In The Spotlight
• Allison Jansa placed eleventh at the state cross country meet in a field of 103 participants. She qualified for her third state cross country meet with a sixth-place finish in the Region I Championships Nov. 2 in Lubbock where she ran the two-mile course in 12 minutes, 46.9 seconds, only 11 seconds behind the first-place finisher. Jansa finished second in the District 8-A meet. Allison, a junior, is the daughter of Allen and Lisa Jansa. (See other meet results in From the Schoolhouse.)
• GCISD ‘s Students of the Month for November are kindergartener Brylie Schaefer, daughter of Doyle and Jacque Schaefer; Morgan Schwartz, fifth grade daughter of James and Cecelia Schwartz; seventh grader Cutberto Tenorio, son of Jacinta and Tereso Tenorio, and seniors Alicia Frysak, daughter of Mark and Linda Frysak, Chelsea Schwartz, daughter of Floyd and Martha Schwartz, Bonnie Pelzel, daughter of Pat and Rose Pelzel, and Lisa Hoelscher, daughter of Harold and Ann Hoelscher.