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Gregory to host elementary piano and vocal contest from 8:00 a.m. to noon this Saturday!
Join us for the High School presentation of Sense and Sensibility!
Tickets are available in the High School office; $6 for adults & $4 for students.
Tickets are available in the High School office; $6 for adults & $4 for students.
Gorilla Gathering message for the week:
"Life is not a zero sum game. There is enough for everyone to live a happy, successful life. We rise by lifting others."-- Anonymous
Sometimes we fall into a mindset that requires others to fail in order for us to succeed. Maybe it's a coworker, or a teammate. Maybe it's a competing business, or someone else's relationship or friendships. We feel like for us to be happy or successful, we need certain other people to fail or lose. This is a fallacy.
We had multiple examples of how this is not the case over the last week. We had our FFA team do very well at their competition. We are sending several to the state competition. This includes members from both Burke and Gregory school districts. And if you ask them, I'm willing to bet they all consider each other teammates, despite being from other towns. We also had our 3-6th grade co-ed basketball tournament last night. There were many examples of how a TEAM should behave. I saw kids encouraging one another. I saw some great leaders, even when their team was losing! They never tore anyone down. Just encouragement. I saw one team cheer for the other team when a child who hadn't scored many points all year got a basket. It was great! They understood that, even though they were competing, it was better for EVERYONE if they all felt success and got better.
We sometimes view the world as one big competition. We need to beat the other person. And every once in a while it's true. You might meet a friend in a tournament and have to directly compete against them. But for the most part, when one of us does well, it's good for everyone. You got good grades? Your business is doing really well? You're a really good athlete? You received recognition for something you accomplished? The next town over has a really good team and will be tough to beat? Awesome! It's good for all of us! We are all so closely intertwined that when one of us does well, it's a good thing for all of us!
Let's take our opportunities, this week and always, to celebrate others' wins. And to encourage others when they are struggling. Life is too short to do any less! We rise by lifting others!
Challenge for the week: Encourage others and celebrate their victories as our own!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a great week!
"Life is not a zero sum game. There is enough for everyone to live a happy, successful life. We rise by lifting others."-- Anonymous
Sometimes we fall into a mindset that requires others to fail in order for us to succeed. Maybe it's a coworker, or a teammate. Maybe it's a competing business, or someone else's relationship or friendships. We feel like for us to be happy or successful, we need certain other people to fail or lose. This is a fallacy.
We had multiple examples of how this is not the case over the last week. We had our FFA team do very well at their competition. We are sending several to the state competition. This includes members from both Burke and Gregory school districts. And if you ask them, I'm willing to bet they all consider each other teammates, despite being from other towns. We also had our 3-6th grade co-ed basketball tournament last night. There were many examples of how a TEAM should behave. I saw kids encouraging one another. I saw some great leaders, even when their team was losing! They never tore anyone down. Just encouragement. I saw one team cheer for the other team when a child who hadn't scored many points all year got a basket. It was great! They understood that, even though they were competing, it was better for EVERYONE if they all felt success and got better.
We sometimes view the world as one big competition. We need to beat the other person. And every once in a while it's true. You might meet a friend in a tournament and have to directly compete against them. But for the most part, when one of us does well, it's good for everyone. You got good grades? Your business is doing really well? You're a really good athlete? You received recognition for something you accomplished? The next town over has a really good team and will be tough to beat? Awesome! It's good for all of us! We are all so closely intertwined that when one of us does well, it's a good thing for all of us!
Let's take our opportunities, this week and always, to celebrate others' wins. And to encourage others when they are struggling. Life is too short to do any less! We rise by lifting others!
Challenge for the week: Encourage others and celebrate their victories as our own!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a great week!
Middle School track practice is canceled for today: Thursday, April 2nd.
We have a few dinner & a show tickets left in the high school office, if you are still needing yours please stop by!
We do have a full house so unfortunately we will not have seats available for walk in accomidations.
Gorilla Gathering message for the week:
We strive for a culture of excellence in Gregory. In academics, sports, music, theater, effort, and the way we treat others. I'm not saying we succeed all the time. No one does. But we try to have high standards for ourselves and our students.
We don't set these standards flippantly. Some are based on tradition. Others are set by our community. Other individual standards are set by getting to know our students.
It doesn't make sense to have a standard so high that no one could ever achieve it. It also wouldn't make sense to have a standard so low that you meet the expectations just by showing up.
Hunter Freeland said, "If you weaken the standard to accommodate incompetence, you weaken the culture."
Imagine if we, as a community, all just started expecting less from ourselves and our students. It would greatly weaken the culture of our whole town! The same goes for a sports team, a workplace, or any organization. We need to maintain high standards even if they are hard to achieve. Maybe ESPECIALLY because they are hard to achieve!
I expect more of us as a community because I have seen what we are capable of as a community! I have very high standards for our students, our citizens, our leaders, and myself.
This week, take a moment to self-reflect and find out where you may have let your standards drop a little. Maybe you have not been as good a friend as you could be. Maybe your effort at work has slipped. Maybe you've walked past some litter when you could have picked it up. Maybe you've allowed yourself to be disrespectful when there was no call for it. Whatever it is, make a mental note of it and reset your standard!
Challenge: Raise the standard in at least one area. Set the bar high!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla! Have a great week!
We strive for a culture of excellence in Gregory. In academics, sports, music, theater, effort, and the way we treat others. I'm not saying we succeed all the time. No one does. But we try to have high standards for ourselves and our students.
We don't set these standards flippantly. Some are based on tradition. Others are set by our community. Other individual standards are set by getting to know our students.
It doesn't make sense to have a standard so high that no one could ever achieve it. It also wouldn't make sense to have a standard so low that you meet the expectations just by showing up.
Hunter Freeland said, "If you weaken the standard to accommodate incompetence, you weaken the culture."
Imagine if we, as a community, all just started expecting less from ourselves and our students. It would greatly weaken the culture of our whole town! The same goes for a sports team, a workplace, or any organization. We need to maintain high standards even if they are hard to achieve. Maybe ESPECIALLY because they are hard to achieve!
I expect more of us as a community because I have seen what we are capable of as a community! I have very high standards for our students, our citizens, our leaders, and myself.
This week, take a moment to self-reflect and find out where you may have let your standards drop a little. Maybe you have not been as good a friend as you could be. Maybe your effort at work has slipped. Maybe you've walked past some litter when you could have picked it up. Maybe you've allowed yourself to be disrespectful when there was no call for it. Whatever it is, make a mental note of it and reset your standard!
Challenge: Raise the standard in at least one area. Set the bar high!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla! Have a great week!
Middle School and High School Golf pictures will be Tuesday, April 7th after school at the golf course!
Join us on Saturday in the high school gym to support the elementary play members during their performance of Space Pirates!
Water testing is scheduled for March 28th at the school.
Gorilla Gathering message for the week:
Before I get to the message, Gregory lost a very valuable member of our community. Brett "Moose" Oliver was a great fan, bus driver, coworker, and friend. I will personally miss driving bus with Brett and listening to his one-of-a-kind commentary on Gorillas Live. He was a bright spot in my day every time I got to see him. My thoughts and prayers are with the Oliver family as they mourn his loss. He will be greatly missed by all.
Now on with the message for the week.
I don't know if you know this about me, but I like to stretch a story once in a while. Shocker. I know. But hard as it may be to believe, I have been known to embellish a detail or two in order to keep a story interesting and my audience interested. In fact, there are only two areas I refuse to "stretch" the truth about: how big of a deer I shot, and how big of a fish I caught. A man has to have standards somewhere!
But I saw a quote from Albert Einstein this weekend that got me thinking. He said, "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters, cannot be trusted with important matters."
I don't believe Albert was talking about one friend stretching the length of a fish to another friend, but his logic is sound. If we are not truthful when asked about small things, why should we be trusted with larger things? Truthfulness is just as important to ourselves as it is for others. When we are confronted with criticism of our performance, are we honest with ourselves? Or do we tell ourselves little white lies to serve our own egos? Do we make excuses that are "kinda" true? Or do we examine the TRUTH of it and give ourselves an honest assessment?
This week, all of us should strive to be truthful. And not just when telling a story or when we get asked a question, although we should do that too. We need to strive to be truthful with ourselves as well. Be honest with others and be honest with yourself.
Being truthful may be uncomfortable in the short-term, but it can be very liberating in the long run. It's much less stressful than trying to remember the lie you told!
So get out there and be truthful!
Challenge for the week: be truthful with yourself and others!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a truthful week!
Before I get to the message, Gregory lost a very valuable member of our community. Brett "Moose" Oliver was a great fan, bus driver, coworker, and friend. I will personally miss driving bus with Brett and listening to his one-of-a-kind commentary on Gorillas Live. He was a bright spot in my day every time I got to see him. My thoughts and prayers are with the Oliver family as they mourn his loss. He will be greatly missed by all.
Now on with the message for the week.
I don't know if you know this about me, but I like to stretch a story once in a while. Shocker. I know. But hard as it may be to believe, I have been known to embellish a detail or two in order to keep a story interesting and my audience interested. In fact, there are only two areas I refuse to "stretch" the truth about: how big of a deer I shot, and how big of a fish I caught. A man has to have standards somewhere!
But I saw a quote from Albert Einstein this weekend that got me thinking. He said, "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters, cannot be trusted with important matters."
I don't believe Albert was talking about one friend stretching the length of a fish to another friend, but his logic is sound. If we are not truthful when asked about small things, why should we be trusted with larger things? Truthfulness is just as important to ourselves as it is for others. When we are confronted with criticism of our performance, are we honest with ourselves? Or do we tell ourselves little white lies to serve our own egos? Do we make excuses that are "kinda" true? Or do we examine the TRUTH of it and give ourselves an honest assessment?
This week, all of us should strive to be truthful. And not just when telling a story or when we get asked a question, although we should do that too. We need to strive to be truthful with ourselves as well. Be honest with others and be honest with yourself.
Being truthful may be uncomfortable in the short-term, but it can be very liberating in the long run. It's much less stressful than trying to remember the lie you told!
So get out there and be truthful!
Challenge for the week: be truthful with yourself and others!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a truthful week!
Madisan Graber, daughter of Cory and Rhonda Graber was selected to be a part of the 2026 South Dakota All-State Band. The All-State band is held in Rapid City, SD at the Rushmore Theatre at the Monument. Madisan is the ten chair percussionist in the state and will be a member of the Clark band. Madi is the only percussionist that comes from either a class ‘B’ or class ‘A’ school. The All-state bands this year are being conducted by Dr. Caroline Hand from the University of Oklahoma and Dr. Rebekah Daniel from Eastern Kentucky University.
Rehearsals run from Thursday evening, March 26 concluding with a concert at 4:00 p.m on Saturday, March 28. The concert will be broadcast on your local SDPB channel.
Rehearsals run from Thursday evening, March 26 concluding with a concert at 4:00 p.m on Saturday, March 28. The concert will be broadcast on your local SDPB channel.
5th grade DARE graduation will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 3/24, at Gregory School at 2:15PM. The ceremony will last about an hour. Each student will receive a DARE t-shirt to wear for the graduation.
MS track practice will begin Monday, March 23rd after school. Meet in Mr. Klundt's room.
Calling all Gregory BK-8th Graders!
Auditions for Space Pirates! will be Monday March 23rd at 2:50 in the Gregory High School Gym. Permission forms are due by Monday March 23rd to participate.
Auditions for Space Pirates! will be Monday March 23rd at 2:50 in the Gregory High School Gym. Permission forms are due by Monday March 23rd to participate.
Attention Youth Softball Parents,
Due to an early league meeting scheduled this year we are asking for all athletes interested in playing softball to sign up by Friday, Mar. 20th. We apologize for the late notice and short sign-up window. Registration papers have been sent home with all girls interested today. If you have not received a registration, please contact Aaron Vomacka 605-830-0959. Please fill out the registration form and return it to Mrs. Reber's classroom by Friday, Mar. 20th. T-ball and Baseball registration will be held at a later date. -Gregory Youth Recreation Board
The Gregory School District will have a 90 minute late start on Monday, March 16, 2026.
The middle school play, Cats vs Dogs will be on Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st at 7:00pm. Doors will open at 6:30pm , admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students. See you there!
FFA Career Development Event in Howard has been moved to Wednesday, March 18th due to predicted weather.
There will be a golf meeting on Thursday, March 19th for 6th-12th grade golfers.
Please sign-up in the high school office.
Please sign-up in the high school office.
