Congratulations to the GCT Eagle Middle School Archery Team who placed 1 st Place in the state Tournament. See page 4 for photos Volume 395, March 10, 2017 Congratulations to all of the OM Teams who competed in regionals photos in next week s edition of the Weekly Beak. GCT Weekly BEAK Dr. Mike Hall at GCT High School is practicing, Station Rotations from the Blended Model of Learning More Photos of Dr. Seuss Parent Night hosted at GCT Primary School will be in next Week s Weekly Beak Edition! GCT Primary School Hosted Parent Night with a theme of Dr. Seuss and it was a great success. Thank you to GCT Primary Parent Coordinator, Rebecca Murry for coordinating the event and for all of the GCT Primary Faculty and Staff who worked hard to ensure it was a success.
GCT Primary School would like to thank the GCT JR. High School Pay it Forward Club and sponsor Dana Wilson for donating along with Barnes and Noble Dr. Seuss books for the parent night held on March 2, 2017. GCT Primary students appreciate the support of the other students with the participation in a collaborative project. Doug Compton came and read Green Eggs and Ham to GCT Kindergarten on Tuesday. He encouraged students to pick up books and read; overcome their fear of reading or dyslexia. Thank you to Rebecca Murry for the photos. Thank you to GCT Jr. High student, Alicia Bustamante, who donated 11 Dr. Seuss books to GCT Primary School as she is pictured below. Dr. Seuss Character Day at GCT Elementary School. Thank you to Marti Johnson for the photos.
Congratulations to the GCT Middle School Archery Team, they placed 1 st place in the state on Saturday, March 4 th, 2017 in Hot Springs. GCT Is Proud of you as you get ready to attend National Competition. GCT Middle School did very well at the State Archery Tournament. Lauren Clark placed as the 2 nd top female overall. Reece Middleton received 3 rd place overall and Aaryon Vaughn received the 8 th overall female in her division. Way to go GCT Eagles! Congratulations to the GCT High School Archery Team who brought home the 3rd place trophy from the 2017 ANASP Archery State tournament with a high score for the year of 3,268. GCT is very proud of these students and coaches. Great JOB! Thank you to Kerry Combs for the photo.
GCT Intermediate staff hosted a wedding shower for Brittany Drope who will be getting married to Justin Burlison on March 18, 2017. Brittany received lots of goodies at the shower hosted by GCT Intermediate Staff on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. GCT High School East Students represented the GCT School District at the Paragould Regional Chamber of Commerce Showcase on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. The students did a fantastic job of designing the table top and providing information to the public on the GCT School District. East Facilitator, Mike Finch, worked to help prepare the students for the event and is very proud of their hard work. Thank you to EAST students, Noah Beaverson, Allie Henry, and Jesus Ochoa for their work on the GCT Chamber Project.
GCT Jr. High Choir held an exhibition on Thursday, February 23, 2017. It was a great performance and the students performed great. The Jr. High Choir is under the direction of Mr. Jeremy Hall. The GCT Elementary Archery Team celebrated being the Regional Champs by throwing a pie in the face of a volunteer helper, Derek Exum. Congratulations to the GCT Elementary Archery Team.
Read Across America Week was February 27 to March 3 rd, 2017. GCT Elementary celebrated Dr. Seuss all week. Pictured below was Hat Day (The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins). Thank you to Marti Johnson for the photos.
GCT Elementary celebrated, Oh the Places You Will Go Day as students wear their favorite college t shirt. Thank you to Marti Johnson for the photos. GCT Elementary celebrated Wacky/Tacky Wednesday for Read Across America Week. Thank you to Marti Johnson for the photos.
Best wishes for a great 2017 Spring Season to the GCT Lady Eagles Softball Team. Thank you to all of the patrons who came out and supported the team at Meet the Eagles on Saturday, February 25, 2017. The GCT Eagle Baseball Team would like to thank all of the patrons who helped support the Eagles Baseball Team at the Meet the Eagles event on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Thank you to the 2007 State Baseball Champs who were in attendance for the night as guests. The silent auction went well as the food catered by John 3:!6 was delicious. There were over 500 in attendance, and GCT appreciates the support of the program.
Members of 2007 State Baseball Team.
Congratulations to the 2017 GCT Intermediate School Science Fair Winners who include: 5 th Grade Winners: 1 st Madison Williams 2 nd Eamon Buchman 3 rd Gabe Dortch 4 th Grade Winners: 1 st Maggie Cole 2 nd Conner Gerrish 3 rd Zoey Andrews GCT Intermediate would like to thank all of the judges and supporters who helped with the Science Fair. Thank you to Charity Andrews for the photos, information and for coordinating this project.
The GCT JROTC Color Guard presented the Colors at a Quilts for Vets event on Sunday, February 25, 2017. The ROTC Instructors stated, We are so proud of our students giving their time on the weekend so they make sure our vets are properly honored. Thank you to Colonel Antoline for the photos and information.
GCT Middle School student Kate Young recently completed a service project that was inspired by an article she read over her Christmas break. Kate read about a girl who still remembers being taken from her home and having only the jeans and red shirt on her back. This bothered Kate and made her want to do something to help foster children. She decided she wanted to make bags of comfort items for case workers to take with them when they go take children from their homes. With the help of school social worker, Robin Williams, and her church family at First United Methodist Church of Paragould, Kate was able to donate more than she ever imagined. She filled backpacks with Bibles, blankets, stuffed animals, coloring books and crayons, toothbrushes and toothpaste, hairbrushes, and an inspirational note. She also donated pajamas, socks, and other personal items that the case workers can give to the children. Kate and April Faughn, Children and Family supervisor at Greene County DHS, are pictured with some of the items Kate donated. Thank you to Robin Williams for the Photo and information. GCT Elementary celebrated Read Across America week by inviting community members to read Dr. Seuss books to students. GCT Elementary is very appreciative to Dr. Puckett, Mary Stormes, Sonya Nelson, and Doug Compton. Thank you to Marti Johnson for the photos and information.
Congratulations to GCT Students, who placed first in the 79 th Annual Communications Day at Arkansas State University on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Greene County Tech High School won the top overall sweepstakes award at the 79 th annual A-State Communications Day held Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Arkansas State University. Students competed in a variety of contests including broadcast and print journalism, public relations, advertising, social media, narrative filmmaking, photojournalism, sports, debate, extemporaneous peaking, and many more. GCT had the most accumulating points so was named the overall winner of the events. GCT is very proud of TECH TV Instructor, Pam Andrews and Journalism teacher, John Baldwin for taking the students to the competition and for all of their hard work in preparing students to participate in the competition. GCT took 21 students and competed in 21 of the 27 events offered that day. There were a total of 102 students from several schools competing. GCT had 13-1 st Place Winners, 7-2 nd Place Winners, 8-3 rd Place Winners and 11-Honorable Mentions. GCT took home the Sweepstakes Trophy for the most wins of the day. Jr. High ASU Communications Day SweepStakes Winners. Thank you to Mr. Baldwin for the photo.
ASU Communications Day Winners from GCT include: Rhetorical Analysis: Oliva Combs, 1 st Place TV News Report: Raley Malone and Tim Rowland, 1 st Place Broadcast Newswriting: Jackson McCarty, 1 st Place Feature Writing: Jared Shobe, Honorable Mention Jazmine Kellim, Honorable Mention On line Newspaper: Ashlee Davis, 2 nd Place Oliva Combs, 1 st Place Newspaper Copy Reading: Emily Gray, Honorable Mention Oliva Combs, 2 nd Place Impromptu Debate: Jenna Boling, 3 rd Place Sports Writing: Kaden Brown, Honorable Mention Garret Detlefsen, Honorable Mention Jackson McCarty, 1 st Place Sports News Reports: Colton, Dowdy, Hunter West, and Kaden Brown, 1 st Place Sports Programing: GCT 1 st Documentary Short: Jonathan Meredith, 1 st Music Video: Grant Register and Colton Dowdy, 3 rd Headline Writing: Oliva Combs, Honorable Mention Regan Brown, 3 rd Place Jenna Boling, 1 st Place Editorial Cartooning: Emily Gray, Honorable Mention Grant Register, 3 rd Place Jenna Boling, 1 st Place Radio Announcing: Harrison Parker, 3 rd Place Raley Malone, 2 nd Place TV Anchoring: Harrison Parker, Honorable Mention Grant Register, Honorable Mention Akious Howard, 3 rd Place Raley Malone, 2 nd Place Photography: Raley Malone, Honorable Mention Johnathan Meredith, Honorable Mention Gerald Connors III, 3 rd Place Talon Kieffner, 1 st Place Video Promotion: Harrison Cleveland, Kaden Brown and Talon Kieffner, 3 rd Place Colton Dowdy, Hunter West, and Jonathan Meredith, 2 nd Place Original Oratory: Jenna Boling, 1 st PSA: Raley Malone, 2 nd Place Extemporaneous Speaking: Oliva Combs, Honorable Mention For more information go to https://neareport.com/2017/03/05/highschool-students-win-awards-at-79th-annual-a-state-communicationday/. Congratulations to the TECH TV students who competed and placed at Communications Day at ASU on Saturday. GCT brought home the Sweepstakes Award for the most awards won that day. Jonathan Merideth-1st Place in Documentary Short: Colton Dowdy, Hunter West and Kaden Brown-1st Place in Sports News Reporting; Tim Rowland and Raley Malone-1st Place in TV News Reporting, Talon Kieffner-1st Place in Photography. TECH TV-1st Place in Sports Programming Jackson McCarty-1st Place in Sports Writing and in Broadcast News Writing. Mr. Baldwin is very proud of his 9 th grade Journalism students! They were the youngest group at the contest! Here are a list of students with their awards: Olivia Combs: First place: Rhetorical Analysis First place: News Writing Second Place: Newspaper Copy Reading Honorable Mention: Extemporaneous Speaking Honorable Mention: Headline Writing Jenna Boling: First Place: Original Oratory First Place: Editorial Cartooning First Place: Headline Writing Third Place: Editorial Writing Ashlee Davis: Second Place: News Writing Emily Gray: Honorable Mention: Editorial Cartooning Honorable Mention: Newspaper Copy Reading Garret Detlefsen: Honorable Mention: Sports Writing Regan Brown: Third Place: Headline Writing
Congratulations to the GCT Primary s Ridge Kids Dental Coloring Contest Winners who include: Grand Prize: Timothy Whitworth 1 st grade winners: 1 st place: Lilly McNeil 2 nd place: Kyler Willis 3 rd place: Dillon Gerrish Thank you to Amber Farmer for the photos and information. Greene County Tech School District EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT TRiCIA Brightwell has worked for the Greene County Tech School District for the past four years. She serves as a Pre-AP and AP Science teacher at GCT Jr. High School. Tricia is a GCT High School graduate and received a BSE in Biology from Williams Baptist College and a MSE in Gifted and Talented Education from Arkansas State University. She is married to Brian Brightwell, who serves as the GCT Assistant Technology Director. They are the proud parents to daughters, Mila and Lily Mae. Tricia stated that she loves working at GCT because of The amazing staff, and the values that we strive to instill in the children. She also said, I adore all of the people at Tech from the people I work with to those who take care of Mila. Tricia stated that most of her spare time is focused on her daughters. However, she does like to read, travel, and she is going to attempt to garden this summer. Her students also enjoy the yodel she can perform from the movie, The Sound of Music. Tricia and Brian are members of St. John s Lutheran Church and she is a member of the Paragould Junior Auxiliary. Congratulations to GCT High School Student, Lacie Cobb, who finished 3rd in 4d barrel racing at the Pro Barrel Race Jam for St Jude s. She was one of approximately 400 contestants at the event. GCT Intermediate office staff surprised Assistant Principal, Ryan Carpenter, with a delicious strawberry cake for his Birthday. Thank you to Selena Poynor for the photo. Congratulations to the Senior High Choirs for earning all Superior ratings at the Regional Choral Performance Assessment Friday. All three choirs qualified to compete at State Festival on April 4th and all qualified to compete for sweepstakes trophies at State. Also, congratulations to Bailey Morgan, Adrien Reynolds, and Kyle Vincent for earning Superior ratings at the Solo Festival. WEEKLY BIRTHDAYS MOTIVATION John Baldwin 3-11 Jamie Edrington 3-11 Brenda Lenderman 3-13 Ben Gander 3-14 Marilyn Jerome 3-14 Leslie Wells 3-14 Tammy Cole 3-16 Karla Gladish 3-16 Pam Andrews 3-17