Gardner Edgerton Trailblazers
Every kid, every day.
WHAT'S COMING UP
Jan. 29 - Early Release - 2:30pm
Jan. 29 - 8th Grade Information Night - Chili Feed at 6pm - Meeting at 7pm
Jan. 30 - Winter Play (The Mousetrap) - 7pm - tickets $5
Feb. 1 - Winter Play (The Mousetrap)- 1pm & 7pm - Tickets $5
Feb. 5 - Early Release - 2:30pm
Feb. 7 - Winter Assembly - 2:30pm
Feb. 8 - Winter Royalty Dance - 8:00-10:00pm
Feb. 11 - Early Dismissal - 12:30pm
Feb. 12 - P/T Conferences - 12-8pm
Feb. 13 - P/T Conferences - 4-8pm
Feb. 14 - No School
Feb. 17 - No School - President's Day
Feb. 19 - Winter Band Concert
Feb. 21 - Hall of Fame Induction
Feb. 26 - Winter Orchestra Concert
Feb. 26 - Early Release - 2:30pm
View our online calendar (select individual events for more details.) https://www.sunflowerleague.org/public/genie/403/school/4406/
GEHS Athletic Hall of Fame Inductions
The GEHS Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee proudly announces that two highly acclaimed female athletes -- volleyball and basketball player, Shelby (Lard) Krumm, and track and field and volleyball player, Cassie Wait, have been selected for induction at a ceremony held at our home boys’ and girls’ basketball game on February 21, 2020. They will be introduced at halftime of the boy’s game. An informal social hour will take place in the Library from 6 pm to 7 pm. The public is invited to attend.
411 on the Counseling Department
Any senior interested in meeting with a college representative contact Barb Wright in the counseling office 913-856-2617.
Jan. 29 - Hesston College
Jan. 30 - Pittsburg State University
Feb. 6 - Washburn
Feb. 18 - Fort Scott
To request a transcript click on the link: https://www.usd231.com/o/gardner-edgerton-hs, select menu, counseling, and select transcript request. Please allow 5 school days for requests to be processed. Please limit to ONE request per form.
Yearbook and Senior Ads
The last chance deadline to submit a Sr. Ad is Jan. 31. There will be a senior ad design night on Jan. 30 from 4pm-8:30pm in room 316. If you would like help designing your ad, please attend one of those meetings. Bring your form, message, photos and payment and leave with your ad ready to print. See attachment for submitting guidelines and pricing or stop by the office and grab a form.
Senior Class of 2020 Group Picture
Order your Winter Royalty Shirt Today!
GEHS student wins Bronze Medal
Kylie Hayes competed in a 2 day competition and won the Bronze Medal (in her division) at the ISAA Pro-Am Tournament in Des Moines Iowa. There were 610 total shooters from throughout the US and foreign countries.
Wrestling
The Varsity team took 5th in the 24 team Bobcat Classic. Top Finishers - Collin Smith 5th, Alonzo Borjas 4th, AJ Rodriguez 3rd, Caden Rodriguez 4th, Gus Davis 4th, Noah Short 7th and Gerald Picado 7th
The Lady Blazers Wrestling team competed at Basehor and took 4th out of 16 teams in their toughest tournament to date. They were led by Jaidyn Andrews 2nd and Zoey Edwards 3rd.
Most impressive of all was our JV Boys team going to the Topeka High Varsity Invitational and taking 3rd out of 12 teams! Ozzy Poage - Champ 195#, Aydin Lowery 2nd, Trenton Bryan 4th, Andrew Corbin 4th,Keeghan Troutman 3rd, Lucas Anderson Champ 132#, Therron Meade 3rd.
Wednesday the wrestlers grinded out a win against ONW 41-25. Overall the Varsity was 8-4 with big wins from Gerald Picado, and Noah Short to put it away. Gus Davis, the Rodriguez Brothers, Collin Smith and Josh Andrews walked away with wins. The biggest win of the night came at #138 when our #132 wrestler Zach Ghale bumped up to beat a very good opponent. He was the turning point in the duel and we coasted after that.
The Girl's team looked sharp with wins coming from Shayne Peterson, Lexi Hodkins, and match of the night winner Lilly Kepler. Overall the girls were 3-2
Keeghan Troutman, Trenton Bryan, Ozzy Poage, and Owen Massaro all had great wins on the JV Side
Basketball
Friday the Lady Blazers took the court on Saturday v. #3 ranked and undefeated SMNW. The ladies played a great game and were within two points (32-34) with four minutes remaining in the game before falling 33-45. The ladies were lead by Junior Sofia Semon and Senior Mia Vallery.
The Boys Varsity basketball team beat Shawnee Mission Northwest Saturday night by a score of 69-60.
A big win at home Tuesday night against the Lawrence Lions as the Lady Blazers held a 47-40 lead with 4 minutes remaining and nearly let it slip away before holding off Lawrence 54-50. The ladies were lead by Junior Sofia Semon with 16 points and Sophomore Kaylah Newman with 12.
Bowling
The Junior Varsity Ladies finished in third place as a team. Freshman Misha Epstein, bowling in her first meet finished 6th individually, and senior, Liadan Douglass, finished 2nd.
The Varsity Ladies also finished 3rd as a team. Senior Shanlii Dace placed 9th individually and Sophomore Kamryn Williams finished in 7th.
The Junior Varsity Gentlemen finished in 2nd place as a team. Individual honors go to Junior Ian Carpenter who individually finished in 3rd place with a 544 series and a nice 213 game, and to Sophomore Zach Reynolds who finished 2nd overall with a 596 series and a nice 223 game.
The Varsity Gentlemen finished 2nd as a team as well. Freshman Cole Darby finished in 5th place individually.
KMEA All State Orchestra
Keeping you in the know
The Tale Blazer, a literary journal created by GEHS students, needs your submissions! We are looking for short stories, essays, poetry, song lyrics etc to fill our pages. You may have your submission printed anonymously if you’d prefer. See Mrs. Heller in room 309 or join our Google classroom page at k3iaou for more information! Entries are due 1/31/2020.
GEHS is participating in the Narrative High School Short Story Contest. The theme this year is "Choice" ($1,000 in prizes) Join Google classroom k3iaou for more information. Stories are to be submitted to google classroom by 2/19/2020 at 11:59pm.
ABOUT US
Email: smithb@usd231.com
Website: https://www.usd231.com/o/gardner-edgerton-hs
Location: 425 N Waverly Rd Gardner, KS 66030
Phone: 913-856-2600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gardner-Edgerton-High-School/194206847295631
Twitter: @GEHSBlazers