Arrow Pride Award recipients, 11/11...

November 11th

Good afternoon Arrows - It is time for another drawing of the Arrow Pride Award Winner. After a long weekend, it can be challenging to get back in the swing of things. This, even more, is the case when the day doesn’t play out the way you had intended. Its times like these that help us remember that we are not always responsible for the situation we are put in, but we are responsible for how we respond to it. When life seems to throw us curve balls and we can’t explain it, or want to deal with it, I remember the following lines from the book “Make Your Bed”  by Admiral William H. McRaven. While talking about Navy Seal training he says: 

“Several times a week, the instructors would line up the class and do a uniform inspection. It was exceptionally thorough. Your hat had to be perfectly starched, your uniform immaculately pressed and your belt buckle shiny and void of any smudges. But it seemed that no matter how much effort you put into starching your hat, or pressing your uniform or polishing your belt buckle — it just wasn't good enough. The instructors would find “something” wrong.

For failing the uniform inspection, the student had to run, fully clothed into the surf zone and then, wet from head to toe, roll around on the beach until every part of your body was covered with sand. The effect was known as a “sugar cookie.” You stayed in that uniform the rest of the day — cold, wet and sandy.

There were many a student who just couldn't accept the fact that all their effort was in vain. That no matter how hard they tried to get the uniform right, it was unappreciated. Those students didn't make it through training. Those students didn't understand the purpose of the drill. You were never going to succeed. You were never going to have a perfect uniform.

Sometimes no matter how well you prepare or how well you perform you still end up as a sugar cookie. It's just the way life is sometimes.

If you want to change the world get over being a sugar cookie and keep moving forward.”

The following students have shown us their best last week in learning and living the Arrow Way. They were able to take on tasks that are challenging and can make the best out of any situation. I ask that the following students please come down to collect their Arrow Pride Award and to choose their reward for their efforts. 

Elementary:
Kdg-  Ariyanna Tuman
Kdg-  Finely Steenblock 
Kdg-  Jonathan Sajin-Coj
Kdg- Anola Amundson
1st gr- Lane Hokenson
1st gr - Paisley Fagre
2nd gr- Darian Holte 
2nd gr- Brody Webb 
3rd gr- Evan Rossum 
5th gr- Levi Larson 
5th gr- Levi Schroeder 

Middle School:
6th gr- Lukas Anderson 
7th gr- Ava Ellingson 
7th gr- Daniel Runningen
8th gr- Quynn Behrens 

High School:
9th gr- Ruth Castillo 
10th gr- Ben Ludwig 
10th gr- Jayson Thormodson
10th gr- Carter Spangler 
10th gr- Celi Nelson

​As Arrows we strive to live and learn The Arrow Way by excelling in academics, being responsible and respectful, taking advantage of all the opportunities bestowed upon us, working hard and finding success in all that we do. We are what makes this school a special place to work and learn. 

Congratulations to those of you who were picked and good luck to all of you potential winners for next week’s Arrow Pride Awards.