GMG Girls High School Track by Mallory Fisher GMG Girl’s High School track started February 16, 2016. Our coach is John Reed. We have twenty girls out for track this year. Our first track meet will be March 1, 2016. We have a total of twelve meets. I am a sprinter, so I look forward to running 100’s, 200’s, 4×100, and the sprint medley. We have a lot of talented people out. We have eight girls who do long distance. There are ten girls that are sprinters. We have several involved in field events as well. I am looking forward to this track season. Hopefully, our team can perform extremely well.

GMG Girls Basketball Team Eliminated; Lynnville Sully Girls Advance By: McKensie Vaske On Tuesday, February 16, the GMG girls faced a very competitive team. The first half of the game was fairly close. GMG was getting baskets, but just as many turnovers that Lynnville converted into points. GMG struggled offensively, because of Lynnville’s lockdown defense. Lynnville got the lead at the end of the first quarter and they never surrendered it. GMG’s leading scorers for the game as well as the season were Blaire Sonderleiter and McKensie Vaske with 11 points each. Josie Claassen pitched in 7 points with 11 blocks as well. Lynnville advanced again after playing North Tama on Friday, February 19 in the third round. GMG is returning every player next year. Their team will be mostly seniors and will have lots of experience. They are expecting big things out of themselves next season.

GMG Girls Basketball Team Eliminated; Lynnville Sully Girls Advance By: McKensie Vaske On Tuesday, February 16, the GMG girls faced a very competitive team. The first half of the game was fairly close. GMG was getting baskets, but just as many turnovers that Lynnville converted into points. GMG struggled offensively, because of Lynnville’s lockdown defense. Lynnville got the lead at the end of the first quarter and they never surrendered it. GMG’s leading scorers for the game as well as the season were Blaire Sonderleiter and McKensie Vaske with 11 points each. Josie Claassen pitched in 7 points with 11 blocks as well. Lynnville advanced again after playing North Tama on Friday, February 19 in the third round. GMG is returning every player next year. Their team will be mostly seniors and will have lots of experience. They are expecting big things out of themselves next season.

GMG Girls High School Track by Mallory Fisher GMG Girl’s High School track started February 16, 2016. Our coach is John Reed. We have twenty girls out for track this year. Our first track meet will be March 1, 2016. We have a total of twelve meets. I am a sprinter, so I look forward to running 100’s, 200’s, 4×100, and the sprint medley. We have a lot of talented people out. We have eight girls who do long distance. There are ten girls that are sprinters. We have several involved in field events as well. I am looking forward to this track season. Hopefully, our team can perform extremely well.

GMG Musical By: Emily Roberts The GMG musical this year will be Mulan directed by Mrs. Sheryl Mulliken and Mr. Allen Mulliken. The lead is played by 8th grader Megan Khon. I think this years musical will be really good. There are a lot of good actors/actresses. The musical will be March 18, and 19, at 7 PM. The Friday performance is opening night so there will be a lot of people there. There will be even more during Saturday’s performance. There will be food after the performance on Saturday. Pictures will be taken right after the musical on both nights. So, come to Garwin and watch our awesome production of Mulan.

GMG Inservice By Nick Stegmann GMG Schools will be dismissing early March 2, 2016. The students will be let out at 1:30. The early out will be due to teacher inservice meetings. In these meetings speakers from AEA and other places come to present to the teachers. This will count as a full day of school, so it won’t need to be made up.This early out will be a prelude of the much anticipated Easter break by both students and teachers. The Easter break will be March 23 through March 28. Both teachers and students are excited for these days!

GMG’s First Track Meet of the Season by Avery Smith Spring sports have sprung at GMG. As track practices have started many fans, coaches, and athletes are eagerly waiting for the first meet. With new and returning athletes many have some high expectations for the coming season. Right after returning from spring break, GMG will kick off its track season. On March 29, both the boys and girls track teams will be ready to run their hearts out. The girls will start their season off in Conrad, while the boys will be in LeGrand. Come out and support as both of these meets will start at 4:15 p.m.

GMG After Prom Fundraiser By Koleton Hartwell The GMG After Prom Fundraiser will be held at the Pizza Ranch in Marshalltown. It is going to be held on Monday, March 7th. The fundraiser will be held from 5 pm to 8 pm. The money that is raised will be used for our GMG After Prom. We hope to see you there!

Easter Break by Elias Youngman Easter break is coming up soon, and GMG students couldn’t be more excited. Easter break is always a fun time, you don’t have to go to school. Easter break is meant for students to enjoy the great holiday and spend it with their family. GMG’s staff is also very excited for this break. Easter break technically starts on Thursday, March 24, 2016. GMG also has taken the March 23, 2016 off for conference exchange day. Easter break ends on Monday, March 28, 2016 which is in the last week of March. Students are hoping for a warm Easter break. Enjoy your holiday!

NEIBA Jazz Band Festival By: Michael Xavier Tichy The NEIBA Jazz Band Festival is held at Hudson, Iowa. It will be on March 5, 2016. All school’s are attending, for this festival it is jazz band only. GMG High School’s performance is at 10:50 A M. Everyone should come and support GMG and cheer on all the other schools who will be performing that day.

GMG Pops Concert by Jazmen Stokely There was a delightful pops concert at GMG Secondary on February 22, at 7:00p.m. The high school choir directed by Mrs. Sheryl Mulliken sang 3 songs. They were amazing. Isaiah Zielstorf and Carrie Soukhavong performed a duet and a solo. They were awesome. The band directed by Mr. Dan Lastovka also played.The jazz band sounded fantastic. They also played 3 songs. The high school sang “21 Guns” by Green Day. They also sang 2 other songs. One other song was “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles. The band played some songs from 5SOS. The Jazz dand was phonmenonal . Everyone did really well, and the solos were superb.

GMG Prom By Mckayla Conaway There’s excitement in the air! Girls are buying dresses, boys and girls are asking each other to go with each other! You may wonder what I’m taking about, I’m talking about GMG’s Prom! Fun times are ahead with classmates and friends! Prom is on April 26, 2016. If you are a junior or senior from GMG you may go. Anyone younger than that has to be asked. Our prom is in Marshalltown, in the DuJardin Hall at MCC. Promenade is at 5:30. Dinner begins between 6:30 and 7:00. The dance is at 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.

ACT By Zachary Halverson The ACT is a very important test. It shows how much book smarts you have. The next registration deadline will be March 4, 2016. Test day is on April 9, 2016. Everyone who plans to got to college should or have to take this test.