Here are a few updated pictures from our building project here in Graettinger! You can really start to see the outline of the building taking shape!!
Did you know... that we don't only have leaders in the school, but leaders in the state? Check out G-T/R-A FFA Alum and retiring Northwest State Vice President Cole Reiman as he inspires students at the general assembly in Ames with his retiring address on finding happiness.
http://tinyurl.com/Coleretiringaddress
Unified Science is wrapping up their Hydrosphere Unit by engineering their own water filters. Polluted water was made and supplied for the class to run through their filters using common items. The filtered samples will be tested and the winners will be announced soon!!
Check out Tori Hampson' s performance from yesterdays State FFA Convention! Tori performed in front of 5000 plus attendees. Also, check out the entire general session which was led by Iowa FFA NW President and former G-T/R-A student Cole Reiman
http://tinyurl.com/ToriFFA
Chemistry students are performing gravimetric analysis involving the combustion of magnesium metal in air to synthesize magnesium oxide.
GTRA FFA members are ready for their first day at State FFA convention. Good luck to Nole as he is looking to ballot for NW State Vice President and good luck to Tori as she competes in the talent show!
Thank you to Kaitlin from PAC for coming to speak to our students today!
Students were notified of the selection to participate in the No Boundaries program for next fall!
The water aerobics instructor is working the GTRA Track teams hard in the “kick” event.
The lady and guy GTRA Track team gets a pool workout at the Regional Wellness Center in Estherville. The Center made arrangements so we could have the pool just to ourselves. Great replacement for a meet!
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Due to inclement weather conditions, GT schools will be 2 hours late today April 11.
Bobby Jones stopped by to encourage the 6th graders to make good choices and put a strong focus on their education as they learned how to plot points on a coordinate plane in Math.
This post is for the KIDS! Main Street Community Theater in Emmetsburg will be holding auditions for The Lion King Kids on Monday and Tuesday, April 15th & 16th from 5:00-6:30pm.
The 5th-12th grade students from G-T/R-A had the honor of listening to an extremely powerful message from Bobby Jones yesterday. Bobby shared his personal journey of turning pain into purpose and shared five rules for students to follow to stay on a positive path! #painintopurpose
Math students are applying their knowledge of the relationship between volume, area, and height for prisms to make predictions for more complex shapes. They are verifying their predictions by graphing the data they are collecting.
The GTRA music department was represented very well at the State Small Group Festival. The band brought 7 events, and of those 7 events, SIX earned a Division I, "Superior" rating; and one earned a Division II, "Excellent" rating! Such a terrific display of musicianship, hard work, and artistry provided by our Titan Band!!
Why was the angle freezing?
It was less than 32 degreees.
MS students utilizing #mathcorner to progress their skills and knowledge with angles while enjoying some dry humor from spectators.
Preschoolers use interactive display to review their letters.
High school Biology students extracted the DNA from a strawberry today!
