Leopard Pride News

Reminder! Monday, September 2, is a student and staff holiday. In honor of Labor Day, all GISD offices and campuses will be closed. Normal classes and office hours will resume on Tuesday. Enjoy the long weekend with your family and friends!

Help us welcome Chris Burr to the GISD Police Department. Mr. Burr comes to us with over 20 years experience. We are so excited to welcome him to our district. When you see him around campuses are sure to say hello!

Please join us for our next substitute orientation! Apply online and join us on 9/4 at 9am OR 2pm.

Apply here >>> https://bit.ly/subatgisd

The Leopard High Five staff recognition program is officially open for the school year. The program is a way to recognize any Gainesville ISD employee who goes above and beyond. Nominations are accepted from any staff, parent, or community member and all GISD employees are eligible to be nominated.

Nominations should include a specific example of how this staff member has gone above and beyond for a student, a peer, or the community. Generic nominations will not be considered. The more information/detail the better! The nomination must align with one or more of our GISD core beliefs: Equity, Excellence, Diversity, Innovation, Partnership, Safe and Comfortable Environment.

Nominate any GISD staff member for a High Five https://bit.ly/LeopardHighFive

We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Gainesville Leopards STATE FiNALIST football team! They were the first Leopards football team to make it to State! If you know any of these athletes or coaches, please help spread the word! They will be honored at the October 11th varsity football game at Leopard Stadium. Please share this google form with them so we can contact them with further details.

GHS first pep rally for the 2024-2025 school year!

Sydney Giles earned a free homecoming MUM! As Student Council president, she’s been all over the city seeking help from local businesses with our homecoming carnival! Congratulations!

Thank you Mums By Design for the kind donation!

Mr. Nanny's Theater Arts classes are creating games to teach stage directions. The games will be given to Mrs. Beall at Gainesville Intermediate School to use with her theater classes.

Our 7th graders are diving into the world of books in the school library! It's inspiring to see our young Leopards discovering new stories, expanding their knowledge, and sharpening their minds. Keep up the great work, Leopards—your love for reading will take you far!

GJH Student council representing the student body by showing posters & informing students of all the fun & active ways they can get involved in their school!

Annotation Skills in Mrs. Dollar's 7th Grade Class!

Our students have been having lots of fun in the library this week!

Congrats to Ruby and Emylee. They won the drawing this week as our Pawsitive Award winners. Students earn these by exhibiting excellent character traits that are being taught through our SEL program called Character Strong.

2nd grade has done a lot of learning this week!

Dr. Stewart loves to come read to our Edison students! You can find him at Edison every Thursday morning!

Reading buddies!

Our little Head Start students loved having Chartwell's K12 come and teach them about recipes and food through their discovery kitchen program.

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