Giddings High School

GISD Superintendent Roger Dees highlights a few items of interest for the Giddings ISD community -- a PDF of this mid-October newsletter is available here: https://5il.co/1je5h

Football Tickets for Friday Nights Game against Smithville can be purchased online. https://shs.smithvilleisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=186698&type=d&pREC_ID=2037973

Cross Country JV Girls & JV Boys are District Champions! Both teams finished with perfect scores. Jaida Rodea wins the girls race & Aiden Tovar is the boys champion. Congratulations Buffs!!

#2 State Ranked Buffaloes are the 2022 District Champions. Congratulations and way to represent Buffalo Nation!!

Cross Country Lady Buffs are 3-Peat District Champions. Congratulations ladies and way to represent Buffalo Nation!

GHS teachers were treated to an ice cream and coke floats today provided by the Giddings Noon Lions Club. Thank you for making our teachers feel appreciated today!

FCCLA visited Weise Farms where they worked to plant a fall garden, collected eggs, ground flour, and made homemade noodles. The students also helped bag and label 400 cookies. Thank you Weise Farms, Becky and Tim, we appreciate your hospitality and for teaching our students about farming!

Congratulations to the Lady Buffs Volleyball team on being named the Austin American-Statesman Team of the Week! Way to make us Buffalo Proud!!

The Lady Buffs Volleyball Pink Out theme has been rescheduled for the match against La Grange on Oct. 21st. This will be the same day as the Pink Out theme for football, as the Buffs will also play against La Grange. Varsity volleyball will start at 5pm, with freshmen & JV to follow. Kickoff for the football game is 7:30 at Buffalo Stadium. Come cheer on your Buffs & Lady Buffs! Wear Pink & Be Loud!

This year the Giddings Welding Team would like to give a very loud shout out to PUMPCO for their continued support and their donation of 6 Dewalt Cordless Grinders to help our students at the welding competitions perform at their highest level. We are sincerely thankful to all those that support the Welding Team each year. In 1st Picture left to right front row - Paige Aguilar, Seth Matejcek, Elias Arreola, Taylor Wells, Austin Schmidt, Kyler Giles, and Clay Schimank Pictured left to right back row - Julian Olivares, Keaton Bradford, John Oldham, and Clay Beisert. In 2nd picture is Elias Arreola who placed 11th in the Level 4 welding event and placed 1st in the cutting event at the Waller County Fair. In the 3rd picture is Clay Beisert working on his project.

The Lady Buffs Varsity Volleyball team defeated La Grange in 4 sets to take the lead in District play. Set scores were 22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-21. Go Buffs!

Congratulations to Julian Olivares (left) and Paige Aguilar (right), both students earned their 1G D1.1 Weld Certification last Saturday at the Waller County Fair Welding Competition.

The GHS Lady Buffs Volleyball team picked up a huge win on the road against Taylor last Friday in four sets. The Lady Buffs will matchup with La Grange tonight in La Grange starting at 6PM. The Lady Buffs are currently tied with La Grange for the district title. Tickets for tonight's matches are online only.** La Grange ISD also has a clear bag policy for tonight's matchup. https://lgisd.hometownticketing.com/embed/event/180?es=ri8m9nib5mijihn66sk6s8j74c&single=0

GISD Superintendent Roger Dees highlights a few items of interest for the Giddings ISD community -- a PDF of this newsletter is available here: https://5il.co/1igu7

The 22-23 yearbook is on sale now! Starting at under $35. Purchase at TreeRing Yearbooks and receive a 10% discount through the end of September. https://tr5.treering.com/create-account/1015435932773294

Congratulations to three Giddings HS Buffalo Band members for winning a place in the ATSSB Region18/26 Jazz Band in a competitive audition this past Saturday, September 17. Alonzo Tello earned 3rd Trumpet Rafael Salazar earned 1st Alto Saxophone Palbo Luna earned the only available Bass Guitar spot. He also recorded his audition for a chance to make the All-State Jazz Band Also, Andrew Clark placed 2nd on Baritone Saxophone and is considered an alternate to the band The All-Region Jazz Band is scheduled to perform a concert at the Wilhelm Performing Arts Center in Bastrop in January, and will be made up of students from Giddings, Wimberley, Caldwell, .Manor New Tech, Brentwood Christian Academy, Taylor, McDade, La Grange, Lexington, and Meridian World School.

Congratulations to Abby Iselt, GHS Homecoming Queen!

Thanks to all the sponsors, parents, and community members for making our 1st homecoming parade a huge success!!!

Giddings High School Students and Parents: Herff Jones is holding a class ring ordering event at Giddings High School. What: Class Ring Order Event When: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 (11:50-12:50 pm) Where: Cafeteria

Rev up your GIDDINGS BUFFALO pride with September's Feature of the Month: custom mesh jerseys! Show your personality by adding a name and number. It's the perfect fan gear to cheer on the Buffs. Grab your new game day favorite from your Giddings Buffaloes Sideline Store now. Check us out on social to learn more. Go GIDDINGS BUFFALOES! http://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/texas/giddings/giddings-isd