Come one and come all to the GES Habit House on Thursday, September 26th from 5:30PM to 7:00PM! Nachos and drinks will be provided, but cotton candy and Kona Ice will be available for purchase. Check out all the cool things your students are doing to follow the 7 Habits and growing into amazing leaders!
FFA is the largest youth organization in the world. Students are able to join Gary FFA if they are enrolled in an Agricultural class at the high school level. FFA membership allows students to participate in field trips, contests, showing livestock and much more!
Gary Jr. FFA is open for younger students that are at either: in Gary Junior High OR have an older sibling that is a member of Gary FFA. Jr. FFA members are able to show livestock through Gary Jr. FFA, but are not eligible for contests and other events open to our high school FFA members.
ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF GARY FFA, PLEASE JOIN THE FOLLOWING REMIND GROUP FOR REMINDERS AND INFORMATION:
Text: 81010
This message: @ffeec6h
You can view ALL details associated with Gary FFA at the following website:
https://garyffa.ffanow.org/default.aspx?ID=55172
7th grade girls defeated Beckville to get second place at our volleyball tournament on Saturday!
Our seniors are hard at work at their classes, but they are also working to get started on their futures! Senior parents; students have been notified about the FAFSA, and the timeline for when that opens up. When the FAFSA does open up, we plan to have a FAFSA night again where experts will help parents and students navigate the application for student aid! It is recommended that parents and students go ahead and create their accounts at https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch to make the application run smoother when the time comes!
This morning HS cheer helped kids getting out of cars, greeting and promoting our upcoming mini cheer camp!
The Gary High School blood drive is two weeks away! We are scheduled for 09/11/2024 from 09:00 AM to 03:30 PM. Our goal for this blood drive is 20, these donations will be a great help to local patients in need!
Blood drive appointments can be scheduled ahead of time by using this link:
https://donor.lifeshare.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/271760
GHS is hosting a GISD Mini Cheer Camp for Pre-K through 6th grade students at GISD on September 21st from 10am-2pm. Registration costs $40, lunch will be provided along with a Mini Cheer Camp t-shirt! All students that participate will perform at the pep rally on September 27th, and forms should be sent home soon. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Samantha Baker at sbaker@garyisd.net. Forms are due next Thursday!
Join us Monday morning as we spread love to the amazing grandparents in our lives with Donuts for Grands. The campus doors will open at 7:00 am for all of our early risers. Hope to see you there!
Attention Class of 2029; there will be a meeting on Friday, September 6th at 6PM in the HS Media Center. The meeting will cover class representatives, morning sales during Halloween Week, and the Haunted Trail! If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact Coach Seals at dseals@garyisd.net
4-H and FFA are not “the same” but are both AMAZING and students can/should do BOTH!!!
💙GARY FFA MEMBERSHIP: open to any student in a high school Ag Class!
💛GARY Jr. FFA MEMBERSHIP: students in JR. HIGH and/or siblings of an FFA Member.
⚠️⚠️All classes and students are getting TONS of information over the next few days about their opportunities!⚠️⚠️
Parents,
Students in Ag Classes will come home with hard copies of info AND it can be found in their google classrooms AND on the Gary FFA Website! Ask them to show you!
Gary 4-H Contact: Jennifer Whitney & Michelle Stutes
Gary FFA Contact: jshadix@garyisd.net or pharvey@garyisd.net
Today's JH Girls Volleyball game at Carlisle has been canceled due to a scheduling issue. Instead, we will have an intrasquad scrimmage beginning at 5PM at the HS Gym, and all parents are invited to attend!
Elementary parents; Students have a new way to show their school spirit at GES with House Party shirts! These shirts are just like the ones teachers wear on House days. If interested, please turn in the order forms at the front Elementary office by September 6th!
We are excited to announce that Student Portal is now available to all students at Gary ISD. With this, students can view their courses, grades, and attendance! Students can create an account by going to the Student Portal link found in 'Student Resources' on our website!
Yesterday the Elementary had their first House Pep Rally! The kids (and the teachers) all joined together to participate in the fun event. The teachers had such a great time with the students, they forgot to take photos! We love seeing the posts from parents showing all the fun the kids had, and would love to see you share them in our comments!
Our students in the 5th and 6th grade Pre-Theater class had their first day of performing in pairs with their skeleton scenes yesterday. We can't wait to see them on a big stage soon!
School is now fully in swing at Gary High School, with students working hard in their classes and in their school activities. Thank you Enterprise Baptist Church, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Adult Probation Services, and Junior and Pam Woodfin for your continuous support of our students! We know they will put these supplies to good use!
The Gary Bobcat Classic volleyball tournament starts tomorrow at 8AM! Come cheer our girls on as they start the tournament against Big Sandy!
Our academic calendar has been updated for this school year. We had to change our Winter Break to be on the first week of March, and not the last week of February to match the Panola County Jr. Livestock Show dates!
One of the first major scholarships of the year is now open and ready for our seniors to participate in! The Coca-Cola Schlolars Foundation scholarship initial application is due September 30th. If students want to participate in this scholarship they can view a brief explanation video at https://youtu.be/sC8PkEKWLKU?si=45Q0tMYT4xrxfE8M and apply at https://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/apply/
It is “Bobcat Classic Volleyball Tournament” time! The Sophomore class will have these items available Thursday-Saturday in the HS Concession stand!
