Congrats to the Jaguars! They beat undefeated Silverton 40-38! Go Jags!
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The Guthrie Cross Country teams traveled to Crowell for the District Cross Country meet on Wednesday, October 17th. We are very proud of all our runners. They represented Guthrie well. Below are some results.
JH Girls Team Reagan Maxwell Tristin Lewis Jaycee McCauley Shalee Lopez Yaretzi Sandoval Abby Gilbert Sarah Ballard JH Girls Individuals 3rd Place - Reagan Maxwell 7th Place - Jaycee McCauley 9th Place - Tristin Lewis JH Boys Team Bailey McAnally Nicholas Mitchell Landon Roberts PL Gibson Jeremy Martinez HS Girls Team 4th Place Team Candace Tarver Carli Maxwell Diana Sandoval Kara Hurt Caitlyn McWhirter Kaylee Adams HS Girls Individuals 1st Place - Candace Tarver (Regional Qualifier) HS Boys Team 1st Place Team (Qualifies for Regionals) Gustavo Sandoval Jacob Jones Jose Sandoval Christian Rocha Noe Sandoval Kealii Vasquez HS Boys Individuals 2nd Place - Gustavo Sandoval (Regional Qualifier) 3rd Place - Jacob Jones (Regional Qualifier) 9th Place - Jose Sandoval (Regional Qualifier) We are very proud of all of our kids. Go Jags and Lady Jags! Mrs. Brendle's 7th/8th grade reading class read two O. Henry short stories, "After Twenty Years" and "The Retrieved Reformation." Next, the class was divided into three groups and each group chose a story to read from a list of O. Henry's short stories. The groups wrote a script for their chosen story.The project ended with the groups performing and recording their plays. By Nelson Coulter
The BUSINESS of school is LEARNING! At Guthrie CSD we have chosen to be proactive and intentional about the kind of education we deliver to our students and the kind of powerful learning they experience. This is the third of a five part series of articles that will provide some clarity about the Guthrie Graduate Profile, which has emerged from community- and school-based conversations that have been ongoing in Guthrie for the last year. Below are the five pillars (dimensions) of the Guthrie Graduate Profile:
Part 3 of this series we will focus on the Graduate Profile dimension of: Persons of Strong Character We intend that our students are/can/have: • Healthy habits and lifestyles • Persevering toward achieving personal goals • Honest and trustworthy • Assertive and competitive We have determined that in order for our students to achieve their/our highest aspirations for them, they must understand how to live healthily. This means that they must understand that personal nutrition and fitness has several dimensions: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. We intend to guide our students to an understanding that their personal health and happiness are their own responsibility (not that of others, or their government) and that each of us makes informed (or uninformed) decisions on a daily basis that contribute in some way to that health and well-being. At Guthrie CSD we also plan to design learning tasks that teach our students how to persevere, how to be resilient, and how to be relentless in their own learning and growth. This means that we must teach them how to take risks, yet not to fear failure. Powerful learning often comes from trying very hard, yet failing, then trying again, until you get it right. The world’s greatest musicians, athletes, and business people know this reality by heart (and hard experience). Guthrie CSD is also committing our resources and professional efforts toward facilitating within our students a deep respect for honesty and trustworthiness. We intend for our students to learn that with those two character traits comes a personal responsibility to “own” one’s decisions and behavior, to say what you mean and mean what you say, to make promises frugally and honor them unerringly. In short, our intention is to create within our students an understanding that a person is only as good as their word, but those that are as good as their word are worth their weight in gold. Finally, we intend for Guthrie CSD students to learn how to “play hard” at whatever task/endeavor they deem worthy of their time, effort, and energy. We intend for them to learn how to win with modesty, to lose with dignity, and to understand that all people experience both winning and losing in life. Competing honorably and fairly make for a substantive life experience (and ill-gotten gains are, in fact, cause for disdain rather than celebration). As well, we plan to teach our students how to understand at a deep level what they believe in and value, and to be willing and able to articulate those values assertively (yet without offensiveness or disrespect). Some would say that we are dreamers to believe that there is enough time in the school day or years in a child’s life to make these kinds of learnings a reality. At Guthrie CSD, we have chosen to emphasize these kinds of learnings as it is our intention to graduate students fully armed and prepared to compete in the world marketplace of work and school and life in a way that will make them the gold standard in any setting in which they choose to live and serve. At Guthrie CSD have chosen MORE for our students (not less), without apology. Does this educational approach require heightened effort and investment on the part of the adults? You bet. However, we deem it worth every ounce of that extra effort and investment. The District Cross Country Meet will be this Wednesday, October 17th. It will be held at Copper Breaks State Park, which is located 12 miles South of Quanah- Hwy 6 or 8 miles north of Crowell-Hwy 6.
The updated schedule will be as follows: JV will run with Varsity 3:00- Varsity Boys/JV Boys 3:30- Varsity Girls/JV Girls 4:00-JH Girls 4:30-JH Boys Go Guthrie!! 5:00-6:00pm
Trunk or Treat in New Gym Parking Lot 5:30pm Junior class begins serving dinner in Activity Center 6:00pm Junior High One Act Play performs in Auditorium 7:00pm Class Booths in/around Activity Center & Inflatables (in the AC parking lot) Bingo begins in Activity Center 10:00pm-Midnight Auction in Activity Center The start time for the JH football game on Thursday, Oct. 11th vs Motley County has been moved to 5:00 pm. See you there!
The entire staff and student body met together at the Activity Center on Thursday morning to learn more about the GCSD Graduate Profile. It's been a full morning of learning and dreaming. If you want to know more about the GCSD Graduate Profile, go to: www.guthriejags.com/profile.html
Wednesday (Sept 25) was See You At The Pole at GCSD. This is an annual event where students and staff meet around the flag pole for a time of prayer and reflection. See You at the Pole (SYATP) is a nationally organized annual gathering of Christian students of all ages for prayer, scripture-reading and hymn-singing, during the early morning before school starts. We are fortunate to be able to do things like this in Guthrie.
First grader Daylee wrote a story and drew a picture about her experience at See you At The Pole. Guthrie Juniors, Kylor Gilbreath and Kiwi Vasquez, have received news from Kenya that the first two laptops have arrived safely. Kylor and Kiwi are in the GHS Computer Maintenance class and have been learning to repair laptops. The laptops they refurbish are sent to be used in two schools in Kenya. Form more information about this unique program, CLICK HERE Kylor and Kiwi received a photo from Nairobi, Kenya with two students holding the laptops that were sent.
Due to the weather, the Homecoming Bonfire and Activities have been cancelled for Thursday afternoon/evening. We'll be in touch again when we have them rescheduled.
The schedule for Friday's Homecoming activities has not changed. The Homecoming pep rally will be Friday (Sept. 28) at 3:10 in the old gym. The Little Jags take on Woodson JH at 5:30pm and the Jags kick off against the Woodson Cowboys at 7:30pm. Homecoming Queen activities will take place at 7:00pm. Hope to see you there. Texas Commissioner of Education Michael L. Williams invited Guthrie and 22 other school districts to participate in the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. The Consortium will help develop innovative, next-generation learning standards, assessments and accountability systems. “The school districts selected to participate in the consortium are already known for their innovative work and are looked to by many as educational leaders. This exciting project will help the Governor, legislative leaders and the Texas Education Agency craft a sound, well-thought out plan to move all Texas schools to the next performance level,” Williams said. The consortium will make recommendations in four key areas: 1. Digital learning - Engagement of students in digital learning, including the use of electronic textbooks and instructional materials and courses offered through the Texas Virtual School Network; 2. Learning standards - Standards that a student must master to be successful in a competitive postsecondary environment; 3. Multiple assessments - Various methods of measuring student progress to keep students, parents and schools informed, and the actions consortium participants are taking to improve learning; and 4. Local control - Ways in which reliance on local input and decision-making enable communities and parents to be involved in the important decisions regarding the education of their children. Districts submitted an application and went through a rigorous selection process to become part of the consortium. Following is a list of those selected to participate in the consortium.
Dr. Nelson Coulter, GCSD Superintendent commented, "It should be a great ride that will provide our staff and our students with a learning opportunity that is extremely rare. Moreover, it will provide us a unique opportunity to serve others. Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: "To whom much is given, much is required."
CLICK HERE for more information. Homecoming week in Guthrie is September 24-28th.
Door Decorating Contest: We'll have a class competition between the elementary classes, and then a competition between the 6th-12th grades. Winners receive a Popcorn Party!! Elementary will decorate their own room’s door 6th grade will decorate Mrs. Daniel’s door 7th grade will decorate Coach Sloan’s door 8th grade will decorate Mrs. Brendle’s door 9th decorate will decorate Coach Chisum’s door 10th decorate will decorate Mrs. Bergvall’s door 11th decorate will decorate Mrs. Rothwell’s door 12th decorate will decorate Mrs. Grave’s door Dress up days: Monday – Outsmart the Cowboys (wear college t-shirt) Tuesday – Put the Cowboys to sleep ( wear pajamas) Wednesday – Boot the Cowboys (wear boots) Thursday – Out Shine the Cowboys (wear neon) Friday – Green and Gold Day The Homecoming Bonfire will be held Thursday night (Sept. 27) with a pep rally at the bonfire. The Homecoming pep rally will be Friday (Sept. 28) at 3:10 in the gym. The Little Jags take on Woodson JH at 5:30pm and the Jags kick off against the Woodson Cowboys at 7:30pm. The Guthrie Jags hosted the annual Guthrie FCA Cross Country Meet last Saturday. We had good weather and a fantastic showing from Guthrie CSD athletes. The JH and HS results are listed below.
JH Girls Team Results: 1. Spur 48 2. Jayton 52 3. Lorenzo 75 4. Guthrie 95 5. Crosbyton 129 6. Aspermont 133 7. Motley Co 166 Guthrie JH Girls Individuals: 2nd Place – Reagan Maxwell 12th Place – Jaycee McCaulley 16th Place – Sarah Ballard Other Team Members: Tristin Lewis, Shalee Lopez, Yaretzi Sandoval, Abby Gilbert JH Boys Team Results: 1. Crosbyton Guthrie JH Boys Individuals: 8th Place Individual - Bailey McAnally 12th Place Individual – Riggin Johnson 14th Place Individual – PL Gibson 20th Place Individual – Nicholas Mitchell HS Girls Team Results: 1. Jayton 51 2. Spur 57 3. Lorenzo 65 4. Guthrie 77 5. Crosbyton 108 6. Motley Co 144 Guthrie HS Girls Individuals 2nd Place - Candace Tarver 14th Place – Kara Hurt 17th Place – Carli Maxwell Other Team Members: Diana Sandoval, Caitlyn McWhirter HS Boys Team Scores 1. Guthrie 26 2. Crosbyton 29 Guthrie HS Boys Individuals 3rd Place – Jacob Jones 5th Place – Gustavo Sandoval 7th Place – Jose Sandoval 14th Place – Christian Rocha 15th Place – Kealii Vasquez 17th Place – Noe Sandoval We have posted the highlight video from the game against the Crowell Wildcats. The Jaguars played a good game and really worked hard. Keep it up guys. Hope you enjoy the video and tune in each week for the game's highlights. This video was created by Krista Sweeney. Students in the Guthrie HS Computer Maintenance & Repair course are busy learning to repair computers for a very good cause. Kylor Gilbreath, Kiwi Vasquez, Christian Rocha and Gustavo Sandoval are learning the in's and out's of hard drives, processors, operating systems and LCD's, all in the name of making a difference on the other side of the globe. They are refurbishing laptop computers that will soon be sent to schools in Kenya to be used by high school students there.
GCSD has approximately 40 laptops that have been removed from inventory and rolled out of commission due to their age and the fact that they are no longer under any kind of warranty. In the past, GCSD has held public surplus auctions to dispose of old computers that have reached the end of their lives. "Three years ago, we auctioned off surplus computers for as low as $1 each, but now we are finding a lot more value in them," says Darren Wilson, GCSD Technology Director GCSD is partnering with two schools in Kenya, East Africa that are desperate for computers. These schools, located in Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya, are open to students 14-18 years old who have been orphaned or are from families living in extreme poverty. These schools use computers to teach business skills like accounting and budgeting as well as how to design menus, posters and flyers and even photography. Without donated equipment, these students wouldn't have the opportunity to learn to use a computer at all. GCSD has developed a contract with these two partner schools to send the decommissioned laptops to Kenya to be used for educational purposes there. "The Kenyan school administrators and instructors are happy to accept these laptops, even if they show signs of age and years of use. They are very resourceful and committed to providing a high quality education to the students they serve," says Wilson. GCSD superintendent Nelson Coulter says, "Our Guthrie students are learning that they have something to offer to the world, even if they live in a remote area themselves. The world is flatter now, and neither our students, nor the students in Kenya need to be isolated by geography. We want children in Guthrie to learn to become entrepreneurial, self-directed and risk taking. Projects like this laptop refurbishing project fit well within the scope of teaching these things." The laptops the GHS students are working on will be sent to Kenya as soon as they are ready. "Our students, all of the sudden, are highly motivated to learn quickly and do a good job, because they know that the work they do each week will make someone's life better. We're pretty proud of them." added Wilson. GHS students will be sending the first seven refurbished laptops to Kenya later this week. The students are relying on donations to cover the cost of purchasing needed replacement parts for some of these computers. If you would like to make a donation to help cover the cost of replacement parts or shipping these laptops to Kenya, visit the class website at www.TheBlackBoxStudio.weebly.com. To learn more about the Kenyan schools that will be receiving and using the refurbished laptops, please visit: www.kctsministries.org and www.madeinthestreets.org. The 2011-2012 Yearbooks have arrived. They are $25 each and are in Mrs. Rothwell's room.
By Nelson Coulter
The BUSINESS of school is LEARNING! At Guthrie CSD we have chosen a pathway of MORE for the learning of our students; more than the minimum requirements, more than the state’s curriculum, more than the tested standards. Another of the five dimensions of the Guthrie Graduate Profile, which has emerged over the last several months as a commonly held aspiration for our students, is that we intend for our graduates to be: Effective Communicators They are/can/have: • Confident and self-secure • Communicate in an articulate, effective, and efficient manner • Critical listeners • Communicate by use of advancing technologies In his book titled A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink makes a rather compelling case that the folks who have the best chance of achieving their life goals in the 21st century are those that can effectively engage, collaborate, and communicate with other individuals and groups. The fundamental vehicle for successful interpersonal engagement is effective communication skills. Faculty members at Guthrie CSD have determined to embed a purposeful curriculum of communication skills enhancement into our day-to-day business in order to help our students leverage the vast and rich opportunities that exist in our “connected” world. We are convinced that our students must become skillful in expressing their own thinking through multiple media and skillful in listening to (and actually “hearing”) the messages of others. In the words of the late Stephen Covey in his book titled The 8th Habit, we want our students to be successful in “finding their own voice and helping others find theirs.” Through these deliberate instructional processes, educators at Guthrie believe our students will develop more confidence and be more self-secure in the way they present (and think of) themselves. When you think about it, what activity is any more cognitively challenging than carefully formulating and expressing one’s own thoughts, positions, opinions, and knowledge in a way that is crystal clear to others? Our full intention at Guthrie CSD is to graduate students fully armed and prepared to compete in the world marketplace of work and school and life in a way that will make them the “crème of the crop” in any setting in which they choose to live and compete. |
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