What a blast we had at our first annual March Madness event with CCCHS Stuco students and Basketball Seniors! All GES students who met their February reading goals were entered for a chance to play in the March Madness event at the District gym! We played hard, laughed a lot, celebrated our Reading achievements and danced as a building during halftime. So thankful to Mrs. Carlson and her students for the great event! #usd379
Elementary Summer Learning enrollment is open from March 1st until March 24th! Come spend the summer with us learning and growing! www.usd379.org/summer #usd379
Two special team members to celebrate today: Mrs. Thrasher and Mr. Tinkler our GES Band Directors. We are so lucky to have them instill passion and a love of music in our learners! #usd379
Elementary Summer Learning enrollment is open! This is open to all current USD 379 K-5 students as well as all incoming Kindergarten students for the 23-24 school year. Check out what we have going on and sign up at www.usd379.org/summer #usd379
GES Student Council hosted a food drive in February in which Garfield students raised almost 500 non-perishable food items for Garfield’s own student pantry as well as the Lighthouse for Christ. #usd379
GES was so happy to have the CCCHS Tiger Chorale visit us today! What a fantastic group of singers! #usd379
This past Friday brought our GES students another round of Career Exploration! We were lucky enough to host Mike Peerson, owner of Java Junkies, and Joel Mason, lawyer and county attorney. Our students were fortunate enough to learn a lot from these two gentlemen! #usd379
Celebrating two Players on our GES team today, Mrs. Cott and Mrs. Last. We are so thankful for all that they do to support our staff and students. #usd379
See the flyer below for a great opportunity! LES Counselor DeAnna, GES Counselor Sarah, CCCMS Counselor Nick and School, Family & Community Connections Counselor Lisa will be hosting a parent night for LES & GES parents on February 28!
Attached is our player of the week, Nicole Schurle. Nicole is a fifth grade ELA and Science teacher! Nicole works hard to engage her students in Science labs and the learning process. She develops strong relationships with her students and teammates! We are so thankful to have her on the team! #usd379 #Garfield379
Today we celebrate DeAnna Coughlin, Counselor at Lincoln Elementary & Sarah Cott, Counselor at Garfield Elementary . Thank you for helping our students Dream Big! Learn more at schoolcounselor.org/role. #NSCW23 #HelpingStudentsDreamBig
National School Counseling Week is Feb. 6-10. We are excited to recognize the work of USD 379's counselors this week. Do you know what #schoolcounselors really do? Spoiler alert: It’s a lot. Learn more at schoolcounselor.org/role. #NSCW23 #HelpingStudentsDreamBig #usd379
We are so proud of our Clay County spellers that showed up today to our spelling bee. A special congratulations to Kate Larson of CCCMS for taking home the win! These 9 hardworking GES students were confident, brave and tried their best! We are so proud of how they represented Garfield Elementary. #usd379 #Garfield379
We are looking forward to an exciting week ahead full of spirit! #usd379
This week we are celebrating Mrs. Wohler! She is our player of the week! Mrs. Wohler is a Science and ELA 4th grade teacher at GES. We are so lucky to have her on our Jr. Bengal Team!
What a great Career Exploration Day! We hosted some of our very own staff and student’s family members! A special thanks to Mr. Steenbock, farming and dairy production, Mr. Shivers, construction, carpentry and business owner, and Dr. Luke, Veterinary Medicine. It was a great opportunity for learning! #usd379 #Garfield379
Garfield was so pleased to host our two Kansas Teacher of the Year Teams! Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. Pigorsch, and their colleagues from across the state of Kansas were here for a tour! What a great day to celebrate some of our amazing #usd379 educators!
It's a great day to celebrate Ms. Brenda our Player of the Week. Ms. Brenda is a warm, bubbly, caring paraprofessional at GES. We are so lucky to have her on our team. #usd379
We are so proud of all of our students who participated in the GES Spelling Bee. They worked hard, and tried their best! The nine students pictured below are our top spellers moving on in the County Spelling Bee on February 3rd. Congratulations to all of them! Our first place speller was DJ Borgerding! #usd379
Another Friday calls for another great celebration of our "Player" of the Week! We are so thankful for Nurse Suzanne and all she does to support our students and staff at GES! Nurse Suzanne is professional, inviting and caring to all who interact with her! #usd379
