Little Dribblers is almost upon us! For all GISD students grades 1st-6th. Forms should be going home with students soon, but they can also be picked up at the Elementary office. We are also looking for sponsors and coaches, if interested, contact Coach Seals!
Parents, please check out the flyer as a reminder for the scheduled times for our Thanksgiving Feast. You can still purchase tickets for the meal, and it is $4 per person! Please plan to arrive about 5 minutes before your student's lunchtime in the flyer, and all guests will need to check in through the Elementary office!
Huge congrats to the High School Bobcat Esports Overwatch 2 team for making the playoffs! Your hard work, strategy, and teamwork have paid off. Let’s bring home the win!
Also, shoutout to the High School Bobcat Esports Smash Bros. Ultimate team for smashing their way into the playoffs! Keep dominating the stage!
Elementary parents and supporters; If anyone would like to sponsor or donate door prizes to our Literacy Night, please contact Tricia Cranford at the Elementary Library, 903-685-2291.
There has been a change to next week's Boys Basketball home game. Instead of playing at 5PM on 11/26, the JV games will start at 1PM and the Varsity game will start around 2:15PM!
One of Mrs. Arwine's current projects in Art class; tiny sculptures and Thanksgiving plates!
Elementary parents, the Penguin Patch will be coming soon. More details will be sent home with your child, but check out the flyer for more information!
Save the date! Thursday, December 5th from 5:45 to 7:15 will be our Gary Elementary Literacy Night, where families can come in and listen to Christmas stories read by their teachers!
The next Gary 4-H meeting will be held on Monday, November 18th at 6PM in the GISD Cafeteria. Please bring 2 can goods for the food drive!
This year, our Seniors and 8th graders participated in the VFW Voices of Democracy essay contest, and two of our seniors took 1st and 2nd place, and one of our 8th graders received Honorable Mention! Congratulations to Tailor Willis, Avery Caldwell, and Zoee Coppedge!
Tickets are available now at the elementary school office!
Holden Brown and Kody Hall placed 9th out of 87 teams at the Lake of the Pines tournament a few weeks back!
Today Gary FFA traveled to Panola College for the Longview District Leadership Development Events. These contests are speaking events in thirteen different divisions against 23 other schools in our area. Ms. Shadix trained these eight students in five of the divisions for a chance to advance to the area contest by being in the top 3 of their division.
Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA organization. Team and individual events are used to reinforce what is taught in agricultural science classrooms.
Contestants include:
McKenzie Coleman- Job Interview
At the competition, each member submits their resume, completes a job application for an agricultural position on site and participates in an interview via telephone, in person one-on-one and with a panel of possible employers.
Makynze Adams- Senior Creed
A member presents the FFA Creed from memory and answers questions about its meaning and purpose. This event is just one way to boost self-confidence, earn recognition, and develop powerful, organized and professional communication skills.
Emma Young- Greenhand Creed
A member presents the FFA Creed from memory and answers questions about its meaning and purpose. This event is just one way to boost self-confidence, earn recognition, and develop powerful, organized and professional communication skills.
Radio Broadcasting- Braley Weems, Ava Maloy and Emorie Comer
A team of 3 members presents an informative radio program covering one or more agricultural subjects that is current in nature and local in content. The contest assumes that the chapter has a regularly scheduled non-commercial radio program once each month over a local station.
Agricultural Advocacy- Dakota Martin, Emorie Comer, Kinsley Myron and Makynze Adams
This contest will be designed to inform the general public and consumers about the importance and value of the agriculture industry and how agriculture impacts human lives. Agricultural Advocacy teams will be made up of 3-5 members from the same chapter.
Congratulations to these students for their hard work!
To kick off Festival of Lights we will be hosting our Pancakes with Santa event! The ticket includes breakfast, a photo with Santa, and a craft item! Forms should be going home today, but they will also be at the Elementary office!
We are looking for Elementary parents that would like to join the Parent Lighthouse Team to support our school! If you would like to know more about this team, please join un Thursday, November 14th at 6PM in the Cafeteria!
All Basketball teams will be taking pictures tomorrow, 11/13. If you would like to order those pictures, please check out the flyer!
Our game vs Henderson, originally scheduled for Tuesday, has been moved to Monday. Henderson girls are still in the volleyball playoffs and they play Tuesday night.
Monday, Nov. 11
Gary @ Henderson
JV boys start @ 6:00 pm followed by varsity boys.
Preparation for our Elementary Veteran's Day Program is underway! We can't wait to see everyone come next Monday, where the program will begin at 9AM in the Cafeteria!
In art this week we read a book about the life cycle of an acorn and then went on a seed exploration. The challenges were to find an acorn, find and acorn with the “hat” still on, and find a seedling (baby tree). The we colored pictures of acorns and leaves with brown tones.
We all had an awesome time at the Rodeo Pep Rally to celebrate our basketball players today! Even our staff joined in on the hoedown!
