Gary Independent School District

Elementary students are encouraged to participate in our annual Library Pumpkin Character Contest! Entries are due by Wednesday, October 28th, so check out the flyer for more details and rules!

Parents, Little Dribblers season is almost upon us! Registration forms for boys and girls, 1st-6th, that would like to play in Little Dribblers are being sent home today. All forms and payment are due by Monday, November 2nd.

Parents, the JH Baseball game scheduled for Tuesday, October 20th, will now be played at Kennard ISD at 5PM! We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to our latest Habit Heroes, Luke and Jace! These Little Leaders put the lessons they have learned during their Monday morning meetings into action by being proactive every day and cleaning the playground! Their proactive actions have helped keep their recess area clean so that everyone can enjoy it!

Senior Delayna Higginbotham has been working in Mrs. Ogg’s sewing CAT time and over summer on this beautiful quilt! She picked out the fabrics and drew up the plans and they worked together to bring her vision to life. Delayna learned new skills through this process, including using new tools, piecing the quilt top and she even free motion quilted it together. She added details through stitches that look like wood grain and rays of light, and she was even able to “sign” it!

Culinary Arts has enjoyed learning the process of pasta making this week! They started by making marinara sauce, using herbs from their garden. Then spent a day hand making pasta dough, and a day rolling, cutting, cooking and assembling their dish.

Parents, there is still time to order Hal-o-grams before Halloween for just $5! Order forms are available at the front offices and are due by October 27th!

Yesterday, our Varsity Boys Cross Country team placed 2nd as a team at the Panther Invitational in Ville Platte, Louisiana!

Individual medalists:
Tyler Ritter - 5th
Noah Sonnier- 6th
Thomas Philley - 7th

The Gary FFA Wildlife team competed today at the Central Heights Wildlife Invitational where they placed FIFTH overall! They increased their team score from last week by over 30 points! They compete again tomorrow in Carthage, which will be the last contest before the Region 4 contest on the 28th!

Don't forget, tomorrow is Fall Picture Day! If you haven't pre-ordered photos yet, you can still do so by following the information on the flyer!

Seniors and parents, it is officially Free College Application Week! Texas residents who apply to their college or university through Apply Texas will have their application fees waived if they submit it between now, October 12th through 11:59PM on Sunday, October 18th! Not sure how to answer the application questions, or need help with your Apply Texas account? Contact Mr. Davis for more details! For questions related to Free College Application Week, check out this FAQ at https://aptg.co/QcMcJZ

Huge congratulations to our latest group of Habit Heroes that we celebrated today! Kinley, Bo, and Luke were being proactive by helping clean a major spill in the hallway so no one would be hurt. Sutton put first things first by cleaning up materials in the library so everyone could participate in activities and Mateo practiced our secret 8th habit, finding your voice, by using his words to be a volunteer Monday Morning Leader without hesitation!

Our Gary FFA Leadership Development Teams competed at their first contest of the season on Friday at the Jacksonville LDE Invitational. For some it was their very first time competing in an FFA Contest. We are proud of our FFA members and think they had a great day representing Gary ISD.



Sr. Creed- 2nd

Makenzye Adams



Sr. Spanish Creed- 3rd

Liz Arias Zamora



Greenhand Creed- 5th

Preslea Rabon



Radio Broadcasting-2nd

Preslea Rabon

Carley Shafer

Jesse Clabough



Greenhand Quiz-2nd

Carley Shafer

Cierra Woodfin

Jesse Clabough

Kambri Benitez



Sr. Quiz -2nd

William Dickson

Emma Young

Dorothy Dickson

Millie Moore



Job Interview-5th

Levi Solomon

On Wednesday, our Cross Country athletes competed at the 21-2A meet at McLeod and represented GHS well!

Our Varsity boys earned the District Champs title and Tyler Ritter placed 3rd, Noah Sonnier placed 4th, Thomas Philley placed 7th and Bryson Cohorst and Kalen McBride helped push the team over the edge on scoring!

Our varsity girls, Colee Soape did well but didn't make medal placement, our JV girls Jireh Barahona placed 3rd and Brooklyn Adams placed 6th.

Over in JH, while Luke Baisden didn't medal this time around, he achieved his best 2 mile run of the year!

Bobcat Families, teachers are passing out class raffle tickets today for students to take home. All raffle tickets and sales must be turned in by Monday, October 26th!

Calling all Seniors; the 2027-2028 FAFSA application is now open! Students should complete this as soon as possible if they plan on going to college after graduation! Students and families can start the process by creating their accounts and filling out the form over at https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa and please contact Mr. Davis if you need any help!

The Gary FFA Wildlife team competed yesterda at the Gilmer Invitational double header contest! Wildlife contestants learn many valuable skills including plant identification, wildlife plant preferences, game laws, wildlife techniques, and many other useful skills! They will compete two more times next week to warm up for their Regional contest held on 10/28! LET'S GO BOBCATS!

Tuesday, October 13th is Fall Picture Day! Check out the flyer for more details and on how to pre-order your child's pictures!

Yesterday, our HS Volleyball girls honored women who have dealt with breast cancer with their Pink Out game, and plenty of our students participated in the event! Here are just a few pictures of students who came fully dressed in their pink yesterday!