Gary FFA has been busy over the last few weeks preparing students for Career Development Events. These events teach students real-world applications in the Agricultural Industry.
💛💛💛💛Recent Results💛💛💛💛
💙FFA FORESTRY- trained by Mr. Harvey:
3rd place in the Rusk FFA Virtual Forestry Contest
10th at the Area 6 Forestry Contest (there are 110 schools in our FFA Area!)
💙4-H FORESTRY- trained by Mrs. Shadix
14th at the Area 6 Forestry Contest (these students are all 8th grade and younger and competing against high school students!)
💙FFA HORSE JUDGING- trained by Mrs. Shadix
36th at the Area 6 Horse Judging Contest (there are 110 schools in our FFA Area!) this was the FIRST Horse Judging Team in Gary FFA History!
We are excited about the success of these students and all students who have competed and participated this year through Gary FFA and Gary 4-H! Please mark your calendars for May 9th at 6pm in the high school cafeteria to celebrate Gary FFA at our annual banquet!!
We hope you have a “Hoppy” Easter! 🐰
We hope everyone enjoys their Good Friday and Easter weekend! No school tomorrow, April 7th, for Good Friday. Friendly reminder that we still have one more week until Spring Break!
The Elementary Student Lighthouse Team would like to thank our wonderful librarians for all that they do for our campus! We love you Mrs. Tricia Cranford and Ms. Maddie Crooms!🧡
Due to the weather, tonight's baseball game at Joaquin has been rescheduled for Saturday at 1:00PM. The game will now be held at Shelbyville!
We would like to say a huge thank you to Angel Care a hospice for bringing the bunny to visit the Elementary school this week!
The Elementary Student Lighthouse Team would like to thank all of the paraprofessionals who work hard on their campus. We greatly appreciate their dedication to our students' success! Thank you to Susan Hughes, Mandy Morris, Isaac Feltman, Chaney Weems, Nicole Holbrook, Ashlie Johnson, Jennifer Brown, Brittney Hicks, Susan Ross, and Angel Burgess!
Calling all 8th grade parents; 8th grade graduation will be here before you know it! Please send $15 with your student for caps and tassels before April 14th so we can get them ordered and delivered!
Tuesday, 4/4 the Gary FFA Livestock Judging Career Development Team, trained by Mrs. Shadix, traveled to the Area 6 FFA Contest to compete against over 110 other FFA Chapters in hopes of advancing to the state contest.
This contest is made up of judging classes in species of: beef cattle, swine, sheep and goats, keep/cull classes, a 256 question test and several other portions. It is NOT easy and takes YEARS to learn and perfect.
These students did outstanding for their first Area Contest!! Please congratulate Lane Cartwright, Emma Newman and Caitlynn Ayers for their hard work!
We have one more update for baseball today! Unfortunately, the JV game has been cancelled and the Varsity game has been moved up to 6:00pm! We will continue to provide updates as necessary!
In our District 23-AA tennis tournament last week, six Gary athletes will be advancing to the regional tournament in College Station next week.
Cooper Johnson and Shaun Ritter won first place in boys doubles.
Mason Powell and Makayla Woodfin won first place in mixed doubles.
Corbin Arwine and Aubrey Kennedy won second place in mixed doubles.
Our boys were also team champions!
We can't wait to cheer them on next week as they head to the regional tournament!
Are you awesome? Do you want to join an amazing team? We are hiring! Join the best by submitting your resume to bdavis@garyisd.net
Due to the increased chances of rain later in the week, this week's baseball games with Joaquin have been flipped. Tuesday, we are going to Joaquin, and Thursday will now be the home game! The home game will start at 6:00PM!
Our teachers are getting ready for Bunny Grams! Today is the last day for orders, forms and money can be turned in to the front office!
On Friday, the Pre-K class held their ABC Bootcamp Fashion Show! These little kiddos were ready to show the world how they are ready for Kindergarten by sharing their knowledge of letter and letter sounds!
On Saturday, April 1st, the Gary OAP advanced to the regional level of contest!
It was not without struggle. Hailey Essery was very sick and unable to complete, so June LaGrone moved into her spot and Beka Smith moved into June's spot - this move happened at 4pm, and they performed at 10am the next day. Crazy! It was nerve racking to say the least! June and Beka learned all the lines and movements in a parking lot, and then put on costumes for the first time an hour before they had to perform!
Still, June and Beka did amazing filling the gap Hailey left, so Gary OAP moves on again! We placed second place with a 1,2,3 from the judges.
James Burgess earned a tech award for lights direction!
Katie Thomas and Jesse Dodge earned honorable mention all-star cast!
Miller Powell was named to the all-star cast!
For the third time in a row, Brady Balfanz earned the top performer award!
We are extremely proud of our theatre students, and can't wait for the regional contest at Panola College on April 20th!
Due to the upcoming weather, today's baseball game has been rescheduled for 12PM tomorrow! We hope everyone can come cheer on our team!
📣 Calling all Future Little Bobcats!📣
We will have our Pre-K Registration on April 14, 2023. 🥳 We look forward to seeing each of you then!
On Thursday 3/30, the Gary FFA Horse Judging Team trained by Mrs. Shadix and consisting of team members: Emorie Comer, Abbie Cummings and Braley Weems traveled to the Alvarado Career Development Contest. This contest was open to all FFA programs in the state of Texas and over 500 students competed!
These girls will be ready for the Area Contest on April 11th!
Good luck to our Gary Elementary School Robotics Team competing at the Region 7 Service Center Intermediate Robotics Competition at Henderson Civic Center today.
