Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

9:00 a.m. B JV Tennis @ EKL Tour-

ney

4:00 B V B-Ball vs. BVSWHS

(Cancelled)

4:00 & 6:00 B JV B-ball @ BVSWHS

(Cancelled)

4:00 & 6:00 B C-Team B-ball vs.

BVSWHS (Cancelled)

4:30 Site Council –Cancelled

7:00 Band Concert (Auditorium)

Thursday, May 1, 2014

3:30 & 5:00 B JV B-ball @ BVSWHS

(Rescheduled)

3:45 B JV Tennis vs. Spring Hill HS

3:45 Coed JV Track @ OSHS-OS

Meet

4:00 & 5:30 G V S-Ball @ BMHS

4:00 & 6:00 B C-Team B-ball vs.

BVSWHS (Rescheduled)

4:30 & 6:30 G JV & V Soccer @

BVSWHS

4:30 & 6:30 G JV S-Ball vs. STAHS

4:30 G C-Team Soccer vs. STAHS

5:00 & 7:00 B V B-ball @ BVSWHS

(Rescheduled)

SPORTS:

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Special Announcements:

Gardner Edgerton High School

425 N. Waverly Gardner, KS 66030 913.856.2600 April 30, 2014

GEHS Parent News Your Connection to Blazer Nation

Choral State Solo & Ensemble Results:

We had a super day at State Solo and Ensemble! We came away with 31 “I” Metals and 3 “II” Certifi-cates. Please Congratulate all stu-dents!

Superior “I” Ratings: Laura Foto-vich, Lauren Haag, Caroline Hogue, Cooper McGuire, Trevor Thoelke, Guy Cauthon, Abbie Lane, Madri-gal Ensemble – 24 Singers Excellent “II” Ratings: Claire Morgan, Madi-son Copsey, Amy Hurd. Our Ac-companist Becky Kunard was so amazing!

Orchestra State Solo & Ensemble Results:

"I” Ratings were earned by: Betha-ny Schultz as a cello soloist; Eden Weyand as a violin soloist; and Tiffani Richards, Bethany Schultz, and Alexa Wilden as a string trio.

GEHS Web Site

USD 231 Web Site

On-line Payments

Family Access

High School Sports Web Site

School Tube

GEHSNEWS

A Celebration

of Life service

for Bobbi Schu-

macher will take

place on Thursday,

May 8, at 7:00 p.m.

in the GEHS audito-

rium. Everyone is

welcome.

SERVICE:

BLAZERS WIN KAW VALLEY TOURNAMENT:

The Blazers won two games on Friday and one on Saturday to win the Kaw Valley Tourna-ment. The Blazers beat St. James and Lansing by a score of 9-4. On Saturday The Blazers beat Mill Valley in a shoot out 13-12.

The Blazers are now 8-5 on the season. Next action for GE will be TONIGHT at home against Blue Valley Southwest.

Did you attend Edgerton

Elementary and have Mrs.

Arnold as a teacher? She

is retiring this year and

her coworkers are putting

together a book of notes

from her former students.

If you would like to send

her a note of thanks or of a

special memory, please

give it to Mrs. McIntire in

the counseling office by

May 15th.

MRS. ARNOLD:

"II” Ratings were earned by: Hai-ley Drawbaugh, Tiffani Richards, Alexa Wilden and Paige Johns as a violin soloist; as a violin soloist; Rebecca Munson as a viola solo-ist; and Rebecca Munson, Tiffani Richards, and Kristin Salazar as a string trio. "III" Ratings were earned by: Vic-toria Jones and Claire Morgan as a violin soloist; and Kristin Salazar as a viola soloist. All of our performers earned the right to perform this weekend because they earned "Superior" ratings at Regionals.

Band State Solo & Ensemble Results:

9 of our entries in the KSHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival received “I” ratings and 10 re-ceived “II” ratings. “I” ratings include: Dominic Kassing and Frankie Whittaker - trumpet solo, Ethan Archer -

trombone solo, Theron Dake, Joey Quigley and Nick Smith - snare solo, Lucas Allen - marimba solo, GEHS Percussion Ensemble- Haley McGuire, Alexis Peterson-Gary, Allie Fabing, Theron Dake, Lucas Allen and Joey Quigley. GEHS Brass Choir- Dominic Kassing, Frankie Whittaker, Jonathan Hamilton, Haley Dean, Jake Huppe, Cooper McGuire, Eric Hopper, Alex Garcia, Brett Lindstrom, Chris Worth, Scott Coble, Ryan Billups, Ethan Archer, Ian Lanigan “II” Ratings include: Ariel Meng - flute solo, Aubrey Naden - clarinet solo, Sax Quartet - Kayla Shear, Grason Cavner, Brittany Cow-el, Chelsea Delaney Trombone Quartet - Ian Lanigan, Ethan Archer, Trevor Thoelke, Drew Gay Jordan Ladish - tuba solo Ian Lanigan - trombone solo Jake Huppe and Sam Stranathan - trumpet solo, GEHS woodwind choir - Aubrey Naden, MiKayla Bond, Katelyn Kilby, Abbie Lane, Lauren Stephenson, Sandra Bocanegra, Ariel Meng, Hailey Bolton, Megan Wethering-ton, Autumn Green, Chelsea Delaney, Brittany Cowel, Grason Cavner, Kayla Shear

Important Phone Numbers

Office 856.2600

Counseling 856.2617

Food Service 856.2621

Activities 856.2775

Health Aide 856.2618

Important Phone Numbers

Office 856.2600

Counseling 856.2617

Food Service 856.2621

Activities 856.2775

Health Aide 856.2618

Fax 856.8218

Attendance 856-2610

Important Phone Numbers

Office 856.2600

Counseling 856.2617

Food Service 856.2621

Activities 856.2775

Health Aide 856.2618

Fax 856.8218

Attendance 856-2610

Important Phone Numbers

Office 856.2600

Counseling 856.2617

Food Service 856.2621

Activities 856.2775

Health Aide 856.2618

Fax 856.8218

Attendance 856-2610

Important Phone Numbers

Office 856.2600

Counseling 856.2617

Food Service 856.2621

Activities 856.2775

Health Aide 856.2618

Fax 856.8218

Attendance 856-2610

STUDY

SKILLS:

Essay Examinations

part 2

When you follow di-

rections for an essay

exam, pay attention

to the key words the

instructor has includ-

ed. Such words as

"list," "describe,"

"compare and con-

trast," and "outline"

have special meaning.

Don't "write around"

the question but an-

swer it directly. If a

question asks you to

list something, don't

write a narrative

about it. Answering

essay questions di-

rectly is always the

best policy.

Taylor Claybon in 100, 200 and 300 hurdles – 23pts Abby Buie in javelin and pole vault – 17pts Abbie Lane in 100 and 300 hur-dles – 14pts Miranda Tenove in 800 and 4x8 relay – 13pts Cortlyn Tryon in 400 and 4x8 – 13pts Lauren Strick in shot – 11pts Sierra Coen in 4x8 and 800 –

9pts Jill Starling in javelin – 8pts Karli Smith in pole vault – 8pts Marissa Gray in discus– 8pts Faith Jolly in triple jump – 7pts

Katie Groshong in 4x8 – 4pts

Counseling News….

SPORTS:

SUMMER SCHOOL INFORMATION….

runs from Monday,

June 23rd through

T h u r s d a y J u l y

10th. The 3rd session

begins Monday July

14th, 2014 and con-

cludes Thursday July

31st. Summer School

runs from 8:00 am to

12:00 PM Monday-

Thursday. Students

can complete more

than 1 course per ses-

sion and enroll in more

than one session. Cost

is $165.00 per session.

Contact your guidance

counselor for more in-

formation.

Enrollment for GEHS

Credit Recovery

Summer School is

currently underway.

The 1st session of

GEHS Summer School

will begin Monday,

June 2rd. The 1st ses-

sion runs from Mon-

day, June 2rd through

T h u r s d a y , J u n e

19th. The 2nd session

Page 2 GEHS Parent News Your Connection to Blazer Nation

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD RESULTS:

It was a great team effort last Friday, as the Girls Track and Field squad won their home opener against Shaw-nee Missions South and Northwest, Blue Valleys Stanley-Stillwell and North-west, as well as Olathe South. Medalists were:

Important Phone Numbers

Office 856.2600

Counseling 856.2617

Food Service 856.2621

Activities 856.2775

Health Aide 856.2618

Fax 856.8218

Attendance 856-2610

PROJECT GRADUATION: RESERVE YOUR SEAT FOR

GRADUATION! That's right you can reserve your seat and parking with no waiting in line and get the best seats in the house! Family and Friends you can now bid for: Your RESERVED PRESS BOX SEATS for GEHS Graduation on Sat-urday May 17, 2014

HIGHLAND ART FAIR:

The Trail-blazer art s t u d e n t s went to the High-land Art Fair at Highland

CC, on Thursday April 24, 2014. There were 44 schools en-tered in this competi-

tion with each school bringing 30 pieces of art to be judged which makes it a total of 1,320 works of art. We earned ten ribbons, three of which were blue artistic excellence and they went to Jade Visos-Ely for her “Barn Owl” scratch-board, Dylan Carroll for his pencil drawing “Butterfly Mask”, and Mary Murphy for her water color painting “Death Stair”. The fol-

lowing students earned “Artistic Merit” ribbons and they are: Brandon Johnson, Keith Law-rence, Katie Gro-shong, Kyle Hult-gren, Carol Clark, Chase Akin, and Me-gan Wilson. We have participated in this com-petition for the past 20 years and this ranks as our third best showing for earning ribbons.

Club & Activity News

PROJECT GRADUATION….

SENIOR INFORMATION….

tickets, costume fees and any prior years balances. If you have any questions, please contact Louise Ad-amson, bookkeeper

at 856-2609.

Seniors need to stop

by Dr. Blair’s room

(3418) check the

bus lists for Worlds

of Fun. Seniors can

switch busses or re-

turn times once.

See Dr. Blair to

switch. You have

until May 12th to

change busses.

All fees must be paid by May 1st, 2014. Please check your family access for any outstanding balances such as, GEHS Instructional Materials, elective class fees, lost or damaged library or text books, parking

MISSION STATEMENT

GEHS is a community

based on vision, trust,

and communication

which engages and

inspires students to meet

their full potential now

and in the future.

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1. Press Box hold 6 to 8 people comfort-ably. 2. You will have one RESERVED FRONT ROW parking space. 3. We will supply REFRESHMENTS 4. You will get to view the graduation ceremony out of the elements (got to love Kansas weather) and in your own suite. There is 3 press box seats - south side press box, center press box and north side press box. Each one will start at

$50.00 and will go up in $5.00 in-crements. Please forward this on to your family and friends. Click on the web site below and START BIDDING!! Auction URL: www.32auctions.com/pressboxseatsouthside All Proceeds go to help with ex-penses at the after graduation par-ty for the senior class.

On Friday night the Blazer boys track and field squad earned 19 personal best performances and continued to demonstrate marked improvement this season. Outstanding performanc-es included:

1st place

Jaylon Radel, senior, 100m dash @ 10.99—season best time and #1 in EKL

2nd

place

4x100m relay (Radel, Trae Hender-

MENS GOLF RESULTS:

The Blazer Golf team completed the

first leg of the EKL golf tournament

on Monday at the Nicklaus designed

Lionsgate Golf Course. Leading the

way and placing 3rd was Trystan

Tovkach, who shot an outstanding

two under par seventy on the bunker

heavy course. The EKL tournament

continues on April 29th at Loch Lloyd

with the second of the three rounds.

Other Blazers and their scores from

Lionsgate:

Cole Collier 46-50 96

Grant Howell 49-51 100

Jared Hobby 48-55 103

Joe Farnham 60-55 115

Team Total 369

LADY BLAZER SOCCER

RESULTS:

The lady blazers

played back to

back games on

Monday and

Tuesday against

two very tough

teams. On Mon-

day we played

Lawrence Free state and de-

spite starting the game well

we could not hold the Free

State offense and conceded 8

goals before the game was

over. We had several opportu-

nities to score but could not

find the back of the net. Last

night we traveled to Mill Val-

ley and played a cold, wet, and

physical game. We started

slow defensively and never

quite figured out how to stop

the very technical Mill Valley

offense. We ended up losing

the game 10-0. Tomorrow we

travel to #2 ranked Blue Val-

ley Southwest to take on the

Timberwolves. JV will start at

4:30 with varsity following at

6:30. C team also plays tomor-

row at home against St. Thom-

as Aquinas at 4:00 pm. We

hope to see you in the stands.

GOLF and LADIES SOCCER RESULTS….

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD RESULTS….

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son, Marcus Gilmore, Conner McGuire) 43.65—season best time and #2 in EKL

4x400m relay (Henderson, Tanner Hughes, Radel, Chase Abram) 3:31.53 –season best time and #2 in the EKL

3rd

place

Jake McIntire, senior, pole vault @ 13’6” and 300m hurdles @ 44.58 (currently the team leader in points scored at 46)

Trae Henderson, junior, 100m dash @ 11.15 –third fastest GEHS junior 100m ever

Tanner Hughes, junior, 400m dash @ 52.76 –a personal best time

The true highlight of the meet came dur-ing the last event—the 4x400m relay. Henderson began the relay by running

the fastest Blazer opening leg since 2009 at 51.88. Tanner Hughes, who runs with tremendous guts, fol-lowed with a personal best of his own at 52.89. Jaylon Radel, in his first 4x4 of his distinguished high school track career, powered to a 52.39 finish on the third leg and sophomore Chase Abram slammed the door shut with a two-second per-sonal best split of 54.15. Their time was 3:31.53 and that shaved seven seconds off our season best thus far and was good enough for second place in the meet and stands #2 in the EKL currently. Unbelievable heart and camaraderie displayed by these four gents on that night.

Our Blazer Invitational is this Friday. Field events get rolling by 3:45. We’d love and appreciate your sup-

port. Go BLAZERS!