Leopard Pride News

What better day than College Decision Day for the new Top 10% billboard to go up! Thank you to Jim Goldsworthy State Farm for once again donating his billboard space on California St. for the month of May to help us celebrate these high performing students! Stay tuned for the upcoming spotlight of each of our Top10% students! Congratulations to you all!

Valedictorian Lyndsie Tan-To , Salutatorian Hilary Tang, Kevin Tran, Amira Khan, Veronika Lawrence, Hyrum Andreasen, Sydney Giles, Angel Jasso, Ella Wolf, Sheila White, Axel Castruita, Allyson Sloan, Celeste Pagan, Alexa Roque, Vanessa Millan, Kennedy Dodson, Zack Rigsby, Diego Hernandez, Jocselyn Rodriguez, Natalia Rodriguez

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Three of the staff members who were in the first cohort of the GISD Growing Our Own Academic Leaders (GOOAL) program have graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University! The GOOAL program is for any paraprofessional with an interest in becoming a certified teacher in GISD.

A BIG congratulations to Penni Edington, Danielle Lee, and Danielle Keefer for completing their degree. These GISD staff members enrolled in the program as paraprofessionals, finished their degree this year while working as a classroom teacher, and now are one step closer to becoming a fully certified teacher!

This year's GISD Steam night is going to be epic! Please bring the family and join us on Wednesday, May 14th from 5-7pm at GHS. We will have 13 hands-on activities and if the students complete one S,T,E,A, and M activity each, they will get free books! Included free are walking tacos and churro muddy buddies with our Discovery Kitchens....and the food truck will be there with $5 cash meals. The Texas Farm Bureau will be there with their Ag-on-the-Go activity, and the TEA Mobile STEM lab crew will be offering stations on circuits and lava lamps. Students will go-fish for Texas Lakes fish, move a Sphero ball through the digestive system, learn about oil spills and birds, drive VEX robots and so much more! All GISD families welcome!

The GEF hosted an amazing banquet celebrating our GHS Top 10% and honoring their selected distinguished educators.

Top 10% and their Distinguished Educators:
Lyndsie Tan-To & Robin Perkins, Hilary Tang & Jair Villar Cerrato, Kevin Tran & Diana DeSantiago, Amira Khan & Brandi Dunn, Veronika Lawrence & Shon Adams, Hyrum Andreasen & Chris Glover, Sydney Giles & Dre Pringle, Angel Jasso & Jon Torres, Ella Wolf & Nancy Bullard, Sheila White & Darrell Dennis, Axel Castruita & Juana Martin, Allyson Sloan & David Nanny, Celeste Pagan & Kyla Rookwood, Alexa Roque & Randy Freeman, Vanessa Millan & Christina Phillips, Kennedy Dodson & Lindsay Dodson, Zackary Rigsby & Deontre Haynes, Diego Hernandez & Donna Heffron, Jocselyn Rodriguez & Katy Pyle, Natalia Rodriguez & Mike Hill

Let's Celebrate National School Nurse Day! We appreciate all 6 of our amazing nurses here at GISD for their dedication and care they provide to our students each day. Thank you to Nurse Skinner and Nurse Molsbee for your years of service. We hope you enjoy your well deserved retirement! #LeopardsSafe

Today, we celebrate the incredible work of our PEIMS department at GISD. Your dedication ensures that our students and schools thrive. Thank you for your meticulous efforts in collecting and analyzing data that ultimately enhances the educational experience for all.

Wishing a very happy School Communicators Day to GISD's Director of Communications, Leslie Crutsinger & Communications Specialist, Arin Lane! These ladies makes sure our students, families and staff stay informed of all GISD news! Thank you for all you do!

Congratulations to our Leopards who received all "A" grades during the 5th 6 weeks of school!

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Offensive player of the year - Cesar de la Rosa (Jr)

Midfielder of the year - Ethan Torres (Jr)

1st team: AJ Fernandez, Matteo Guerrerio, Jahir Avalos, Jose Gutierrez

2nd team: Romeo Cancino, Leo Martinez, Xavier Gonzalez, Erick Ramirez

Honorable Mention: Diego Rodriguez, Nico Rico, Cesar Mejia, Sergio Saen

Gainesville FFA attended the District V FFA Banquet held at Ponder High School on May 1. Our chapter received the following awards:

Agricultural Issues LDE Team: 3rd

Sr Spanish Creed Speaking LDE: 2nd

Jr. Prepared Public Speaking: 3rd

Extemporaneous Speaking: 2nd

Milk Quality CDE Team: 3rd

Proficiency Award Winner: Beef Production

Proficiency Award Winner: Ag Sales

Proficiency Award Winner: Small Animal Management

Star American Degree- Agribusiness

On May 10, several of these students will advance to the next level of competition at the Area V FFA Degree Check.

Abrazylynn, Julianna, Noah, Seth, Luis, Jorge, Liliana, Mia (back row)

Caydence, Evelyn, Sadie, Ericka, Brandi, Celia (Front Row)

We are so proud of our band students! This past Saturday at Decatur High School, our 7th graders performed solos and our 8th graders performed in ensembles — with some students even going above and beyond by doing BOTH! In total, we had 53 solos, and 9 ensembles performed. Every single student who participated earned a Division 1 rating — the highest score possible!

We’re so proud of our amazing 7th and 8th grade art students who represented GJHS at the Junior VASE (Visual Arts Scholastic Event) in Ft. Worth! They walked away with 18 Level 4 rated art pieces—the highest ranking a student can earn before reaching Platinum status

Our GT students had the opportunity to take a field trip to UNT Discovery Park located in Denton

GIS celebrated a special retirement party for Skinner and Bond! Their dedication and passion have left an irreplaceable mark on our campus, and we will miss them dearly. Here's to new adventures ahead! Thank you for everything!

Our teachers enjoyed Happy Sipp's from PTO & cookies from the district as a small token of appreciation for all they do!

We have three more super readers! Lawrence Loch (1st), Jayden Meza (KG), and Matthew Gonzalez (KG). Jayden and Matthew are our first from our bilingual classes.

Therapy Thursday!! Thank you to Laura Baker from Bosco's Gym for coming to provide massages during our teachers conference time! We had stress balls, bags of lotions, and car freshies made for teachers. Thank you Edison Elementary PTO for the freshies!

Gainesville Head Start loves Ms. Crockett!

A slight change was made to the 2025-2026 Academic Calendar. The last day of the first and second semester were previously early release days. These two days are now full days of instruction. The updated calendar can be downloaded from our website on the calendars page. In addition, the 2024-2025 calendar has also been updated to reflect the recent changes.

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