Giddings High School

On Saturday, Feb. 21st, members of the Giddings HS mighty buffalo band competed in the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest at Smithville HS. 30 band members competed in 29 events and earned 17 Gold Medals for Superior Performance.
10 students earned excellent ratings, and 3 students earned a good rating.

7 of our band students advanced on to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest held on May 23-25 in Austin. Our state qualifiers are Beau Barrager, Hector Campos, and Shirley Linares for their trumpet trio performance. Also advancing to state in Mallorie Schultz, clarinet solo, Ashton Mann, tuba solo, Julia Mitri, percussion solo, and Lyla Harville, 4 mallet marimba solo.

Other students earning a first division are as follows, Elvis Linares/clarinet, Mayrin Duarte/flute, Isabella Sexton/clarinet, Alex Craycraft Duarte/baritone, Nathan Schautschick/horn, Jasmine Craycraft Duarte/horn, Shirley Linares/trumpet, Hector Campos/trumpet, Beau Barrager/trumpet, Allyssa Cloud/marimba, and Francisco Macias/marimba.

UIL Academics had another great competition this past Saturday at A&M Consolidated HS.
Please congratulate these students for doing an excellent job representing our school at the meet and bringing home lots of awards.
The results are as follows:

Accounting:
1st place team
Sharron Adair--1st
Michael Vargas-2nd
Braulio Herrera-3rd
Montay Thomas-4th
William Meuth-5th
Yaretzy Curiel-6th

Spelling and Vocabulary:
1st place team
Alisson Laris--1st
David Rodriguez--2nd
Sadie Locke--5th

LD Debate:
Dylan deShetler--4th

Number Sense:
Maverick Schneider--6th

Science:
Jason Shin--4th

Computer Science:
William Meuth-6th

Seniors and Parents, make note cap and gown orders will be delivered to GHS on March 4th at lunch time, pick up will be in Buff Alley. Please make plans to pick up your items that day.

Don't forget to pick up your loaded baked potato this Sunday February, 22nd at the Giddings Lions Den. There are still extras for purchase if you would like to purchase a meal ticket please reach out to David McDowell at david.mcdowell@giddings.txed.net. The Black History Club thanks you for your continued support!

Welcome back Buff Nation after that 4 day weekend. Rolling right into another busy week! Come out this week and support GHS in any of its many activities!

UIL Academics traveled to Hallettsville on Friday, Feb. 13. The students did an excellent job representing Giddings HS and brought back many awards. Please congratulate them when you see them. The results are as follows:

Khonni Caldwell placed 2nd in Editorial Writing.

Alisson Laris placed 4th in Copy Editing.

Dominic Montoya placed 5th overall and 1st (11th grade) in Math.
Lucy Meachen placed 6th (11th grade) in Math.

Aubriee Gonzales placed 2nd (9th grade) in Calculator apps.
Yariel Diaz placed 3rd (9th grade) in Calculator apps.
Ashley Garcia placed 4th (9th grade) in Calculator apps.

David Rodriguez placed 3rd overall in Spelling and Vocabulary.

Dylan deShetler placed 1st overall and Kirsten Guillory placed 4th overall in Literary Criticism.

William Meuth placed 1st overall and Matthew Alexander placed 3rd overall in Computer Science.

Allyson Dowell placed 1st overall, top Chemistry score, and 1st (11th grade) in Science.
Dylan deShetler placed 2nd overall, top Biology score, and 2nd (11th grade) in Science
Mallorie Schultz placed 4th (10th grade) and Beau Barrager placed 6th (11th grade) in Science.
1st place Science team of Allyson Dowell, Dylan deShetler, Mallorie Shultz, and Beau Barrager.

Tanner Morse placed 1st, Kevyn Cowen placed 3rd, Braulio Herrera placed 4th, Michael Vargas placed 5th and Elda Tapia placed 6th overall in Accounting.
1st place Accounting team of Tanner Morse, Kevyn Cowen, Baulio Herrera, Michael Vargas, and Elda Tapia.

Another busy week here at GHS. Reminder no school Friday, February 13th and Monday February, 16th. Go Buffs!

The Giddings High School Beta Club is now selling Beta Cards! These include discounts to Reba’s, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Outlaws, Los Patrones Grill, Giddings Brewhaus, Suzy’s Sauce, Paige Roadhouse, Burger King, Sonic, The Grapevine, Rowdy Ranch Western Wear, Annie’s on 290, Dairy Queen, Gourmet Diva’s, and McDonalds. These cards are $15 each and all profit goes towards supporting local charities through donations and scholarships for the Senior members of the club. Please contact a Beta member or one of the sponsors if your are interested in purchasing: tracy.dees@giddings.txed.net, holly.huettel@giddings.txed.net or kira.wilson@giddings.txed.net Thank you for your support!

The Giddings High School BETA Club was proud to earn community service hours at the Lee County Law Enforcement Officers Gala on January 17th! Members of the club participated in escorting guests to their tables, serving desserts to guests, and helping with auction items. It was an honor giving back and showing our appreciation for the law enforcement officers who help protect and serve our community.

8th Grade Parents,

We'll have an information night Monday, March 2nd in the GHS Cafeteria at 5:30 PM. We'll cover programs of studies offered, graduation requirements, and course selection information. This will help prepare your student when they begin meeting with counselors for next year's schedules.

Please plan to attend if you can.

Kona Ice will be at GHS this Friday in front of the school for students and parents to purchase! 15% of sales go back to the school!

During the fall semester the Giddings High School BETA Club did a tremendous job on earning community service hours. In total, the members completed an impressive 351 hours! These activities included a variety of service projects. Some including, coaching little league teams, helping with the Wendish Festival, Rodeo to help Hill Country Relief, Busted Oaks Cellars Chili Cook-off, National Night Out, completing yard work for the elderly, visiting with the residents of local nursing homes, Wreaths Across America', Giddings Christmas parade, marching band contest, and the powerlifting meet. We are extremely proud and impressed with our members' hard work and dedication to giving back and helping our community. In addition to our community service hours, members also participated in fall service projects. These included Relay for Life, and providing baked goods for the EMS, Lee County Volunteer Fire Department, Lee County Sheriff Department, and Lee County Police Department. We continue to be impressed with the dedication of these members and their leadership to the program. We want to thank them and recognize them for all their hard work and participation with community service.

A very busy week at GHS, lots of winter and spring activities under way! Reminder there is no school for students on February 13th and 16th!

On Thursday, FCCLA members traveled to Corpus Christi to compete at the Region V Leadership Conference. This event provides students the opportunity to demonstrate leadership, career readiness, and apply skills through competitive events aligned with Family and Consumer Sciences.

Child Development FCSA (Family and Consumer Sciences Assessments):
Gold Medal - Miranda Lara
Silver Medals - Shawnna Biar, Jazlene Rojas, and Paola Tapia
Bronze Medals - Yaretzy Curiel, Mayrin Duarte, and Paislee Gunter
Participant - Daisy Vega

STAR Event Project - Chapter in Review Portfolio: 2nd Place Team and State Qualifiers - Yaretzy Curiel and Miranda Lara

Prior to the conference, members collected items to be donated to the Rainbow Room in Corpus Christi. Giddings FCCLA earned the community service award for the most items donated from a small chapter.

Please congratulate these amazing leaders when you see them.

Support Grad Bash February 5th!

Is your student interested in taking Dual Credit classes through Blinn College next school year? Representatives from the Blinn College Dual Credit program will be at GHS on Thursday February 5th at 5:30pm to present information to 10th and 11th grade students and their parents. This information session is a great opportunity to see what GHS has to offer through Blinn for early college credit earnings while in high school.

3 week Progress Reports go home this week with students. Seniors don't forget to order you cap and gowns before Jan 31st for delivery before spring break!

Giddings High School Academics competed at the Comanche Classic UIL invitational meet at Shiner High School yesterday. The students did a great job. Please congratulate them when you see them.

Accounting:
1st place team– Sharron Adair, Michael Vargas, Braulio Herrera, and Kevyn Cowen
Overall Individual awards: Sharron Adair-1st, Michael Vargas-3rd, Braulio Herrera-5th, and Kevyn Cowen-6th

Spelling and Vocabulary:
1st place team–Alisson Laris, David Rodriguez, Sadie Locke, and Edgar Cardenas
Overall Individual awards–Alisson Laris-1st and David Rodriguez-3rd

Science:
1st place team: Dylan deShetler, Jason Shin, Mallorie Schultz, and Ava Matus
Individual awards: Dylan deShetler 2nd (overall), 2nd top physics scorer, and 2nd (11th grade)
Jason Shin: 4th (overall), 2nd top Chemistry scorer, and 3rd (11th grade)


Literary Criticism:
2nd place team–Dylan deShetler, Kayleigh Barnes, and Kirsten Guillory
Overall Individual awards: Dylan deShetler-2nd and Kayleigh Barnes-6th

Editorial Writing:
Alisson Laris-4th

Calculator Applications:
Yareli Diaz-2nd (9th grade), Landry Mutscher-4th (10th grade), and Alexa Mueller-6th (10th grade)

Computer Science:
William Meuth-5th (overall)

Math:
Jason Shin-5th (11th grade)

Number Sense:
Maverick Schneider–2nd (9th grade)

Short week here at GHS packed with lots of games and events!

Good Afternoon Buff Nation,

We wanted to give you some information and time to prepare for potential traffic adjustments on US 77. Below are the projected changes and dates they will occur. We anticipate this will cause some added travel time for students (and parents) both in the morning and returning from lunch. Please plan accordingly and drive safe. Traffic is expected to be in this configuration until early-to-mid summer.