On April 9, 2015, I had the privilege of attending the 37th Annual Sterling Scholar Awards program present by Deseret News and the KSL Broadcasting Group. Students from Garfield School District competed against seniors from Desert Hills, Dixie, Enterprise, Hurricane,…
Garfield County School District has a parent survey available from April 1st through April 17th. I would like to answer a few questions relating to the survey. Q: Why are we offering the survey? A: We are offering this survey…
I would like to make everyone aware of an upcoming District survey. The survey will be available for a short time beginning on April 1, 2015 through Friday, April 17, 2015. The purpose of the survey is to gather valuable…
Over the next few months the Garfield County School Board will be amending the District’s “Employee Background Check Policy”. In the April Board meeting the suggested policy changes will be found under the Board Discussion items on the Board Docs…
When the 2015 Legislative Session began, there were approximately 1,224 Bills requested by lawmakers. At the end of the session, it appears that 528 have passed based on the numbers provided by the Senate. I would like to focus on…
With the cancelation of school last week in the Bryce Valley and Panguitch schools, we are required to make-up the instructional day to be compliant with the 180 day requirement set by the State School Board. For this reason, we…
I would like to inform parents and students of two financial aid nights occurring in Garfield School District. Representatives from SUU will be at Panguitch High School on March 16th at 6:00 pm and Escalante High School on March 18th…
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has approved an additional .5 units of social studies to the high school graduation requirements for incoming freshman beginning August of 2015. The graduating class of 2019 will be required to complete at…
The Garfield County School Board has approved the 2016-2017 school calendar. If you would like to view next year’s school calendar, you can access it by logging onto the district web page at http://www.garfield.k12.ut.us/ go to the district Office menu then…
Region 20 Girls Basketball With the conclusion of the Region 20 Girls Basketball Tournament, we have received questions as to, ‘why do all of the schools in our region travel to Kanab for the tournament’? The location of the tournament…