Do you know Victor Canales?
GECHS Campus Spotlight: Mr. Victor Canales is a new teacher who graduated from TAMIU in 2021. He completed his high school education at Lyndon B. Johnson High School in 2016. Mr. Canales teaches Math and is also a coach for UIL Calculator Applications and Number Sense at GECHS. He loves teaching at GECHS and finds it very satisfying to educate the students. Mr. Canales says that “even though it's his first year as a teacher, his colleagues have been very accommodating and supportive of him in this new environment.” #PhoenixPride
GECHS’s seniors are starting to receive their university acceptance letters. Congratulations to Esai Morales who was accepted to the University of New Haven. #PhoenixPride
LISD campuses will be closed from Monday, December 18, 2023 through Monday, January 8, 2024 in observance of the Christmas Holidays.
All LISD campuses will resume their regular schedules on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Employees will return for Staff Development on Monday, January 8, 2024.
Congratulations to Valeria Ledesma of Garcia Early College High School for being named LISD Student of the Month for December 2023.
Congratulations to Emily Garza for being named the U.S. Border Patrol "Youth of the Month" for December. #PhoenixPride
Congratulations to LISD’ December Student of the Month recipients. They are Alesandra Gabrielle Mata, Christen Middle School; Miguel Angel Martinez, Memorial Middle School; Alberto Santos-Rivera, Lamar Middle School; Carlos Serna, Cigarroa Middle School; Athena Ponce, Martin High School; Hunter Salinas, Nixon High School; Adrian Zamora, Cigarroa High School; and Valeria Ledesma, Garcia Early College High School.
The Student of the Month Program is designed to recognize worthy students for their exemplary academic efforts, community service, citizenship, athletics, or volunteer service. The student should demonstrate average academic effort, good school attendance and good discipline. The nominated student should also demonstrate one of the four Leading the Way categories; Leading with Heart, Inspiring Change, Supports Growth, and Drive Results.
Get to know LISD’s Student of the Month better by clicking on the SOTM banner on the LISD website
Students in Mrs. Madriaga's class donated blankets to the Laredo Specialty and Laredo Rehabilitation Center. We are Phoenix Proud!
Congratulations to the following Bilingual Scholar students:
Carlos Merino
Alejandro Villegas
Ricardo Mata
Damarys Rodriguez
Oswaldo Ontiveros
#PhoenixPride
Early Release tomorrow for high school is 1:45 pm. Buses will depart from GECHS between 1:45-2 pm.
Please support GECHS Senior Class by joining us at Freddy's tonight from 4-8 p.m. for our Senior Class Spirit Night. Don't forget to mention Garcia Early College at the register! See flyer for more information.
Congratulations to the following students who placed at the Nixon UIL Invitational Meet.
Science
Karla Madrigal: 1st place, 12th grade: 1st place overall, and Top Chemistry
Luis Arriaga: 4th place in 12th grade
Number Sense:
Enzo Revelo, 4th place - 9th grade
Alicia Jimenez, 3rd place - 10th grade
Raymundo Alvarado, 4th place - 11th grade
Current Events:
David Narvaez, 3rd place -
Calculators Application:
Yesenia Licona, 2nd place - 9th grade
Ronnie Castro, 3rd place - 9th grade
Alicia Jimenez, 2nd place - 10th grade
Literary Criticism
Yuliet Parra 1st place
NOT PICTURED:
Science
Marcos Hernández: 3rd place, 10th grade
Calculators App:
Jacqueline Ciriaco, 4th place, 11th grade
Diego Dosal Gomez, 6th place, 9th grade
David De La Rosa, 5th place, 11th grade
Don you know Mrs. Sara Villanueva?
GECHS Campus Spotlight: Sara Villanueva has worked as an ELAR teacher with LISD for 17 years and is currently the English 1301/1302 dual enrollment support teacher, where she works closely with TAMIU adjuncts. She earned her M.S. in Special Education with a concentration in Reading in December 2020 from Texas A&M International University. Mrs. Villanueva is in the 3rd year of her doctoral studies in curriculum and instruction, focusing on language, diversity, and literacy studies at Texas Tech University. She attributes her accomplishments at work and in her studies to the loving support she has from her husband of 16 years, her son, and her daughter. #PhoenixPride
Congratulations to Yuliet, Miranda, & Victor for placing 2nd place team for Literary Criticism at the UIL-Alexander Meet. Yuliet took 1st and Miranda took 3rd. 👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
STAAR Testing Schedule
Do you know Maria Sepulveda?
GECHS Campus Spotlight: Mrs. Maria Sepulveda is a custodian at GECHS. She has been working with LISD for 25 years. Mrs. Sepulveda worked her first three years as a part-time cafeteria staff at Kawas Elem. before becoming a custodian. She has worked at GECHS for most of her 25 years. Mrs. Sepulveda says that being a custodian can be a lot of work, but keeping a clean and safe environment for all students, faculty, and staff is satisfying. Being a custodian also helps her stay active and interact with everyone. #PhoenixPride
GECHS students volunteered at the Memorial Middle School UIL Invitational Meet. #PhoenixPride
Congratulations to the following students that place in UIL Science:
2nd Place Team:
Luis Arriaga,
Kelsey Castro,
Pablo Guzman
12th Grade
1st place, 2nd Place overall:
Luis Arriaga
12th Grade
2nd Place, 3rd Place Overall:
Kelsey Castro
11th Grade 2nd Place:
Pablo Guzman
11th Grade 5th Place
Jaden Maldonado
Sponsor: Mrs. L. Madriaga
Congratulations to the following students that place in UIL Spelling.
1st place: Mia Cuevas
5th place: Sophia Madrigal
1st place team
Mia Cuevas
Sophia Madrigal
Mykayla Flores
Sponsor: Mrs. K. Ramirez
GECHS seniors attended an Early College Fair at Heights Elementary School. They shared their experiences taking dual enrollment courses at TAMIU with the elementary students. Our students provided them with insight into their college majors and future careers. This was a great opportunity to show the elementary students how to start their journey toward educational success. #PhoenixPride
GECHS’s seniors are starting to receive their university acceptance letters. Mía Ramírez was accepted to St. Mary’s University and Joyce Guizar was accepted to University of Houston. We are so proud of their collegiate achievements. #PhoenixPride
