excerpt from Win the Day by Mark Batterson

From 1964 to 1975, the UCLA Bruins dominated college basketball, winning ten NCAA national championships. They won seven of those championships in a row! The coach of those teams, John Wooden, ranks as one of the most revered coaches in the history of sports. Those who knew John Wooden would argue that his character off the court was even more impressive than his coaching on it.

Through the ups and downs of life, the wins and the losses, it was a seven-point creed that served as John Wooden’s compass. It was his rule of life. John Wooden’s father introduced him to the creed, but it wasn’t original to Joshua Wooden. He copied the creed from a 1931 interview with Supreme Court Justice John H. Clarke. Wooden’s version looked like this:

  1. Be true to yourself.

  2. Help others.

  3. Make each day your masterpiece.

  4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.

  5. Make friendship a fine art.

  6. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

  7. Pray for guidance, and count and give thanks for your blessings every day.


What does it mean to make each day a masterpiece? The answer for each person, of course, is as different as each of us. You need to come up with your own answer, and you’ll have different answers during different seasons of life.


If you want to win the day, you’ve got to define the win: What’s important now? This question is a journey, not a destination. Happy traveling1

 

Have a nice day… take care of yourself and others!


CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:

Why should you never trust someone writing on graph paper? (Scroll down for the answer.)










Because they must be plotting something!


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