The Garfield County School District has a very successful Adult Education program operating across the district. During the 2014-2015 school year, the county’s Adult Education program graduated 17 students. All education services are provided at no cost to enrolled students. …
On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 the Utah State Office of Education released the School Letter Grades for the 2014-2015 school year. According to the Desert News http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865636817/New-school-grades-mirror-growth-in-SAGE-assessment.html and USOE datahttps://datagateway.schools.utah.gov/Accountability/SchoolGrades/2015: Out of 738 elementary schools this year, 109 earned an A,…
Each year Garfield County School District budgets approximately $600,000 for maintenance of the school facilities with the majority of the work completed in the beginning of the fiscal year. In an effort to be transparent with the public, I would…
The Desert News recently published the top 25 performing schools in the State of Utah on the SAGE assessment. The Desert News article can be accessed by selecting the following linkhttp://www.deseretnews.com/top/3376/0/SAGE-scores-2015-Top-Utah-schools-in-mathematics.html Garfield County School District has five schools who are…
I would personally like to welcome all of the students in Garfield County School District to a new school year. I know the teachers are ready to welcome students into their new classrooms. I have confidence in the teachers in…
With the beginning of school just around the corner, I want to introduce the new teachers who have been hired to work in Garfield County School District for the 2015-2016 school year. Bryce Valley: Bailey Dalton: Fourth Grade Teacher Hillary…
Prior to 1896 when Utah became a state, the US Congress set conditions under which Utah could gain statehood. In order to gain statehood, Utah agreed to many provisions. One of which was to ensure Utah citizens would receive access…
Garfield County School District recently purchased a site license for Microsoft Office 365 for faculty and students. The purchase will help to relieve some of the stress of schoolwork by providing the software tools students will utilize on a daily…
The Garfield County School Board will be sponsoring an important community forum titled “What Counts in Education” on August 4th at Escalante High School from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm to discuss community solutions to rural challenges. The purpose of…
On August 20th, the Garfield County School Board will be considering changes to the student registration fee schedule for the 2015-2016 school year. If the new fee schedule receives approval by the School Board, parents who have students in 7th…