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Thank you to the Rotary Club of Colleyville and Grapevine Rotary for their annual distribution of dictionaries to third graders at GCISD elementary schools. Rotarians visited our schools over the last few weeks to make the presentations.

Alumni Shoutout! You may have seen a familiar face recently on your TVs. Colleyville Heritage High School 2017 graduate Brandon Borick has been competing on Amazon Prime Video’s season two of Beast Games hosted by YouTube personality MrBeast. Borick reached the top 24 of the competition and is in the running for the grand prize of $5,000,000! Congratulations, Brandon!

Attention 3rd-5th grade families: Check out the new two-week CodeWiz STEM Classes that GCISD Extended Learning will be offering in the spring at campuses throughout the district. Limited spots are available so sign up today at: www.gcisd.net/page/extended-learning.

Remember, GCISD Extended Learning is “Where Afterschool Learning Fun Begins!”

Due to the continued impact from the winter weather and the likelihood of roads refreezing overnight, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD will be closed again Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

All facilities will be closed and any scheduled practices and activities are canceled.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we monitored this winter storm throughout the week.

Parents and their students entering grades 6-10 are invited to GCISD’s AVID Family Information Session. Learn how this college readiness elective helps students with tutor-facilitated study groups, collaborative activities and academic success skills. A concurrent session will also be offered in Spanish.

📅 Time/Date: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 28
📍 Location: GCISD Professional Development and Education Center
🏢 Address: 5800 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville, TX 76034

🏆Champions Alert 📣Congratulations to Grapevine High School Cheer for winning their fifth consecutive National Cheerleaders Association title in the Game Day Rally division! The team includes members of the drumline, Mustang Guard and Fillies. They also won first place in Intermediate Varsity Crowd Leading small division, for the fourth time, and were named the Herkie High Point Champion of all 18 intermediate divisions. Congratulations as well to Colleyville Heritage High School Cheer for placing 12th in the Game Day Varsity medium division.

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD will remain closed Tuesday, January 27, 2026, due to continued winter weather conditions, impacting travel across North Texas. All facilities will be closed and any scheduled practices and activities are canceled. While sunshine is forecasted, temperatures are not expected to rise above freezing until Tuesday afternoon.

At this time, we plan to open on a normal schedule Wednesday, January 28, and look forward to seeing our staff and students!

**Please note that this closure does not impact the iUniversity Prep staff or student schedule. Any change to the iUniversity Prep schedule will be communicated directly from the campus leadership.

Grapevine-Colleyville ISD will be closed Monday, January 26, 2026, due to inclement weather in the forecast. All facilities will be closed and any scheduled practices and activities are canceled. Please continue to check www.GCISD.net, along with your email, text messages (if you are subscribed), and GCISD social media, for any additional announcements or updates regarding winter weather. Stay warm and safe this weekend!

**Please note that this closure does not impact the iUniversity Prep staff or student schedule. Any change to the iUniversity Prep schedule will be communicated directly from the campus leadership.

Do you know a GCISD employee who puts their best foot forward for students? Maybe you’ve witnessed a particular moment that deserves recognition?

Nominate them for Stars of GCISD at www.gcisd.net/page/stars-of-gcisd

At last night’s regular meeting, Trustees honored GCISD’s All-State Musicians. Less than 1,900 students are named to this honor, placing GCISD students in the top 3% of all high school musicians in Texas. Trustees also received appreciation cards and artwork from campuses as well as flowers from the CTE floral design class in honor of School Board Recognition Month.

Due to inclement weather in the forecast, all GCISD extracurricular activities for Saturday, January 24, and Sunday, January 25, are canceled. After-school and evening activities for today, January 23, may continue as scheduled.

GCISD continues to monitor the weather forecasts and will keep our families updated of any additional cancellations or closures into next week.

With winter weather in the forecast, GCISD wants to remind our community about inclement weather procedures. Should conditions lead to any schedule changes, GCISD will communicate important information via text, email, phone calls, social media and on the district website. Families are encouraged to check that contact information is up-to-date in Skyward Family Access, as these are the phone numbers and emails used to communicate with families.

Know GCISD’s inclement weather procedures: https://www.gcisd.net/page/inclement-weather

Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 tuition-based applications are now open for the 2026-2027 school year!

🖍️ Apply today before the application period closes: www.gcisd.net/tuitionpreK

GCISD’s Pre-K program also offers limited open enrollment to:
🏢Children of employees of the cities of Grapevine and Colleyville
🍎Children of GCISD employees
❤️Grandchildren of GCISD residents
🏡Children who reside within the city boundaries of Grapevine or Colleyville, but not within the boundaries of GCISD

GCISD’s Pre-K is “Where the BEST begins!” See why by watching our video below.

Let’s give a big cheer to our second semester TEAM (Together Award Everyone Achieves More) Award recipients. This award celebrates employees who have demonstrated exceptional customer service, teamwork and built positive relationships. Congratulations to these outstanding employees and thank you to RBFCU for sponsoring the award.

Custodial Services: Alexa Lanmon-Carlock
Extended Day Program: Brittany Kump
Early Childhood Development Center: Lydia Hatch
Facility Services: John Pierce
Nutrition Services: Kathleen Rose
Technology Services: Graeme Porter
Transportation Services: Sheri Skains

Bransford Elementary kicked off One School One Book on Thursday, January 15, with a “Roll & Read” night! Families laced up their skates, for some after school family fun and to pick up a copy of this year’s book “Soccer on Sunday.” Across GCISD, elementary campuses organize One School One Book programs to celebrate reading together.

GCISD schools and district offices will be closed Monday, January 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day. View GCISD instructional calendars at www.gcisd.net/instructional-calendars-25-26.

Dove Elementary School second grade students, teachers and families had a 🐾paws-itively 🐾great time of learning at the Dove Reads ‘Fur’ Fun event Wednesday night. The event was to celebrate reading and share how families can support literacy at home. Students also were able to adopt their very own reading buddy stuffed animals. What a fun way to pack some more reading skills! 📖

Why is GCISD Pre-K the best? 🍎. Let’s share 10 reasons:
🔹 Certified Teachers in every room 👩‍🏫
🔹 Follows Texas Pre-K Guidelines ✅
🔹 Curriculum-based learning 📚
🔹 Play-based academics 🎓
🔹 Prepares students for kindergarten 🎒
🔹 Small class sizes with no more than 22 students per class ✨
🔹 Located on GCISD campuses 🏫
🔹 Extended Day options available ⏰
🔹 Competitive pricing (we’re lower than most; just shop around) 💸
🔹 Our students LOVE school and learning! ❤️

Pre-K 4 applications open now through Friday, January 30. Pre-K 3 application period is Tuesday, January 20-Friday, February 6.

Apply now: www.gcisd.net/tuitionpreK

Last night was our first session of Leadership GCISD’s spring class! The Academics team kicked off this semester by sharing how GCISD delivers high-quality instruction to achieve student learning and success. A special shout out to Loveria Caffe in Colleyville for providing dinner for the class.

Thank you to all who attended today’s Gold Card session! If you missed today, we have two more sessions coming up this semester on Thursday, March 5, and Wednesday, April 8.

More info: www.gcisd.net/page/gcisd-gold-card-program