The Best Midwestern Writing Competition has announced winners of its student writing competition, and Gobles senior Elizabeth Ketchum won first prize in the Non-Fiction (11/12) category for her piece The Mirror in Her Words about a visit she made with her mother and sisters to a nursing home. The contest was open to high school students across the Midwest, sponsored by Western Michigan University.

At the April 15 ceremony to induct students into the 2012-2013 National Honor Society at Gobles High School, featured speaker Pam Westcott challenged sixty-one students to personalize the symbol of the NHS torch: to live their lives as beacons of integrity, character, inquiry and kindness. Student officers followed Westcott and spoke of the four pillars of the National Honor Society, then lit candles to symbolize the spreading of that flame.

Here Gobles NHS President Nicole Lauhon lights a candle to represent leadership. Lauhon, a senior, is daughter of David and Debbie Lauhon.

Gobles History Club students traveled to sites in Greece and around the Mediterranean Sea during Spring Break, 2013. Here Gobles juniors Brooklyn Wiseley and Danielle Cooper pose for a photo at the seaside in Mykonos, Greece. 

Gobles High School Senior Keegan Scholte has been selected as one of two Michigan youths to receive the prestigious The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for 2013, and will be recognized at an event in Washington, D.C. this spring with other outstanding youth volunteers from across the country.

The Gobles United Methodist Women’s Group donated school and classroom supplies to Gobles Middle/High School at the beginning of the school year. They had two goals: to provide homeless students & students in financial need with school supplies such as binders, folders, pens, and pencils and to support Gobles teaching staff with supplies that teachers often pay for out of pocket, such as tissues and disinfecting wipes for the classroom, and poster board for projects.

The group works directly with the Intervention Specialist who identifies and supplies students with the donated items. Our school is extremely grateful that this group has decided to keep it’s charitable dollars local and support our students and teachers.

The new school year brings many changes to the Food Service Program as a result of the USDA adopting new requirements for the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program. Below is a list some of the major changes students will see this year.