Mr. Tom Smith, New Principal

for Gainesville High School 

 

We welcome Mr. Tom Smith as Gainesville's newest member of the Red Elephant family.  A big THANK YOU to members of the Gainesville High School Governance Council for the time and dedication they put into the selection process. 

 

Comments that have been heard during the process regarding Mr. Smith include:

  • His strengths and the way he facilitates success are a great fit with Gainesville High School.
  • I am eager to begin working with him.
  • He has a proven track record and incorporates data-driven decision making.
  • Out of the ten high schools that we have in our district, Mr. Smith is considered to be the premier principal.

Click here: To access Mr. Smith's resume and read his letter of interest for the position of Principal for Gainesville High School. 

 
Hall County Track Championship 
 
Hunter Mallard setting a new pole vault record 
  
Congratulations to the GHS boys track team for placing 3rd overall at the Hall County Championships yesterday. Outstanding performances include:
  • Rodney Lackey - 1st place in long jump
  • Hunter Mallard - 1st place in pole vault and a new meet record at 14 feet 8 inches.
  • Jamel Dabney - 2nd place in both shot put and discus
  • Messiah Dorsey - 2nd place in triple jump
  • Juan Ortega - 3rd place 1600 meter run
  • Myron Dabney - 3rd place 400 meter dash
  • Jorge Galvan - 3rd place in both 800 meter run and 3200 meter run
  

   Fair Street Fifth Graders at Tybee Island

Wetland monitoring, march exploration and squid dissection were among the activities engaged in by Fair Street students during their recent trip to Tybee Island, Georgia.  Data collection, beach exploration and aquatic animal handling rounded out the 3-day trip.  This is the eleventh year that Fair Street fifth graders have made the 3 day, two night trip to a geographic region quite different from their own.
Girls Power 2015 
  

Women Source of Gainesville sponsored Girl Power 2015. 

 

Eighty (80) Gainesville Middle and High School girls participated in this awesome event focused on empowering young women.  The girls were accompanied by Dr. Monica Hayman, 8th grade counselor; Hilda Reyes, GMS Parent Coordinator; Gabriela Velazquez, GMS ELL Parapro and Patricia Morrison, GMS Native Spanish Teacher. 

Wishing Everyone a Safe &

Restful Spring Break 

 

The Gainesville City School System will be closed for the week of April 6-10.  We hope that each of you will find a special way to rest, relax and enjoy being with family and friends. 

 

We look forward to a Big Red strong finish for the last six weeks of the school year!

  

   

   
Wanda Creel, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Board Members

Maria Calkins, Chair
Delores Diaz, Vice Chair
Willie Mitchell
Sammy Smith
Brett Mercer

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