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                GCISD students competed at the Regional Business Professionals of America meet comprised of 1A – 5A schools.  Students who placed 1 – 3 advance to the state competition in Ft. Worth in March.

                Individual qualifiers were:  Paige Niehues, Amber Halfmann, Austin Hoelscher, Paige Sturtz, Lauren Schwartz, Morgan Schwartz, Kelsey Jones, Kate Halfmann, Brittany Schniers, Laura Halfmann, Aaron Long, Katy Multer, Katelyn Hoelscher, Samantha Kellermeier.  Team qualifiers were Kate Halfmann, Brittany Schniers, Lauren Schwartz and Katelyn Hoelscher; alternate team Paige Niehues, Laura Halfmann, Samantha Kellermeier and Rachel Hirt. 

UIL Academic Meet

            Garden City high school students competed with 26 teams from schools classified 1A – 3A at the UIL Texas Tech Invitational Meet recently.  Results from the meet are:

                Paige Niehues – 1st Science, 4th Computer Applications, 4th Computer Science; Laura Halfmann – 3rd Science; Brian Hirt – 4th Calculators; Hayden Halfmann – 5th Calculators, 4th Math, 2nd Computer Science, 5th Number Sense; Brittany Schniers – Top Biology, 3rd Science; Craig Wheeler – 5th Ready Writing; Calculator Team  - 3rd, Hayden Halfmann, Brian Hirt, Adriana Ramirez; Computer Science Team – 1st, Hayden Halfmann, Paige Niehues, Adriana Ramirez; Math Team – 3rd, Hayden Halfmann, Brittany Schniers, Ian Schaefer; Number Sense Team – 4th, Hayden Halfmann, Brian Hirt, Ian Schaefer; Science Team – 1st, Paige Niehues, Laura Halfmann, Brittany Schniers; Spelling Team – 3rd, Ian Schaefer, Reggie Halfmann, Craig Wheeler.

TWFCTM Tournament

                Garden City students took second place in the Sweepstakes at the TWFCTM Tournament in Midland, competing with schools 3A and below.  Team placements were Math – 2nd; Science – 3rd; Calculator – 2nd; Number Sense – 1st.  Individual placements were:  Paige Niehues – 3rd Calculator, 1st Computer Science, 1st Science, 1st Math, $750 Scholarship; Adriana Ramirez – 2nd Calculator, 4th Computer Science, 4th Science, 3rd Math, 1st Number Sense, $250 Scholarship; Kate Halfmann – 3rd Computer Science, 5th Science, 8th Math, 2nd Number Sense; Laura Halfmann – 3rd Science, 6th Math; Kadden Kothmann – 1st Math, 7th Number Sense.

Scheduled Events:

Check the school website at: http://www.gckats.net for a schedule of current events.

 Dates to Note:  

                  Basketball:  Feb. 12 – Robert Lee @GC, JVB, 5 p.m., VB, 6:30 p.m.  Basketball games start times:  JVG – 4 p.m., JVB – 5 p.m., VG – 6:30 p.m., VB – 8 p.m.

                Regional Basketball Tournaments:  VG – Feb. 26-27 at ACU in Abilene, times to be determined; VB – March 5 – 6 at ACU in Abilene, times to be determined.

                Tennis:  March 2 – Forsan Dual, JV/V @ GC; Mar. 8 JV @Colorado City; Mar. 12-13 V@GC; Mar. 19 -20 V @ Big Lake.

                Reminder – dates and times for events are subject to change! 

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