Gary Independent School District

We are very thankful for our custodian staff and all they do to help keep our school clean!

The Bobcat Blooms Flower Shop is excited to announce their Flowers of the Month Club! The purpose of this club is to increase the hands-on activities of the Floral Design class, while providing affordable and adorable arrangements for our club members. Each month members will receive an arrangement designed and created by the students of the GISD Floral Design classes. This program is designed to give students retail floral design experience with customers they know and love. This is not considered a fundraiser, but rather a career related student experience. You can purchase arrangements for individual months or purchase all three. I am in need of 18 more arrangement so each student in my class has a chance to work on an arrangement. I can only take 18 more so it will be first come, first served. If you are interested, please fill out the following; https://forms.gle/nhqrGy5zeydHCHbs5

Payment is due by and orders will close on October 7. We accept cash or checks (Made out to Gary ISD).

If you have any questions please come see me or email me.

Join us for the HS Production of In the Heights, an award-winning Broadway musical about community and home, starting on October 4th at 7PM. The production will also be presented on the 5th, 8th-10th. The show runs about two hours with a 10 minute intermission in the middle. Open to everyone but it may be a bit strong for 10 and under. Tickets are $10 per adult and $5 per student. We hope to see you come out and watch this incredible production!

Save the date, our annual Fall Festival will be on Saturday, October 31st! It all begins with the Queen's Court at 5PM with all games and activities beginning at 6!

Next Tuesday, October 6th, is our Pink Out Volleyball game and the high school will be selling Pink Out items for students to wear!

There has been a change in tonight's home Volleyball game schedule against San Augustine. There will be no JV game, so the Varsity game will begin at 5PM.

Let's give a shout out to our latest Habit Heroes, Heaven and Brylee! Heaven took initiative and was thinking win-win by helping a student with their notes in science when they had to step out for a minute, and Brylee was proactive by helping to keep our school clean without being asked!

Learning about FFA and a Life Skill! 💙💛

Mrs. Creech’s 8th and 9th Grade Principles of Agriculture students have been learning all about FFA Official Dress last week! On Friday, they tackled one of the most important skills—learning how to tie a Windsor knot!

Because let’s be honest… knowing how to tie a tie is a life skill that will come in handy long after the FFA jacket comes off!

These students will be pros before they know it! We’re loving watching them learn, grow, and add new skills to their toolbox.

On Friday, students wore gold to honor those who face childhood cancer, including our own Ethan! Here are a few pictures, but there were many others that also participated! We will update this post as more photos are added!

Let's kick off our Fall Festival by celebrating Red Ribbon Week with our dress-up days on October 26th-30th!

Monday - Superhero Day - Wear your favorite superhero costume or shirt to celebrate our kickoff for the Fall Festival and the start of Red Ribbon Week! All heroes make a difference by being great role models and staying drug free, and we can too! If your superhero costume has a mask, it must be taken off after morning sales and costumes should still adhere to our school dress code!

Tuesday - Neon Day - Our futures are too bright, and we continue to shine by staying drug-free and making positive choices every day! Wear bright color neon clothes or sunglasses to look towards that bright future!

Wednesday - Duo/Trio/Quad Day - Squad goals! We are all better together when we stay drug-free! Match outfits with up to three other people to show off your dynamic team!

Thursday - Hero Day (Police, Firefighter, Doctor, Nurse, EMT, Military) - Let’s celebrate the real heroes by dressing up and celebrating those that continue to help us each day! Dress up as a police officer, firefighter, doctor, nurse, EMT, or military officer to show how much we are glad for our heroes! Accessories like toy guns or handcuffs should not be included.

Friday - Costume Contest - Our annual costume contest! Dress up to impress and enjoy our massive celebration as we begin our Fall Festival!

The Class of 2031 will be hosting the Haunted Trail this year. Join us October 29- 31 for a tour through the Asylum—more details to come!

Huge shoutout to our latest Habit Heroes, Remi and Myles! Remi helped Mrs. Doughty sharpen her saw by providing encouragement and positivity to her teacher and Myles has been practicing being proactive in class when he took time to help a friend with an assignment without being asked!

We are excited to invite our Bobcat families to join us for Parent Information Night at the Elementary!

These meetings are a great opportunity to learn more about Leader in Me, grade-level expectations, attendance, student growth, drop-off and pick-up procedures, communication, and how we can partner together to support our students.


Hope to see you there!

This Friday, we are encouraging students to wear gold in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month as well as to celebrate one of our own, Ethan! Check out the flyer for more details!

Tomorrow is the last day to purchase items in our FFA Fresh Country meat and dessert fundraiser. If a student has not come to see you please let me know who you would like to purchase from and we can send them your way. You can also click the link below, select Gary FFA, then select a student and purchase that way.
Meats and desserts will arrive before Thanksgiving break and Fruits will arrive before Christmas break. We really appreciate your support of our chapter! If you have any questions please let Mrs. Creech know!

https://shop.freshcountry.com/?sourceId=5

Panola College now offers a free online Math TSI bootcamp that is self-paced and allows students to prepare for the Math TSIA2 exam! Details can be found on the flyer and at https://tinyurl.com/3hhczwcd

Pink Out shirts for Volleyball are available to order, and order forms can be picked up and dropped off with payment at the school offices! Orders are due by Friday, September 25th.

Yesterday at the Garrison Cross Country Meet, Luke Baisden finished 15th overall and medalled!

Our JH/HS Fall Sports pictures will be taken on Tuesday, October 6th! Check out the flyer for more details if you'd like to purchase these photos.