Hello, everybody at glenwood school would like to thank everyone who helped with the town clean up. the clean up went very well. we cleaned up all around the valley and we managed to clean up the spots favored by partygoers.

community service projects

Hello families of Glenwood. I am writing to inform you of a community service project that the school is putting on September 11th in honor of the police officers and firefighters who helped at the twin towers. Anyone who would like to help, please contact the school. If you have a child that attends Glenwood School please make sure your child wears work clothes (no flip flops, tank tops, or shorts). And please we need all the help we can get. Thank you.

Scrub 'N' Grub

Here are some highlights of our Scrub 'n' Grub. It was a beautiful day in Glenwood! It was a great success and we would like to help all of those involved.

What is a "Leader"?

For this month's Student of the Month assembly the leadership class did a short skit. Each student took a letter from the word "leader" and described aspects of what makes a good leader. This was a part of our town cleanup Scrub ‘n’ Grub project as part of the superintendent and school board goal of a student lead service learning project. The students were asked to share with their peers why being a leader and volunteer was important. This began with the leadership class researching service learning projects and then planned a town Scrub ‘n’ Grub for May 9th. For more details on volunteering contact the school or Mr. Oldenburg.

Leadership Projects

We have been working on several projects in the last few weeks. The first project was hanging WIAA state academic awards in the enterance by the gym. Next we worked on the trophy cases. We added some unique touches to showcase our awards. Finally, we put a case in the commons to showcase the artwork created by our students.

Mt. Adams Invitational

The TLG track team will be hosting a meet at Glenwood High School this Friday, May 1st. We are excited to host such a quality meet here at our school which include the top teams in our area. Schools that are signed up to attend include: Columbia HS of White Salmon, Goldendale HS, White Swan HS, Lyle HS, Klickitat HS, Bickleton HS, Yakama Nation Tribal School, and TLG. Come join the fun starting at 3 pm! There will be concessions run by the Pee Wee sports program that will include BBQ hamburgers.

6th Grade Yard Sale

The 6th grade class is having a yard sale on May 1st and May 2nd. We will be located in the Glenwood Schools bus garage. On Friday we will be selling items from 4 pm – 6 pm during the High School track meet. On Saturday we are opening at 8 am and will be there until noon. All proceeds will be going to the 6th grade class fund. Any items not sold will be donated to a community charity. We are still looking for donation items; please bring items to the school before Friday at noon. If you have any questions please contact Mr. O.

Student Lead Conferences

Student lead conferences are on April 29th. We have been working hard putting together our Navigation 101 binders to share with our parents and our advisors. These folders include: our grades, WASL test scores, job shadow information, our personal awards, and service learning hours write ups. It is an exciting time to share what we have been working on all year with our parents.

We have been very busy in our leadership class lately. We have nearly finished the trophy case project that we have been working on most of the year. We have rearranged the trophies, painted the cases, and put very nice granite tiles in the bottom of the cases. And finally, we put mirrors on the sides of the cases that are a great finishing touch! These are now a great showcase piece for our school that will greet visitors when they enter our school. We also reconditioned another case to provide the art classes to show off their artwork that is now located in the commons.

T.A.T.U Training

On Friday, the Glenwood Leadership class attended a Teens Against Tobacco Use (TATU) training in White Salmon, hosted by Colleen Wahto. We learned a lot about tobacco use, and were trained to help the younger generation understand the dangers of tobacco, smokeless or no.

After the training, which included pig lungs, BB, and factual demonstrations, lunch, T shirts, and Mr. Gross Mouth, we went to a park in Bingen to help us deal with being inside all day.

Jan Whitefoot

We had another great visit from the artist Jan Whitefoot based out of Harrah, WA. On Tuesday, March 10th Jan came to our school. She does an amazing job and runs an art clinic for our whole school. She focuses on Native American art. She brought some cedar baskets and beaded bags from her own private collection to share with us. Our students were able to sketch and do water colors. The major project for the high school kids was to create a snake out of a small piece of driftwood. These snakes were brightly painted and incorporated designs that Jan had shown the students. This is a very unique experience for Glenwood schools and fun was had by all!

Skating with the elementary

After the canned food drive, the Leadership class celebrated the ending of an era by pulling out the old school skates and having a Banana Split party! Partnering with Miss Brazil's class, we skated and ate for 50 minutes! For some of us, it had been too long, as you'll see below:

January 5th

Our break was very good! Turkey, presents, candy, and stockings GALORE! We are very excited to be back to school and back in the swing of things. This next week holds a Junior High Basketball game (Tuesday, Jan 6th at 5:00 with Bickleton), a Varsity game in Trout Lake with White Swan (Wednesday, Jan 7th, at 6:00), a Varsity game at Klickitat (Friday, Jan 9th, at 6:00) and a J.V. and Varsity game HERE with Bickleton. (Saturday, Jan 10th, at 5:00)
We are going to start our book, 7 ways to be a effective leader, very shortly, and we are very excited to be getting to our curriculum, finally!

December 19th, 2008

This past week, the Leadership class has been very busy helping out with Christmas decorations and planning for the Christmas dinner! We've set up the tree and started making a Christmas Wreath to match our beloved turkey.
In other related news, the Canned Food Drive started last week, and ended yesterday December 18th. The 2nd and 3rd graders won with 25+ cans per 6 students! The 4th and 5th graders were not far behind, with approximately 14 cans per 11 students. The High School was almost last, with the PreSchoolers .1 cans per student behind. We have 17 kids, and they have 11 kids. In other words, our High Schoolers need some motivation and spirit if we are to survive even the simplest of tasks.
The Christmas Dinner was very successful. Our entire school ate together, parents and all, and a GIANT Thank You to the cooks, who so wonderfully prepared our Christmas Turkey. After we ate, each grade went back to their homeroom, with the High School in the Multi Purpose Room. Another big Thank You to our Secret Santas, who got us amazing gifts! Merry Christmas!!
Homecoming Court was announced, after opening our gifts, as follows:
Prince Jacob Keithly and Princess Krista Hansen
Prince Tygh Schuster and Princess Neola Putnam
Prince Brian Langfield and Princess Julia LaVallie
Prince Dustin Jones and Princess Amy Keithly

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Leadership Class!!!