Giddings High School

UIL Computer Science competed at the district meet yesterday, March 24th.
The computer science team took first place and will advance to regionals.
Individually the students took 1s-4th place.
Results are below. They did an awesome job representing GHS!!
Please congratulate them when you see them.

Individual awards
1st - Brandon Burgdorf
2nd - Matthew Alexander
3rd - WIlliam Mueth
4th - Hunter Jacobs

Programming:
1st - Team: 290
Brandon, Hunter, Matthew, and William

UIL Journalism competed Monday, March 23 at the district meet.
4 students are advancing to the regional meet on April 25 at Stephen F. Austin.
Please congratulate these students, they have done an excellent job representing Giddings HS.

Results:

News Writing
1st–Naomy Laris (regional qualifier)
3rd–Alisson Laris (regional qualifier)

Feature
5th–Naomy Laris

Headline Writing
6th–Rilynn Creek

Copy Editing
1st–Ayla Droegemueller (regional qualifier)
3rd–Kylee Perry (regional qualifier)

Happy Monday Buffalo Nation, it's going to be a great week!

Parents, Sophomores and Juniors: Do you have a 3.5 high school GPA and interested in joining the prestigious GHS Beta Club? If so, stop by Mrs. Dees' room 108 and pick up an application. If you are accepted as a new member of Beta for the 26-27 school year, you must: 1) Take at least 1 honors, dual credit, dual enrollment, or AP class each semester 2) Maintain a high school GPA of 3.5 3) Perform 5 hours of community service each semester and 4) Participate in the GHS UIL Academic program. Applications are due April 10 to Ms. Huettel in Room B215.

GHS 2025-2026 Yearbooks are on sale now! Don't miss out on all the memories captured this year! Did you know you can create 2 custom pages tailored to your student? For FREE! Grab yours today!! Scan the QR code or click the link below!

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Welcome back Buffalo Nation. We are in the last 9 weeks of the school year with a lot of events on the horizon! Go Buffs!

On February 28th, members of the Giddings High School Beta Club volunteered at the Giddings Volunteer Fire Department Gala. They prepared and served cobbler with ice cream to attendees, cleaned up trash, and thanked the firefighters for their service. The Beta Club members are very grateful for the opportunity to give back to the Giddings Volunteer Firefighters who do so much for this community!

Reminder, Friday March 6th will not be an early dismissal day. Friday is also the end of the 3rd nine weeks. Spring Break is from 3/7-3/15.

Tonight, Don't miss the UIL One Act Play preview night in the Cafetorium at 6pm! Catch a glimpse of the show before they take it on the road to the district meet next week in Navasota!

On Saturday, Feb. 21st, members of the Giddings HS mighty buffalo band competed in the UIL Solo and Ensemble Contest at Smithville HS. 30 band members competed in 29 events and earned 17 Gold Medals for Superior Performance.
10 students earned excellent ratings, and 3 students earned a good rating.

7 of our band students advanced on to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest held on May 23-25 in Austin. Our state qualifiers are Beau Barrager, Hector Campos, and Shirley Linares for their trumpet trio performance. Also advancing to state in Mallorie Schultz, clarinet solo, Ashton Mann, tuba solo, Julia Mitri, percussion solo, and Lyla Harville, 4 mallet marimba solo.

Other students earning a first division are as follows, Elvis Linares/clarinet, Mayrin Duarte/flute, Isabella Sexton/clarinet, Alex Craycraft Duarte/baritone, Nathan Schautschick/horn, Jasmine Craycraft Duarte/horn, Shirley Linares/trumpet, Hector Campos/trumpet, Beau Barrager/trumpet, Allyssa Cloud/marimba, and Francisco Macias/marimba.

UIL Academics had another great competition this past Saturday at A&M Consolidated HS.
Please congratulate these students for doing an excellent job representing our school at the meet and bringing home lots of awards.
The results are as follows:

Accounting:
1st place team
Sharron Adair--1st
Michael Vargas-2nd
Braulio Herrera-3rd
Montay Thomas-4th
William Meuth-5th
Yaretzy Curiel-6th

Spelling and Vocabulary:
1st place team
Alisson Laris--1st
David Rodriguez--2nd
Sadie Locke--5th

LD Debate:
Dylan deShetler--4th

Number Sense:
Maverick Schneider--6th

Science:
Jason Shin--4th

Computer Science:
William Meuth-6th

Seniors and Parents, make note cap and gown orders will be delivered to GHS on March 4th at lunch time, pick up will be in Buff Alley. Please make plans to pick up your items that day.

Don't forget to pick up your loaded baked potato this Sunday February, 22nd at the Giddings Lions Den. There are still extras for purchase if you would like to purchase a meal ticket please reach out to David McDowell at david.mcdowell@giddings.txed.net. The Black History Club thanks you for your continued support!

Welcome back Buff Nation after that 4 day weekend. Rolling right into another busy week! Come out this week and support GHS in any of its many activities!

UIL Academics traveled to Hallettsville on Friday, Feb. 13. The students did an excellent job representing Giddings HS and brought back many awards. Please congratulate them when you see them. The results are as follows:

Khonni Caldwell placed 2nd in Editorial Writing.

Alisson Laris placed 4th in Copy Editing.

Dominic Montoya placed 5th overall and 1st (11th grade) in Math.
Lucy Meachen placed 6th (11th grade) in Math.

Aubriee Gonzales placed 2nd (9th grade) in Calculator apps.
Yariel Diaz placed 3rd (9th grade) in Calculator apps.
Ashley Garcia placed 4th (9th grade) in Calculator apps.

David Rodriguez placed 3rd overall in Spelling and Vocabulary.

Dylan deShetler placed 1st overall and Kirsten Guillory placed 4th overall in Literary Criticism.

William Meuth placed 1st overall and Matthew Alexander placed 3rd overall in Computer Science.

Allyson Dowell placed 1st overall, top Chemistry score, and 1st (11th grade) in Science.
Dylan deShetler placed 2nd overall, top Biology score, and 2nd (11th grade) in Science
Mallorie Schultz placed 4th (10th grade) and Beau Barrager placed 6th (11th grade) in Science.
1st place Science team of Allyson Dowell, Dylan deShetler, Mallorie Shultz, and Beau Barrager.

Tanner Morse placed 1st, Kevyn Cowen placed 3rd, Braulio Herrera placed 4th, Michael Vargas placed 5th and Elda Tapia placed 6th overall in Accounting.
1st place Accounting team of Tanner Morse, Kevyn Cowen, Baulio Herrera, Michael Vargas, and Elda Tapia.

Another busy week here at GHS. Reminder no school Friday, February 13th and Monday February, 16th. Go Buffs!

The Giddings High School Beta Club is now selling Beta Cards! These include discounts to Reba’s, Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Outlaws, Los Patrones Grill, Giddings Brewhaus, Suzy’s Sauce, Paige Roadhouse, Burger King, Sonic, The Grapevine, Rowdy Ranch Western Wear, Annie’s on 290, Dairy Queen, Gourmet Diva’s, and McDonalds. These cards are $15 each and all profit goes towards supporting local charities through donations and scholarships for the Senior members of the club. Please contact a Beta member or one of the sponsors if your are interested in purchasing: tracy.dees@giddings.txed.net, holly.huettel@giddings.txed.net or kira.wilson@giddings.txed.net Thank you for your support!

The Giddings High School BETA Club was proud to earn community service hours at the Lee County Law Enforcement Officers Gala on January 17th! Members of the club participated in escorting guests to their tables, serving desserts to guests, and helping with auction items. It was an honor giving back and showing our appreciation for the law enforcement officers who help protect and serve our community.

8th Grade Parents,

We'll have an information night Monday, March 2nd in the GHS Cafeteria at 5:30 PM. We'll cover programs of studies offered, graduation requirements, and course selection information. This will help prepare your student when they begin meeting with counselors for next year's schedules.

Please plan to attend if you can.

Kona Ice will be at GHS this Friday in front of the school for students and parents to purchase! 15% of sales go back to the school!