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All G.I. Public Schools staff will meet Aug. 14 at high school auditorium
Grand Island Public Schools employees will launch the start of the school year with an all-staff meeting from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at Grand Island Senior High School's auditorium.
A sea of purple will be visible in the auditorium, because all staff members will be wearing purple shirts, Superintendent Steve Joel said. The school district employs approximately 1,300 people.
Andres Gamboa of Grand Island and Kristina Guerrero-Cisneros of Lincoln are the featured speakers at the event.
Gamboa is a junior at Grand Island Senior High School and will tell the story of his life, beginning in Colombia. Guerrero-Cisneros is a 1998 graduate of Grand Island Senior High School and graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2009. When she was a sophomore in high school, she had her oldest son, Mike.
Other items on the agenda for the Aug. 14 meeting include:
*Welcomes from Board of Education Vice President Jennifer Worthington and G.I. Education Association President Deb Gnuse.
*Recognition of employees for their years of service in the school district.
*Announcement of Teacher of the Year, Administrator of the Year, and Staff Member of the Year awards from the Grand Island Education Foundation.
*Presentations by previous Teacher, Administrator, and Staff Member of the Year winners (Jefferson Elementary School teacher Jan Vavricek, Walnut Middle School teacher Rhonda Riha, Grand Island Senior High School counselor Larry Uhing, Wasmer Elementary School para-educator Nubia Herreno, and Sue Burch, director of technology and High Ability Learners for the school district).
*Comments by Superintendent Steve Joel.
For more information, contact: Dr. Steve Joel, Superintendent, Grand Island Public Schools, (308) 385-5900,
sjoel@gips.org
It is the policy of the Grand Island Public Schools not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap, religion, or marital status in its educational programs, activities or employment policies as required by Title VI, Title IX, &Section 504.EOE/AA.