Gary Independent School District

🎮 Exciting News! 🕹️ Our Bobcat Esports Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Team is set to make history in our FIRST EVER playoff game against the Belton New Tech Dragons at 4:30 pm today! 🐾🔥 Join us on Twitch for the live-action and help support our Bobcats as they aim for victory! 🎉👾 https://www.twitch.tv/gisdesports #Esports #SmashBros #BobcatNation #Playoffs #TwitchGaming

Just a reminder, Homecoming is coming very soon on 1/12/2024! Ms. Shadix' Floral Design classes will begin the construction of Homecoming Mums and Garters as soon as they receive orders! If you would like to order, please fill out a form (one form per mum/garter) and send the form and payment with your child by 12/1. Orders will be processed in the order that they are received, some ribbon and options are limited, so get those orders in quickly!

This year, the Elementary Library is planning on hosting a special book fair through Literati on December 11th through the 15th! You can find out more details at https://efairs.literati.com/?school=gary-school-gary-tx The library is also asking for any parent volunteers that would be willing to help out during this event, if you can, please sign up over at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0844A5AB2DA4FFC52-46247980-book

Tomorrow's Girls Basketball game at home against Elysian Fields will start at 6PM!

Our Thanksgiving Feast days were a blast! Thank you to all of the parents that came out and joined their kids during these two days! Also, we want to say a huge thank you to our cafeteria staff, who worked extremely hard this last week to prepare for the event! We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving Break and we will see you all again on Monday 11/27!

The Elementary Library celebrated National Bread Day with some homemade bread!

🚀 Unleash the tanking beast! 🎮 Huge shoutout to Jesse Goodman for dominating the Overwatch scene and earning Player of the Week honors! 🏆 Securing that 3rd place ranking was no small feat - Jesse's skills are INSANE! Now, with playoffs on the horizon, buckle up for an epic ride as Jesse and the team gear up for victory! 🔥 #OverwatchChamps #JesseGoodman #TankMaster #PlayoffsReady

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Elementary and Junior High students participated in Academic UIL. Our teams worked hard and were able to place in multiple categories! 2nd/3rd Grade Chess Jolie Stephenson - 3rd Place 4th Grade Number Sense Jaxson Hankins - 2nd Place Dakota Adams - 3rd Place Braxton Morris - 5th Place The team as a whole reached 2nd place 4th/5th Grade Chess Carl Davis - 2nd Place Connally Cranford - 5th Place The team of Connally, Carl, and Carley Shafer reached 2nd place 5th Grade Dictionary Skills Luke Baisden - 6th Place The team of Luke Baisden, Kaydence Baisden, and Jesse Clabaugh reached 3rd place 5th Grade Listening Payton Crooms - 5th Place 5th Grade Number Sense The team of Kaydence Baisden, Connally Cranford, and Carley Shafer reached 3rd place 6th Grade Art Claire LaGrone - 4th Place The team reached 2nd place 6th Grade Chess Judson Prewitt - 4th Place The team reached 3rd place 6th Dictionary Skills Joseph Jones - 5th Place The team reached 3rd place. 6th Listening Gracey Copeland - 2nd Place The team reached 1st place 6th Maps, Graphs, and Charts The team reached 3rd place 6th Number Sense Jireh Barahona - 4th Place Kylie Kruebbe - 6th Place The team reached 2nd place 6th Oral Reading Aubrey Hall - 2nd Place 7th Grade Calculator Applications Livia Bridwell - 2nd Place 7th Impromptu Speaking Talon Towner - 5th Place 7th Maps, Graphs and Charts Tyler Ritter - 2nd Place Grayson Brown - 3rd Place 7th Social Studies Eli Porter - 3rd Place Braylon Seals - 4th Place The team reached 1st place 8th Calculator Applications The team reached 2nd place 8th Dictionary Skills Emma Young - 6th Place 8th Number Sense Thomas Philley - 4th Place Levi Solomon - 5th Place The team reached 2nd place 8th Ready Writing Cardimae Howell - 4th Place The students had a blast participating in these events, and we are incredibly proud of all of the students that participated and were willing to represent our school!

HOMECOMING IS 1/12/24!! Ms. Shadix' Floral Design classes will begin the construction of Homecoming Mums and Garters after Thanksgiving break! If you would like to order, please fill out a form (one form per mum/garter) and send the form and payment with your child by 12/1. Forms will be sent home this week. Orders will be processed in the order that they are received, some ribbon and options are limited, so get those orders in quickly!

Tomorrow, our 6th-8th graders will be participating in UIL Academics! We ask that any that are participating to please meet in the high school parking lot at 7AM. Get a good night's rest, and eat a great breakfast so that you will do great tomorrow!

Elementary Parents; We know it's a little early, but December will be here before we know it! Check out our 12 Days of Christmas flyer for our daily themes to celebrate the season, starting December 4th!

Elementary parents; if your child is participating in the UIL contest tomorrow, please make sure they have a good breakfast and be on campus by 7:15AM! We can't wait to see how great they do!

The Gary 4H lamb show team participated in a statewide showmanship clinic, contest and market lamb show this weekend. Not only did the kids learn a lot about how to handle their lambs in the show ring, the parents also learned how to help. It truly is a family project. We are so proud of their hard work, improvements and accomplishment! The results were; Kiera- 4th place Kaydence-4th place Madalyn- 5th place Alyssa - 7th place Colston- 3rd place Connally -3rd place Showmanship contest: top 10 showmen Connally - Reserve Champion Showman Colston- 3rd overall showman Kaydence- 8th overall showman

The next Gary 4H meeting is tonight at 6PM in the Cafeteria!

Applications are now open for parade floats for the Festival of Lights parade on December 2nd! Paper copies are available at the Elementary office if you prefer. We loved the parade last year and hope to get an even better turnout this year!

Last week, our Journalism and Poetry/Prose team participated in the Carthage Bulldog Classic and took home the 2nd place overall trophy for their group! They also brought home individual awards in the following; Poetry and Prose 5th in Prose - James Burgess Copy Editing 2nd - Jessica Walter 3rd - Abigail Monroe Headline Writing 2nd - Abigail Monroe 3rd - Jessica Walter News Writing 1st - Abigail Monroe 2nd - Jessica Walter 4th - Emma Young Feature Writing 1st - Abigail Monroe 2nd - Jessica Walter 4th - Emma Young Editorial Writing 1st - Abigail Monroe 3rd - Emma Young 4th - Jessica Walter

Recently, our 8th graders went on a field trip to the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum!

🏆 2023 District 20-2A All-District selections for Bobcat Volleyball 🏐 ⭐️ Offensive MVP - Makayla Woodfin ⭐️ Setter of the Year - Cheyenne Woodfin 1st Team: Abigail Johnson + Aubrey Kennedy 2nd Team: Aleigha Finley + Katherine Philley Honorable Mention: Ava Maloy Huge shoutout to these girls who received district superlatives and honors, so proud of each of them for being recognized by other coaches in our district!

🥁 TWO YEARS IN A ROW.... every Lady Bobcat EARNED Academic All-District ‼️ Athletes who earn Academic All-District Recognition finished the season in good standing and earned a weighted grade point average of 90 or higher during the first six weeks of the season. 📚 These girls took care of business ON & OFF the court! 🔥

SHOUT OUT to our SENIORS recognized by the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) for Academic All-State Teams! We are so proud of YOU!! 🌟 Makayla Woodfin - 1st Team 🌟 Aubrey Kennedy - 1st Team 🌟 Abigail Johnson - Honorable Mention