Our Top Ten Stories of Spring 2025
As another school year comes to a close, we’re looking back at our most-read stories of the spring semester.
1. Lead Grow Serve Award Given to Two Lady Eagles for Courageous Acts
On Monday, Georgetown High School (GHS) seniors Cassady Lee and Aiden Gadison were awarded with the first GISD Lead Grow Serve Award of 2025. When their basketball teammate Olive Connerty was in an ATV accident during a team bonding weekend, Lee and Gadison made no hesitation to assist her…
Each year, the President of the United States recognizes outstanding educators from across the country with the PAEMST awards, the nation's highest honors for teachers of mathematics, science, computer science, engineering, and technology applications. Awardees serve as models for their colleagues, inspiration to their communities, and leaders in the improvement of mathematics and science education.
3. High School Junior Creates Children’s Book to Spark Mental Health Conversations
At first glance, Keep Your Light Bright may look like just another charming children’s book with bright illustrations and a cheerful underwater world. But for Georgetown High School junior Mary Rose Shoales, the story of Sunny the Anglerfish is much more—it’s a heartfelt tool to open up an important dialogue about mental health with young children.
4. Two Students Lead Outdoor Project at San Gabriel Elementary
When 5th graders Case Hewlett and Cooper Peterson noticed a desire among peers for a baseball field on campus, they didn’t just ask their administrators to make it happen – they instead asked, “How can WE make this happen?”.
5. Community Partnerships Bring Culinary Learning to Bridges
An idea that began as a learning opportunity for one student has now turned into an impactful addition to an entire program. When Bridges student Tyanna Eiland entered the Central Texas Food Bank culinary program to explore her interests in the food industry, she didn’t yet know that her very own Bridges Job Coach, Courtney Marak, would be joining her on the journey.
6. Future Ready Complex Brings New Auto Tech Learning Possibilities
After spending four years fixing up his car, Senior Morgan Elder finally put the finishing touches on his ’67 Mustang. And he did it all during his high school auto tech class period.
7. A+FCU Makes Donation to Pay Off Student Meal Balances in Georgetown ISD
Georgetown ISD received a donation from A+ Federal Credit Union in Georgetown to pay off lunch balances for students at four campuses across the district in the amount of $1,296.12.
8. Civil Engineering Students Partner with Nonprofit to Enhance City Trails
In communities across the country, high school students are taking their learning outside of the classroom and into the real world. Through a unique partnership with the nonprofit organization Georgetown Trails Foundation, civil engineering students in Georgetown ISD (GISD) are not only experimenting with outside learning, but they are building bridges – quite literally – between education and community that will leave a lasting impact.
9. Georgetown ISD Education Foundation Awards more than $70,000 in Spring Grants
The Georgetown ISD Education Foundation brought excitement to campuses across the district on May 7 as the Prize Patrol hit the road, surprising teachers at 8 campuses with grant awards to bring innovative ideas to life. In total, the Foundation awarded 21 grants totaling $70,867—fueling programs designed to enhance student learning in creative and meaningful ways.
10. GISD Launches Literacy First Program to Boost Early Reading Skills
In a powerful new push to strengthen early literacy, Georgetown Independent School District (GISD) has partnered with the University of Texas Dana Center to bring the Literacy First Early Reading Intervention program to its elementary campuses. The initiative began in January and is already showing promising results for young readers in kindergarten through third grade.
