Today (Saturday) the Outdoor Classroom at GT Elementary, received a substantial truss system for the roof! We got it done in about 4 hours. A big thank you goes out to the people that helped me (Chris Myers) to get it done! Thank you to Patrick and Tim Fairchild for arranging for and the operation of the telehandler. The key help came from Andy Woiwood, Jon and Nick Josephson and Tommy Scott. It looks great!
The plants have arrived! Come to the high school this morning (Sat. 11/23) from 8 - noon to purchase your holiday greenery and support GT/RA drama!
Thank you to all those that donated blood today at the NHS Blood Drive. We were able to collect 25 donations and saved 75 lives!
The Drone Delivery team presented their research to partner Barry Bonner. They are working on developing a system for delivering food and beverages to golfers using drones.
Be sure to tune in to KILR at 5:45 p.m. tonight to hear Coach Voetmann talk about the Titanettes' upcoming trip to State Dance Competition!
The Middle School Fall Fling will be held Friday, Nov. 22 in the Graettinger Lunch Room. Cost is $5 per student. Enter through playground doors. Dance is 6:30-8:00 p.m. All GT-RA MS students must be picked up by 8:05 p.m. Chips/pop/water/glow sticks available for purchase.
Anatomy and NHS students traveled to the Science Museum of Minnesota to view the Body Worlds Rx exhibit. The exhibit features plastinized human donors in various conditions and positions. They also enjoyed a sports lab, fossil exhibit, and
The GTRA Titanettes are three weeks out from STATE COMPETITION! Don't miss our first performance at the girls' varsity halftime in Terril on November 26th! Come check out our State Hoopla routine that night!
Congratulations to Blake Borchers, Scott Dahna, and Taylor Krull on a fantastic performance in NCIBA District Middle School Band Saturday!! All three musicians spent hours practicing in preparation and during rehearsals to put together a phenomenal display of musicianship! Bravi!!
Many hands make quick work on a Saturday morning. Today I (Chris Myers) would like to thank Pennie Klepper, Marc Benedict, Patrick Fairchild, Andy Woiwood and Jeremy Simington for making quick work of getting the other half of the outdoor classroom in place! We started at 8:00 and went from nothing on the second half (one picture) to complete (other pic) in just over 2 hours! Next up, the roof!
Congratulations, Treyton Cacek! Treyton signed his letter of intent to wrestle at Northern State University next year! #TITANNATION
GT/RA Drama will be holding their Winter Fundraiser. Proceeds support the additional costs of producing a musical.
We would like to thanks the Estherville Elks for bringing Speaker Ray Lozano to share his message about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco use with the students of GTRA. Ray did a wonderful job of informing and sharing with our students the dangers of substance abuse. Ray specifically talked about the dangers of vaping.
National Honor Society is hosting a Coat Drive until November 26th. Clean and gently used hats, coats, gloves, etc., can be brought to the main office in Graettinger or Terril and will be distributed as needed within the district. Thank you in advance for all contributions!
Some students gave up their Saturday to attend a Des Moines Symphony Orchestra concert. With the help of the Music Boosters, many students attended their first professional concert, heard some amazing music, and saw what practice and dedication can achieve. We also got to eat some spaghetti!
TA Ellie VonEhwegen made this amazing piece for the science room door! Awesome job, Ellie!
Great team meeting for the 360 to Sell Sufficiency team. They are developing a web site and social media presence for Upper Des Moines Opportunity.
Thank you to members of the Spirit Lake Walmart and Market team who joined us for High Five Friday this morning!! Spirit lake Walmart also recently approved a $700 grant for our Middle school Student Council. The Students are working on a plan to update the Middle school athletic jerseys!
Monday 11 November at 9:00AM, there will be a Veteran’s Day program in the Graettinger-Terril Elementary gym. The MS and HS will also be joining us. All are invited to attend. From one Veteran to the rest of the Veterans out there, I (Chris Myers) encourage you to come. It’s a time to help educate our students about the pride and sacrifice of our service.
Chemistry students conducted flame tests to determine what colors various metal solutions would produce.
