Tuesday, February 17th
We have a full double header played at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium starting at 4pm with the girls JV followed by boys JV. Girls varsity will play at 6:30 followed by boys varsity.
The Mini Gorilla Cheerleaders will perform during the varsity girls game halftime (approximately 7pm)
The Gregory Hope Squad will be hosting Chuck-A-Duck throughout the evening, chucking will be during the boys varsity game halftime.
We have a full double header played at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium starting at 4pm with the girls JV followed by boys JV. Girls varsity will play at 6:30 followed by boys varsity.
The Mini Gorilla Cheerleaders will perform during the varsity girls game halftime (approximately 7pm)
The Gregory Hope Squad will be hosting Chuck-A-Duck throughout the evening, chucking will be during the boys varsity game halftime.
Gorilla Gathering message for the week:
The students have heard me say these words so many times, it probably makes them sick, but "We live in one of the greatest places in the world!" Gregory is fantastic for so many reasons. But one of the biggest reasons is the group of people who selflessly give their time and talents to organizations and causes to make our town better.
I was going to list all of the organizations here that accomplish things for our town, but quickly realized I would never be able to remember them all! That's how fortunate we are!
"If you have the ABILITY, you have the RESPONSIBILITY." This is a paraphrase of an Albert Einstein quote. It is believed this is where Stan Lee came up with his famous Spiderman quote, "With great power, comes great responsibility." If we have the ability to serve, we have the responsibility to serve!
This can look different, depending on who you are.
When our begindergarteners serve, it may be that they clean up the living room, or show kindness to a lonely classmate.
When a high school or middle school student serves, it may be volunteering or serving on student council or a youth board.
For adults, it may be joining a non-profit, running for an office, volunteering, or serving on the fire or ambulance service.
For others, the best way they are able to serve is a kind word, or reaching out to someone who needs a friend.
However you are able to serve, you have the responsibility to serve. So get out there and serve with some joy! What a wonderful gift to be able to give the world!
Challenge for the week: SERVE: in whatever way you can, get out there and serve others!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a fantastic week!
The students have heard me say these words so many times, it probably makes them sick, but "We live in one of the greatest places in the world!" Gregory is fantastic for so many reasons. But one of the biggest reasons is the group of people who selflessly give their time and talents to organizations and causes to make our town better.
I was going to list all of the organizations here that accomplish things for our town, but quickly realized I would never be able to remember them all! That's how fortunate we are!
"If you have the ABILITY, you have the RESPONSIBILITY." This is a paraphrase of an Albert Einstein quote. It is believed this is where Stan Lee came up with his famous Spiderman quote, "With great power, comes great responsibility." If we have the ability to serve, we have the responsibility to serve!
This can look different, depending on who you are.
When our begindergarteners serve, it may be that they clean up the living room, or show kindness to a lonely classmate.
When a high school or middle school student serves, it may be volunteering or serving on student council or a youth board.
For adults, it may be joining a non-profit, running for an office, volunteering, or serving on the fire or ambulance service.
For others, the best way they are able to serve is a kind word, or reaching out to someone who needs a friend.
However you are able to serve, you have the responsibility to serve. So get out there and serve with some joy! What a wonderful gift to be able to give the world!
Challenge for the week: SERVE: in whatever way you can, get out there and serve others!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a fantastic week!
The Little Girls Cheer & Dance will perform TOMORROW night, Tuesday, February 17th at half time of the girls varsity basketball game. This was previously scheduled for Thursday, February 19th.
Boys Varsity Basketball vs Scotland-Menno Trappers
https://www.youtube.com/live/8RBpSe6XIr0?si=04ttJH-h6dvaH6E5
Girls Varsity vs Scotland-Menno Trappers
https://www.youtube.com/live/N_SnPPY7rZs?si=41JozalD1aoyC11w
LAST DAY
The Gregory Cheer teams still have flowers available in the high school office to be delivered today. Please stop in or call in orders by 12:30 today to insure they get sent home.
The Gregory Cheer teams still have flowers available in the high school office to be delivered today. Please stop in or call in orders by 12:30 today to insure they get sent home.
Thursday, February 11th
Early dismissal at 1:30
Parent-Teacher Conferences will run 3:00-8:30pm; middle school and high school parents please check in at the High School Office for report cards. Lunch balances can be checked or paid in the High School Office for the duration of conferences.
Early dismissal at 1:30
Parent-Teacher Conferences will run 3:00-8:30pm; middle school and high school parents please check in at the High School Office for report cards. Lunch balances can be checked or paid in the High School Office for the duration of conferences.
2026 GHS Yearbooks on sale in the high school office, online, or see a member of the Yearbook staff.
Yearbook cost is $30 and can be paid with check to GHS or cash. Credit/Debit can be used for online purchases.
https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A07735600
Thank you for supporting our students and school.
B/G Storm Triangular vs Bennett County and Lakota Tech
https://www.youtube.com/live/sUGSynN4HwI?si=dP8snWbJgecBOUWS
Good Morning Gorillas! Tuesday, February 10th
Events for today include a basketball double header in Platte. Both girls & boys JV teams will play at 5:00pm; girls in the multipurpose gym, boys in the main gym. Girls varsity will play in the main gym at 6:30 followed by boys varsity. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 for students.The Panther Cubs Academy preschool will be serving walking tacos at the double header, cost is $5.00.
There will be a boys & girls wrestling triangular at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium starting at 5:30pm.
Events for today include a basketball double header in Platte. Both girls & boys JV teams will play at 5:00pm; girls in the multipurpose gym, boys in the main gym. Girls varsity will play in the main gym at 6:30 followed by boys varsity. Cost is $6 for adults, $4 for students.The Panther Cubs Academy preschool will be serving walking tacos at the double header, cost is $5.00.
There will be a boys & girls wrestling triangular at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium starting at 5:30pm.
Gorilla Gathering message for the week:
Before we get to the actual message for the week, I have a mini-challenge for you. Imagine aliens show up to Earth and they have decided to give us one chance to avoid annihilation. We get to send one person; just one person to convince them that we deserve to continue on. This person can be alive or dead for this exercise. I have received some fantastic answers so far! Mr. Rogers, Steve Irwin, and Dolly Parton have been some of my favorites. My follow up question is to ask yourself what quality that person has that makes you want to choose them? Whittle it down to ONE single quality.
Take a minute and comment below who you would choose and name the quality they possess that made you choose them.
Now, on with this week's message! I have been reading a terrific book. In this book, the author makes an observation when he watched some high school boys in the weight room. He said,
"Everybody wants to be strong. Nobody wants to be sore."
How often is this the case? And I don't just mean muscles. We all want to be strong, but we don't want to work out. We all want to be smart, but we don't want to struggle understanding big ideas. We all want to have great character, but we don't want to put the work in on ourselves and hold ourselves accountable.
There is no such thing as growth without a little pain.
To become stronger, you HAVE to lift heavy things over and over and over.
To get smarter, you HAVE to struggle with difficult ideas over and over and over.
To have better character, you HAVE to practice those behaviors over and over and over.
Growth is uncomfortable. It's a fact of life. It's uncomfortable no matter what type of growth we're talking about. But that discomfort is NECESSARY! Embrace it!
This week, find an area of your life you'd like to see growth. . . .and GET SORE! Lift heavy weights, read a difficult book, apologize to someone who you know deserves an apology. DO THE UNCOMFORTABLE THING!
Challenge for the week: get SORE!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a wonderful week!
Before we get to the actual message for the week, I have a mini-challenge for you. Imagine aliens show up to Earth and they have decided to give us one chance to avoid annihilation. We get to send one person; just one person to convince them that we deserve to continue on. This person can be alive or dead for this exercise. I have received some fantastic answers so far! Mr. Rogers, Steve Irwin, and Dolly Parton have been some of my favorites. My follow up question is to ask yourself what quality that person has that makes you want to choose them? Whittle it down to ONE single quality.
Take a minute and comment below who you would choose and name the quality they possess that made you choose them.
Now, on with this week's message! I have been reading a terrific book. In this book, the author makes an observation when he watched some high school boys in the weight room. He said,
"Everybody wants to be strong. Nobody wants to be sore."
How often is this the case? And I don't just mean muscles. We all want to be strong, but we don't want to work out. We all want to be smart, but we don't want to struggle understanding big ideas. We all want to have great character, but we don't want to put the work in on ourselves and hold ourselves accountable.
There is no such thing as growth without a little pain.
To become stronger, you HAVE to lift heavy things over and over and over.
To get smarter, you HAVE to struggle with difficult ideas over and over and over.
To have better character, you HAVE to practice those behaviors over and over and over.
Growth is uncomfortable. It's a fact of life. It's uncomfortable no matter what type of growth we're talking about. But that discomfort is NECESSARY! Embrace it!
This week, find an area of your life you'd like to see growth. . . .and GET SORE! Lift heavy weights, read a difficult book, apologize to someone who you know deserves an apology. DO THE UNCOMFORTABLE THING!
Challenge for the week: get SORE!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a wonderful week!
Varsity Girls basketball vs Winner Warriors
https://www.youtube.com/live/SYtw2r9zRJQ?si=fun4vL8eIj8A93dH
GBB JV vs Winner Warriors
https://www.youtube.com/live/vWsi-OsG6Wg?si=PLArp_ku28OWMLVs
Starting tomorrow! Tags available in the high school office, Cheer & Dance teams will deliver during 3rd hour SRB times Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday.
Good Morning Gorillas! Monday, February 9th
Today's events include:
MS basketball playing in Colome at 4pm.
Girls HS basketball playing at home vs. Winner: C game at 5:15, JV at 6:30pm with Varsity to follow.
This week we have a basketball double header in Platte, Elementary Honor Choir in Brookings, boys basketball in Scotland & McCook. Thursday will be an early dismissal for Parent/Teacher Conferences, NO SCHOOL Friday for a teacher comp day and NO SCHOOL next Monday for President's Day.
Today's events include:
MS basketball playing in Colome at 4pm.
Girls HS basketball playing at home vs. Winner: C game at 5:15, JV at 6:30pm with Varsity to follow.
This week we have a basketball double header in Platte, Elementary Honor Choir in Brookings, boys basketball in Scotland & McCook. Thursday will be an early dismissal for Parent/Teacher Conferences, NO SCHOOL Friday for a teacher comp day and NO SCHOOL next Monday for President's Day.
Varsity Girls Basketball vs MVP Titans
https://www.youtube.com/live/JCOMT8wK23U?si=HvSsWaCRKkWs0PyI
Boy's Varsity Basketball vs TDA Titans
https://www.youtube.com/live/lsTB6UsaRHs?si=yE9KvF8aTbgobTOQ
Basketball this week!
Monday, February 2nd: Varsity boys will play in Winner at 6:30pm. No JV game.
Tuesday, February 3rd: Double Header & Senior Night! Girls JV at 5:15, Boys Varsity at 6:30, Girls Varsity to follow. Senior recognition will be held between the varsity games.
Tuesday, February 3rd: MS boys will play in reverse, A-B-C starting at 4pm at the home school gym.
Thursday, February 5th: MS boys play in Winner at 4pm.
Friday, February 6th: MS boys play in Platte at 4:30.
Friday, February 6th: HS double header in Parkston. JV girls at 5pm, Girls Varsity at 6:30pm followed by Boys Varsity.
Monday, February 2nd: Varsity boys will play in Winner at 6:30pm. No JV game.
Tuesday, February 3rd: Double Header & Senior Night! Girls JV at 5:15, Boys Varsity at 6:30, Girls Varsity to follow. Senior recognition will be held between the varsity games.
Tuesday, February 3rd: MS boys will play in reverse, A-B-C starting at 4pm at the home school gym.
Thursday, February 5th: MS boys play in Winner at 4pm.
Friday, February 6th: MS boys play in Platte at 4:30.
Friday, February 6th: HS double header in Parkston. JV girls at 5pm, Girls Varsity at 6:30pm followed by Boys Varsity.
Valentine pop orders are due tomorrow, Tuesday February 3rd!
Extra forms can be filled out in the HS office.
Extra forms can be filled out in the HS office.
Gorilla Gathering message for the week:
Finish this sentence:
I can't wait until ___________.
We all have something we just can't wait for. I asked several faculty and students that question last week. Here were some of their answers:
My kids are out of college.
Friday.
Spring/summer break.
Graduation.
Recess.
For the carnival to get here.
My new house to be done.
For my kids to be potty trained.
This injury to be healed up.
My new hot tub.
For my cup of coffee.
When I was in college, I worked two different jobs. I was a short-order cook at the student union during the week, and on Friday and Saturday nights I worked as a valet at a casino in Deadwood. I enjoyed both, but as a valet, I got to work with a couple of guys that were my age, as well as a couple of older gentleman.
(I highly recommend getting some friends who are quite a bit older or younger than yourself! They have a great deal of wisdom and advice to share that you would miss out on otherwise.)
One night, we were talking about the things we just couldn't wait for. I said I couldn't wait until student teaching was done. Another guy said he just couldn't wait until graduation. Both of us couldn't wait until we were finally married. We both just wanted to get to that NEXT stage of life.
That's when my older friend spoke up. He said, "You better be careful with that. If you're always waiting for the next thing, you may forget to stop and appreciate what you have right now! I enjoy getting to come and visit with you boys every weekend. I enjoy our time together!"
He was right. Sometimes we spend so much time waiting for that NEXT thing, we forget to stop and appreciate what we have now.
Robert Brault said, "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
We are living in "the good ol' days" right now. This week, take some time to appreciate those little things. Be thankful for those daily relationships. Maybe it's the people you get to work with. Maybe it's the students you get to see every day. Maybe its the people you work with on a charity board. Maybe it's the time you get with your own family. Maybe it's the other students in your class that you only get so many years with. Either way, take a moment and appreciate those daily relationships we are so lucky to have. Don't focus on the grind. Focus on the relationships!
Challenge for the week: focus on those daily relationships!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a meaningful week!
Finish this sentence:
I can't wait until ___________.
We all have something we just can't wait for. I asked several faculty and students that question last week. Here were some of their answers:
My kids are out of college.
Friday.
Spring/summer break.
Graduation.
Recess.
For the carnival to get here.
My new house to be done.
For my kids to be potty trained.
This injury to be healed up.
My new hot tub.
For my cup of coffee.
When I was in college, I worked two different jobs. I was a short-order cook at the student union during the week, and on Friday and Saturday nights I worked as a valet at a casino in Deadwood. I enjoyed both, but as a valet, I got to work with a couple of guys that were my age, as well as a couple of older gentleman.
(I highly recommend getting some friends who are quite a bit older or younger than yourself! They have a great deal of wisdom and advice to share that you would miss out on otherwise.)
One night, we were talking about the things we just couldn't wait for. I said I couldn't wait until student teaching was done. Another guy said he just couldn't wait until graduation. Both of us couldn't wait until we were finally married. We both just wanted to get to that NEXT stage of life.
That's when my older friend spoke up. He said, "You better be careful with that. If you're always waiting for the next thing, you may forget to stop and appreciate what you have right now! I enjoy getting to come and visit with you boys every weekend. I enjoy our time together!"
He was right. Sometimes we spend so much time waiting for that NEXT thing, we forget to stop and appreciate what we have now.
Robert Brault said, "Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
We are living in "the good ol' days" right now. This week, take some time to appreciate those little things. Be thankful for those daily relationships. Maybe it's the people you get to work with. Maybe it's the students you get to see every day. Maybe its the people you work with on a charity board. Maybe it's the time you get with your own family. Maybe it's the other students in your class that you only get so many years with. Either way, take a moment and appreciate those daily relationships we are so lucky to have. Don't focus on the grind. Focus on the relationships!
Challenge for the week: focus on those daily relationships!
Every day is a great day to be a Gorilla!
Have a meaningful week!