Yearbooks are for sale

The yearbooks for 2009 - 2010 are here and are now for sale in the office. You can pick them up for $15 through the end of December. After the first of the year the price will increase to $20.

Food Drive 2010

We made our goal of 1000 cans donated for the Winter Food Drive here at Glenwood Schools. We are so proud of our kids and our community for opening up those cupboards and donating food. We will be having a reward for the entire school with a movie and roller skating!! Good Job!

Christmas Dinner

We will be hosting a Christmas dinner on 12/17 starting at 11 am at the school. Please call Toni at the school to make reservations.

At the dinner we will have performances by the ASL club, the Spanish classes and the MS band. We will also be giving out the Student of the Month awards for December. Homecoming prince and princesses will be announced. Finally, the student and staff gift exchange will happen too.

Thanksgiving Dinner

We would like to thank everyone who helped out for the Thanksgiving Dinner. It was a huge success. We had about 125 people for the meal. The entertainment and slide show were also great! We look forward to doing it again in a few weeks for Christmas.

Can Food Drive

This year Glenwood School is sponsoring a canned food drive to help support our local community. Please bring non-perishable food items to the school between December 1st - 16th. This year we have set a school wide goal of 1000 items. When we reach this goal we will have an all school reward!! This year the Leadership class will be helping to count and collect items each morning. Please help out this holiday season.

TLG High School Basketball

Fri. 12/3 vs. Vancouver Christian @ Trout Lake Boys JV 6:00 BoysVarsity7:30

Sat.12/4 vs. CS Lewis Academy @ Trout Lake Boys Jv 5:30 Girls Varsity 4:00 Boys Varsity 2:30

Tue. 12/7 vs. Sherman CO @ Moro, OR. Girls JV3:00 Boys JV4:30 Girls Varsity6:00 Boys Varsity 7:30

Fri. 12/10 vs. Arlington @ Trout Lake Girls Varsity6:00 Boys Varsity7:30

Sat. 12/11 vs. King's Way Christian@ Vancouver Boys JV1:00 Girls Varsity2:30 Boys Varsity4:00

Glenwood Middle School Basketball

Thurs. 12/2 vs. Trout Lake @ Trout Lake 5:30

Mon. 12/6 vs. Klickitat @ Klickitat 5:30

Thurs. 12/9 vs. Centerville @ Centerville 5:30

SNOW!!

Winter may have started a little early. We have snow in the valley just in time for the start of the holidays. This is a reminder that we will be having our annual Thanksgiving Dinner here at the school on 11/24 starting at 11 am in the multi.

Glenwood School Thanksgiving Dinner

The annual Glenwood School Thanksgiving dinner is coming up and we are very excited to share it with our community. The dinner will begin at 11:00 in the multipurpose room. Please let the office know if you are going to be attending, by 11/22/10.

Prices:

$3.20for adults
$1.95 for 7^th – 12^th grade

$1.45 for 6^th grade and below

Renewable Energy Assembly November 15, 2010

On November 15th, 2010, Adam Crawford from the Wild Horse Renewable Energy Center in Ellensburg came to our school and presented about Renewable wind energy. He told us about the different jobs in this field, and the kind of pay each worker makes. He also gave a breif history of windmills around the world, and showed pictures of different ereas of windmills. All in all, it was a very informative presentation, and opened our minds to MANY new carreer possibilities.

Veteran's Day Assembly November 10th, 2010

On November 10th, 2010, our school had an assembly in honor of all the men and women who have served our country. We invited all the community members to come and join us.
The preschool class led the school in the Pledge of Allegiance, they did an amazing job.Dr. Couch then welcomed everyone for coming. Mrs. Allaway led the Middle School band in "Gallant March." Kaylene Tyndall then read a poem, called "American Hero." Jaylin Throop read a history of Veteran's Day, and, although it was short, it really encompassed the whole idea. Mr. Barnes led his American Sign Language class in signing "God Bless The USA" and they did a very good job. Mrs. Allaway then led the High School band in playing "The Star Spangled Banner." By this point, the assembly was over, and Mr. O again thanked everyone for coming and honoring the men and women who have served our country.

AVID Training

We had a group of teachers travel to Pasco for a training on AVID strategies sponsored by GEAR UP. Mr Barnes, Mr Evasick, Mrs Webb, Mr Oldenburg, and Jensi. This was a day long training about Cornell note taking, organization of binders, looking at inquiry and critical reading. The goal for this training was for our staff to learn new strategies to help students become more independent and more college and career ready.

The focus of the AVID training was on a variety of strategies to raise student achievement through academic rigor.

As a group they started the day off by developing a working definition of what rigor was.

What is Academic Rigor?
Higher level thinking and support to go beyond the basic ideas/topics. Demanding critical thinking and analysis. Thought provoking and challenging students at their level (different for different kids). Engage the student in the activity or demanding challenge. Academics that challenge a ceiling of learning. A set of thinking skills toolbox: contextualize, analysis, etc. Not just giving more homework, or adding work!

Cornell Notes
The notes are are process and not a product! Students must revisit their notes and review from time to time to best get a handle of the topics being studied. This is a basic 2 column note where students create columns. The right hand column is all the information that the student is taking notes on. The left column is where students have the opportunity to talk to the document, ask questions or create subtopics. It is a process where students can take notes, then take time daily to review the information in an organized manner. One big idea to remember is that the left hand column is thinking and the right hand column is where the note taking happens.


Overall this was a great training. All the teachers were very glad that they came to the training. With all trainings, the challenge is to now bring it back to Glenwood. Keep an eye out in these classes in the near future. There are some good things coming to a classroom near you!!

Glenwood Blood Drive

interviewed with Mrs. McLaughlin

Q: How did the blood drive go?
A: It went really well. It exceeded our expectation. We were proud of our school and community and their citizenship.

Q: Did we meet our Quota?
A: Yes, our goal was 30, and we had 48 Blood donors.

Q: How many people showed up?
A: there was a 100 people that showed up 40 of them were volunteer helpers and the other 60 to donate blood.

Q: We’re any of them turned away for any reason dealing with Red Cross?
A: Yes, there was 3 deferrals due to travel to a foreign country.

Trout Lake - Glenwood Sports

Hich School Volleyball:

October 12th, at Bickleton, 6:00 p.m.

October 15th, at Klickitat, 6:00 p.m.

Middle School Volleyball:

October 11th, at Klickitat, 5:00 p.m.

October 14th, at Home, 5:00 p.m.

Middle School Football:

October 13th, at Henkle(Home), 4:00 p.m.

This is the last football game of the season... Come support our boys!!

Bus Ridership Week, October 4th-October 8th

October 4th through October 8th, Glenwood School encouraged all students to ride the bus to school in the morning. Every morning during the week, the bus drivers had to keep a log of all the students who rode the bus. Using those numbers, and a formula created by the state, the state calculates the amount of transportation funding for the next year.

Blood Drive

This is a reminder that we are hosting a blood drive on Thursday 10/7 from 1 - 6 pm at Glenwood Schools.

Volleyball

Our high school volleyball team is ranked #3 in the Washington State 1B rankings this week... check it out at the Yakima Herald Sports Blog

High School Volleyball for the week of 9/20

9/21 South Wasco VS TLG @ Glenwood 5:30 pm

9/24 Bickleton VS TLG @ Trout Lake 6:00 pm

9/25 Country Christian Invite @ Mollala TBA

Here is a link to the Country Christian School for up to the minute details. http://www.the-countrychurch.org/ccsHome.html

TLG Volleyball

Join us for our only home high school volleyball game of the season here in Glenwood. Cheer on Dakota and Katrina, along with the rest of the TLG volleyball team!! We are having a full evening of volleyball on Tuesday September 21st. The action starts at 4 pm with the middle school team playing Trout Lake. Directly following the middle school game TLG will take on South Wasco in high school varsity action. Please join us in supporting our teams!

Middle School Volleyball Games Start This Week

9/21 Trout Lake at Glenwood 4 pm

9/23 Klickitat at Glenwood 5 pm

Landscape Design

Two years ago the Glenwood School started a landscape design club in hopes of redesigning the front of our school to make it more visually appealing. The design process started with the help of Claude McKenzie. He showed us how to use the computer to design our project. Pam Keithly was later brought in to help Claude and the club to choose which native plants to use. Once the design process was finished, our school started planning in the Spring of 2010. Darren Jones helped tear out the shrubs that had previously been in the planting beds and then replace the soil with nutrient rich top soil. Darren then planted several new trees in the fall. The leadership class helped out by weeding and preparing the space for planting in the spring. For the May Enrichment Day we started planting. We used a wide range of native plants and grasses including: dogwood (red and yellow twigs), burning bush, mock orange, kinnikinnick, black eyed susans and rosa rugosa. Now the plants are starting to really fill and we think the landscaping process has been a huge success. We are now looking for our next landscape project in front of the gym.

On Thursday September 16th, Sergeant Chris Dowlearn from the United States Air Force stationed in Vancouver, WA visited Glenwood School to present his experience about being in the Air Force. He explained the benefits of joining the Air Force. Sergeant Dowlearn explained the places that he has traveled from his small town in Texas background thanks to his 11 years in the Air Force. He was also able to share with us about the educational benefits of joining the Air Force as an enlisted person, such as earning a 2- year degree through the Air Force Community College. But, the Air Force also offers other schooling, so you can earn higher degrees if you pursued that path. He also talked about the Post - 9/11 G.I. Bill that helps pay for schooling once you have left the Air Force. Sergeant Dowlearn talked about the leadership and other life skills he has learned in the Air Force.

Glenwood Community Blood Drive

On Thursday, October 7^th there will be blood drive sponsered by the National Honor Seciety. The leadership class, the National Honor Society, and Glenwood High School would like to encourage the community to join in and save lives by donating blood.

We are looking for commmunity members that are interested in donating blood.

If you have any questions please contact Bridget McLughlin (509) 364 – 3438 or go online at www.redcrossblood.org sponser code Glenwood.

Junior High Football

9/15 Henkle MS at View Ridge 4 pm

High School Volleyball

9/14 King's Way Christian at Trout Lake School 5:30 pm


9/16 Three Rivers Christian at Three Rivers (Kelso) 6:00 pm


9/18 Sherman Co Tournament at Moro, OR 9:30 am

Glenwood Welcomes Mr. Barnes

This school year, Glenwood School has a new English teacher, Mr. Barnes. The leadership class decided to ask him a few questions, to get to know him more.

Q: Where were you born?
A: Seattle, WA

Q: What inspired you to be a teacher?
A: Teaching swimming lessons

Q: Where did you go to school, High School and College?
A: Soap Lake Highschool
Trinity Christian School

Q: What degree do you have?
A: Bachelor's degree in History and English

Q: What other states have you lived in?
A: Illinois

Q: If you had to live your life over again, what would you change?
A: Nothing

Q:What is one other career you would choose if you weren't a teacher?
A: An Ecologist, or a Smoke Jumper

Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Mountain Biking
Hiking
Back Packing
Reading
Snow Boarding
Rock Climbing
Crocheting