Leopard Pride News

Corey Hardin (President) has served since 2013.

Marvin Royal (Vice President) has served since 2017.

Nathan Dempsey (Secretary) has served since 2018.

Phil Neelley has served since 2016.

Latecia Hendricks has served since 2020.

Dan Doss has served since 2020.

Laura Otts has served since 2022.

Learn more about our Board of Trustees!

The application window for the May 3, 2025 Board of Trustees election is January 15 - February 14. The GISD administration office is open from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday, and closes for lunch daily from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Learn more.

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This week Gainesville Education Foundation has been making their way around campuses warming up teachers & staff with a hot chocolate bar! First up was GHS, GJH, & Chalmers and next week GIS, Edison, & Head Start will get a visit to their campuses as well!

We want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to the men and women who keep our schools safe every single day. Your dedication, courage, and commitment to protecting our students, staff, and community do not go unnoticed. We are incredibly fortunate to have you as part of our GISD family.

The Facilities Planning Committee will make a formal recommendation to the Board of Trustees at the January 21 Board meeting. The deadline for the Board to call a bond election for the May election ballot is February 14.

Following multiple meetings, the committee unanimously agreed on one of the five scenarios presented. The selected scenario which includes renovation to Edison, Chalmers, Intermediate, Junior High, and adding a new CTE wing at GHS.

Items within this package include:

• Edison - additional classrooms , secure vestibule, fire alarm, PA, new gym, cafeteria expansion, library addition, flooring)
• Chalmers - additional classrooms, secure fencing, new gym, parking lot, playground)
• Intermediate - additional classrooms, secure fencing, fire alarm, parking lot, playground)
• GJH - secure vestibule, enclose F Hall, secure fencing, fire alarm, new room, RTUs, parking lot, sidewalks, cafeteria expansion, library expansion)
• GHS - PA, secure vestibule, door locks, new CTE addition (culinary arts, visual arts, robotics, black box theater, health sciences lab, robotics)

Congrats to Raegan Neu and Leela Carter who advanced to the Area Contest in May.

Extemporaneous Speaking: 2nd: Raegan Neu 4th: James Babcock

Junior Prepared Speaking: 3rd: Leela Carter
Senior Prepared Ag Policy: 5th: Savannah Roessler

Senior Prepared Natural Resources: 6th: James Babcock

The GJH robotics team competed at the ice ice spots vex robotics tournament in Greenville today. We are so proud of them! All four teams had their robots driving, passing balls, and shooting goals during the competitions and skills tests. The team of John Michael Goulart, Ezra Flores, and Alex Hernandez made it to finals by placing 17th! Congratulations! We can't wait to see how this team progresses and how our other Robotics teams do this spring! The GJH Robotics coach is Mrs. DeCou and the District Coordinator is Mrs. Cook.

To learn more about the launch of the GISD Robotics program, read the article on page 13 of the GISD SPOTlight magazine!

>>>View the magazine here<<<

The artwork of Melanie Calderon, 6th grade student, was chosen by the Texas Art Education Association to be in the juried Youth Art Month Spring Art Exhibition. This exhibition will be at the Bullock State History Museum in Austin for the month of March for Youth Art Month. Melanie's artwork will proudly represent GISD at the exhibition! The art in this exhibition will be in the running to be on display at the Governor's Mansion. We will get those results in March!

Students got to try dragon fruit and kiwi this week with the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Program! Chalmers Elementary recently started the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) which provides a variety of free, fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to children in elementary school. Ran by ChartwellsK12 and the Gainesville ISD Child Nutrition Program, Every Tuesday-Thursday, the FFVP snacks are delivered along with bite-sized nutrition lessons. This encourages children to try new foods, learn about seasonal produce, and set healthy eating habits to last a lifetime. Next week, students will get to try figs and beets!

Mrs. Dunning’s first grade class acted out and wrote out the instructions for "How To Make The Bed.” Her students had the opportunity to pick the topic and they had so much fun with it!

Dr. Stewart visited the 3's & 4's classes at Gainesville Head Start for a read aloud!

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