Gary Independent School District

Our last blood drive for the school year will be held on Wednesday, March 18th! If you would like to donate, you can schedule your time at the following link; https://www.greatpartners.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/170309

Just one more slight change in the schedule for tomorrow's baseball games at Joaquin; the JV game will now start at 5PM and the Varsity game should start at 7PM!

Benton Bush rang the celebration bell for completing all of the first grade lessons on Zearn Math and will begin second grade lessons. Way to go, Benton!

Our Bobcat Blooms floral design classes finished up their first arrangements today! We have several still for sale if you would like to purchase them. They are $20 each and they accept cash or checks (made out to Gary ISD). Arrangements can be picked up as early as this afternoon at 2:45PM! If interested, you can order from the following link - https://tinyurl.com/GaryFOTM

Mrs. Solomon's Biology students got to enjoy a 'sweet' lab project this week by working on candy DNA strands!

Congratulations to our latest Elementary Habit Heroes, Lynnden and Reagan! Lynnden was a leader by taking charge and walking correctly in the hallway to encourage her peers to do the same and Reagan has worked hard to synergize with her classmates by teaming up with her others to clean in the Library so everyone can enjoy their time there!

Gary Elementary parents, we just want to remind everyone that all students must be dropped off at the back of the Elementary to enter through the Cafeteria every morning. For safety reasons, we ask that parents only bring their students at the front of the school after 7:55AM. Thank you for helping keep our students safe!

Just a reminder, our annual book fair will be coming soon on March 23 through March 26, and we need volunteers to help a couple days prior, during, and after! If you are interested in helping out, please go to the following link and sign up; https://tinyurl.com/gbookfair2026 Also, check out the flyer for details about our parent appreciation days!

📣 Gary Elementary Parents — Quick Communication Check

To help us keep you informed about your child’s progress, please take a moment to check these two things:

📱 Update Your Phone Number
If your phone number has changed, please contact the school office so we can update our records. Accurate contact information helps us reach you quickly when needed.

💬 Connect to ClassDojo
Please make sure you are connected to your child’s ClassDojo classroom.

⚠️ Progress reports for students who are currently failing will also be sent through ClassDojo, so being connected will ensure you receive those updates and can support your child early.

If you need help joining ClassDojo or updating your contact information, please contact the front office and we’ll be happy to help.

Thank you for helping us keep strong communication between school and home as we support our Gary Bobcats! 🐾🧡

Mr. Isaac's Social Studies classes have been working on a fun card game based on historical figures and events! Each student created cards with their own artwork as well as special facts about the person or place. For 4th grade, this focused on the men, women, and events that shaped Texas history!

We are incredibly proud of our Gary FFA members for their outstanding performance at the Panola County Jr. Livestock Show last week! 🎉🐄🐖🐐

These students represented Gary ISD with hard work, dedication, and a lot of pride. If you see them around, be sure to congratulate them on a job well done! 👏

⭐ Pen of Heifers
• Caden Young – Senior Division High Point Interview

🐓 Chickens
• Hannah Yarborough – Reserve Grand Champion
• Brodey Seals – 7th in Class
• Omar Castillo – 13th in Class

🐇 Rabbits
• Kambri Benitez – 21st in Class
• Kinsley Myron – 25th in Class
• Kyleigh Woodfin – 52nd in Class
• Korbyn Woodfin – 57th in Class

🐖 Pigs
• Emma Young – 2nd in Class
• Caden Young – 6th in Class
• Aiden Laney – 4th in Class
• Michael Kennedy – 5th in Class
• Braylon Seals – 1st in Class
• Brixon Seals – 4th in Class
• Katy Kennedy – 6th in Class
• Weston Rabon – 7th in Class
• Jayden Stephenson – 1st in Class
• Jake Stephenson – 3rd in Class
• Case Rabon – 2nd in Class
• Jolie Stephenson – 3rd in Class

🐐 Goats
• Jesse Clabaugh – 2nd in Class
• Preslea Rabon – 1st in Class & Champion Junior Showman

🐂 Steers
• Jaycee Whitby – 2nd in Class & Reserve Champion Steer
• Jackson Whitby – 1st in Class

🛠 Ag Mechanics
• Aiden Laney – Blue Ribbon
• Omar Castillo – Blue Ribbon
• Cameron Shofner – Red Ribbon
• Holden Brown – Blue Ribbon
• Hunter Brown – Blue Ribbon

We are proud of each of these students for the countless hours they put into preparing their animals and projects. Your hard work truly paid off! 💙💛 #GaryFFA #PanolaCountyShow #FFAstrong

Friday's Baseball game at Joaquin will now be both JV and Varsity, with JV starting at 4:30!

The Elementary will be offering pictures with the Easter Bunny as well as Bunny-grams! The pictures will be taken on March 18th and cost $5 per picture. Parents and families can also order Bunny-Grams starting at just $1! Order forms for both can be picked up and returned to the Elementary office.

We want to give a big shout out to the students who have completed Kindergarten Zearn and are now beginning 1st grade Zearn lessons! This is a huge accomplishment that shows their hard work and dedication to learning math. Congratulations to Shank Henigan, Jensen Johnson, Jackson Haltom, Heidi Chaffin, and Wyatt Bynum from Ms. Isbell’s Class.

Next, we want to recognize the students who can count all the way to 100! This is an exciting milestone in kindergarten math, and we are so proud of their effort and practice. Way to go to Ann-Michelle Bird, Heidi Chaffin, and Kaleb Gray from Ms. Isbell’s Class, and Sawyer Tanner from Mrs. Robyn’s Class.

Finally, we want to celebrate the students who know their first 25 sight words! Learning sight words helps students become strong readers, and these students have worked hard to reach this goal. Congratulations to Heidi Chaffin from Ms. Isbell’s Class and Myles Lopez from Mrs. Robyn’s Class. Way to go, students!

Our annual Daddy-Daughter dance will be this Saturday, March 14th from 5-7PM, and last minute tickets are still available at the Elementary office for $25 per couple! Join us for a night of dancing, games, treats and more! Open to all families with girls 6th grade and younger! It is always a great time, so we hope to see you there!

Over the break, Gary Production competed in the district one act play contest and placed 1st with "picket fences" meaning that all three judges ranked them first - something that doesn't happen very often!

Individual awards were; all-star cast went to Molly Powell, Daxton Evans, and Kobi Roehl; honorable mention all-star cast went to Dakota Martin, and honor crew tech award went to Madison Smith.

The GHS OAP company will compete again on March 30th at Panola College and we hope to see you there!

Students still have time to sign up to tryout for next year's Cheerleading squad! Just a reminder, there is a mandatory parent meeting for all prospective students tonight, with JH (current 6th and 7th grade students) meeting at 6PM and the HS (current 8th through 11th) at 6:45PM!

There is a slight change to this week's baseball games. On Tuesday, March 10th, the district home game against Chireno will be Varsity only and will begin at 6PM. On Friday, there will only be a Varsity game at Joaquin at 6PM. Saturday's home games against West Rusk remain unchanged and will start with JV at 11:30AM! Come on out this week and support our boys!

Spring Sports pictures will be held on Tuesday, March 10th. If you would like to purchase photos please check out the flyer!

Weather permitting JH has a track meet in Beckville on Monday March 9. The schedule of events are below. Some athletes will be in different events than last week's meet. If you would like to know what events your student is in, please email Coach Reed a jreed@garyisd.net. We will leave the school at 1:30.

2:45 Mile and a half

4:45 All other running events

Events include:
4X100 Relay
800 m Run
100 / 110 Hurdles
100 m Dash
4 X 200 Relay
400 M Dash
300 M Hurdles
200 M Dash
1600 M Run
4 X 400 Relay