GCSD Parent, Student, and Staff Survey 2014 Garfield School District will be conducting an extensive District-wide survey for parents, students, and staff members. The feedback is essential to improving the learning environment of our schools. We want you to know…
With the 2014 Utah Legislature in session, education bills continue to be at the forefront in the number of new proposed bills. As of February 7th, there are 87 education related bills working their way through the Legislature. The bills…
SAGE Testing The Utah State Office Education (USOE) has released the new adaptive assessment called SAGE. The SAGE acronym stands for Student Assessment for Growth and Excellence. SAGE is the new Utah computer adaptive assessment system, aligned to the State’s…
Garfield School District Mini-Grants Garfield School District received an unexpected one time allocation from the Garfield County Treasurers Office per their auditor’s adjustment recommendations. With these additional funds, the School Board suggested to have the teachers in the District apply…
On January 11, 2014 the Utah School Boards Association recognized the Garfield County School Board in their Master Board program. Board President Ken Platt and Vice Board President Cheryl Cox received a level II recognition in the Master Board program.…
Reading by 3rd Grade In the next few weeks, Parents who have students in the Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grades will be receiving a DIBELS reading report showing where their students are reading in relationship to grade levels and…
Concurrent Enrollment The junior and senior students in Garfield School District continue to improve their education each year by enrolling in concurrent enrollment classes. Concurrent Enrollment classes allow students to receive college credit and high school credit for the same…
GCSD Lighting Upgrades As you enter the schools and gymnasiums this year, you will notice improvements in our lighting systems throughout the District. Last year, Garfield School District approved a lighting upgrade for Panguitch High School. All of the lights…
High Performing Title I Schools The Utah State Office of Education has issued a letter recognizing Escalante Elementary and Panguitch Elementary as recipients of the 2013 Utah “High Performing Title I School Recognition”. A Title I school is a federal…
Garfield County School District Voted Local Levy I would like to update everyone on the Garfield School District Voted Local Levy. The numbers that were reported by the Garfield County Auditor’s office on November 6, 2013 were 1487 ballots cast…