In The Spotlight
• Garden City High School (grades 7-12) has been named "Exemplary," Garden City Elementary School "Recognized" as the district as a whole Recognized by the Texas Education Agency in its accountability rating for 2000. The ratings are the tow highest give by the agency.
• The GCHS cheerleading squad won a third place in the Battle of the Cheerleaders dance category in Big Spring competing against area schools.
• Chelsea Schwartz will compete at the Mike Beauty Talent Expo in Dallas in November. Also, Chelsea and her dance partner were among 20 finalists to compete at the Permian Basin Fair Talent Show. During the summer, she competed as Miss Teen Abilene in the Miss Teen Texas pageant, placing 22nd overall of 44 contestants, and competed in the National Our Diamond Miss pageant.