On April 7, 2016 students from Garfield County School District will be competing in the 38th Annual Sterling Scholar Awards program sponsored by Desert News, KSL Broadcasting Group, Southern Utah University, Dixie State University, and Southwest Educational Development Center. The…
During the 2016 Utah legislative session, 465 bills were passed by our legislators. If you would like to view the bills, you can access them at http://le.utah.gov/asp/passedbills/passedbills.asp During the session, there were approximately 124 bills relating to education and of…
With the 2016 Utah Legislative session coming to a close on March 10th, I thought it might be beneficial for the public to be informed of the distribution of a $14.7 billion dollar state budget. Approximately, $440 million in new…
Garfield County School District is happy to announce the availability of Microsoft Office 365 to all the students 13 years of age and older. This software platform allows for students and district employees to download the Microsoft Office suite on…
As you may know, Garfield County School District has been advertising for several new teaching positions for the 2016-2017 school year. With these advertisements, the district enters into a competitive recruiting campaign against other districts to try and attract the…
Beginning January 20th, 2016, Garfield County School District will be administering school climate surveys. The purpose is to gather stakeholder input about teachers, principals, and schools. All parents/guardians are invited to participate by filling out an online survey. Responses are anonymous and…
I would like to make everyone aware of an upcoming school district survey or more commonly known as stakeholder input. The purpose of the survey is to gather valuable information from the stakeholders in our district. Parents and guardians who…
On January 9th, Garfield County School Board was recognized by Utah State School Board Association for the Master Boards Award (MBA) professional development training. Only four of the 41 school boards, across the state of Utah, had all of the…
A school interview committee composed of teachers, a classified employee, parents, a school board member and myself recently conducted an administrator interview to fill the vacant opening in the Escalante schools, left by Mr. Bert Steele. It was the unanimous recommendation…
Each year the Garfield County School District encourages students to submit a Christmas card design for the cover of the District Christmas cards. School districts across the state of Utah, as well as GCSD employees, receive the Christmas cards with…