March kicked off with Special Olympics Unified Sports Respect Week from March 1-5 and the week was used to celebrate inclusion and respect across our community. Students and staff engaged in various activities around those actions including: signing our Unified Sports poster, filling out a form to share about people they respect, posing for pictures with various Respect Week items, completing an inclusion challenge on the Special Olympics website, and creating their own art based on the themes from the week. Students were given swag for their participation including backpacks, T-shirts, pencils, cups, and more great items. Overall, more than 400 students and staff participated in the activities throughout the week as the Inclusion Revolution continued at Goodrell Middle School.
Swimming continued in March, and Track and Field got underway this month. The Track and Field season is short this year (only four weeks), and students have completed two full weeks of practice. Under the Skills Academy model, students have been able to try out the different aspects of track and field and get a more well-rounded experience than normal. There is a track meet planned for April 16th at North High School starting at 5:00 p.m. and more details will be given shortly about families coming to watch their students compete. Track also welcomed two new coaches to the fold this year: Ms. Angelique Smyth was hired as the boys assistant coach and Mr. Aric Rush was added as a ratio coach to the girls team.
To end the school year, soccer will be the final sport once swimming and track are over. It will start on April 19th and run until the latter part of May. Debate has one meet left and has enjoyed some success this year as their season comes to a close. Some other clubs have been meeting in-person this month including Cosmetology, History, Breakdancing, Sisters4Success, and Anime. Clubs will start to wrap up over the next several weeks, and then we will begin to survey the students to see what clubs they want offered next year!
