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Parents/guardians- 6th-9th grade students will be bringing home their IAR test scores along with their midterms on Monday September 16, 2024.
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Galatia FFA members competed in the SIU horse judging contest today. Good luck team!
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Community Opportunity
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Exciting announcement!!
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Friday Funnies are back!!
Here is today's video!
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Parents, teachers and students-
Below you will find a QR code that links to Jostens Yearbook. If you have a photo from a school activity you'd like to share, simply scan the code and upload your photos.
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The last regularly scheduled home junior high softball and baseball games are Monday (9/16). We will use this opportunity to celebrate our 8th grade players before the games. We are also excited to announce that following the games, we will have a field and field lighting dedication ceremony!
There will be many other activities to go along with this ceremony. More details to follow.
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Mark your calendars! GHS Haunted Halls is back for another year!
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Shout out to Galatia Cross Country as they ran at Herrin Park today. Each runner improved their time & lots of personal records were made. Bailey Downing finished 7th while Kael Krelo finished 27th for the guys! Way to GO everyone, we are so proud of you!! 🏃♀️🏃♂️
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Galatia FFA members attended the FFA Chapter Officer Leadership Training and Greenhand Conference at SIU where they learned more about how to perform their officer duties and interacted with around 600 other FFA members in team building activities.
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Picture day for the grade school students is Thursday, October 10! Pictures can be ordered online by going to inter-state.com. Our school code is 87711YF.
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For any girls interested in junior high basketball this year, there will be open gym on the following dates/times. 9/7, 9/14, and 9/28. These will be from 10:00-12:00 at the grade school gym.
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Wishing these runners best of luck today as they head to Norris City for their first Cross Country meet of the season. 🏃♀️🏃♂️
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Parents/guardians, the lockdown alarm was inadvertently activated this afternoon during dismissal. All staff and students did an excellent job following the lockdown protocol. Police and administration acted quickly to clear this as an accidental alarm. We apologize for the delay in dismissal but good job Bearcats on such a quick response.
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Congratulations to the Galatia FFA Chapter on winning the Farmyard Follies at the DuQuoin State Fair! 31 Galatia FFA members competed in 8 different areas against 40 other schools to land 1st place overall. Great job team!
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JH/HS parents and guardians, if you were unable to order school pictures today, you will have 48 hours to order on www.inter-state.com using the online code 87714VA.
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Come out and support our Jr. Bearcat softball team this morning as they host a three team round robin. Game #1 starts at 10:00.
Game 1 - Galatia vs. Eldorado
Game 2 - Eldorado vs. Meridian
Game 3 - Galatia vs. Meridian
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I'm sure you all have been watching the work going on at the baseball and softball fields. We are excited to announce that our lights are now functional at both fields! We will be turning the lights on this evening from about 7:30-10:00 for anyone that would like to drive by for a preview.
We will then have a formal lighting ceremony at the fields at a later date this fall.
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Please read the letter below from the Superintendent, Shain Crank.
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Dental Safari Coming Soon
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