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*Update* See below, students were asked to write a letter to future AP EURO students. Multiple reflections about growth, stepping out of comfort zones, & "perfect mix of fun & seriousness" I feel so seen 😭😭🫶🏻🫶🏻 #iteachgc #apeuro #reflections

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Big news for teachers using Canva + @ClassDojo! You can now share your Canva designs directly to ClassDojo – no more downloading and re-uploading files. That means classroom updates, newsletters, and announcements can go straight to families in just a few clicks. 🙌 Learn more: bit.ly/4rKxEdG

How does "rigor for all" coexist with the need for differentiation? This infographic from @Inner_Drive helps illustrate.

P @Nickiatquest's peer observation "punch card" celebrates teachers learning from teachers!

🥳🏌‍♀️GCHS Lady Buffs JV results from Ulysses today: 1st: Emerson Huber 2nd:Xzandrea Bradshaw 4th: Hattie Harms #gcbuffgolf

Next for the Johnson County Softball 2025-2026 Roster. Welcome Freshman #14, Kyleigh Whitehurst from Garden City, KS!

Boys Soccer moves to 4-0 on the year with a win at Maize yesterday! Great start Buffaloes! #1HERD

GCHS Homecoming Spirit Days! STUCO made them easy in hopes for better participation! If you can’t find a twin, ask Mr. Meng, he will team up with you! Go Buffs! #1HERD

🥳 Congrats to the Lady Buffs! 🏆🥈2nd Place Team at Dodge City Tournament 3rd place Ind -- Brooke Savolt 7th place Ind -- Ailynn Anderson Check Kansas Golf Scores for final scores: share.google/09NCPvVuujInJp…

Tournament day in Dodge. 🪩✨Let's introduce our roster! Junior, Brooke Savolt Brooke had a great season last year making it to day 2 of 6A State and has been putting in the work all summer long to improve her score overall.

Tournament day in Dodge. 🪩✨Let's introduce our roster! Junior, Megan Burr Megan had a great season last year making it to day 2 of 6A State and has already gotten a personal best in most recent tournament.

👀👀 🔥⚒️ #FORGED

Congratulations to Scott Glass and Desiree Delehant on being nominated for the Kansas Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes representatives of excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state.

Writing Sucks (but it gets better!) ✍️🍬 Day 1: Describe a Tootsie Roll Pop 🍭 Day 2: Compare Dum Dum vs. Tootsie Roll Day 3: Convince me to give you more candy 🍬 Day 4: Share your first candy memory Day 5: Reflect on writing—sweet & sour 🍫 youtube.com/watch?v=dE9U_G…

🥇🏆The Lady Buffs WIN! ...the Hays Invitational by 9 strokes 2nd Brooke Savolt, in a 3-hole playoff for 1st and top Junior medalist 3rd Ailynn Anderson 6th Megan Burr (with personal best competition score) 8th Breckyn Lucas 24th Lakyn Warren #gcbuffgolf

GIRLS VARSITY GOLF AT HAYS 1:00 PM #1HERD

USD 457 staff were back for the start of the school year at Garden City High School this morning. It was a great event with performances from students, a great comedian speaker, community organizations, and Food Trucks for lunch.

The 2025 AP European History Exam scores: 5: 13%; 4: 35%; 3: 24%; 2: 19%; 1: 9% AP European History MCQs: strong performance on Unit 1: Renaissance and Exploration, and Unit 2: Age of Reformation (c. 1450- c. 1648); 39% of students earned all or nearly all points in these areas. The most challenging MCQs for AP European History students were questions on Unit 8: 20th Century Global Conflicts, and Unit 9: Cold War and Contemporary Europe (c. 1914 - Present); 32% of students earned all or nearly all points. The score distribution above includes students who took Set 1 and Set 2 FRQs, but the following commentary focuses primarily on Set 1, since it was taken by the majority of AP European History students. spr.ly/60184uMyo AP European History SAQs: Students excelled on Q1 (women in 20th century Russia), where 21% of students earned all points possible. In contrast, students found Q2 (the Napoleonic Wars) most challenging. AP European History DBQ on the French Revolution's ideals: 83% earned the thesis point, 67% earned the contextualization point; 92% earned 1+ evidence point; 42% earned the outside evidence point, 38% earned the analysis and reasoning point. AP European History LEQs: in Set 1 and Set 2, students found Q3 far more challenging than Q2 and Q4, on which they excelled. spr.ly/60194uMyU All subjects’ AP score distributions for 2025 will be posted here when available: spr.ly/60114uMyS

Somewhere between leading @BUFFSAthletics and improving our school culture, @mjbayer30 still has time to get BUCKETS. 🫡🫡 #1Herd

Registration is open for the 2025 Junior Buff Boys Basketball Camp!