Four Goose Creek CISD
students will compete in the National History Day contest in
Washington, D.C., after winning top honors at Texas History Day
competition. From left are Edna Mendez and Valeria Sixtos, both of
Horace Mann Junior School; Matthew Broussard of Gentry Junior School;
and Cassadi Pape of Sterling High School.
Four Goose Creek CISD students advance to National History Day competition
Four Goose Creek CISD students have advanced to the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C., after winning top honors at the State History Day.
Goose Creek CISD students shined in the state competition and walked away with several special awards as well as entry placements.
Entries placing first and second at the state competition move on to the national competition in June.
History fair participation
is and has been a district initiative for pre-AP social studies in Goose
Creek CISD for years, and the district’s track record at state and
nationals is a source of community pride.
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District restricts enrollment at two elementary schools
Citing
concerns about overcrowding, the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees on
Thursday, April 26 voted to restrict some new student enrollment at
Victoria Walker Elementary School and Harlem Elementary School,
beginning with the 2012-2013 school year and subsequent school years.
The restrictions do not affect existing students, pre-kindergarten or kindergarten students in the current Walker and Harlem school zones.
Furthermore, siblings of students enrolled at Walker and Harlem will be allowed to join their brothers and sisters at the school. More...
GCCISD Board repeals standardized dress codes
The Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees
voted April 26 to remove standardized dress codes at 13 campuses for the
next school year.
Currently, 10 of 14 elementary schools and three of five
junior schools have standardized dress codes in which students must wear
the same style of clothing, but not uniforms.
The change will affect all campuses with standardized dress codes except the School Community Guidance Center, the district’s alternative facility.
The move gives parents the right to choose what students wear within the guidelines of the district’s existing “Dress and Grooming” Standards. More...
