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Education

Gladbrook-Reinbeck NHS inducts new members

A new crop of G-R Rebels have joined the ranks of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck National Honor Society. At 7:30pm on March 10 the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Chapter of the National Honor Society met with family and friends to induct its 17 new members. The ceremony was introduced by the faculty advisor, ...

A worldly perspective

As a kid who grew up in Green Mountain, graduated from GMG High School and took his first job out of college not far from home at the Marshalltown Police Department, James Ulin could never have imagined just how much of the world he would end up seeing in his life. Ulin, who is currently ...

PPEL vote clears approval at G-R

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District will maintain its voter-approved Physical Plant and Equipment Levy well into the next decade after school district voters passed a renewal measure Tuesday during a special school election. The vote passed with 208 voters voting in favor and 143 ...

G-R Board approves early retirement policy

In a 4-3 split vote the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Board of Education voted in favor of offering an early retirement incentive to district employees with an application deadline of March 17. The proposed incentive policy was first before the board during their January meeting but failed to pass ...

Survey results inform G-R facility assessment process

More than 300 residents of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District provided their input and feedback on the district’s facility needs through a recent survey. The survey allowed community members to review the district’s needs, share what they consider to be the highest-priority ...

GMG schools eyeing early March for full return to classrooms

A month after a water pipe break caused major damage at the GMG Secondary school in Garwin, progress has remained steady toward a target of March 6 for all junior high and senior high students to return to 100 percent in-person learning. On Jan. 7 Secondary Principal Jaimie Gargas and teacher ...

Rebels qualify two groups to state speech

After weeks and months of choosing events and rehearsing parts, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck Large Group Speech team got the opportunity to leave it all on the stage last weekend. The Rebels traveled to Waterloo West High School for the annual District Large Group Speech Contest on Saturday, Jan. ...

Gladbrook-Reinbeck seeks community input through facilities survey

The Gladbrook-Reinbeck School Board is inviting residents to take a community-wide survey to provide input on how the district can best address its facility needs. At this time, the board is considering a facilities renovation project that would help maximize the opportunities available to ...

G-R choristers attend honor choir festival

Gladbrook-Reinbeck was well represented last week among the ranks of eastern Iowa’s top high school choral singers at the Meistersinger Honor Choir Festival. G-R choir members attending the honor festival included Brandon Strohbehn, Wesley Latchman, Vanessa Arvizu-Ersland and Nattalee ...

Elementary STEM Nights coming to Gladbrook and Reinbeck

The classroom is coming alive and to a venue near you this winter within the Gladbrook-Reinbeck community. G-R Elementary staff will be holding a series of STEM Nights for elementary students and families in late winter as a way to provide fun, hands-on learning opportunities outside of ...