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Partnering with El Centro College and
the Garland Fire Department to offer the
Triple Credit Model Fire Academy, GISD’s
Gilbreath-Reed Career and Technical
Center was recently named a Star
Award winner by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
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The U.S. 2020 Census is right
around the corner. Learn how the
census impacts Garland ISD
schools and the community at
garlandisd.net/census .
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Sachse High School is just one of
five schools in Texas and 100 nationwide
to earn $15,000 in technology and
classroom materials as a State Winner
in the 2019-20 Samsung Solve for
Tomorrow contest.
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Adding esports clubs at all
seven high schools, as well as the
GRCTC, GISD became the largest
school district to have all its high
schools compete for a state
champion title and advance
to the playoffs.
Join us for the second annual GISD Dyslexia
Symposium from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 15 at Naaman
Forest High School. Topics include bilingual
dyslexia education, handwriting, word sound
structure awareness, higher-order thinking
strategies, technology and more.
2019–20 // Issue III
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