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GISD Education Foundation Academic Recognition Banquet

The Academic Recognition Banquet will be held on Monday, May 21st,  at 6 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall.  Tickets will be available for anyone wishing to attend at the Gonzales ISD Administrative Office or by contacting Debbie Tieken at 830.857.0434 or Erwin Ckodre at 830.857.5720.  Tickets are $15.00 each and are available through May 15, 2012.

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GISD Education Foundation Academic Recognition Banquet

GISD Education Foundation

A group of community members have come together to form the Gonzales ISD Education Foundation to support Gonzales ISD schools.  The Foundation hopes to achieve its mission by directing resources toward the following goals: enhance and enrich education opportunities for students; support staff for innovative efforts; recognize staff for exemplary teaching; and involve the community in assuring a quality education for the leaders and workers of tomorrow.

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GISD Education Foundation

FFA Lone Star District Banquet

Pictured below are GHS  FFA members taken at the Lone Star District Banquet on May 2nd.

Brandi Behlen was 1st in the Talent Competition and will compete at the Area 7 Convention on May 19th.
Lauren Campion was 1st in Prepared Public Speaking as well as elected to be the Area 7 Officer candidate from the Lone Star District. She will compete at the Area 7 FFA Convention on May 18th and 19th.
Blaine Frederick was elected as the 2012 - 2013 Lone Star District FFA Secretary.
The Livestock, Horse, and Floriculture CDE teams all placed 2nd in the Lone Star District this year and we finished tied with Elgin for 2nd in Sweepstakes.

2012-2013 Immunization Requirements

The State has released the Minimum Vaccine Requirements for the 2012-2013 school year. Please visit the GISD Health Website for information on these requirements and important changes to immunization policies or click on the links below:

Immunization Requirements

Policy Changes

Superintendent's Message 3/9/2012

March 9, 2012

Dear Gonzales ISD School and Community Family,

        A big hello to everyone! We have so much to do and so little time! Don’t we all feel that way sometimes?  We are truly looking at the last weeks of school rapidly approaching.  We will blink, and May will be here with all the wonderful banquets and end of the year activities. The first year of our strategic plan as written into our district improvement plan is nearly complete.  Among many strategies outlined in our plan, we have embraced new resources as we work to increase achievement for all students. We have incorporated new technology to support student achievement. We have added instructional resources for reading and math with a focus on early intervention. Additional test preparation materials have been integrated with instructional processes to assist in meeting state requirements.  We are fortunate to have an additional intervention specialist supporting literacy, librarian expertise and bright new staff members in all content areas who have joined faculty and staff to promote increased performance academically.  We are anxious to complete the first year of the new STAAR and EOC testing requirements to have a current benchmark that can be used as we continue our focus on excellence in all areas.

    
         Additionally, you may have noticed the construction work on the East Avenue Campus.  The current work will provide a new bus lane to further assist with traffic patterns and promote an easier access for all to our campus.  In the coming months you will be excited to see Phase Three of our construction projects take shape.  If you recall this is the phase that has been on hold for several months.  At this time we are in the early stages of the Phase Three with the expansion of the East Avenue cafeteria, adding a new canopy at Gonzales Elementary for student car riders to wait beneath and a future refurbishing of the gym at North Avenue. It is an exciting time for facility projects! There are certainly busy months ahead.

        I always like to take the opportunity to thank the GISD Board of Trustees for the work that they do in the best interest of district students. Thank you GISD School Board!  Come this May, we will have an election for the District 7 Trustee position, currently held by Tom Lester, Jr. Our District 7 election will be based on the new maps as approved in the Gonzales ISD Pre-Clearance Redistricting 2011 Plan for Single Member Districts by the Department of Justice.  Please watch for the maps to be published in the coming weeks in the local newspapers. You are also welcome to come by the office and view the new maps.  The District 4 trustee election will need to be cancelled by the GISD School Board due to unopposed status.  Thank you ahead of time registered voters!

      Thank you for your continued participation in your child’s education. We are honored to partner with you as we ensure an education that embraces Excellence for All!

 
Warm regards,

Kimberly A. Strozier, Ed. D.
Gonzales ISD Superintendent of Schools