ConnectEd August 2016 | Page 5

5 One of just 15 schools in the nation to win a 2016 National Excellence in Urban Education Award, Spring Creek Elementary School is also one of just six to receive Gold Level honors for achieving impressive academic results campuswide. GISD redesigned its website this summer, launching a new inviting, mobile-friendly look with navigation that focuses on parent and student needs. Check it out at www.garlandisd.net. The Texas Association of School Nutrition recognized GISD with Competing at the Educators Rising National Conference, recent Sachse High School graduates Abigail Newman and Courtney Harris claimed first place in prekindergarten literature with Max the Puppy Dog’s Favorite Things About the Seasons. Incoming Lakeview Centennial High School freshmen Matthew Mitchell and Gerson Rivas also took silver in Nutrition & Wellness and Teach & Train events at the FCCLA National Leadership Conference. Breakfast and Lunch Participation Awards, commemorating 10 percent or greater increases. Just two districts in the state received both distinctions. To receive bus transportation, students must attend a school within their designated eligibility area and live two or more miles from that campus. Transportation areas and route information can be found at www.garlandisd.net/content/ bus-transportation. concerns or complaints arise, Garland ISD ts families to follow the district’s -solving process for effective conflict he first step is a parent conference with the rator then intervenes on the second level olves one of the district’s Student Relations 972-494-8255. on GISD featured Rachel Knagg Gasch (right). he same campus she attended—Roach Elementary School. august 2016