A few weeks ago I talked about the “What Counts” meeting that was held in Tropic with community representatives from Panguitch, Hatch, Bryce City, Antimony, Tropic, Cannonville, Henrieville, Escalante, Boulder and Salt Gulch. The purpose of the meeting was to…
Currently, in Garfield School District, Escalante High School and Bryce Valley High School are on an eight period block schedule with four classes per day consisting of ninety minutes for each class. Both of these two schools provide eight classes…
I would like to inform the public of four committees that Garfield School District is in the process of forming. The first committee is for teacher evaluations. This committee will help develop the teaching standards by which all formal evaluation…
On April 11, 2012, the Garfield County School Board held a public discussion forum at Bryce Valley High School called “What Counts”. Each School Board member personally invited several individuals from all of the communities in the county. Representatives from…
I would like to inform the public of some staffing changes in Garfield School District next year. The special education teacher in Escalante, Dean Harrison, resigned on March 23 to take a position in Logan, Utah. We wish him the…
As we move into April, I would like to discuss the upcoming assessments given to the students in Garfield School District. The particular type of testing I am referring to is the CRT (Criterion-Referenced Tests) or commonly called, end of…
In Garfield School District we have 220 students enrolled in 1st through 3rd grade. We have recently completed the mid-year testing required by the Utah State Office of Education in reading. Of the 79 students in 1st grade we have…