In the spring of 2014, students across the State of Utah participated in the new end of level SAGE assessments administered by the Utah State Office of Education. Students in grades 3-11 were tested in mathematics, language arts and science.…
With the month of November approaching, local property owners are preparing to pay their property taxes to the County. When you pay your taxes, you might ask, where does my tax money go? I would like to address this question…
October 1st is a date of significant importance for all schools in the State of Utah. The Utah State Office of Education verifies the student enrollment in each district on October 1 to distribute estimated State appropriated funding to each…
On October 20, 2014 the Utah State Office of Education will release the student’s scores for the SAGE end-of-year assessment administered last spring. I have asked each school to send copy of my letter along with a letter from the…
Garfield School District is currently liquidating many surplus items in the District. If you would like to bid on the surplus items, please log onto the District web page at http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/ and select the “Garfield Surplus Auction” link under the…
The Garfield School District continues to look for additional funding opportunities to improve the quality of instruction and resources to our students at no additional cost to our local tax payers. During the month of September, the GCSD has been…
Concurrent enrollment allows students to receive credit in both college and high school classes at the same time. Over the past three years, Garfield School District has invested in providing additional academic opportunities for students who would like to pursue…
In the newspaper last week there was an article published by the Utah Trust Lands Administration. The article discussed how Wayne and Garfield County Schools will receive $253,805 through the School and Institute Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) program. SITLA manages…
I wanted to make parents aware of the new curriculum maps developed by the teachers in Garfield School District in the content area of mathematics. During the summer break, teachers in District developed curriculum maps consisting of scope (what will…
The Utah State Office of Education has declared the month of September as “Attendance Awareness Month”. I will site the following references and statistics from USOE’s awareness campaign in an attempt to stress the importance of attending school. As many…