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![GIPS Launches Next Strategic Plan, ‘80. 90. 100: Empowering Student Success’]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1760044779/gipsorg/o6cqzhobiii1schyoecd/2025_10_GIPSStrategicPlan.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1760044779/gipsorg/o6cqzhobiii1schyoecd/2025_10_GIPSStrategicPlan.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1760044779/gipsorg/o6cqzhobiii1schyoecd/2025_10_GIPSStrategicPlan.png","width":800}])
The road map for the next five years in GIPS will be anchored in student success.
!["Budget & Planning for the Future of GIPS" - The GIPS Cast, Ep. 062]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758112453/gipsorg/xxkozc70sbjp7y5j2xvm/TheGIPSCast_MattFisher.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758112453/gipsorg/xxkozc70sbjp7y5j2xvm/TheGIPSCast_MattFisher.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1758112453/gipsorg/xxkozc70sbjp7y5j2xvm/TheGIPSCast_MattFisher.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1758112453/gipsorg/xxkozc70sbjp7y5j2xvm/TheGIPSCast_MattFisher.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1758112453/gipsorg/xxkozc70sbjp7y5j2xvm/TheGIPSCast_MattFisher.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1758112453/gipsorg/xxkozc70sbjp7y5j2xvm/TheGIPSCast_MattFisher.jpg","width":2200}])
Superintendent Matt Fisher share on the financial health of the district and what's on the horizon for facilities.
![GIPS Free Summer Meals Program Kicks-Off Monday, June 2nd]([{"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 is Open]([{"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.
![GIPS Names Elizabeth Lantz Leader of Early Childhood Education; Schnitzler to Retire]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1748294688/gipsorg/f7c6mfpy6yq19fmqy8po/2025_01_OLC-Preschool-ElizabethLantzAnnouncement.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1748294688/gipsorg/f7c6mfpy6yq19fmqy8po/2025_01_OLC-Preschool-ElizabethLantzAnnouncement.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1748294688/gipsorg/f7c6mfpy6yq19fmqy8po/2025_01_OLC-Preschool-ElizabethLantzAnnouncement.png","width":800}])
Thank you Mrs. Schnitzler & Welcome to GIPS Mrs. Lantz!
![Learning How to Learn: The Science of Pre-School - The GIPS Cast, Ep. 048]([{"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'!