The Leadership Assembly on Thursday, March 5th coincided with Read Across America Week. Students and staff celebrated "The Lorax Day," wearing orange and yellow, while recognizing the hard work our young leaders put in throughout the month of February.
A special guest, Leo the Leprechaun Lion, visited to talk about Habit 6: Synergize, which is our focus for March. Leo shared a story about a giant pot of gold that was too heavy for him to move alone. By asking friends to push, pull, and use a cart, they moved the gold fast!. As Leo reminded us: "Alone I'm strong... but together we're GOLDEN!"
February Specials Awards
While we look forward to Synergizing in March, our February classroom awards celebrated mastery of Habit 5: Seek First to Understand. Sylvee and Josiah presented the Specials Award plaques to the following winning classes:
Category | Kindergarten | First Grade | Second Grade |
Library | Bayley, Crawford | Vire, Freeland | Young, Pruitt, Sisemore |
Music | Crawford, Bayley, Koelliker | Ortiz, Miller | Young, Motley |
Art | Bayley | Miller | Young, Pruitt |
P.E. | Crawford, May, Hartman | Freeland, Miller, Nelson, Ortiz, Vire | Davis, Young, Quintana, Pruitt |
The Golden Book Award
The Golden Book Award is a prestigious honor given to the class in each grade level that earns the most Accelerated Reader (AR) points during the month. This award recognizes the dedication students have shown to reading books and passing their comprehension tests. Leilani presented the Golden Book Award to these top-reading classes:
Kindergarten: Mrs. Crawford
First Grade: Mrs. Nelson
Second Grade: Mrs. Davis
Kiwanis Terrific Kids Awards
The assembly also featured the Terrific Kids Awards, presented by the Gravette Kiwanis Club. This program promotes character development and perseverance by having students set monthly goals for behavior, peer relationships, or schoolwork.
Gravette Kiwanis is part of a global volunteer organization of over 600,000 members, the local club meets the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month at 7 AM at the Ozarks Community Hospital. Their mission is to serve the children and families of Gravette.
Special hosts Mr. Bob Kelley (Treasurer of the Gravette Historical Museum) and Dr. Nancy Jones (Family Medical Physician at Ozarks Community Hospital) awarded each recipient a package containing a certificate, a special pencil, and a bumper sticker. Mrs. Brown and Leilani recognized the winners for their excellent use of Habit 5 throughout February.
CLICK HERE to view individual photos of the Terrific Kids Award Recipients
Spirit Trophy Winners
To wrap up the assembly, Kynzlee Woods and the SLT members huddled to vote on which classes showed the most proactive spirit and "whole class synergy" during the assembly.
The March Spirit Trophy Recipients:
Kindergarten: Mrs. May’s Class
First Grade: Mrs. Vire’s Class
Second Grade: Mrs. Pruitt’s Class
