Gary FFA held its annual end of the year banquet on Monday, May 6th, but for some of our members, the competition year isn’t over yet!
Tuesday, May 7th McKenzie Coleman and Caitlynn Ayers traveled to the Longview FFA District Speaking Contest in Henderson to present their “prepared speeches” to judges (Ag Teachers from across the district) in hopes of advancing to the Area Competition.
MCKENZIE DID JUST THAT!! SHE HAS ADVANCED TO THE AREA CONTEST!!
As a freshman, McKenzie has researched an Agricultural topic that interests her (methane gas production and tracking), wrote and memorized a 7 minute speech including facts, how it relates to her locally, how it affects the world globally, and has studied for possible questions to be asked over the topic.
There are 23 schools in our FFA District and those schools can enter several students in each category.
MCKENZIE WAS 2nd OVERALL!!
Caitlynn placed 5th in her division and we are extremely proud of her hard work also!
We are excited about this accomplishment and can’t wait to see what McKenzie does at Area on Saturday, May 18th.
As we get closer to the end of the year, we want to have a moment to spotlight the seniors and our kindergartners! Our senior walk at the Elementary will be this Thursday at 9AM!
The seniors got the high school good today! They also let everyone know this was their parking lot! 🤣
The Gary ISD Library will be having a book sale this summer. We are asking for used book donations to help with our program. All proceeds will benefit the library and your children. Books for all ages are welcomed and appreciated.
For more details please contact Mrs. Cranford!
The Varsity Baseball boys are off to the second round of playoffs against Douglass this Thursday at Carthage High School starting at 5PM, with the second game to follow! Please check out the following map and flyer for parking instructions! Let's all get out there and cheer our boys on!
Gary FFA would like to congratulate our newly elected 2024-2025 Officer Team. These students completed a very rigorous election process including an interview with administrators, a test over FFA facts and events and a popular vote by their peers.
Your 2024-2025 Gary FFA Officer Team is:
💙President- Caitlynn Ayers
💛Vice President- Brodey Seals
💙Secretary- Emorie Comer
💛Treasurer- McKenzie Coleman
💙Reporter- Nicole Castillo
💛Sentinel- Bradley Cope
💙Student Advisor- Braley Weems
FFA is a unique organization that is led by its student members. These seven students will spend the year planning meetings, attending the State FFA Convention in Houston this summer, and leading through example.
Mrs. Davis took the the 6th graders on a field trip to celebrate their success this year and their transition to the Junior High!
Gary Cheer Mother's Day Bag Fundraiser! (worth over $500)
Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20
Money and tickets due Friday, May 10th at noon.
Drawing will be Friday, May 10th at 1:30.
If you would like to purchase a raffle ticket, you can ask any cheerleader or contact Mrs. Baker!
Elementary kids had so much fun celebrating the Glow Party last Friday! Thank you to Mrs. LaGrone, Mr. Isaac, and all of the teachers and volunteers that helped make this such a fun time for all of our students! Some videos may contain music that we do not own the rights to.
GHS students and Loblolly participants both past and present; we are looking for volunteers research assistants! If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Coligan!
We are so thankful for the hard work our cafeteria workers (and administrative assistants) do at our district on a daily basis!
Mrs. LaGrone and Mr. Isaac are so excited for the kids to participate in the Glow Party today! They (along with several helpers) spent yesterday afternoon getting the gym ready!
Next Tuesday, the Elementary will host their annual recognition celebration! The event begins at 8:30AM. Check out the flyer for the times for each grades!
6th completed their major Art project and then celebrated with going to the art museum and botanical gardens! Keep watch over this post as we update it with more photos!
Due to the weather, the Varsity Baseball playoff games have been moved to Shelbyville High School. The first game is still Friday, but the time has been shifted to 6:30PM. The second game will now also be at Shelbyville High School on Saturday at 1PM!
Tonight, the show begins! Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Jr., starring our Junior High and Elementary students!
Tonight's show begins at 7PM at the Esquire in Carthage, with additional performances on Friday at 7PM and Saturday at 2PM and 7PM!
Tickets are $5 and there will be concessions, so come check out this amazing show!
Elementary parents, It's that time of year again when we start reflecting on this past year while looking forward to next year and any improvements that we can make in the future.
To aid us in this, we ask that you please take a few minutes out of your day and complete this valuable survey regarding your experience with our school.
Your voice matters!
Please share your thoughts with us at the following link; https://www.leaderinme.com/s/gary-elementary/families
This year we have had “many firsts” for Gary FFA, including the largest number of students participating in events. With that has come great success and a huge increase in the variety of events students have shown interest in!
Our Forages Career Development Event team ADVANCED TO THE STATE CONTEST and traveled to Sam Houston State University on Friday, April 26th to compete.
What is Forages?
Students apply their knowledge of various forage species to evaluate hay based on physical properties, identify species common to pastures and complete quiz that tests team members’ knowledge of different aspects of forages. Teams consist of 3 or 4 members.
Gary FFA ranked 58th out of 84 teams! We are proud of these students for learning something new and working so hard! It is really cool to mention that this team consists of 1 Sophomore and 4 Freshmen!!
Team Members:
Garrett Gregory
William Dickson
Caden Young
Bradley Cope
Michael Kennedy
Trained by: Mr. Harvey
It's GHS Varsity Baseball playoff time! Game 1 against the West Sabine Tigers will be at Gary on Friday at 6PM! Game 2 will be at West Sabine in Pineland, TX on Saturday at 1PM! Come cheer our boys on!
These girls represented our school well at the Regional Academic UIL Meet yesterday!
Poetry:
Kobi Roehl placed 2nd in her prelim round and advanced to finals. In finals she received 2nd place, earning a bid to STATE!
Prose:
Dakota Martin placed 3rd in her prelim room, but did not advance to finals.
Congratulations to both girls for their hard work and effort with their amazing performances!
