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Grassland FFA Leadership 9 Classes Select Officers

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Each of the three FFA Leadership 9 lasses recently selected the officer team to lead their respective class for the semester.

Block 1: Chairpersons: Kaila Stoltzfus and Carson Lehman, Secretaries: Laura Snader and Sydney Nichols Treasurers: Austin Mueller and Jacob Graybill

 

Block 2- Chairs: Grant Sauder and  Andrea Weaver

Secretaries: Peyton Brunson and Heather Zeiset

Treasurers: Daniel Styer and Lauren Raupp

 

Block 3: Chairperosns: Samanatha Shirk and Christina Flood

Secretaries: William Horning and Lucy Danilyuk

Treasurers: Travis Rissler and Adam Weber

The officer teams have done a great job of leading their classes and have enjoyed a New Member Kickoff, a Career Development Workshop at Penn State and Livestock Judging and Safe Tractor Operations competitions at the Manheim Fair. A day long leadership retreat is being planned for early November at Refreshing Mountain Camp.

Student Embodies the Spartan Way

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The other day I heard a story of a young man who had went beyond what would have been expected of him when he noticed a classmate distraught about not having any lunch money. Without any questioning as to whether or not he would be paid back, this young man willingly stepped in and gave of himself to a person that was in need.

At Garden Spot High School we are working effortlessly to promote The Spartan Way (doing your best, doing what’s right, and doing for others), and this young man lived The Spartan Way in that moment. He did not seek recognition, did not demand repayment, but simply saw a moment where he had the opportunity to make the world around him better and did his part to make it happen.

For every one of these moments we are able to recognize, there are countless more occurring every day. The heart of our students and staff is amazing, and the relationships we are forming by conducting ourselves in a manner that reflects our core ideals through our actions and communication are creating an environment where everyone is able to feel welcome and valued. It is indeed a great day to be a Spartan. Thank you Tye Morgan for your generosity and genuine strength of character.

Wrestling Team Volunteers Service

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The Garden Spot wrestling team and coaches did something different for their summer workout last week.   Garden Spot athletic director Todd Reitnouer had surgery at the end of the school year that limited his ability to take care of the myriad of yard work that comes during the summer months.  Head coach Brian Schilling thought this would be a good opportunity to do a little community service and teach his team about helping others so the team showed up ready to tackle anything that needed to be done.  Weeds were pulled, bushes trimmed, and landscaping was done to the delight of Mr. and Mrs. Reitnouer.

Students Study Aerospace Travel with Rockets

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Garden Spot High School received the Air Force Association 2013 Educator Grant for the Meteorology and Astronomy Class to use to study aerospace travel.  The grant was in the amount of $227.00 and was used to purchase model rockets and supplies so the students could learn more about aerospace technology.  The students have been studying meteorology and the importance in our daily lives as well as for aerospace missions.  They will be studying the physics and forces that act on a rocket launch and why design is important for the flight to succeed.  The rocket launch allows the students to apply the physics, meteorology, and aerospace lessons they worked through the entire semester.

Health Council – Duathlon

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The Coordinated School Health Council put on its first ever duathlon on May 22.  The event was a great success.  There were three lengths of races; a beginner, intermediate and challenge course.  The Health Council students worked extremely hard leading the different packs through the course.  We would like to thank all who participated in our inaugural event.  We even had a four year old from Ephrata complete the beginner course.

Boys’ Track Earn Section 2 Championship

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After 12 years the Garden Spot boys’ track team recaptured the section 2 championship by finishing the season undefeated with a record of 7-0. This is the 13th boys section championship under Coach Russ White and the 23rd overall track & field section title (since he started coaching both boys and girls). The 2013 girls team finished with a record of 6-1 losing only to eventual section champion Ephrata.

The boys team went into the second to last meet of the year against Manheim Central with both teams being undefeated at that time. What was on paper expected to be a very close meet, turned out to be a sound 81-69 defeat of the Barons putting GS in sole possession of first place. This years team featured many different athletes achieving success in many different events. It was a total team effort in every meet and different runners, jumpers and throwers came through when they were needed in each meet.

Both the boys and girls teams won the Manheim Township Relays this year. In addition Austin Haas won the long jump with a leap of 21’ 9 ¾”, Danita Sauder won the girls discus with a heave of 113’ 4”, and Maddy George won the girls javelin with a throw of 125’ 5” in the Lancaster/Lebanon League Championship Meet. Garden Spot had the most athletes qualify for both the District 3 Championship and the PIAA State Championship in many years. Twelve students qualified for the PIAA District 3, meet and seven of those advanced to the PIAA State Championship where Hannah Williams advanced to the finals of the 300 meter hurdles.

Athletic Marketing Banners for 2013-2014

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Businesses or individuals can purchase a marketing banner for next year to support Garden Spot Athletics.  Information for this program is on the Elanco website under Athletics.  The profits for each banner are split between a booster club of the donors choice and the district athletic program.  Banners can be purchased for the stadium, gymnasium or both.  This is a great way to promote your business to thousands of local individuals and at the same time help all out student athletes.  For more information contact Todd Reitniouer, athletic director at todd_reitnouer@elanco.org.