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GISD e-News | Friday, May 22, 2015 |
SCENES FROM AROUND GRANBURY ISD
Baccus and Oak Woods students (left) battled in a chess tournament; Brawner third graders (center left) enjoyed a sundae party after learning their multiplication tables; AMS students (center right) celebrated Rachel's Challenge with day-long activities; GHS seniors (right, pictured are top students in the graduating class) were recognized for scholarships and awards
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Students and teachers in Granbury ISD will have a holiday on Monday, May 25 in recognition of Memorial Day. The Extended School Day Program will be closed during the school holiday.
Graduation exercises for the Granbury High School Class of 2015 will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 28 at the Fort Worth Convention Center. The new graduates are not required to come to school on May 29 and June 1.
Monday, June 1 was a designated bad weather makeup day, and school is being held to make up for days missed due to icy roads during the winter months.
Schools will dismiss classes early on June 1, which is the last day of the school year for students. Elementary and intermediate campuses will dismiss at 11:45 A.M. The middle schools, Crossland Ninth Grade Center, and GHS will dismiss at 1:00 P.M. Buses will transport students home early based on this schedule.
BOND CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS: Follow GISD bond projects at www.granburyisd.org/bond for news, important documents (timeline and financial recap), and other information related to these projects which include transforming GHS, enhancing career and technical education and fine arts programs, building a robust technology infrastructure for model classrooms, improving campus safety and security, and many other improvements.
Check out the GISD website for the current athletic (www.granburyisd.org/athletics) and fine arts (www.granburyisd.org/finearts) events. All athletic results are posted at www.granburyisd.org/sportsroundup.
NEWS ARTICLES
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GHS SENIORS HONORED FOR AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS May 22, 2015 - Granbury High School recognized graduating seniors for awards and scholarships during a ceremony on May 21, 2015. While still counting, the GHS students have received $5.2 million in scholarship offers.Read Full Story » CAUDLE, GARCIA WIN BIG GEF SCHOLAR ATHLETE SCOLARSHIPS May 22, 2015 - Krysta Caudle and Joshua Garcia, two graduating seniors at Granbury High School, were the big winners of two $10,000 Granbury ISD Education Foundation GEF Scholar Athlete scholarships announced at Senior Awards Night on May 21, 2015.Read Full Story » MAY NAMED WFAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK May 22, 2015 - Mitchell May, a senior at Granbury High School, was recently named the Scholar-Athlete of the Week by Dallas sportscaster Dale Hansen.Read Full Story » JROTC UNIT TAKES SECOND PLACE AT FITNESS MEET May 22, 2015 - The Granbury Marine Corps JROTC participated in the inaugural McKinney High School Lion’s Challenge MCJROTC Field Meet held on May 9, 2015.Read Full Story » GMS CAREER CLASSES EXPLORE ROBOTICS May 22, 2015 - Seventh graders at Granbury Middle School explored robotics during a class project on May 20, 2015.Read Full Story » BACCUS AND OAK WOODS STUDENTS SQUARE OFF IN CHESS TOURNAMENT May 22, 2015 - Second and third graders from Nettie Baccus Elementary School and Oak Woods School squared off in a chess tournament on May 22, 2015.Read Full Story » GOLFING DUO SIGNS WITH HOWARD PAYNE May 22, 2015 - Granbury High School golfers Davis McDuff and Zach Wall signed a letters of intent to play at Howard Payne University. The announcement was made during a signing ceremony on May 22, 2015, at the Pirate Pavilion.Read Full Story » BATTALION COMMANDER RECEIVES ARMY ROTC SCHOLARSHIP TO NORWICH UNIVERSITY May 22, 2015 - Hunter Dowell, a senior cadet and the battalion commander of the Granbury Marine Corps JROTC, has been awarded an Army ROTC Scholarship to Norwich University.Read Full Story » ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO FORMER STUDENTS May 22, 2015 - Five Granbury High School graduating seniors will be receiving college scholarships from teachers and staff at their former elementary schools.Read Full Story » BACCUS STUDENTS ENJOY VISIT TO AT&T STADIUM May 22, 2015 - Several students from Nettie Baccus Elementary School enjoyed an enrichment field trip to AT&T Stadium in Arlington on May 20, 2015.Read Full Story » AG STUDENTS HONORED AT FFA DINNER May 21, 2015 - Granbury FFA members received awards during a banquet on April 16, 2015, at Granbury High School.Read Full Story » PIRATE GOLFERS RECEIVE END-OF-YEAR AWARDS May 21, 2015 - Pirate golf team members received awards during an end-of-year banquet on May 13, 2015, at the Harbor Lakes Golf Club.Read Full Story » PIRATE BASEBALL PLAYERS RECOGNIZED May 21, 2015 - Top Pirate Baseball players were recognized during a team banquet on May 20, 2015, at Celebration Hall.Read Full Story » SOFTBALL GIRLS HONORED AT BANQUET May 21, 2015 - Lady Pirate softball players were honored at a banquet on May 19, 2015.Read Full Story » CROSSLAND STUDENTS EXPLORE STORE MARKETING May 21, 2015 - Career and technical education students from Crossland Ninth Grade Center explored the new Kroger Marketplace on May 14, 2015, as they gathered research for a marketing and advertising project.Read Full Story » PHYSICS STUDENTS SAIL CARBOARD BOATS AT REGATTA May 21, 2015 - Granbury High School physics students put their skills to the test sailing cardboard boats during a regatta at on May 19, 2015, at the GHS aquatics pond.Read Full Story » AMS STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO HONOR SOCIETY May 20, 2015 - Forty-two seventh graders from Acton Middle School were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society during a ceremony held on May 20, 2015.Read Full Story » OAK WOODS SECOND GRADERS EXPERIENCE “NOW AND THEN” May 19, 2015 - Second graders at Oak Woods School had a chance to experience the community “now and then” while participating in project activities during the week of May 11, 2015.Read Full Story » MAMBRINO SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CHANGING May 19, 2015 - Campus leadership will be changing at Mambrino School beginning with the 2015-16 school year.Read Full Story » FRESHMAN SURPRISED BY BROTHER RETURNING FROM NAVAL DEPLOYMENT May 19, 2015 - Crossland Ninth Grade Center periodically hosts guest speakers during lunchtime. But one freshman got surprised by a loved one returning from a deployment with the U.S. Navy on May 19, 2015.Read Full Story » SIXTH GRADERS COMPLETE STOP PROGRAM May 19, 2015 - Sixth grade students at Acton Middle School and Granbury Middle School recently completed the STOP program.Read Full Story » JUNIOR LEADERSHIP GRANBURY HOLDS GRADUATION May 19, 2015 - Junior Leadership Granbury held a graduation banquet on May 18, 2015, at Harbor Lakes Golf Club.Read Full Story » OPTIMISTS AWARD $25,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS May 19, 2015 - The Granbury Optimist Club awarded $25,000 in college scholarships to Hood County graduating seniors. The students were honored at the club’s breakfast on May 19, 2015, at the Granbury Church of Christ.Read Full Story » GMS HOLDS ACADEMIC AWARDS CEREMONY May 18, 2015 - Top students at Granbury Middle School were honored during the school’s first academic awards ceremony on May 14, 2015.Read Full Story » GHS WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT F1 IN SCHOOLS CONTEST May 18, 2015 - Affinity F1, one of the Formula One in Schools teams from Granbury High School team, won the national competition on May 15-16, 2015, at the Michigan International Speedway. The students will be representing the United States in the world finals for the third year in a row.Read Full Story » HEALTHY KIDS SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM TO BEGIN JUNE 3 May 18, 2015 - The Healthy Kids summer lunch program will begin on Wednesday, June 3, 2015.Read Full Story » STARS SPRING GRADUATION SET FOR JUNE 4 May 18, 2015 - STARS Accelerated High School will hold Spring graduation exercises on Thursday, June 4, 2015, beginning at 7:00 P.M. at Acton Baptist Church.Read Full Story » GRANBURY STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO HAVE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY May 18, 2015 - Students and teachers in Granbury ISD will have a holiday on Monday, May 25, 2015, in recognition of Memorial Day.Read Full Story » GHS, CROSSLAND NAMED TOP HIGH SCHOOLS BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT May 15, 2015 - Granbury High School and Crossland Ninth Grade Center are among the top high schools in the country and state, according to a new report from U.S. News & World Report. Read Full Story » RON HOLMGREEN NAMED FINALIST FOR ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT May 15, 2015 - Ron Holmgreen, principal of Crossland Ninth Grade Center, has been named finalist to be Assistant Superintendent for Administrative Services in Granbury ISD. Superintendent Dr. James Largent made the announcement on May 15, 2015.Read Full Story » TRUSTEES ADOPT RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT NEW GRADUATION LAW May 15, 2015 - The Granbury ISD Board of Trustees held a special meeting on May 15, 2015, to consider a resolution affecting graduation eligibility based on a new state law.Read Full Story » PIRATES COMPETE IN BI-DISTRICT BASEBALL PLAYOFF May 15, 2015 - The Granbury Pirates competed in the Class 5A bi-district baseball playoffs, competing against Fort Worth Arlington Heights in a best-of-three series on May 6 and 8, 2015.Read Full Story » SOFTBALL, BASEBALL TEAMS HONOR SENIORS May 15, 2015 - The Pirate baseball team and Lady Pirate softball team at Granbury High School recognized numerous graduating seniors during recent home games.Read Full Story » SCHOOL BOARD HONORS STUDENTS DURING ACHIEVEMENT SPOTLIGHT May 14, 2015 - Granbury ISD students were recognized by the school board during Achievement Spotlight on May 11, 2015.Read Full Story » CAMPUS WINNERS IN MEMORIAL DAY ESSAY CONTEST HONORED May 14, 2015 - Campus winners in a fifth grade essay contest for Memorial Day were honored at the Granbury ISD school board meeting on May 11, 2015.Read Full Story » “PITCH PERFECT” FIFTH GRADERS MAKE MUSIC AT MAMBRINO May 14, 2015 - Fifth graders at Mambrino School were “pitch perfect” during a project presentation of incredible instrument innovations on May 8, 2015.Read Full Story » KINDERGARTENERS BECOME PUBLISHED AUTHORS AT ROBERSON May 14, 2015 - There are a bunch of new published authors at Emma Roberson Elementary School thanks to a project on story writing in Evelyn McWilliams’s kindergarten class. Students unveiled their books during a presentation on May 13, 2015.Read Full Story » ROBERSON FIRST GRADERS PROMOTE SAFE DRINKING WATER May 13, 2015 - First graders at Emma Roberson Elementary School are promoting clean, safe drinking water for children and families in El Salvador. The students made a project presentation on May 6, 2015.Read Full Story » GISD TO TAKE CENTER STAGE AT GRANBURY FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION May 13, 2015 - Granbury ISD will take center stage at the community Fourth of July celebration set for July 3-5, 2015, according to announcements by the Granbury Chamber of Commerce.Read Full Story » DOWELL, EZELL HONORED BY GRANURY OPTIMISTS May 12, 2015 - Granbury High School seniors Hunter Dowell and Aubrey Ezell were honored as the Young Texan and the Young Tex-Anne for May 2015 by the Granbury Optimist Club. The two were recognized at the club breakfast on May 12, 2015. Read Full Story » SCHOOL TRUSTEES HOLD MONTHLY MEETING May 12, 2015 - The Granbury ISD Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting on May 11, 2015.Read Full Story » STACIE BROWN MOVING TO MAMBRINO AS PRINCIPAL May 11, 2015 - Stacie Brown, principal of Brawner Intermediate School, will still be a school leader in Granbury ISD for the 2015-16 school year but will be serving students at Mambrino School.Read Full Story » FOUNDATION HONORS TOP GHS STUDENTS, TEACHERS May 8, 2015 - The Granbury ISD Education Foundation honored the top 25 students in the Granbury High School Class of 2015 during the fourth annual Academic Recognition Banquet on May 7, 2015, at the Granbury Resort Conference Center. The banquet also included the students honoring the Granbury ISD employees who most influenced their education.Read Full Story » SUMMER TECH CAMP PLANNED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS May 7, 2015 - The Granbury ISD career and technical education department will host a Gateway to Technology summer camp on June 15-18, 2015, for students who will be in middle school during the 2015-16 school year.Read Full Story » PIRATE BASKETBALL TEAM HOLDS AWARDS BANQUET May 6, 2015 - Granbury Pirate basketball boys were honored at an awards banquet on April 28, 2015.Read Full Story » GHS SOCCER TEAMS CELEBRATE SEASON May 6, 2015 - The Granbury Pirates and Lady Pirates celebrated at the end-of-year soccer banquet held April 27, 2015.Read Full Story » MARINE CORPS JROTC CADETS RECEIVE AWARDS May 6, 2015 - Marine Corps JROTC cadets from Granbury High School and Crossland Ninth Grade Center attended an awards ceremony on April 23, 2015, in the James Wann Sports Center.Read Full Story » “FOOTLOOSE” THRILLS AUDIENCE AT GHS THEATER MUSICAL May 5, 2015 - Granbury High School and Crossland Ninth Grade Center fine arts students during the presentation of the musical Footloose on May 1-3, 2015, at the GHS Bagby-McMahan Performing Arts Center.Read Full Story » AMS HONORS BAND SHINES AT BEACH WITHIN REACH FESTIVAL May 5, 2015 - The Acton Middle School honors band won a superior rating at the Beach Within Reach Band Festival on April 30, 2014, at Richland High School.Read Full Story » MARTIN TO ATTEND COAST GUARD ACADEMY SUMMER PROGRAM May 5, 2015 - Granbury High School junior Makenna Martin has been selected to attend the Academy Introduction Mission at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut during July 2015.Read Full Story » GHS CADET CHOSEN FOR FLIGHT PROGRAM May 5, 2015 - Morgan Arnold, a junior cadet in the Granbury Marine Corps JROTC program, has been selected to participate in the Cadet Flight Indoctrination Program (CFIP) sponsored by the Daedalian Foundation, Flight 23 of Dallas-Fort Worth.Read Full Story » AMS STUDENTS SELECTED FOR HONOR CHOIR May 5, 2015 - Two eighth graders from Acton Middle School were recently selected to join the Middle School/Junior High Honor Choir of the Texas Choral Directors Association.Read Full Story » JROTC CADETS COMPETE IN JUNIOR OLYMPICS May 5, 2015 - Granbury Marine Corps JROTC cadets Cody Bogle and Hunter Dowell participated in the USA Shooting’s Junior Olympics on April 30-May 2, 2015, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.Read Full Story » SCHOOL NURSES RECOGNIZED FOR CARING FOR OTHERS May 5, 2015 - School nurses are in the spotlight for their work on behalf of American schoolchildren on May 6, 2015.Read Full Story » GHS NAMES TOP TEN FOR CLASS OF 2015 May 1, 2015 - Granbury High School announced the top ten students for the Class of 2015. Class rankings were finalized after the conclusion of the fifth six weeks grading period and announced on May 1, 2015.Read Full Story »
2015-16 SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST AVAILABLE April 16, 2015 - The school supply list for the 2015-16 school year is now available for Granbury ISD students and parents.Read Full Story »
2015-16 GRANBURY ISD SCHOOL CALENDAR AVAILABLE February 17, 2015 - The Granbury ISD calendar for the 2015-16 school year is now available on the school district website.Read Full Story »
BOND PROVIDING MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY February 13, 2015 - The 2013 bond program is providing major investments for classroom technology in Granbury ISD.Read Full Story »
SCHOOL TRUSTEES APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO HELP WITH YMCA CONSTRUCTION January 20, 2015 - The Granbury ISD Board of Trustees met for its regular monthly meeting on January 19, 2015, and approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Granbury that will help with the construction of the forthcoming county facility for the Hood County YMCA.Read Full Story »
RIBBON CUTTING HELD FOR COMPLETION OF CONTROLLED ENTRIES January 14, 2015 - Granbury ISD held a ribbon cutting for the completion of a major portion of the 2013 bond initiative during a ceremony hosted by the Granbury Chamber of Commerce on January 14, 2015, at Oak Woods School.Read Full Story »
STUDENT ACTIVITY BUSES TO SHOW OFF PIRATE PRIDE January 9, 2015 - Granbury ISD teams and other student groups will be showing a lot of Pirate Pride when traveling out of town. Read Full Story »
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GISD SPORTS ROUNDUP
Swimming - Summer Kickoff Time Trials May 16, 2015 - The GHS swim team held a summer kickoff at the Dana Vollmer Municipal Swim Center.Read Full Story »
May 1-2, 2015 - Five GHS student athletes competed at the Region I-5A meet at Texas Tech University's Fuller Track.Read Full Story
GHS Baseball - Bi-District Series vs. Fort Worth Arlington Heights May 6 and 8, 2015 - Pirates fall to Fort Worth Arlington Heights 8-3 in Game 2 of bi-district baseball playoff series. Heights takes series 2-0 to advance to area.Read Full Story »
May 1, 2015 - Pirates shut out Crowley 9-0 in baseball regular season finale on Friday night. JV Purple won 8-2, and JV Gold won 3-2.Read Full Story »
April 29, 2015 - Pirates fall to Aledo 5-1 in district baseball matchup on Wednesday night for final regular season home game. JV Purple fell 7-6.Read Full Story »
April 25, 2015 - Lady Pirates fall to Crowley 13-5 in softball season finale on Saturday afternoon. JV tied 10-10.Read Full Story »
April 22-23, 2015 - GHS tracksters qualified for regionals in two more events on Thursday at the area track meet at Joshua HS. Jarod Adcock placed third in the long jump, while Tiffany Henney was fourth in the 800m run. They join high jumpers Gabbie Nunn and Jettin Murphy, and Dillon Graham. Henney previously advanced in the triple jump.Read Full Story » |
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