GHS Student-Athletes Recognized for Academics

GHS student-athletes were honored for outstanding grade point averages at a breakfast in the GHS cafeteria Wednesday morning. The criteria was that they must have participated in an athletic activity this year and currently have an accumulative GPA of over 3.0.

One-hundred and twenty-three student-athletes were recognized and given certificates. This included 16 seniors who also received a senior gift.

Way to go Bulldogs!

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GC-4 Celebrates Its Shining Stars

Monday night GC-4 celebrated its shining stars in our district. 

Each year our district recognizes the significant contributions of teachers, support staff and volunteers.  Each building voted for a person in each category that exemplified commitment, loyalty, and pride in educating our district’s children.

These nominees then went through an interview process conducted by an independent panel of community judges, where one person in each category has been selected to be honored as the district’s Teacher, Support and Volunteer of the year. 

The following honorees were announced during our district’s Employee Recognition Banquet:  

Alice Wolf -Conn West, Volunteer of the Year

Joe Goodding-GMS, Support of the Year
Jay Jarrett-CAIR Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to all of our honorees. Thank you for all that you do!

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Conn-West Gives Back

 Conn-West National Elementary Honor Society Members and sponsors John Sonderman and Jill Carter spent a day volunteering at Harvesters - The Community Food Network. Students had an opportunity to "give back" to the community by sorting and bagging fruit to distribute to families in need. It was hard work but they found the experience very rewarding. One student shared "I like knowing that I am helping someone". 

 

GC-4 School Board Gains New Leadership

We would like to announce Grandview C-4’s new Board of Education officers. They were elected during Thursday night’s board meeting. Our newly elected leaders are:

Wayne Terpstra, BOE President
Leonard Greene, BOE Vice President
Paul Alexander, BOE Treasurer

During Thursday night’s board meeting, BOE members Greg Griffie, Alexander, and Greene were also sworn into their new terms, beginning this month.  Congratulations to all of you!

 

Grandview Police Department Teams Up with Grandview High School Engineering Students to Create Low-Cost Surveillance Robot for S.W.A.T Use

The average intelligence police robot costs approximately $20,000 - $30,000. That high cost usually prices a robot out of the reach of most agencies, including Grandview P.D. However, with some out-of-the-box thinking, the Grandview S.W.A.T. team and the Grandview High School Robotics Team were able to come together and create a low-cost intelligence robot that meets the needs of the police department, and utilizes the skill and expertise of members of
one of the highest-ranking robotics clubs in the area.
Three seniors at GHS designed a robot to carry the department’s S.W.A.T. surveillance camera around inside a building after being thrown in through a window or other opening.  The students came up with an intelligence robot that carries a police camera to make it mobile via remote control.  The intelligence robot is compact, lightweight and can absorb the shock of being thrown into different places.
GPD and GHS hope the intelligence robot will allow police personnel to gather information while limiting their exposure to dangerous situations.
The students involved are a part of the Project Lead the Way senior Engineering Design and Development class, which requires students to identify problems and come up with a manufactured product to solve the problem. The students are hoping their robot will allow the police department to better utilize their camera to keep officers and civilians safe.
You can check out and support these students and their project at the Kickstarter link provided.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1551017582/police-robot?ref=nav_search

The CAIR Poetry Team On the Radio

CAIR’S Poetry team will have some of their poetry aired on 90.1 FM Wednesday April 15, 7:30a-8am. TUNE IN!!

FOCUS Students Excel on the ACT as Seventh Graders

This year ten gifted GC-4 middle school students qualified to take the actual ACT given to college-bound seniors by scoring a 95% or better on one part of the MAP test last Spring. Their scores have arrived and a record five students will receive state recognition medals for scoring higher than half of last year’s national graduating class on at least one discipline.  These students are Jadyn Brooks, Ryan Cheluget, Imani Dyke, Jason Keleher and Anna Mott.

All of the GC-4 students who took the test scored an exceptional 16 or better on the composite score. Completing the list of young scholars are Kamia Echevarria, Tehya Frederick, Janet Garcia, Emily Long and Joy Rose.
This opportunity is offered as part of the Talent Identification Program sponsored by Duke University.  The Focus Department would like to thank Sheryl Malloy and the Board of Education for their financial support of this program. We are very proud of the way our students represented the GrandviewC4 School District!