Last week, Governor Gary R. Herbert recognized 11 local school board members in the State of Utah for their work in advancing their knowledge and skills as board members. In addition, the Governor recognized the collective abilities of entire school…
With the Utah State Legislature scheduled to end on March 14, 2013, I would like to discuss a few bills that could impact Garfield County School District. The first bill is HB 255 Classified School Employees by Representative Brad Last…
Garfield County School District will be conducting an online survey for parents, teachers, administrators, and the District Office in compliance with State code 53A-1-411. Two schools in the District, Bryce Valley Elementary and Panguitch Elementary, have been selected by the…
I would like to thank Garfield Memorial Hospital Board for their willingness to help the students in Garfield County School District with scholarship opportunities. The Hospital Board recently approved twelve scholarships to be awarded to students in the District beginning…
The Garfield School District opened the first board meeting of the 2013 school year with the swearing in of three new School Board members. The new School Board members are Melaney Draper, Mike Savage, and Myron Cottam. Ken Platt and…
Garfield County School District is in the beginning stages of developing a registration schedule for high school students for the upcoming school year. In April, we would like to have parents and students register for 2013-2014 classes during the SEOP…
With the recent tragedy in Connecticut, many parents including myself, are asking themselves how safe are my children at school? In Garfield School District we do have emergency plans in place for each school. Teachers have a double locking system…
The Garfield School District was awarded a matching grant from the Utah State Office of Education for computer adaptive testing. Approximately $35,000 has been spent on Chrome Brooks for students to use in the classrooms. A Chrome Book is a…
The Utah State Office of Education recently recognized Escalante Elementary as a High Performing and High Progress Title 1 School. To earn this award, a school must achieve progress in both language arts and math tests given to all students…
Concurrent enrollment is an option available to high school students who are academically prepared to enroll in college courses and are interested in taking on additional coursework. For example, students who want to study classes not offered at their high…