GISD is closely monitoring the weather and still plans to start school at our normal schedule Thursday. We understand that some in the community live on roads that may not be safe to drive on at this time. Remember, do not drive through water over the road; turn around, don’t drown. If you cannot travel safely, all we ask is that you call us in the morning and let us know that your child will not be present. Thank you and stay safe!
Parents, STAAR testing resumes tomorrow on both campuses. A snack and a bottle of water will be provided to all students testing. High school students; pease bring your charged school-issued Chromebook and your charger! We understand that some roads may not be safe to travel, if your student cannot make it to school please let your front office know and your student can make up their test on Friday.
Due to the oncoming severe weather, school has been canceled for today. We hope that all of our families stay safe with all of this rain and will see everyone tomorrow. STAAR testing will resume on Thursday.
Due to inclement weather we will be releasing students at 1pm today. Buses will run during this time.
Elementary students from Pre-K all the way to 6th participated in safely viewing the spectacular solar eclipse! Even our maintenance staff joined in on the fun! Be sure to keep watch over this post as new photos are added!
We appreciate our librarian so much. Thank you, Tricia Cranford, for being an important part of Gary Elementary!
We are a little late, but we want to say a huge thank you to our maintenance men, John Smith, JD Strawn, and Steve Molitor for all that they do!
A huge shout out to our paraprofessionals. Thank you all so much for going above and beyond each and every day.
STAAR Testing begins tomorrow at Gary ISD! We ask that all students get a good night's rest and come in ready to do their best! For high school students; please make sure you bring your school-issued Chromebook fully charged, and bring your charger just in case, we will provide the snacks! Remember; no outside food can be brought to the campus on testing days!
High school students all gathered outside today to safely view the solar eclipse! Keep watch over this post as more pictures are gathered!
Oh we are so excited, Pre-K Roundup is almost here! Reserve your spot now for our roundup party on Friday, April 12th from 10am-2pm!
All four of Mrs. Ava's RLA classes did a March Madness bracket for their IXLs! They received points for each skill completed on their STAAR skill plan, and they were tallied up on Fridays. They all worked super hard but 5A came out on top by ONE point at the very last minute and won a pizza and movie party!
Congratulations to all of our February Students of the Month at Gary Elementary! Keep being great leaders!
Some of our students have been studying the life cycle of chickens, and yesterday after 21 days of patiently waiting they finally got some baby chicks!
Yesterday, our Journalism team competed at the UIL District competition at SFASU and did very well!
McKenzie Coleman earned 2nd in News Writing and will advance to Regionals
Abigail Monroe earned 2nd in Copy Editing and will advance to Regionals, as well as placing 6th in News Writing
Jessica Walter earned 2nd in Feature Writing and will advance to Regionals
Madison Smith earned 5th in Editorial Writing
Shout out to local businesses, we still are looking for companies in need of help this summer! Hoping to have the fair in mid-May if we can get enough businesses! Contact the high school today!
Our Prose and Poetry UIL team performed well today at the UIL District Meet at SFASU!
In Poetry, Kobi earned 2nd place and will advance to Regionals with Jesse Goodman earning 4th place, becoming an alternate for Regionals!
In Prose, Dakota earned 1st place and will advance to Regionals with James Burgess earning 4th place, becoming an alternate for Regionals!
Last Thursday, Ava Maloy and Tucker Grubbs competed in the 2024 district golf tournament. Ava won first place and placed 3rd overall in the Girls' division, and will advance to the regional tournament April 16th in Jacksonville!
Gary FFA is trying new things this year!
Floriculture is a Career Development CDE with many pieces and parts. Students must memorize over 180 florist plants and flowers and be able to identify them (sometimes by only a leaf!), tools and techniques as well as common pests and diseases associated with floral plants. They are required to take a written exam over 280 questions asked about floral designs, plants and information associated with the floral business process. There is a practicum piece that they have to use math equations to answer questions and figure problems. Then, they are given “classes” of floral plants and have to “place” them based on quality and “worth”.
All of these pieces are totaled to give an over all score for their knowledge and skills.
Team Members include:
Katelyn Chambers
McKenzie Coleman
Makynze Adams
Emma Holland
These girls traveled to their last “practice” contest before Area on Thursday, 3/28 in Alvarado. On their way back, of course they had to find the bluebonnets, in floral design fashion!
Mrs. LaGrone's Elementary Art classes celebrated Easter with various arts and craft stations this week!
