Briefly
• Community computer classes in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel will be held at the school on Mondays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. from Jan. 13 to May 12. Brad Jones reports that the Word class is already full, and that the community will be advised a few weeks in advance when to sign up for the Excel class. He said there will be classes in basic computer skills, Internet search engines and Power Point toward the end of the spring, with dates announced later. There is no charge for the classes.
• The computer labs in Kenneth Chandler’s elementary classroom, and in the library, are open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 6 p.m. for anyone who would like to come and work on computer skills or just surf the Internet, according to Brad Jones. There is no charge for this access.
• The Senior Citizens will not meet in January, but will meet Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. for a fajita supper. If you have not been assigned something else, bring a dip and chips or a dessert. If you have questions, call Mrs. Ed Plagens. Anyone over 50 is invited to attend.
• A barbequed “chicken to go” dinner for Super Bowl Sunday (January 26) is being sponsored by Project Graduation 2003.
The chickens are $6 apiece, a pint of cole slaw, a quart of beans or a pint of sauce sells for $2 each. Food will be delivered in Garden City, St. Lawrence, and Midkiff. Call Martha Schwartz (397-2268) or Ann Hoelscher (397-2302) for more information or delivery times.
• GCISD’s school board on Jan. 13 gave Superintendent Steve Long a $2,500 a year raise and extended his contract by a year.
• Leroy Moore, who teaches piano at the First Methodist Church in Garden City, is accepting new students, both children and adults. Call Karen Wheeler, 397-2753, for more information.
• Glasscock County ISD is accepting nominations for the district's Gifted and Talented (G/T) Program's screening process. Parents and community members may nominate kindergarten students until Feb. 1 and first through twelfth graders through March 1. To obtain a nomination form or to receive more information, contact Micki Wesley, GCISD G/T coordinator, or Brad Jones, elementary principal, at 354-2243 or 354-2244.
• Students can check out computers for home use, according to Superintendent Steve Long. Contact Jerry Cannon.
• Community members are encouraged to use the school’s website at http://gcisd.esc18.net/ and the county’s site at www.glasscockcountytx.com.
• Overall enrollment in Garden City’s schools is down 16 from this time last year, according to figures presented at the GCISD school board meeting Jan. 13. Numbers are 151 in K – 6, down nine from a year ago, and 152 in grades 7 – 12, down seven.