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![GIPS News purple graphic with small photo spotlights of the three middle school buildings.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1752518151/gipsorg/xk8utpwmofnll5o7l3oe/2025_07_MiddleSchoolsStartTimes.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1752518151/gipsorg/xk8utpwmofnll5o7l3oe/2025_07_MiddleSchoolsStartTimes.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1752518151/gipsorg/xk8utpwmofnll5o7l3oe/2025_07_MiddleSchoolsStartTimes.png","width":800}])
Barr, Walnut, & Westridge will start at 7:50 a.m. and dismiss at 3:20 p.m. in the 2025-26 school year. Read the full update from Mr. Fisher here.
![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.
![Musical artist, Gooding, plays the guitar backwards during the Funding the Future concert at Walnut.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748321133/gipsorg/lg4r9ro6ncc99r6jrls9/2025_03_Walnut-FundingtheFutureFinancialLiteracyConcert.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748321133/gipsorg/lg4r9ro6ncc99r6jrls9/2025_03_Walnut-FundingtheFutureFinancialLiteracyConcert.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748321133/gipsorg/lg4r9ro6ncc99r6jrls9/2025_03_Walnut-FundingtheFutureFinancialLiteracyConcert.png","width":800}])
The Walnut gym welcomed all 770+ students for an in-school rock show as part of the “Funding the Future” Financial Literacy Tour.
![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.
![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.
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