Glasscock County ISD

🎉 Attention Elementary Parents! ✏️💛 We’d love for YOU to join us for our first PTO Meeting of the year! 📅 July 30th 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 School Cafeteria We’ll be sharing fun plans for the year and ways you can get involved—whether you’ve got a little or a lot of time, there’s a place for you! 💪 ✨Everyone is welcome—come see what we have in store and help us make this school year amazing! 🙌

Reminder: Kat Football Camp Monday-Wednesday, July 28-30 2nd-5th grade 9am-10am 6th-9th grade 10am-11am If you paid for summer camp shirts, they are finally in! Feel free to come by during those camp times and pick yours up.

Proud of our very own, Andrew Hauser. He was a finalist for the outstanding young teacher at the Agricultural Teachers Association of Texas yesterday. It's a great day to be a Bearkat!

Who's ready for Friday Night Lights?

#EARNED
#LEAVEYOURMARK

The 2025-2026 school year is approaching quickly! The Booster Club wants to hear your ideas! It's a great day to be a Bearkat! https://forms.gle/tTbrgRT7Vt1LiqDy5

Our school board is hard at work this week at the annual conference, learning and connecting to help make our district the very best it can be! 🌟 We’re also excited to share that we won a $1,000 scholarship for a 2026 senior, thanks to ESC 15! 🎓👏 #GCISDproud #LeadershipInAction

Early registration ends today, but you can also register from 12:30 - 1 on the first day!

Mornings in St. Lawrence! The girls didn't let a little darkness slow them down! Evenings in Garden City — Bearkats grinding and shining under the lights! Proud of this work ethic — no matter the time, no matter the place! #leaveyourmark

HB 1481: “No Phones in School” Law – What It Means for GCISD

Starting in the 2025–2026 school year, House Bill 1481 requires all Texas public and charter schools to prohibit student use of personal communication devices during the school day.

✅ GCISD is already ahead of the curve – we’ve long had a no-phone policy during class time.

🔄 What’s changing?
Under the new law, students will no longer be allowed to use phones during passing periods or at lunch.

📦 All devices must be powered off and stored in backpacks throughout the school day.

🎯 Why it matters:
Reduces distractions
Supports student mental health
Improves classroom engagement
Creates stronger peer connections

Thank you for partnering with us to build a more focused and connected learning environment!

Please complete the form below if you plan to send your child to our daycare when it opens in September. Important details: During August—or until the new facility officially opens—the daycare will be open exclusively to staff children. Transportation to and from the daycare will not be provided. Rates and more are included within the form for your reference. We will be accepting responses through July 31st. After this date, families will be contacted with registration details. If your family is already on the waitlist, please complete this form to confirm your continued interest. Thank you for trusting us with your Baby Kats! bit.ly/babykats

GC Athletic Parent/Player meeting will be Tuesday, July 29th, 7:00PM in the auditorium. This is for anyone 7th-12th grade who plans to participate in any athletic competitions. You will have the chance to meet new staff, go over athletic policy, receive and fill out paperwork, and more. We invite everyone to join us! #leaveyourmark

The Board has officially approved salary increases for the 2025–2026 school year as part of our ongoing commitment to recognize and appreciate the amazing work our staff does every day. In addition to these raises, GCISD is proud to be a Teacher Incentive Allotment (TIA) district, giving high-performing teachers the opportunity to earn extra performance-based pay beyond their base salary. We truly value the dedication, expertise, and heart our staff brings to our district. These increases and benefits reflect how strongly we believe that investing in our staff is one of the best ways to help our students succeed.

It's a great day to be a Bearkat!

It may have been our first year, but we took FCCLA Nationals by storm! Not a single person you spoke to here could believe a new chapter could have the amazing amount of success we did just getting to Nationals much less everything we achieved here! Wow! Not only did our students compete and win- they fully engaged in pin trading and spoke to students from nearly every state in the country, learned tons of facts about those states (and a territory or two), they honed their negotiation skills and are pretty sure they could do real estate deals now 🤣. We had an incredible number of students make it up on the big stage as finalists and are bringing home some hardware. The 🔥 fire is definitely lit to improve and engage in even more opportunities this year! Huge thank you to our parents, volunteers, chaperones, donors and sponsors, and our school for supporting this exciting journey. 🗳🇨🇱 Landry Dieringer- Texas Voting Delegate STAR EVENTS 🏆🥈Josiah Briseno- Level 1 RED Talks- 3rd Place, Silver Medalist 🏆🥉Khloee Sanders- Level 1 Instructional Video Design - Top 10 Finalist, Bronze Medalist 🏆🥈 Riley Harbison- Level 1 Personal Finance - Top 10 Finalist, Silver Medalist 🥇Holley Stiles- Level 3- Digital Stories for Change- Gold Medalist 🥈Lilly Hillger- Level 1 Focus on Children- Silver Medalist 🥇🥇- Toph Garcia & Eli Eggemeyer- Level 1 Chapter Website- Gold Medalists National Challenge Tests 🏆Sophie Sullivan - 3rd Place- Level 2- Teaching Challenge 🏆Khloee Sanders - 3rd Place- Level 1- Apparel and Fashion Design 🏆Josiah Briseno- 2nd Place, Level 1- Food Science 🏆Lilly Hillger- 3rd Place- Level 1- Teaching Challenge 🌍 Lifesmarts Knowledge Bowl Team- Addi Goodwin, Brenly Schwartz, Sophie Sullivan, Sara Garvin, Grady Le Ivins 🎤 Impromptu Speaking- Landry Dieringer 🔪 Culinary Food Art- Sara Garvin 👩‍🏫 Educator Roundtable Presenters- Ashley Gunkel, Holley Stiles, Landry Dieringer, Sophie Sullivan, Sara Garvin FCCLA Engage Graduate- Ashley Gunkel

Congratulations to Ella Braden for being selected to the Abell-Hanger Nursing Award TILF scholarship!!

Today was awards for Challenge tests! In the ENTIRE NATION Josiah was 2nd in Food Science in Level 1, Lilly was 3rd in Teaching Level 1, Sophie was 3rd in Teaching Level 2, and Khloee was 3rd in Apparel and Fashion Design Level 1! They got to walk across the big stage in general session to receive their award. Only 6 students from Texas total were in the Top 3 in Challenge tests so the magnitude of this accomplishment for a tiny school and all of these students and advisors first year of FCCLA feels amazing!

We hope you're having a great Monday! Please note that all facilities will be closed this Wednesday and Thursday for cleaning.

Bearkat Families - Join the flood relief effort alongside our FFA.

Glasscock County FFA had a great week at State FFA Convention as 25 members took on Ft. Worth with 15,000 members from across the state! Here are the highlights! We watched Walton Marshall lead convention and end his term as a state officer! He provided an inspiring retiring address and brought energy to sessions! Students attended leadership workshops! Tatum Braden participated as the Area 2 1st VP 14 students earned their Lonestar Degrees (The highest honor an FFA member can earn in Texas) Kyler Dieringer served as a courtesy corps member Levi Easterling received a $20,000 HLSR scholarship and $1,000 from Justin Boots Students voted on constitutional amendments Students attended multiple sessions and met members from around the state This brings an exciting year to a close and we are so excited for the year to come! We can’t thank everyone enough for all your support of our program!

Join our team! It's a great day to be a Bearkat!

We’re all excited to have students participating in the state FFA convention this week. You can follow at the link below! We will have several students receiving their Lonestar degree in the Lonestar Degree session at 11:30 a.m. today! It's a great day to be a Bearkat! https://convention.texasffa.org/Sessions