Members of the Senior Beta Club represented GHS at the Regional Leadership Summit in Hot Springs and qualified for the National Convention in three events! They collaborated, competed, and built friendships with outstanding students from all over Arkansas and other states. They even got some time to go experience the history and science of the hot springs themselves!
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We're grateful for our teachers! Teams worked hard today planning instruction and analyzing standards. We appreciate the hard work they put in to make students successful!
Every area of the school that you can think of received an emergency bleeding control kit this week. Classrooms, offices, outer buildings, buses! The kits contain the supplies that are needed to treat an emergency bleeding event: gloves, survival blanket, tourniquet, wound packing gauze and compress, emergency trauma dressing, entry/exit wound chest seal, and medical scissors. We work hard to make sure our students are healthy and safe at school! Be Great!
Free Dental Treatment for Veterans
Operation Stand Down will be held November 3 in Arkadelphia. Veterans must present a DD214 for verification purposes. For more information or to sign up, contact Gina Chandler at 501-682-6487 or gina.chandler@arkansas.gov.
Collaboration! Mr. Massing's EAST students helped Mrs. Newton's Dynamics class learn to sew so that they could make comfort items for cancer patients at UAMS. Service projects!
Did you know that all Gurdon students in K-6th grades receive a fresh fruit or vegetable snack in the afternoon 3 days per week? This snack is funded through the USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. Today Destiny Norton and J'Carion Brewer helped show off the fresh grapes at CES!
Dr. Pennington will be at school on Thursday for medical appointments. Call the Wellness Center at 353-5123 Ext. 122 or Arkadelphia Clinic for Children at 870-246-8036 to get an appointment!
It's always a good day when you can have class outside! Physical Science students are investigating the atoms that make up the world around us. They learned that atoms have electrons around the outside and a tiny nucleus in the middle. If a single atom were the size of a stadium, the nucleus would just be the size of a pom-pom in the middle of the field. (Can you see it?) The rest of the atom? Empty space! Think about that the next time you sit down. That chair is made of mostly empty space!
October is Dental Hygiene Month. Taking care of your oral health improves student school performance, sleep and nutrition! Brush for 2 minutes, twice daily to keep your smile healthy. Kids should receive dental exams every 6 months. We make it easy - call the Wellness Center today at 870-353-5123 Ext. 122 to sign up for dental appointments at school with Dr. Byrd. #MySmileMatters
SCHEDULE CHANGE:
Parker's Chapel does not have a 7th grade team this year so we will play one game this Thursday night.
Junior High vs Parker's Chapel at Cabe Field at 6pm.
Everyday we have unseen heros helping EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE! Today we celebrate our custodians who keep our campuses clean and beautiful! We are blessed at Cabe Elementary to have custodians who love our staff and our students! Thanks for all you do!
October's Lunch Menu
October is Youth Substance Use Prevention Month! #DYK People who start using alcohol or other drugs when they’re young are more likely to develop a substance use disorder later in life? Early prevention is critical. Visit: www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/prevention-month #YouthSubstanceUsePreventionMonth #SubstanceMisusePreventionMonth
Cabe Elementary 3rd graders had a fun visit today from Otto the Otter. He taught them how to keep Arkansas clean and beautiful. The students also designed posters for Trash Wars. Pictured below is the top five winners.
https://youtu.be/xyN3ZUlhFl4?si=eg_m1VuVi3n_gNJc
Reminder, Wednesday October 4 is an early release day for the district. GHS will release car riders at 2:05, bus riders will follow when buses arrive from CES.
The Gurdon School Savings Program at Cabe Elementary starts soon! First day for Banking is Thursday, September 28th at both elementary campuses. Give your student a head start on their financial future by getting them enrolled today.
Sign up at the Gurdon branch or call us at 870.353.2527.
Learn more at banksouthern.com/school-savings-gurdon/
Early Release is Wednesday, October 4th
Come join our team! #begreat
Reminder: Gurdon Public Schools flu shot clinic will be held October 17th. Forms are being sent home this week and are due back by October 10th. Extra forms are available from the school offices. In order to be eligible to receive a flu shot, you must have turned in your beginning of the year student paperwork, including the emergency form.