Gary Independent School District

To continue with our 'Hoppy' Easter celebrations, we will also offer pictures with the Easter Bunny on March 26th, starting at 8AM! Photos are $5 each and forms should be going home soon!

It's Taco Tuesday at the Gary ball field tonight! Enjoy a delicious dinner while watching the baseball game! Game starts at 6:30pm.

The Library Crew is ready to work the book fair! Come see us, we will be open late tomorrow (until 6PM) for families to visit!

Elementary parents; if you took pictures with our photographer, A.S.aPhotographer, during the Daddy/Daughter dance and would like access to the photos, please go to the following link; https://form.jotform.com/asaphotographer/daddydaughter-dance

The Elementary will be selling Bunny Grams! Forms will be coming home today if you would like to purchase them!

Tomorrow's district Varsity Baseball game against Mount Enterprise will start at 6:30PM! Come out and cheer our boys as they go for their next win!

Congrats Gary OAP for advancing to the next level! McKenzie Coleman received an honorable mention all-star cast award, Kobi Roehl and June LaGrone received all-star cast awards, and Molly Powell was named top performer! Gary will perform for bi-district on March 21 at Panola at 11:45, admission is free!

To celebrate the book fair next week, our cafeteria will be hosting something special all week long! Also, parents can now use a digital wallet for their kids to make purchases at the book fair. Check out the flyer for more details!

🐓Houston Livestock Show Broiler Show Results🐓 Brodey Seals & Brannan Stevens traveled to Houston to compete against 233 other “pullet” exhibitors from across the state of Texas! Broiler exhibitors begin with 75 (SEVENTY-FIVE) chicks, all hatched on the same day and all picked up from College Station on that hatch-day! They have these birds for 6-weeks and in that time frame their number one goal is to make them eat and drink AS MUCH as they possibly can! We are talking, 24 hour care and management of these birds! It is a family affair because these students are also extremely involved in other things! They are “stirred” and made to get up and eat constantly (every hour, even at night!!). These students left at 9pm on Wednesday 3/6, sat in line all night feeding and watering the birds, got checked in at roughly 7am and pre-judged this morning. From there they were “ranked” and started the “sift” process. They finished showing at 3:30pm!! Brodey ended up not making the final cur for the 100 pens that made the sale, but did a great job! Brannan placed 35th out of the 233 pens of pullets and MADE THE SALE!!! He will sell in the LIVE AUCTION on Saturday at 11am! YOU CAN WATCH this sale and our other exhibitors showing in Houston at this link! https://www.rodeohouston.com/livestream/ Look for “Auctions & Sales” to watch Brannan! Check out the link on Saturday (3/9) to watch Caitlynn Ayers exhibit her Limousin Heifer and next Thursday (3/14) to watch Braylon Seals with his Dark Cross Market Barrow!

Today's Baseball games at Yantis have been canceled due to the weather. The Varsity will instead play a double header tomorrow at Winnsboro High School starting at 4PM!

The Library Crew is ready for the book fair! They worked so hard today to get it set up!!

Just a reminder that tickets for Elementary Mother/Son 'A Night with my Knight' are still available!

CONGRATULATIONS to Monse Chavez on her 9th place finish at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo with her Market Goat out of over 100 in her weight class! Houston is the largest major livestock show in Texas and the competition is the toughest in the world! Students from any 4-H or FFA in the state can compete at a major livestock show, making the event comparable to a state sports competition. Monse also competed in Fort Worth with her goat and was first in class and Champion Intermediate Showman! As Gary 4-H and Gary FFA grow, students are taking advantage of livestock shows at higher levels that will qualify them for scholarships of OVER $20,000! Way to go Monse!!

Due to technical difficulties, our phone system is not working correctly at this time. If you call the school number and want to reach the elementary office, please use extension 2301, and for the high school office please use extension 2201. We apologize for this inconvenience.

One more time, hopefully! 8th grade parents, we apologize for the change again but let’s try for next Thursday, March 14th at 5pm for the Freshman Orientation meeting!

We apologize for the inconvenience, but due to a conflict the Freshman Orientation meeting has been rescheduled for next Monday at 5pm in the Cafeteria!

8th grade parents; we will be hosting our Freshman Orientation Night next Tuesday at 5PM in the Cafeteria! Mr. Davis will go over important high school information including info about Dual Credit, and will offer a chance for students to begin choosing their classes for next year! We look forward to seeing you all there!

Due to the rain, the baseball game has been changed. Varsity only will play against Garrison at the Shelbyville baseball field today at 6pm! We hope y'all can make it out and cheer on our boys!

Gary FFA & 4-H had an OUTSTANDING week at the Panola County Junior Livestock, Ag Mechanics and Project Show. With over 105 entries in these three events, students brought home numerous champion and reserve honors in all events. Please help us congratulate all of our students!  ​Reserve Grand Pen of Heifers- Caden Young Champion Senior Pen of Heifer Interview- Caden Young Champion Senior Pen of Heifer Record book- Caden Young Champion Junior Pen of Heifer Interview- Reese Brady Champion Junior Pen of Heifer Exam- Reese Brady Champion Junior Pen of Heifer Showmanship-Reese Brady Champion Broiler-Hannah Yarborough Reserve Champion Broiler-Brannan Stevens Reserve Champion Rabbits-Eli Porter Champion Lamb-Colston Cranford Champion Jr Lamb Showmanship-Connally Cranford Champion Goat-Monse Chavez Reserve Champion Goat-Preslea Rabon Champion Jr Goat Showmanship-Monse Chavez Champion Mini Hereford Heifer- Cash Stutes Reserve Champion Mini Hereford Heifer- Remi Throckmorton Champion Steer-Jaycee Whitby Champion Rate of Gain- Della Kiper Champion Panola County Bred Heifer-Caitlynn Ayers Champion Supreme Heifer-Caitlynn Ayers Champion Exotic Heifer- Caitlynn Ayers Champion Senior Cattle Showmanship-Caitlynn Ayers Champion County Bred Heifer & recipient of a $1,000 scholarship- Caitlyn Ayers Champion Jr Cattle Showmanship-Jaycee Whitby Reserve Champion Photography- Colston Cranford Champion Arts & Crafts- Trinity Hailey Champion Arts & Crafts- Aubrey Hall Champion Photography- Aubrey Hall Champion Arts & Crafts- Kaydence Hammers Champion Painting- Kaydence Hammers Reserve Champion Other Crafts- Kaydence Hammers Reserve Champion Painting- Jaycee Whitby Champion Photography- Jaycee Whitby Reserve Champion Details & Macro Photography- Jaycee Whitby Reserve Champion Plant & Floral Photography- Jaycee Whitby Champion Shadow/Silhouette Photography- Jaycee Whitby Reserve Champion Theme “Abandoned” Photography- Jaycee Whitby Champion Floral Design Photography- Jaycee Whitby Champion Cookies- Jeremy Whitby Champion Educational Display- Jeremy Whitby MULTIPLE class winning animals! A huge thank you to all of our staff and parents that went above and beyond to help our students show up and show out at the livestock show! We are proud of all our students' hard work!

Reminder that Last Minute Tickets are available until THIS Wednesday. We want to have enough goodies for all that attend! Please support our Student Lighthouse Committee, by attending this fun event. Tickets can be purchased in the Elementary Office.