Staff
Spotlights
Mr. Barry Bass graduated from GCHS, earned his
Associates Degree from Martin Methodist College, his Bachelor’s Degree from
Belmont, and his Masters +30 from MTSU.
He has been a teacher for 37 years.
In addition to teaching, he started the first Giles County soccer team
and league; he has coached both football and soccer; he has traveled
extensively across the globe to many places including 45 U.S. states, Russia,
Europe, Japan, and the Middle East.
The
“great loves” of his life are his wife and best friend of 39 years, Jan Bass;
two children and his daughter-in-law, two grandchildren; and music. Psalms 150 is his favorite bible
passage. Mr. Bass stated, “These 58
years have been a blast and I know I’ll be seeing many new chapters and changes
in the near future.”
Mrs. Sandy Young started
working as the GCHS secretary in 2010. She
grew up in Giles County and graduated from Giles County High School. After attending Jones County Junior College
in Ellisville, MS, she moved to Nashville where she began a career in
banking. After completing banking school
at UNC, Charlotte NC, she served as an Assistant Vice President, Corporate
Trust Division of First American Bank (now Regions Bank). Mrs. Young spent fifteen years in Nashville
before making the decision to move back home and marry her best friend, Joe
Young, 15 years ago.
After
returning home, she worked with Brindley Construction, serving as Office and
Human Resource Manager.
Mrs.
Young is a very involved and proud mother of two very busy boys, Mack 12 and
Riley 9. She feels very fortunate to be
associated with Giles County High School and the staff. She learned from some of the same teachers
that are still teaching today and receives great pleasure helping all that come
her way. She stated, “The real reward is
at the end of the day when my children arrive from their schools and we are off
to tackle practices, ballgames, appointments, homework or whatever they have
planned.
Robotics
Team Wins at Nationals
The “Robotics for Achievers” class had three students: Patrick Stanford, Seth Thorne and John Malsky competing in National SkillsUSA “Robotics and Automation Technology (VEX) and Mobile Robotics” competition in Kansas City. Their advisor is Gary McCree. They won tenth place in the competition. Congratulations!
USATestprep,
A Learning Tool
USA Testprep is an
online resource to help students learn.
The site is custom-designed to help students understand their state’s
required standards and prepare them for high-stakes, standardized tests. The site may be accessed from any computer
with Internet capability. The following
subjects are available to all Giles County High students: Algebra I & II, English I & II &
III, Biology I, Physical Science, and U.S. History. The site contains a wide mix of instructional
videos, practice material, tests, and games.
USATestprep may be found at www.usatestprep.com.
Newsletter Distribution
If you are
interested in receiving GCHS newsletters by e-mail, please e-mail us at gchsnews@giles.k12.tn.us.
Homework Hotline
Homework Hotline is now open and ready for your
students. The Homework Hotline has 17
teachers on hand each afternoon to provide free tutoring from 4:00 - 8:00 pm,
Monday - Thursday. They have bilingual educators.
Sonic Drive Ins provides a toll free number: 1-888-868-5777.
Volleyball Schedule
|
Date |
Opponent |
Place |
Time |
|
9-4 |
Lewis County |
Home |
5:00/6:00 |
|
9-6 |
Fairview |
Home |
5:00/6:00 |
|
9-10 |
Ninth Grade
Academy (JV) |
Home |
5:00 |
|
9-11 |
Spring Hill |
Away |
5:00/6:00 |
|
9-13 |
Page |
Home |
5:00/6:00 |
Golf Schedule
|
Date |
Opponent |
Place |
|
9-4 |
Hickman Co. East
Hickman |
Home |
|
9-6 |
RHS, Loretto |
Home |
|
9-13 |
Marshall Co. |
Away |
Girls Soccer
|
Date |
Opponent |
Place |
Time |
|
9-4 |
Culleoka |
Rotary Park |
5:00 |
|
9-6 |
Wayne Co. |
Rotary |
5:30 |
|
9-10 |
Fairview |
Rotary |
5:00 |
|
9-13 |
Loretto |
Away |
5:30 |
Sophmores – Las
Vegas “Bettin’ on the Bobcats” Freshmen -
Chicago “Cats Win in the Windy City”
Football Schedule
|
Date |
Opponent |
Place |
Time |
|
9-7 |
Hickman County |
Away |
7:00 |
|
9-14 |
Marshall County |
Home |
7:00 |
JV Football Schedule
|
Date |
Opponent |
Place |
Time |
|
9-4 |
Fayetteville City |
Away |
6:30 |
Homecoming 2012 – A Triumph
GCHS would like to say a special
thanks to all the parents for their help, the students for their spirit, the
community for supporting GCHS, the banner and float judges, the teachers for a
great week of patience, the Student Council for putting on a great week, and
Mrs. Jamie Bedingfield for leading and directing the numerous activities.
Last week, the student body was
locked in fierce interclass competition in the following areas: float construction/decoration, spirit links,
spirit banners, dress-up days, pep session enthusiasm, duck tape a student to
the wall, relay races, and tug-of-war. These
points were totaled and the Senior Class had the highest number of total points
which earned them the 2012 Homecoming
Spirit Award.
The GCHS football team handily
defeated East Hickman 58-6. Way to go
gentlemen!
The Homecoming Court consisted of
the GCHS mascot, cheerleaders, and 21 couples representing our feeder schools,
classes, the crown bearer Tripp Abernathy and flower girl Eliza Nelson. Congratulations to Miss Ellen Garner who was
crowned Homecoming Queen. She was
escorted by Mr. Austin Greene.