On Tuesday the middle school Show choir performed and on Wednesday it was the High School Jazz Choirs turn to perform. Here are some pictures from their performance at the ILCC Jazz/Show Choir Festival. Way to represent G-T/R-A!!
Some of our G-T Middle School Students participated in the Iowa Lake Community College Jazz/Show Choir Festival yesterday. This is an educational festival in which area show and jazz choirs perform and receive feedback from experienced clinicians in preparation for the show/jazz choir season. Here are a few pictures from their performance!
The GTRA FFA chapter enjoyed attending the NW District fun night at the Spencer YMCA last Monday. The event was hosted by the NW district FFA officer team, lead by 2017 GTRA graduate and current Iowa FFA NW State Vice President, Cole Reiman. While at the event, students participated in a dress up contest, dodge ball, and completed escape room challenge. GTRA FFA members are pictured working through their escape room, dressed in 90’s workout gear, and with their championship dodgeball belt!
There will be no school at G-T/R-A tomorrow, Friday, January 18 due to the impending snow.
Check out our HS Jazz Choir breaking in some new microphones!! Thank you, Graettinger-Terril School Board for supporting our fine arts departments!!
Student in Biology are working on food webs for their ecology unit. Here are Mercedes DePyper and Braden Brown showing off their display.
Due to a sewer issue in Terril, the Elementary will be letting out at 11:00 with buses transporting. The HS and MS will continue with a regular day.
Auditions for the GT high school play, "Antisocial" will be held Monday, Jan. 21 and Thursday, Jan. 24 at 6:30 in the Graettinger vocal music room. You can email Mr. Benedict for a script. If you are an RA student and think you will need a shuttle ride, please let me know ASAP.
Great scrum today with our #NoBo team! Big things are happening and we can’t wait to get students registered for Fall 2019 of #NoBoundaries @rcunningham78 @W_Dible @carrydawnmiller @efrerichs @MarcBenedict15
With the impending weather tomorrow, we wanted to remind you how you can get updates on delays and cancellations happening at Graettinger-Terril. To receive School Alerts and Weather Announcements please register your email or phone number at:
http://bit.ly/gtra-alerts
After practicing piece cutting with templates, a rotary cutter and mat, students are now utilizing available technology to cut fabric strips for us in our Sewing and Textiles class!
Students in our Anatomy and Physiology class looked at various leg bones last Friday. Students were able to see the red and yellow marrow, ligaments, tendons, vessels, sockets, and other structures associated with bones that they have been learning about in class.
We are working on getting the word out about our new app. This is a FREE way for you to get information about what is happening at school! All you have to do is download the app from your smart phone app store!
The students in Textiles class performed a staining experiment on unknown types of fabrics. They hoped to determine the type of fiber used to create the fabric. Chemistry in the real world of Family and Consumer Science! #titannation #IowaSTEM
An unique and exciting learning opportunity will be available to GT/RA juniors and seniors starting next fall through the No Boundaries Project. This will be modeled after the Iowa BIG School. Check out their video to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omSdCrbzweA
The G-T/R-A wrestling team brought home new hardware for the trophy case last night! Way to go Titans!
Representatives from GT/RA, Okoboji and Spencer met for the first planning meeting to prepare for the launch of the No Boundaries Project in the fall of 2019. We are very excited to be able to offer a new learning opportunity to students!
You may start seeing articles and news stories related to the new Iowa School Performance Profile.
GREAT NEWS! G-T Schools MET all state benchmarks at all grade levels!!!
This is great proof of that Graettinger-Terril School Teachers, Staff and Administration are working hard to provide a quality education for the students of Graettinger-Terril!
Way to go, Graettinger-Terril Staff and students!
Stay tuned to our news section for ways that you can access information directly through the Iowa Department of Education website.
https://www.exploreokoboji.com/news/news-stories/department-more-than-340-iowa-schools-are-struggling/
Thank you, Matt Buss and Emmetsburg Shopko for donating 12 cases of water to use over the next 1-2 days of school. Due to the water leak, we must wait for the City of Graettinger (Who are also amazing) to test the water safety.
Thank you both for your support of G-T Schools!
There has been another waterline break at the MS/HS in Graettinger - There will be NO SCHOOL at the MS/HS today (12/19) Elementary will still have a normal day with normal dismissal time. Students please check your emails for updates throughout the day.