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![Two Howard Elementary 5th Graders smiling together working on math at their desks.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1775765254/gipsorg/okuyrjrcdpzb7u0rhqnv/2026-04-09_MathCurriculumEureka2.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1775765254/gipsorg/okuyrjrcdpzb7u0rhqnv/2026-04-09_MathCurriculumEureka2.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1775765254/gipsorg/okuyrjrcdpzb7u0rhqnv/2026-04-09_MathCurriculumEureka2.png","width":800}])
After months of classroom observation, teacher feedback, and student performance analysis, the GIPS Math Curriculum Review Team recommended Eureka² for districtwide adoption.
![Smiling Kindergarten girl in an Engleman classroom wearing overalls with a rainbow.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1771022281/gipsorg/agrqrlom3cn8gpeiqzmn/2026_02_13_FacilitiesPlanUpdates.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1771022281/gipsorg/agrqrlom3cn8gpeiqzmn/2026_02_13_FacilitiesPlanUpdates.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1771022281/gipsorg/agrqrlom3cn8gpeiqzmn/2026_02_13_FacilitiesPlanUpdates.png","width":800}])
What will our schools look like five, ten, twenty-five, even fifty years from now?
The Board is ready to flesh out some ideas, roll them out to the Grand Island community.
![Photo of GIPS sign over an overcast sky with a circle photo frame of Mat Fisher in right corner]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1758132193/gipsorg/tyvawwcmmx70lpnka7bn/2025_09_GIPSBudgetUpdate2025-26.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1758132193/gipsorg/tyvawwcmmx70lpnka7bn/2025_09_GIPSBudgetUpdate2025-26.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1758132193/gipsorg/tyvawwcmmx70lpnka7bn/2025_09_GIPSBudgetUpdate2025-26.png","width":800}])
The free workshops are open to the public and will be held across the district’s three wards offering folks an inside look into serving on the Board.
![Photo of GISH Band performing at Winter Concert with a small circle photo of Matt Fisher's headshot in left corner]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1766770009/gipsorg/id2hoppt90bo3sqe6cz7/2025_12_FisherHolidayMessage.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1766770009/gipsorg/id2hoppt90bo3sqe6cz7/2025_12_FisherHolidayMessage.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1766770009/gipsorg/id2hoppt90bo3sqe6cz7/2025_12_FisherHolidayMessage.png","width":800}])
Superintendent Matt Fisher shares about the holiday magic found in Fine Arts concerts.
![Two Barr Middle School students smiling at their desks and writing on a worksheet.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764166958/gipsorg/zvc569xtqgjpd3wwirpi/2025_11_25_GIPSStateReportCard.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764166958/gipsorg/zvc569xtqgjpd3wwirpi/2025_11_25_GIPSStateReportCard.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1764166958/gipsorg/zvc569xtqgjpd3wwirpi/2025_11_25_GIPSStateReportCard.png","width":800}])
Superintendent Matt Fisher shares what we've learned from the district's latest State Report Card.
![Photo of smiling GISH graduate holding diploma with the 80.90.100. branding overlayed.]([{"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.