Gary Independent School District

On Thursday, 4/20 the Gary FFA and Gary 4-H Forestry teams traveled to the State Woodland Contest at the Stephen F. Austin State University Experimental Forest. There were 66 advancing teams at this contest from across the State of Texas and Gary showed up and showed out! RESULTS 5th Overall 4-H Team trained by Jessica Shadix: Jaycee Whitby Brodey Seals Emma Young Connally Cranford Kalen McBride Caden Young Jake Stephenson Jackson Whitby 19th Overall FFA Team trained by Paul Harvey: Eli Comer Abi Johnson Lane Cartwright Caitlynn Ayers Abby Holmes Braley Weems This contest is made up of 13 “parts” and requires students to identify the 34 hardwood trees native to East Texas, the 4 native pines, wood blocks, use a compass and measure distances, measure and find tree volume and much more! We had students from 4th grade through 12th competing and all did a fantastic job!

Tomorrow is the start of STAAR testing season at Gary ISD! While this is an important event for our students, we know that one test does not determine a student's success. We are proud of all of our students, and know that we are preparing them to succeed not only on this test, but for their future! At the Elementary campus, students will be taking the 3rd and 4th RLA STAAR test. At the High School campus, students will be taking the 7th RLA STAAR and the English I EOC test. We ask that all students be present, and come on time so that they can begin the test as soon as possible! For high school students, student rosters are posted on the entrance doors and hallways showing students where to go. Please make sure you bring your fully charged Chromebook, and we will provide the snacks! We want to give a huge thank you to our parents for supporting our district! Now, let's do this!!

Panola College will be hosting Summer Camps for students ages 6-14. There are multiple different options to choose from, including a brand new E-Sports camp that our E-Sports team will help facilitate for grades 6th-12th! You can find out more information, as well as begin signing up at the following link: https://form.jotform.com/82394557346164 Spots will fill up fast!

Tuesday’s baseball game at Garrison has been moved to Monday (tomorrow) at Garrison at 6:00. Come out and support our boys!

'Over the River and Through the Woods' ...to Austin we get to go! Gary HS OAP advanced to State by winning first place at Regionals! 154 rehearsal hours and 11 different cuttings of the script has led to this moment. Jesse Dodge earned the Top Performer award. Miller Powell and Katie Thomas earned the All Star Cast award. Brady Balfanz and Hailey Essery earned Honorable Mention awards. Beka Smith earned the Best Tech award. Our great Mrs. Tate also earned an award for all of her years of helping out! Not only that, we are proud of our entire cast and crew; Beka Smith, Katie Thomas, Miller Powell, Brady Balfanz, Jesse Dodge, Hailey Essery, Dakota Gibbo, James Burgess, Jesse Goodman, and June LaGrone! We can't wait to see them succeed at State next!

It’s official, congratulations to the following 23-24 Varsity and Jr. High Cheerleaders!

Good luck to all of our little students trying out for Jr. High Cheer!

We hope everyone has an awesome Spring Break! Please check out the following for important testing information from the Gary ISD counselors!

We can't wait to see all the little faces today for the Pre-K Roundup! The event starts at 9AM today at the elementary!

We are very excited for Cheer tryouts tomorrow, April 14th at 4PM! Just a reminder that while these students work hard on their tryouts, everyone else including other students, parents, and friends will have to leave the building and cannot be in the Commons area or the gym while these tryouts are going on. Once tryouts are over, everyone will need to leave and a list will be posted on the front door, as well as online of those who make it! Good luck to all of our Bobcats that are trying out this year!

The Panola and Harrison County Conservation Districts held the annual District Forestry Competition on Wednesday, April 12th and the Double A Hunting Ranch, in Carthage, TX. This contest is open to all FFA Chapters and 4-H Clubs in the two counties. GARY FFA & GARY 4-H CAME AWAY WITH HUGE HONORS!! 🖤🖤🖤Gary FFA Results are as follows🖤🖤🖤 🧡Coach: Paul Harvey 🧡High Point Individual: Della Kiper 🧡High Point Team: Della Kiper, Abigail Johnson, Eli Comer and Caitlynn Ayers 🧡2nd High Point Team: Abigail Holmes, Lane Cartwright, Braley Weems, Halyn Tullos 🧡🧡🧡Gary 4-H Results are as follows🧡🧡🧡 🖤Coach: Jessica Shadix 🖤High Point Individual: Emma Young 🖤High Point Team: Emma Young, Brodey Seals, Jaycee Whitby, Connally Cranford 🖤2nd High Point Team: Caden Young, Jackson Whitby, Jake Stephenson, Kalen McBride, Greyson Brown 🛑🛑🛑THE STUDENTS LISTED ABOUT HAVE ADVANCED TO THE STATE CONTEST AT THE SFA EXPERIMENTAL FOREST ON 4/20!🛑🛑🛑

We have a great baseball game at home on our hands this Friday, where we go against Shelbyville! Game starts at 6PM!

Huge congratulations to our Elementary Students of the Month for March! Way to go being great leaders on our campus! Remi Throckmorton Brianna Seals Weston Rabon Paislee Sidon Joseph Roberson Kadie Kruebbe Logan McBride Jolie Stephenson Reese Brady Mya Anderson Max Hall Jesse Clabaugh Claire LaGrone Hunter Plante Braylon Seals Monse Chavez Zoey Rodgers

Gary FFA has been busy over the last few weeks preparing students for Career Development Events. These events teach students real-world applications in the Agricultural Industry. 💛💛💛💛Recent Results💛💛💛💛 💙FFA FORESTRY- trained by Mr. Harvey: 3rd place in the Rusk FFA Virtual Forestry Contest 10th at the Area 6 Forestry Contest (there are 110 schools in our FFA Area!) 💙4-H FORESTRY- trained by Mrs. Shadix 14th at the Area 6 Forestry Contest (these students are all 8th grade and younger and competing against high school students!) 💙FFA HORSE JUDGING- trained by Mrs. Shadix 36th at the Area 6 Horse Judging Contest (there are 110 schools in our FFA Area!) this was the FIRST Horse Judging Team in Gary FFA History! We are excited about the success of these students and all students who have competed and participated this year through Gary FFA and Gary 4-H! Please mark your calendars for May 9th at 6pm in the high school cafeteria to celebrate Gary FFA at our annual banquet!!

We hope you have a “Hoppy” Easter! 🐰

We hope everyone enjoys their Good Friday and Easter weekend! No school tomorrow, April 7th, for Good Friday. Friendly reminder that we still have one more week until Spring Break!

The Elementary Student Lighthouse Team would like to thank our wonderful librarians for all that they do for our campus! We love you Mrs. Tricia Cranford and Ms. Maddie Crooms!🧡

Due to the weather, tonight's baseball game at Joaquin has been rescheduled for Saturday at 1:00PM. The game will now be held at Shelbyville!

We would like to say a huge thank you to Angel Care a hospice for bringing the bunny to visit the Elementary school this week!

The Elementary Student Lighthouse Team would like to thank all of the paraprofessionals who work hard on their campus. We greatly appreciate their dedication to our students' success! Thank you to Susan Hughes, Mandy Morris, Isaac Feltman, Chaney Weems, Nicole Holbrook, Ashlie Johnson, Jennifer Brown, Brittney Hicks, Susan Ross, and Angel Burgess!