With the end of first quarter behind us many schools will be scheduling SEP’s (Student Education Plan) formally known as parent teacher conferences in the Elementary schools and SEOP’s (Student Education Occupational Plan) in the High Schools. The requirement to…
You may have heard your students talking about the Common Core Standards or some form of discussion related to these national standards. In this article I wanted to address some questions associated with the Common Core. I have used information…
I would like to inform the employees, parents and students of proposed changes in Garfield School District policies on electronic devices such as cell phones, smart phones, computers, or any type of communication device. Currently we have two conflicting policies…
This week I will focus on a few of the required testing assessments we give in the Garfield School District. We are mandated by law to provide 23 different types of assessment to our students in Kindergarten to 12th grade. …
Last week I discussed the pool, so I thought I would discuss the topic usually following the pool discussion and that is the Escalante Well project. In June of 2007 a feasibility report was presented to the Board of Water…
We have several types of assessments given to students at various grade levels; I would like to focus on two tests in particular involving the majority of the students in Garfield School District. The first test is referred to as…
GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS BE INFORMED Parents should be able to access students ID and passwords to access their grades, lunch balances, attendance and current contact information. I would like to encourage all parents or legal guardians to make sure…
We have successfully completed our first week of school. I would like to say thank you to the faculties and staffs at each school for their hard work and dedication to educate our students. I know many of them have…