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![Two GIPS students smiling in the CPI cafeteria during lunch.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748626945/gipsorg/f3kjfmlqbvvswcgecnsu/2025_05_GIPSFreeSummerMeals-CPILunch.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748626945/gipsorg/f3kjfmlqbvvswcgecnsu/2025_05_GIPSFreeSummerMeals-CPILunch.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748626945/gipsorg/f3kjfmlqbvvswcgecnsu/2025_05_GIPSFreeSummerMeals-CPILunch.png","width":800}])
Free breakfast and lunch will be available to children ages 1 to 18 years old starting on Monday, June 2, 2025 at five GIPS school locations.
![Zoom-in of the GIPS Cast podcast logo with a circle photo of Kathryn Zeller in the upper right corner.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748348795/gipsorg/alw4jcfhgrioloqm7lwr/2025_05_Podcast-Westridge-Zeller-SpeechTeam.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748348795/gipsorg/alw4jcfhgrioloqm7lwr/2025_05_Podcast-Westridge-Zeller-SpeechTeam.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748348795/gipsorg/alw4jcfhgrioloqm7lwr/2025_05_Podcast-Westridge-Zeller-SpeechTeam.png","width":800}])
Hear Mrs. Zeller and few 8th Graders share why the Westridge Speech Team is special. Catch the story on the latest episode of 'The GIPS Cast'!
![GISH Islander Experience for 8th Graders.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748316752/gipsorg/xmlbpvukrl4u6ectwem2/2025_02_GISH-8thGradeOpenHouse-IslanderExtravaganza.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748316752/gipsorg/xmlbpvukrl4u6ectwem2/2025_02_GISH-8thGradeOpenHouse-IslanderExtravaganza.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748316752/gipsorg/xmlbpvukrl4u6ectwem2/2025_02_GISH-8thGradeOpenHouse-IslanderExtravaganza.png","width":800}])
All Middle School students and families are invited to attend and explore Grand Island Senior High.
![MaKenna Ostrander, Westridge Middle School]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748314945/gipsorg/npd4m7ovku9bp7bzsklo/2025_02_Westridge-HallCountySpellingBee.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748314945/gipsorg/npd4m7ovku9bp7bzsklo/2025_02_Westridge-HallCountySpellingBee.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748314945/gipsorg/npd4m7ovku9bp7bzsklo/2025_02_Westridge-HallCountySpellingBee.png","width":800}])
The 2025 Hall County Spelling Bee brought the county’s best spellers together in a grueling competition of words.
![GIPS 2025-26 registration billboard design.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748314593/gipsorg/cqmebkcpk5rifupzfsxq/2025_02_GIPSRegistrationfor2025-26.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748314593/gipsorg/cqmebkcpk5rifupzfsxq/2025_02_GIPSRegistrationfor2025-26.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748314593/gipsorg/cqmebkcpk5rifupzfsxq/2025_02_GIPSRegistrationfor2025-26.png","width":800}])
We ask all of our new and returning families to register your children by March 31st.
![GIPS Middle School student at her desk with pencil completing a "Top 20" activity.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748283485/gipsorg/j0vh4m8qqmoqfsuuwjos/2024_10_GIPS-Barr-Walnut-Westridge-AdvisoryTimeVideo.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748283485/gipsorg/j0vh4m8qqmoqfsuuwjos/2024_10_GIPS-Barr-Walnut-Westridge-AdvisoryTimeVideo.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748283485/gipsorg/j0vh4m8qqmoqfsuuwjos/2024_10_GIPS-Barr-Walnut-Westridge-AdvisoryTimeVideo.png","width":800}])
See how our district Middle Schools implemented "Advisory Time" across the district.