Gary Independent School District

The Gary FFA Leadership Development Teams, trained by Ms. Shadix traveled to the Winona Invitational Contest on Monday, 10/30 to compete against over *40* other schools from across the state in preparation for their District Contest being held on 11/7. RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 💙Greenhand Skills (Brannan Stevens, Brodey Seals, Hudson Ogg, Bradley Cope, Michael Kennedy)- 2nd 💙Greenhand Creed (Makynze Adams)- 4th 💙Greenhand Creed (McKenzie Coleman)- 5th 💙Agricultural Advocacy (Caitlynn Ayers, Emma Newman, Kinsley Myron, MaKynze Adams)- 5th 💙Public Relations (Nicole Castillo, Jillian Winters, Hannah Yarborough, McKenzie Coleman)- 5th 💙Radio Broadcasting (Braley Weems, Emorie Comer, Caden Young)- 6th The district FFA contest is made up of 23 schools and our teams have to place in the top 3 next week to advance to area! These contests are one day, one shot contests and we are excited about their dedication and hard work to prepare!

Bi-Distrtict Playoff Info 🏐 : Gary Lady Bobcats 🆚 Beckville Bearcats 📍 : Panola College 🗓️ : Tuesday, October 31st ⏰ : 6:00 pm 🎟️ : $5 adults // $3 students (cash only) #earniteveryday

Sponsors are needed for the Gary Festival of Lights! Contact Leigh Ann for more details!

Whew, when they say the Gary ISD Costume Contest (and Halloween Week) must be seen to be believed, we are NOT kidding! It really is amazing seeing all of the students and staff from the entire district come together for this fun! We have a ton of photos of the event, and apologize ahead of time if some groups may be missing!

🎮 Gary ISD Esports is dominating the competition! Our Overwatch team is ranked 4th in the state and our Smash Teams are smashing their way to success, ranked 10 and 13 in Texas! With just 3 weeks left in the season, we're on the road to playoffs! 🏆🕹️ This week, we're proud to announce that Jacob Prewitt is our Player of the Week!💪 Let's keep up the fantastic work, gamers - playoffs are within our grasp!🔥 #GaryISDEsports #GamingChamps #EsportsPowerhouse #PlayoffBound #EsportsJourney #PlayerOfTheWeek #GameOn

Pink gave it a good run with over 105 staff members and students dressed out in their Pink best, but Blue blew everyone out of the water with almost 150 staff members and students dressed out! Thank you to everyone that participated in our Color War!

Unfortunately, due to the weather, the Haunted Trail will not open until tomorrow night.

It was wonderful seeing everyone decked out in their princess best and pirate worst! Tomorrow is the color war between the following colors; Blue, White, Green, Purple or Pink! The color with the majority wins the war! Also, we ask that students at secondary do not wear hats tomorrow with their outfits.

Of course, we can't forget about our secondary crew and royalty!

Here are some more of our fancy ladies and fearsome pirates!

We had a lot of princess and pirates at our district today! Check out some of our awesome participants!

Calling all bakers! The Freshmen class is in need of cakes for the Cake Walk at the Fall Festival. Please bring all cakes to the Elementary or High School offices tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday. Reminder-most teachers are offering a perk in their class for donated cakes. Each cake will need a form filled out with the designated teacher circled. There are extra forms in both offices. Limit of one cake per class. Thank you from the Class of 2027!

"LDEs" or Leadership Development Events are "speaking events" that FFA Members compete in each year at the district, area and state levels. This year we have 20 students competing in 7 different events. These teams/individuals enter a room with judges and present their script/presentation fully memorized and in full "official FFA dress" at each event to those judges who critique them on their speaking abilities, answering questions and their presentations. Last week they competed at their first "invitational" (much like a sports tournament) at Longview High School against 38 schools where our placings were extremely promising as we prepare for District (11/7)! There are 23 schools in our district (FFA isn't broken down into size of school, but instead only by location on a map) and 110 schools in our area. We have to be in the top 3 teams in the district to advance to the area contest. **Greenhand Skills was 2nd overall (Brodey Seals, Brannan Stevens, Bradley Cope, and Hudson Ogg) **Greenhand Creed was 4th overall (Makynze Adams) **Agricultural Advocacy was 4th overall (Caitlynn Ayers, Emma Newman, Kinsley Myron and Makynze Adams) WHO ARE THESE TEAMS? Greenhand Creed Makynze Adams Senior Creed McKenzie Coleman Job Interview Emorie Comer Greenhand Skills Brodey Seals Brannan Stevens Bradley Cope Hudson Ogg Agricultural Advocacy Kinsley Myron Caitlynn Ayers Makynze Adams Emma Newman Public Relations Hannah Yarborough McKenzie Coleman Nicole Castillo Jillian Winters Radio Caden Young Braley Weems Emorie Comer Alternates Michael Kennedy Jake VonEiff Clayton Howell

We had a blast with everyone today participating in Rhyme without Reason! We are excited to see our princesses and pirates tomorrow! Quick reminder; please do not bring any weapons (swords or guns) with your costume!

Congratulations to our Secondary winners for today's Red Ribbon Week theme; Rhyme Without Reason!

Our students and staff were very inventive with today's theme!

Another batch from Nonsensical Rhyme Day

Here's another batch of photos!

We had a lot of awesome students and staff members participating in Nonsensical Rhyme Day! Be ready for a bunch of posts!

It was great seeing everyone dressed in their cozy best today! We can't wait to see what everyone does for Nonsensical Rhyme day! We may even award prizes to the best dressed!