Mrs. Thompson has modeled several reading skills and strategies for her students this month. She is gradually releasing the responsibility to the students as they gain confidence to complete these tasks independently. Her students have been practicing reading the questions before reading their passages. They have learned to split their Chromebook screen, focus on one line of text at a time, and highlight text.
From Ms. Dailey:
"I am so proud of these first graders for working together and problem solving together so well. I wish you could hear their conversations!! They even know how to disagree respectfully!"
Mrs. Piscopo's class enjoyed a morning at the Big Bear Pumpkin Patch last week. Some of the activities included riding the zipline, jumping in the bounce house, a hay ride, playing bubbles, and sliding into the corn pit. They also got to pick out their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
GR8 Staff voted for Mrs. Brock & Mrs. Marriott as the Terrific Tiger Teachers for October.
GR8 is very thankful to have these two call Gr8 home.
Congratulations ladies- well deserved!
Congratulations to Evee Porter for placing a very impressive 37th in the State among 209 Class 1 & 2 runners at the Middle School Cross Country Championship today. The field was large and Evee finished near the top! 👏
Lily Viebrock ran her heart out too on this fun, but challenging, course at Lucas Oil Speedway. This closes the chapter on both Evee and Lily's Jr. High cross country careers. We're excited to see what high school has in store for both of them. Keep running Tigers!
Great day for the Marching Tigers at UCM Homecoming!
Tigers took 1st in class and 3rd overall!
Great job today Tigers!
Mrs. Lamar’s Kindergarten class went to Big Bear Pumpkin Patch! They had fun making memories playing in the bounce house, zip line, corn maze, corn pit slide, picking out a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch and so much more!
Lady Tigers 2023 volleyball season came to end Thursday night as they lost their Class 1 District 13 semi-final match in 3-sets, 19-25, 9-25, 12-25 to the Osceola Indians. Leading the Tigers in kills was senior Nevaeh Washington who finished the night with 8 kills, 1 ace, and 10 digs. Sophomore Emery Cannon scrambled on the baseline to lead the Tigers defensively with 16 digs and added in 3 kills for the night. Junior Mallory Reed dished out 8 assists and finished with 8 digs. Junior Sydney Gordon added in 4 kills, 1 ace, 11 digs and 7 assists. Communication and intensity from senior Alexas Stevens kept the Lady Tigers focused on the court. Senior Zakiyah Morse and junior Abby Warner held fast defensively taking some of the hardest shots of the season in left-back defense to finish with 11 and 9 digs respectively. Warner also found 2 kills, Morse added 1 kill, and freshman Aliya Edington added 1 kill of her own.
The volleyball season is fast and furious, with no breaks for time off. Finishing 19-16-2 overall. They brought home a 1st Place Silver Bracket Trophy from Dig For Life to start the season. Battled the Kaysinger Conference teams to finish 7-3 and took the 3rd Place Trophy at the Kaysinger tournament. It was a fast and fabulous season – a job well done Lady Tigers. Can’t wait for 2024 Lady Tiger Volleyball!!!
5th and 6th Grade teachers attempting to lasso some GR8 students at our rodeo today!!!
Last week Ms. Jobson's junior high students gave "How To" presentations! Students used Google Slides and did an amazing job presenting in front of their peers! They even had a little time left over for some silent sustained reading!
Mrs. Johnson's class is Rodeo Ready!!!
GR8 pumpkins on display for our pumpkin contest!!!
From Mrs. Thompson:
"Our class has worked really hard on our class pumpkin. They picked something pretty difficult but did a great job putting it together!"
Mrs. Lamar's students brought in soil from home to examine for science. They had to examine their own soil. Then, they had to write and draw what they saw. Next, they got to examine their peers' soil to compare it to theirs. They saw roots, grass, rocks, Rollie Pollies, a spider, sticks, mulch, an ant and different colors of dirt. Our little Kinders make GR8 scientists!
Yee Haw! It's rodeo day! We will celebrate with our students who have no missing assignments and have been here 90% of the time this afternoon! Mr. H and Mr. Edington welcomed our students on horseback as they entered the building this morning.
The Running Tigers really enjoyed the course at the Montrose Invitational tonight. 3 of our 5 runners medaled (Evee 7th, Rylee 9th and Callie 14th) and Max K. unofficially represented GR8 in the open race and took an easy 1st place victory! A brief rainshower set in at the very end and concluded our meet with a beautiful rainbow. Congrats Tigers!
Our Lady Tigers Varsity Volleyball team has been busy finishing out the 2023 regular season with a 3-set win over their last Kaysinger Conference match-up, the Smithton Tigers. Sophomore Emery Cannon led the battle on the Tiger's home court with 10 kills and 19 digs. Senior Nevaeh Washington hammered down 8 kills of her own and steadied the Tiger's serve receive with a team-high 2.14 server-receive rating. Senior Zakiyah Morse and Alexas Stevens stepped up to the serving line. Morse served up 6 aces keeping Smithton off-balance and Stevens used her well-placed serves to force errors on the Smithton side of the net. Junior setters, Mallory Reed and Sydney Gordon moved the ball around on offense. Reed finished with 9 assists and Gordon 18. You can't have assists without kills! - adding to the kill totals were Gordon with 4 kills, junior Abby Warner with 4 kills, Morse with 2 kills, and freshman Aliya Edington chipping in 2 kills of her own. The Lady Tigers season record is 18-15-2 and 7-3 in the Kaysinger. They return to the Tiger Home Court tonight as the hosts of Class 1 District 13 post-season play. Chilhowee and Lincoln the night at 5:00pm then Lady Tigers will hit the court at 6:30pm to take on Lakeland. Let's Go Tigers!
Next week is Red Ribbon Week! Please see the attached flyer for dress up days. We would love for everyone (K-12) to participate!
From Mrs. Fox: "Fifth graders have been talking about Respect and Responsibility in their counseling lessons. They each wrote down several of their responsibilities and made a chain. We discussed how everyone has different responsibilities and some have more than others. We also talked about how we don't want to break the chain and let other people down by not following through with our responsibilities."
PINK OUT! If you ordered a pink shirt, you may pick it up in the office Monday or Tuesday. If you did not get one ordered, we plan to sell them at the game!