Students are invited to attend this year's See You At The Pole this Wednesday, September 27th at the campus flag poles around 7:30AM!
Red Ribbon Week is a little under a month away, but we know our students and families really love to show out for this event! The Gary JH and HS Student Councils are proud to present our Red Ribbon Week Dress Days for October 23rd through October 27th!
Gary High School will host an in-school ACT session next Tuesday, October 3rd! This test is available to all 10th-12th grade students, with a discounted cost of $30. If your student is interested in college, this is an important step to assist them with both admissions and potential scholarships! Students should visit Mr. Davis in the front office if they are interested in taking the test, and for study guides.
September is National Honey Month and the library celebrated by inviting Panola County Agriculture Extension Agent, Mr. Lee Dudley to give a presentation on honeybees. The students participated in various activities such as labeling the parts of a bee, observing a beekeeping suit, and learning the bee waggle.
Mrs. Bryant's 1st grade class learned how to tie their shoes. Way to go!
September 19 was IT Appreciation Day. GISD is blessed to have a great IT guy. Thank you, Mark Baisden, for that you do to keep our schools running!
Parents, please check out the following image that covers an important student drop-off and pickup safety concern!
Yesterday, many of our FFA students visited SFA's Agricultural Department, as well as their school farm!
Yesterday, the Elementary had their first House Pep Rally for the year! All of the students had a wonderful time joining with their house, and working together to become great leaders!
Unfortunately, due to illness, tonight's JV volleyball game has been cancelled. Our Varsity team is still playing at Overton tonight at 6PM, so come out and cheer them on!
A couple announcements; Tonight's volleyball game at New Diana has been changed to 4:30PM, with just Varsity playing. The rescheduled JH baseball game will be today at 5PM at the Gary baseball field!
Tonight is the last night for Elementary parents to pre-purchase Kona sno-cones online! JH and HS students will be able to purchase as well, but it will be cash only!
Here's an eSports update from Mr. Baisden!
The next 4H meeting will be September 18th at 6PM in the cafeteria! Come join us!
Thank you to everyone that joined us to celebrate Grandparents' Day with our Donuts with Grown Ups event!
Gary FFA held their 2nd chapter meeting of the year on Tuesday, 9/12 during CAT. Students participated in opening ceremonies, talked about Official FFA Dress, were given a field trip opportunity and then played games while eating pizza!
Gary FFA is excited about their growth this year! Last year membership was 38 students, this year we have 58 members so far! 10/1 is the last day to join Gary FFA!
FFA Events Coming Up:
9/20- SFA Field trip
9/26- County Steer Validation
9/29- Wildlife Contest
10/3- Next FFA Meeting
10/4- Wildlife Contest
10/6- Pig Buying trip
10/12- Wildlife Contest
10/17- LDE Contest (Longview)
10/18- Pig Buying Trip
10/19- Wildlife Contest
10/30-LDE Contest (Winona)
This Thursday, we will celebrate Grandparents' Day in the morning with our Donuts with Grown Ups!
Tomorrow's volleyball game has been rescheduled and will now be at home! Come cheer our girls on, games start at 5PM!
Gary FFA is selling FFA T-Shirts! If you would like to support our program by purchasing a t-shirt, please get your order forms and payments into the front office of the high school by Friday, 9/15!
9th grade parents, save the date! We will have a parent meeting September 18th in Ms. Shadix's room at 6PM. Please join us as we go over the plan for morning sales during Halloween week, as well as details on the cake walk!
