GCT

Weekly BEAKVolume 379, October 28, 2016

Come out and Support the Eagles Football team as they host Batesville tonight!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!! Be Safe

Fireman Chad Davis came to school to talk to Mrs. Lisa Brown’s class and Mrs. Debbie Horner’s class about fire safety. Captain Kenny Highfill and Driver Jeremy brought the fire truck for all the Kindergarten classes to see. October 10-14 is Fire Safety Week.

Students in Angie Branch’s 2nd grade class at GCT Elementary were in for a treat as Staci Williams read a book. Staci is an employee at AMMC which is a partner in education with GCT Elementary School. Staci’s daughter, Gracie is in the class. Thank you to Marti Johnson for the photos.

GCT Elementary School Counselor, Marlo Sturkie, IS NOT wearing a Halloween costume, she got very creative one day prior to Halloween on a duty costume while loading

afternoon buses. It can be tricky and great job Mrs. Sturkie on finding a creative way to get students to the buses!

Students from Mrs. Leah and Mrs. Karla’s preschool class at GCT enjoyed Community Helper Day! GCT

appreciates all of the local agencies and volunteers for coming out to share with the students!

Sixth grade PACE students in Tammy Thompson’s classes studied an Archaeology unit. Students excavated trash, and then went on a trip to Parkin Archaeological State Park,. The unit culminated with creating projects where students researched an ancient

civilization and made an artifact from that civilization. Thank you to Tammy Thompson for the photos and information.

Congratulations to the GCT Marching Band for receiving a First Division rating for the GCT Marching Eagle Band at the Regional Marching Assessment on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016. Pictured above is after the awards at the Redskin Classic in Pocahontas.

Every year Mission Outreach rings the bell in front of Wal-Mart during the holiday season. This is one of their biggest fundraisers. If you or a club that you sponsor would like to help out with this event, please contact Jackie Ross at 870-930-0504 or email jackieross@missionoutreachnea.com or feel free to contact Gia Taylor for more information at GCT Elementary School.

RING BELL OPPORTUNITIES

Bulletin Board at GCT High School Media Center gets the attention of students during the Halloween season.

For National School Lunch Week, NSLW, GCT Elementary Kitchen Manager, Brittany Gunn. planned some fun activities. On Monday, pictures of fruits and vegetables were placed on a spin wheel. Two student names were drawn from each class during each lunch period. Each student had a chance to spin the wheel and whichever fruit or veggie landed on they had to try a bite of the food. If the students ate the fruit or vegetable they won 5 extra minutes of recess totaling 10 extra minutes if both students from each class ate the fruit or veggie. Then on Friday, Brittany had challenged all of her students to eat lunch in the cafeteria. Brittany set a goal of 1200 lunches total for the week and if they reached that goal then she would draw one name from each lunch period to put a pie in Mr. Davis’ face. The kids and staff had a great time! They are already asking her what she is planning for next year! Thank you to GCT Elementary Assistant Principal, Keith Davis, who took pies in the face as a good sport in celebration of National School Lunch Week that was full of activities for students. The students really enjoyed him being a great sport. Thank you to Tanya Turner and Vonnie Greer for the photos and information.

As always, GCT appreciates Paragould High School for hosting the annual “Dig for a Cure” Volleyball game as honoring those affected

by Breast Cancer unites the two rivals for a common community cause.

Congratulations to GCT Employees, Tonya Barnes, Angie Tibbs, and Martin Mitchell who took part in the Gearhead Endurance Challenge on Saturday, Oct 8 at Craighead Forrest Park. Tonya and Angie completed 15 miles and Martin completed 40 miles.

GCT Primary School hosted a Flu clinic for students and staff on Thursday, October 20, 2016.

Kimber McMillon’s 1st Grade Class at GCT Primary School Celebrates a Fall Fantastic Friday.

Thank you to the GCT Baseball Team, they served an afternoon of Community Service working at the Mission on Friday, October 7, 2016.

GCT hosted the regional Media Specialists meeting for the Northeast Educational Cooperative on Friday, October 14, 2016. Media Specialists from various area schools came together to discuss curriculum related issues concerning library science and bragged on some of the successful programs that are going on in their schools. The final tour of the day was of the new Jr. High School Media Center. It was a great day and GCT was honored to host the regional meeting.

GCT 4th Grade PACE Students took an Enrichment Trip to The Ridge Center. They worked on building Self-Esteem and Teamwork. Thank you to Charity Andrews for the photos.

Little Miss Arianne Leigh Rickman was born at 3:15AM on October 14th weighing 8 lbsand was 19 1/2 inches long. She is the daughter of Daniel and Jessica Rickman. Jessica is the speech therapist at the Junior High and High School.

Welcome new baby Eagle

December 2016 marks the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. The National Archives and Records Administration, Federation of Humanities Council, and the Arkansas Humanities Council provided a display of the Bill of Rights to 35 venues. GCT is scheduled to be one of the 35 venues where the display will be sent in the United States. The display will be provided in various buildings for students to see as soon as it arrives from the National Archives. Be on the lookout in your building as GCT is proud to host this activity.

Congratulations to the Jr. High Dance Team who competed at Benton on Saturday, October 15, 2016. The team brought home First (1st) place in Hip Hop, and overall performance (highest score in high school and junior high performances) . The team also received second (2nd ) place in both Pom and High Kick, and 3rd place in Jazz. Sponsor, Larissa Newman stated, “It was an extremely chaotic/rushed day and they achieved these results without any prep time for any dance.”Solo performers and honors received include:

8th grade – Brooke Boone – she brought home 2nd place in Junior High solos8th grade – Allie Morgan – she brought home 3rd place in Junior High solos

The Jr. High Dance team also hosted a competition on Saturday, October 22nd,, 2016. teams in the competition include: Jonesboro High School, Beebe High School, Lakeside High School, Nettleton Junior High, and a few of the soloists will be from Paragould Junior High.

Congratulations to GCT Student Cassidy Hass, who placed 3rd in Class at Arkansas State Fair. Thank you to Ben Gander for the photos and info.

Congratulations to Will Exum, GCT Student and Greene County 4H member. Will placed as the Reserve Grand Champion at the State Fair.

Congratulations to GCT Student and Greene County 4 H Member, Jessica Griffin for placing in the top three at the State Fair.

GCT National FFA Delegates pose for a quick picture at the National Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. Thank you to Ben Ganderfor sending the photo and for all of the students who had a great time at the conference .

GCT hosts the College and Career Fair on Monday, October 17, 2016 where students received a wealth of information to help them make some tough decisions concerning future college and career opportunities. Thank you to HS Counselor Breta Dean for organizing the event and providing photos.

WEEKLY BIRTHDAYS

Jeff Hudson 10-29Misty Ross 10-29Kelly Pitcher 10-30Shelley Butler 10-31Johnnie Murray 10-31Tonya Barnes 11-1Ted Cunningham 11-1Tina Guiot 11-1Lori McMinn 11-2Lynnae Kellett 11-3Beth Turner 11-4

Greene County Tech School District

MOTIVATION

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

ANN BUTLER has worked for the Greene County Tech

School District for the past thirteen years. She serves as a Special Education teacher at GCT Preschool. Ann is a graduate of Concord High School and an 1987 graduate of ASU with a BSE in Elementary Education, and she also has 24 additional hours that went toward a degree in Special Education and Early Childhood Special Education certification. She stated, “I have taught twenty nine (29) years and I believe GCT is where God wants me to be”. Ann is married to Kent Butler, and they have three children, Megan, Tyler, and Mikala Butler. They also have a daughter in law, Brooke and are the proud grandparents to grand daughter, KenleighGrace Butler. Ann stated that she loved working at GCT because, “I love being in a caring and nurturing environment with the support needed to grow professionally and socially”. In her spare time, Ann enjoys reading, playing the piano and the organ. She enjoys making crafts and being with family.

Mr. Gerrish visited Kimber McMillon's first grade classroom to talk to students about careers. He then

read the students a book called “The Interrupting Chicken”. Following, the reading of the book, bus

safety tips were discussed.