GUES Principal's Breakfast - Grenada School District

Communicator, March 26, 2013, Page 5GUES Principal’s BreakfastStudents at Grenada Upper Elementary School were honored for good or improved behavior with an invitation to have breakfast with the Principals. Studentsselected for February include (photo left, front l to r) TraJerrion Brown, Zion Lee, Johnathan Rice, (middle) Hailey Baker, Jamaya Jones, Mia Parker,Asacia Marie Moore, (back) Assistant Principal Mrs. Carol Tharpe, Garian Edwards, Tori Little, Kaylee Hilton, Jaliyah Cleveland, Woods Nerren, and PrincipalDr. Teresa Jackson; (photo right, front l to r) Ainsley King, Sierra Luna, Aubreanna Miller, Maddie Ross, (back) Assistant Principal Mrs. Carol Tharpe,Lekita Norwood, Brooke Little, Colin Keys, Allie Wortham, Zachary Bolden, and Principal Dr. Teresa Jackson.CongratulationsRegion 2 Class 6A Division ChampionsGrenadaOn the West side of I-55 • 662-226-2116 • www.grenadanissanusa.com

Communicator, March 26, 2013, Page 6GHS Student Pickedfor MSU Honor BandLegislative Engagement Day at the CapitolTeachers from Grenada School District recently visited the capitol in Jackson for Legislative EngagementDay. Pictured are (l to r) GUES teacher Kim Rice, GUES student teacher Kelsey Ravens,GHS teacher Tonia Bailey, Vo-Tech teacher Bonnie Brunt, Representative Kevin Horan, GMS teacherSuzanne Smith and (front) GES teacher Renee Geiger.Board Approves 2013/2014 CalendarDavid James, a senior member of the GrenadaHigh School Band was recently selected to theMississippi State University Honor Band.MSPRA Announces2012-13 AwardsJACKSONMississippi’s public schools work in myriad waysto communicate with their local communities, and onThursday, some of those efforts were recognized.“We have so many great programs and people in ourschools, and this is one way to honor their hard work inthe area of communications,” said Sandi Beason, publicinformation officer in the Clinton Public School Districtand president of the Mississippi School Public RelationsAssociation.During the awards dinner Thursday evening at theFairview Inn, school districts and school public relationsprofessionals across the state were honored for theirpublications, marketing efforts and online communications.The recognitions are part of MSPRA’s annualAwards of Excellence program.Grenada’s Public Relations Team was recognizedwith several first place awards:Gail Daigneault, Grenada School DistrictFirst Place, Identity/Image PackageRobbie Buchanan, Grenada School DistrictFirst Place-Tie, Multimedia ProjectsFirst Place, Print Newsletters & NewspapersGrenada School District Websitewww.grenadak12.comFacebook PageGrenada School DistrictGraduation GiftsPentel Excalibur PenGift Box Packaging24 Kt. Gold-Plated TrimRoller Ball Tip$16.00Criss Office Supply2245 S. Commerce St. in Grenada • Hwy. 51 South • 226-1901Regular Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-5, Sat. 9-12 Order online at www.crissofficesupply.com

GHS Band ReceivesSuperior RatingsStudents Jacob Robertson, Claire Sanford, Dakota Young, Tiara Watson,Jarvis Benson, Iyonna Collins, and Band Director Barry Rogers display themost recent Sweepstakes Award.By Steven HugleyGSD Band DirectorOn Thursday February 28 th , theGrenada High School Symphonic Winds,under the direction of Mr. Barry Rogers,traveled down to Pearl, Mississippi, toparticipate in the 2013 MHSAA StateConcert Evaluation. The SymphonicWinds is the premier concert ensemblefor the Grenada Band Program and iscomprised of approximately 70 students.In just 6 weeks of rehearsal time, Mr.Rogers and the students prepared threeconcert selections to play for a panel ofthree judges.The band also had to demonstrate theirskills in sight reading. On site at PearlHigh School, the students were given apiece of music they had never seen. Theyhad just 11 minutes to talk about the newpiece and then perform it for a panel ofthree additional judges.After much hard work, the GrenadaBand program was awarded theSweepstakes Award for the 4 thconsecutive year. The SweepstakesAward is the highest and only awardgiven to the state’s band programs by theMississippi Bandmasters Association. Inorder to receive the Sweepstakes Award,Grenada’s band program had to receivesuperior ratings from every judge atMarching Band, Concert Band, and SightReading evaluation.GUES Parents InfoGrenada Upper ElementaryFacebook pageCommunicator, March 26, 2013, Page 7Visions ActivitiesGrenada High School’sVisions show choirconsists of 49 members,with talents rangingfrom singing to dancing,to expertise in soundequipment, staging, andlighting.Visions’ most recentout-of-state performanceswere to Disney Worldand onboard the CarnivalElation cruise ship.Visions is most notedfor their outstandingChristmas and Springshows that they performright here in theirhometown of Grenada.2012-2013 captains are:Dance captains - PaigePorter and MatthewMurphy; Soprano Captain- Hannah Thomas; 2ndSoprano Captain – BethMoore; Alto Captain– Mary Courtney Self,Tenor Captain – MichaelHankins; and Bass Captain - MitchellSonesVisions members maintain an overall3.77 GPA (eight members have a 4.0)with 14 members in the National HonorSociety and 33 members consistentlynamed to the GHS Honor Roll.Members are involved in sports,cheerleading, band, yearbook staff,and serve as class officers in the GHSStudent Council.They are active members of theAnchor Club, 4-H Leadership, KeyClub, DECA, Excel Club, NNDCC,French Club, and Spanish Club. Severalmembers have the distinction of beingCongressional Award Medalist, membersof 100 Scholars, and members of MuAlpha Theta.All Visions members are also membersof 4-H Expressive Arts Club. Visionsmembers are active in FCA, as wellas, their church groups and ensembles.They perform vocally, as well as, playinstruments for their worship services.Visions competed the first of February atGrenada High School Visions show choir recentlycompeted in the Jackson Academy Invitational.They received second place in the small mixeddivision and fourth runner-up overall in thecompetition. At the Petal Show Choir Invitational,Visions received second place in the smallmixed division. Characters from the competitionperformance include (from left): Matthew Murphy(Prince Charming), Hannah Thomas (SnowWhite), Paige Porter (Apple), Beth Moore (EvilQueen), Bryant Poe (Man in the Mirror). Visions isunder the direction of Jenni Winter, director, andKim Porter, assistant director.the Jackson Academy Invitational. Theyreceived second place in the small mixeddivision and fourth runner-up overallin the competition. They most recentlycompeted at the Petal Invitational andreceived second place in the small mixeddivision.The title of the competition show wasBad Apple. The cast of characters forthe show included: Hannah Thomas –Snow White; Matthew Murphy – PrinceCharming; Beth Moore – Evil Queen;Paige Porter – Apple; and Bryant Poe– Man in the Mirror. Songs performedduring Bad Apple were: “Clear BlueMorning” (Soloist – Lauren Simpson);“Beautiful Day” (Soloist – HannahThomas); “Toxic” (Soloist – BethanyMoore); “Living La Vida Loca” (Soloist– Bryant Poe); “Don’t Want to Miss aThing” (Soloist – Matthew Murphy);“Bring Me to Life” (Soloist – MatthewMurphy)2013 GHS Varsity Baseball TeamFront L to R: Jay Redditt, Dillon Hill, Micheal Logan, Kedric Bailey, Kes Spencer, Brandon Williams, Reiv Wood, Josh Greer, Brantly Shaw, Wes Moore,Back L to R: Quardius Tate, Ethan Burke, Taylor King, Shelby Craddock, Will Jordan, Trey Blodsoe, Dalton Thomas, Payne Horan, Hunter Bull,Blake Williams, Justin Kinard

© 2013 Grenada School District • Superintendent - Dr. David DaigneaultElementary Communications Coordinator - Robbie Buchanan - Secondary Communications Coordinator - Gail Daigneault - Reporter - Stephanie RaperCommunicator, March 26, 2013, Page 8Discovery Lab Begins Unitof Study about PowerStudents (l to r) Garian Edwards, Autumn Yawn, Xavior Ellis, and KameronCunningham, examine their completed windmill.The students at GUES have been learningabout power in the Discovery Labduring a recent unit titled, “PoweringUp.” Throughout the unit, the studentsfocused on Newton’s Laws of Motionby investigating the motion of an objectin terms of its position, and directionof motion, and speed. The students alsolooked at alternate energy sources andfocused on wind power.The students began the unit with alaptops lesson, completing interactivemodules that related to energy andpower. The students in the lab have accessto Discovery Lab Director MelodyShaw’s website to complete all laptoplessons. This website has an individualpage that is designed each year for thestudents. They can access lessons learnedin the lab from home to show parents oradvance their learning. The website iswww.melodyshaw.com.Following the laptop lesson the studentslearned that in the United Statesthere are over 70,000 jobs available dueto advancements in wind power andabout the top twenty states that are producingenergy through wind farms.To continue learning about windpower, the students worked in teamsand assembled a windmill. The studentstested blade angles, number of blades,and direction.In another visit, the students learnedabout Newton’s third law of motion bymaking rubber band airplanes and testingthem. The airplanes allowed the studentsto see that when there is a force by oneside, there will be opposite and equalforce by the other side, causing each sideto move in opposite directions.The Discovery Lab has begun collectingaluminum cans to use for the finallesson of the unit. Students, teachers, andcommunity members all helped, collectingover the targeted goal of 650 cans inthree weeks. The cans were transformedinto pop can speedsters. Each studentmade a speedster and explored how elasticpotential energy is stored in a twistedrubber band and converted to kineticenergy. The students enjoyed testing andracing their speedsters. The DiscoveryLab thanks everyone who helped in collectingcans during the unit.GHS Varsity Tennis TeamMAE Awards GSD TeacherMember of the YearEach year the MississippiAssociation of Educators (MAE)selects one of its members to representthe association as Memberof the Year. This year, MAEselected one of Grenada’s teachers,Suzanne Shute Smith as the2013 MAE Member of the Year.Mrs. Smith is a sixth grade math,science, and social studies inclusionteacher at Grenada MiddleSchool and is President of theGrenada Association of Educators.With 23 years experienceas a classroom educator, Suzanneworks tirelessly for educatorson the local, state, and nationallevels. Mr. Lyle Williams, Principalat Grenada Middle School,commented, “Mrs. Smith keeps usinformed as she works hard for ourschool, district, and state.”During the past year, Suzanne hasfacilitated local meetings, recruited newmembers, assisted in coordinating thelocal Read Across America celebration,provided breakfast for all school staff forAmerican Education Week, and coordinatedmeetings with state legislators.She provides treats for members of theGrenada Association of Educators severaltimes throughout the school year to letthem know that they are appreciated.She also communicates with membersfrequently concerning state and nationallegislative updates, attends all the MAEsponsored meetings and trainings, ison the MAE Member Benefits Committee,and is a MAE Trainer. She hasconducted trainings throughout the stateon Classroom Management, Closing theAchievement Gaps, and Legislative Issues.Previously, she served on a committeethat interviewed political candidatesMAE President Kevin Gilbert presented the2013 Member of the Year Award to GMSteacher Suzanne Smith.to determine if the candidate would beendorsed by the Mississippi Associationof Educators and the National Associationof Educators. Suzanne attended theSoutheastern Regional Women’s LeadershipTraining Program and SoutheasternRegional Leadership Conference inWashington, DC.Last summer, Suzanne attended theJoint Conference on Concerns of Minoritiesand Women and the NationalEducation Association’s RepresentativeAssembly in Washington, DC. She sangin the NEA Fourth of July choir and representedMississippi in PAC Idol.As President Kevin Gilbert presentedthe 2013 Member of the Year award, hesaid, “I cannot think of a member moredeserving than Suzanne Shute Smith.”It is clear that Suzanne Smith is an assetnot only to the Mississippi Associationof Educators, but also to the GrenadaSchool District.GCTC Plant SaleApril 13 • 8 am - 11 amVo-Tech Green HousesGHS Jr. Varsity Tennis Team(Front l to r) Sarah Kate Griffin, Etta Jennings, Abby Vance, Boo Brasher,Calie Bowen, Rachel Braswell, (back l to r) Mitchell Sones, Jamie Fortier,Tanner Aldridge, Marty Gilliland, Taylor Hames, and Chase Alldread(Front l to r) Melissa Sones, Sloane Reid, Sidney Cox, (back l to r) JanGuilambo, Trent Walls, Peyton Porter, Mark Durham, Josh Savage, andParas Sukho