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![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.
![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.
![Close-up of Starr student operating an Ozobot in the media center.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748296030/gipsorg/pxpbcc7pstpux4chchsx/2025_01_Starr-CodingOzobots.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748296030/gipsorg/pxpbcc7pstpux4chchsx/2025_01_Starr-CodingOzobots.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748296030/gipsorg/pxpbcc7pstpux4chchsx/2025_01_Starr-CodingOzobots.png","width":800}])
Young students across the district have recently embarked on a journey of creative problem-solving using these skills and robots in their curriculum unit – all while building a miniature version of Grand Island.
![Side-by-side headshots of Amber O'Hara and Becki Piel with the GIPS Cast logo in the lower center.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748293605/gipsorg/orozuaslas3m9pl5xvi9/2024_12_Podcast-Preschool-Howard-Starr-OLC-OHaraandPiel.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748293605/gipsorg/orozuaslas3m9pl5xvi9/2024_12_Podcast-Preschool-Howard-Starr-OLC-OHaraandPiel.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748293605/gipsorg/orozuaslas3m9pl5xvi9/2024_12_Podcast-Preschool-Howard-Starr-OLC-OHaraandPiel.png","width":800}])
Hear two of our Pre-School teachers share how they teach students how to learn in school. Mrs. O'Hara & Mrs. Piel join the latest episode of 'The GIPS Cast'!
![Matt Fisher in a suit and tie smiling in the Wasmer Elementary media center.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748279376/gipsorg/lnwsatewatbftjzftvec/2024_08-GIPS-FisherKick-OffMessage.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748279376/gipsorg/lnwsatewatbftjzftvec/2024_08-GIPS-FisherKick-OffMessage.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748279376/gipsorg/lnwsatewatbftjzftvec/2024_08-GIPS-FisherKick-OffMessage.png","width":800}])
Read + Watch the back to school message from Superintendent Matt Fisher
![2024 GIPS Teacher of the Year Award Winners presented by the GIPS Foundation.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748277097/gipsorg/tufdmdprpvdlhgbquuw8/2024_08-GIPS-Foundation-TeacheroftheYearWinners.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748277097/gipsorg/tufdmdprpvdlhgbquuw8/2024_08-GIPS-Foundation-TeacheroftheYearWinners.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748277097/gipsorg/tufdmdprpvdlhgbquuw8/2024_08-GIPS-Foundation-TeacheroftheYearWinners.png","width":800}])
At the annual All Staff Welcome Back celebration, a group of educators were honored.
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