Giddings High School

The GHS Athletic department will have an opportunity to get your school and sports physical next Thursday May 14th from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. For more information please email jaime.perez@giddings.txed.net.

Congratulations to our GHS track regional qualifiers, lyssa Hickey qualifies to state in the girls discus. Peyton Dees, Ahtziri Moore & Taelor Moore make the podium with 3rd place finishes.
*Reminder please have you student turn in their registration packets for the 2026-2027 school year.

Happy Principal's Day to the one and only Mr. Seitz. We appreciate all your time and effort given to GHS!

Parents and Students, please return all library books no later than May 7th. Students have been given reminder slips at school and notices have been mailed home if books are still checked out. Any books returned after May 7th will have a fine attached to the student’s library account.
Thank you for returning all books so we can get the library ready for next year!

Seniors, there are 13 school days left of your senior year! There is a lot that has to happen before now and graduation. This is a list of important events between now and graduation.

Parents, make sure your child has filled out their FAFSA or their Opt-Out Form. Make sure your student is making good choice between now and graduation so they can participate in all the final events.

GHS would like to thank all of the school bus driver's at the high school and at GISD for all you do for our students. Keeping them safe in all conditions and making sure they cared for day after day! Thank you from GHS!!

This past weekend GHS BBQ was well represented at the THSBBQ state competition in Granite Shoals. One team, the Junior Ranch Hands consisting of Hagen Boullion, Kayden Kasper, Emma Meachen, and Chase Ramirez, earned reserve champions which consisted of 19th place for beans, 3rd place for chicken, and 2nd place for brisket. The other team, the Grill Billies, consisting of Hunter Eyler, Skyler Johnson, Rebekkah Richardson, Kaleb Sherrod, and Nathan Snyder, earned 20th overall receiving 5th place for chicken. Congratulations to these two teams on representing GHS well! Go Buffs!

The UIL Academics team competed at the Region 3 UIL Academic meet at SFA University this past weekend. The UIL team is the overall Region 3 Runner-up.
The Accounting and Spelling team are the region 3 champions and will compete at the UIL state meet along with individuals Brandon Burgdorf for Computer Science and Dylan deShetler for Literary Criticism. Congratulations to these students!!

Results
Spelling and Vocabulary: Alisson Laris- regional champion, David Rodriguez-2nd place, and 1st place team and state qualifiers-Alisson, David, Sadie Locke, and James Kuehl
Accounting: Sharron Adair-regional champion, Tanner Morse-2nd place, Kevyn Cowen-5th place, Michael Vargas-6th place, and 1st place team and state qualifiers-Sharron, Tanner, Kevyn, and Michael
Computer Science: Brandon Burgdorf-2nd place and state qualifier, William Meuth-6th place, and 2nd place team-Brandon, William, Matthew Alexander, and Hunter Jacobs
Literary Criticism: Dylan deShetler-2nd place and state qualifier, and 2nd place team-Dylan, Kirsten Guillory, Kayleigh Barnes, and Gabriel Bailey
Science: Allyson Dowell-6th place and 2nd Biology scorer, and 3rd place team-Allyson, Dylan deShetler, Jason Shin, Khonni Caldwell, and Beau Barrager

Last section of EOC testing this week with Algebra 1. Prom will also be this Saturday at the Silos, it's another great week at Buffalo Nation!

Good Luck to our UIL Academics Regional qualifiers as they head to SFA today to compete tomorrow in a variety of events! Be on the lookout for this weekend's results! Go Buffs!

Good Luck to our State Bound BBQ teams today as they head to Quarry Park in Granite Shoals for the competition this weekend! Go represent GHS and bring back the hardware! Go Buffs!

Today is Administrative Professionals' Day, and GHS is lucky to have some of the best around! Thank you to these 4 wonderful ladies for all y'all do to keep things running smooth at GHS! We appreciate everything y'all do for the students and staff of GHS!

A lot on the calendar this week. Biology EOC is this week, make sure your student is well rested and has a good breakfast. Check the calendar for more important dates!

EOC testing begins this week with English 1 starting on Thursday. Please make sure your student is well rested and has a great breakfast.

Happy Paraprofessional Day to our very own, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivera, Mrs. Irwin, and Mrs. Becerra. We thank you for all your dedication to GHS and our students day in and day out!

Remind there is No School this Friday, April 3rd and Monday, April 6th. Enjoy the 4 day Easter weekend!

The UIL Academics team traveled to Blinn College at Brenham on Friday, March 27. 55 students competed in multiple events and they did an awesome job representing GHS. We scored 540 points from all of the events that competed last week and this earned GHS UIL the title of District Champs!! (The second place team had 369 points.) There were a record number of first place teams and regional qualifiers. The students and coaches have done a great job this year, please congratulate them.

UIL DISTRICT MEET RESULTS

Number Sense
Blaise Windorski–5th place

Social Studies
2nd place team: Ryan Shoemaker, Khonni Caldwell, Tyler Royal, and Conrad Siegmund
Ryan Shoemaker–3rd place and Regional Qualifier
Tyler Royal–4th place
Khonni Caldwell–5th place


Ready Writing
Arianna Everett–5th place

Persuasive Speaking
Caitlyn Grange–1st place and Regional Qualifier

Accounting
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Sharron Adair, Tanner Morse, Kevyn Cowen, and Michael Vargas

Sharron Adair–1st place
Tanner Morse–2nd place
Kevyn Cowen–3rd place
Michael Vargas–4th place
Braulio Herrera–6th place

Calculator Applications
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Landry Mutscher, Ashley Galicia, Krystal Gonzalez, and Mya Martinez

Landry Mutscher–1st place
Ashley Galicia–2nd place
Krystal Gonzalez–3rd place
Mya Martinez–4th place
Alexa Mueller–5th place

Current Issues and Events
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Fabiola Moreno, Nayeli Flores, Tyler Royal, Gloria Padron, and Michaela Moore

Fabiola Moreno–2nd place
Nayeli Flores–5th place

Literary Criticism
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Dylan deShetler, Kirsten Guillory, Kayleigh Barnes, and Gabriel Bailey

Dylan deShetler–2nd place
Kirsten Guillory–3rd place
Kayleigh Barnes–6th place

Mathematics
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Jason Shin, Lucy Meachen, Dominic Montoya, and Maylin Caldera

Jason Shin–2nd place
Lucy Meachen–4th place
Dominic Montoya–5th place

Spelling
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Alisson Laris, David Rodriguez, Sadie Locke, and Edgar Cardenas

Alisson Laris–1st place
David Rodriguez–2nd place
Sadie Locke-3rd place
Edgar Cardenas-4th place
James Kuehl–5th place


Science
1st place team and Regional Qualifiers–Dylan deShetler, Jason Shin, Allyson Dowell, Khonni Caldwell, and Beau Barrager

Dylan deShelter–1st place and top Physics score
Jason Shin-3rd place and top Biology score

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)