We are pleased to announce that all GCSD school and district office phone lines have been restored. You may contact all schools and offices at their published numbers. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
All GCSD schools and offices will be closed on Thursday (Nov. 10) due to the potential effects of Tropical Storm Nicole. In addition, all extra-curricular activities will be cancelled for Thursday only. School will resume as planned on Friday. If anything changes, we will notify you. Please stay safe!
We are watching Tropical Storm Nicole carefully. As always, the safety of our students and staff is our top priority. Stay tuned - We will provide an update after our meeting this afternoon.
Shelters are opening @ 6 pm tonight in the following Gilchrist County schools:
Bell High School - Special Needs Shelter
Bell Elementary - General Population Shelter - Pet Friendly
Trenton Elementary - General Population Shelter
Schools will be open tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 27. All extra- curricular activities will continue as planned on Tuesday ONLY.
Due to Hurricane Ian, all Gilchrist County public schools will be closed and all extracurricular activities are canceled for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week (Sept. 28-30). Schools will be open tomorrow, Tues., Sept. 27, but a decision has not been made about after school activities for tomorrow (stay tuned).
The Special Needs Shelter at Bell High School will open tomorrow evening, Tues., Sept. 27, at 6:00 p.m. The General Population Shelters will also be opening, but a specific opening time/date has not yet been established.
We encourage everyone to continue preparations for the storm, and we will post new information as we receive it. Stay safe!!
Good afternoon! The district is working closely with Emergency Management as we all watch Tropical Storm Ian. It is too early to make any decisions, but we will continue to monitor it closely and keep you informed as the storm progresses. Thank you!
Attention GCSD parents and students in grades 6-12! The Gilchrist County School District has a new attendance policy for middle school and high school students. Students who have 7 or more absences in one semester will have their participation in sports and extracurricular activities suspended for a period of time. We have implemented this policy to support the important role regular attendance plays in the academic success of our students. To review the attendance policy in its entirety, please see your child’s student handbook, or refer to the middle school and high school student progression plans, which are available on our website at this link: https://www.gilchristschools.org/page/secondary
We are pleased to announce that all GCSD school and office phone lines have been restored. Therefore, you may continue to contact all schools and offices at their published numbers. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
We are currently experiencing an internet and phone outage at GCSD, which includes all of our schools and offices. If you need to reach one of the schools, please call the alternate numbers listed below:
Bell Elementary 352-210-6157
Bell High 352-210-6168
Trenton Elementary 352-210-7905
Trenton High 352-339-3639
We will update this message when the internet and regular phone lines are restored. Thank you for your patience!
CONGRATULATIONS Gilchrist County! We are once again an A school district! School and District grades just came out today, and we are ranked 7th in the state. We are truly thankful and blessed to live in a community who values and supports quality education. Thank you to each of you for playing an important role in the success of our school district!
Individual school grades are as follows:
THS - A
TES - A
BES - B
BHS - A
Way to go GCSD!
We are pleased to announce that the Bell phone lines have been restored. Therefore, you may continue to contact BES and BHS at their published numbers. Keep in mind that BHS is closed on Thursdays for the summer.
We are currently experiencing a phone outage at both Bell schools. Bell High School office is closed on Thursdays. However, if you need to reach Bell Elementary School, please call the alternate number listed below:
Bell Elementary 352-210-6157
We will update this message when the regular phone lines are restored. Thank you for your patience!
Good morning. We are pleased to announce that our internet and all of our phone lines have been restored. Therefore, you may contact any school or office at their published numbers.
Report cards are currently scheduled to be ready for distribution on June 14 although we are not expecting most state test scores until much later.
We hope all of our students, staff, and families have a wonderful summer.
We are currently experiencing an internet and phone outage at GCSD, which includes all of our schools and offices. If you need to reach one of the schools, please call the alternate numbers that follow:
Bell Elementary 352-210-6157
Bell High 352-210-6168
Trenton Elementary 352-210-7905
Trenton High 352-339-3639
We will update this message when the internet and regular phone lines are restored. Thank you for your patience!
Check out this offer from the Florida Prepaid Group!
If you have a child who will turn 5 on or before 9-1-2022, please make plans to join us for the 2022 Kindergarten Orientation!
From Mr. Brett Wasden:
I am excited to share that Bell FFA was selected as one of "FLORIDA'S FINEST FFA CHAPTERS." This prestigious award is offered to the top 10% of FFA programs in the state (out of 443 chapters total)!!!! The official press release is attached here.
This is a message from the Florida FFA:
Florida FFA is pleased to announce the selection of “Florida’s Finest” FFA Chapters. The selection of these chapters is based upon the completion of the National Chapter Award program application. These chapters have excelled in the areas of growing leaders, building communities and strengthening agriculture and have worked hard to fulfill the mission and vision of the FFA. These chapters will be recognized during 94th Florida FFA State Convention & Expo to be held at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando this summer.
Please help the Gilchrist County School District congratulate Mr. Wasden and the BHS FFA on their success!
Let's all join Mr. Wasden in congratulating his Aquaculture team who took home a state win this past weekend!
Please help me congratulate the Bell High School Aquaculture team who earned a state championship title this past weekend in Ruskin, FL.! To put this into perspective, this team competed against 83 schools at the preliminary contest in February to earn a coveted top 10 finish to move on to the state finals this past weekend. The aquaculture career development event consists of science-based practicums that include water quality analysis, disease treatment, health and management, species ID, team presentation, and much more.
As their teacher and FFA advisor, I am proud that these students put in their work to study science and apply it to a real-world, research-based practicums. This team has been practicing EVERY DAY after Christmas break and twice a week since school started in August. We are so proud of them!!!! - Mr. Wasden
The Gilchrist County School Board will hold a workshop on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 3:15pm in Building 14, Board Room 14-002 located at 310 N. W. 11th Avenue, Trenton, Florida. Workshop will be to discuss the FADSS findings and recommendations on administrative and district level salaries.