Reading by 3rd Grade In the next few weeks, Parents who have students in the Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grades will be receiving a DIBELS reading report showing where their students are reading in relationship to grade levels and…
Concurrent Enrollment The junior and senior students in Garfield School District continue to improve their education each year by enrolling in concurrent enrollment classes. Concurrent Enrollment classes allow students to receive college credit and high school credit for the same…
GCSD Lighting Upgrades As you enter the schools and gymnasiums this year, you will notice improvements in our lighting systems throughout the District. Last year, Garfield School District approved a lighting upgrade for Panguitch High School. All of the lights…
High Performing Title I Schools The Utah State Office of Education has issued a letter recognizing Escalante Elementary and Panguitch Elementary as recipients of the 2013 Utah “High Performing Title I School Recognition”. A Title I school is a federal…
Garfield County School District Voted Local Levy I would like to update everyone on the Garfield School District Voted Local Levy. The numbers that were reported by the Garfield County Auditor’s office on November 6, 2013 were 1487 ballots cast…
ACT Test Prep All of the 11th grade students in the State of Utah will have the opportunity to take the ACT exam this year. The Utah State Office of Education (USOE) recently announced that all of the Local Education…
Thank You, Volunteers! With many classroom Halloween parties occurring in the elementary schools, I wanted to take some time to thank all of the volunteers who help in our schools. Volunteers are so valuable in our schools and I would…
Garfield School District UCAS Scores The following information is taken from the Utah State Office of Education webpage. Utah now has two methods for accessing the performance of students and public schools. A few weeks ago I wrote about the…
The way students receive education changes with technology. According to a study by the Babson Survey Research group, more than 6 million students, nearly one third of the total enrollment at post-secondary institutions, show that students were taking at least…
VOTED LOCAL LEVY – BE INFORMED Garfield School District has been working to inform the citizens of Garfield County of the upcoming November Voted Local Levy. I have traveled to Bryce Canyon City, Boulder, Henrieville, Tropic, Escalante and Antimony City…