Garfield County School Board approved the FY 14 Budget in the last School Board meeting. If you would like to view the budget, it can be found on the District web page. The School Board also approved the high school…
As we start into the summer vacation for students, I would like to encourage parents to continue to work with their students to improve their academic skills. It is very common for students to exit their classes on grade level…
When people think of the month of June, most think about students being out for the summer, family vacations, working on the farm or just enjoying the warm weather. On a School District level, the month of June means the…
During the May 10, 2013 Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) Consortium Meeting, held at the Utah Personnel Development Center in Salt Lake City, a district special education director and one charter school special education director were recognized. Mr. Chris…
You might have heard your students talking about taking the Core Test in their classes over the past few weeks. School Districts in the State of Utah are required to administer CRT (Criterion Referenced Test) in math, language arts and…
In the Escalante School Board Meeting, I was asked the question by Jim Porter the GEA Union Rep why would anyone want to work in the Garfield School District? I would like to answer this question by taking two approaches. …
I wanted to update the public on a few items recently approved in the April School Board meeting. The Board approved the purchase of the “Go Math” textbooks for the K-6 Students. Elementary teachers will use a new math program…
As Garfield School District continues to work on building the new Budget for the 2013-2014 school year, I would like to pass along a comparison between the State funding model for education and Garfield County School District. In the State…
As we start into the last quarter of school, I would like to inform the public of current positions open in Garfield School District for the 2013-2014 school year. The District is starting the hiring process as early as possible…
I wanted to inform the public that on April 3, 2013, Jacob Christiansen the Counselor for Utah State University and Dr. Hawks who is the Dean over our region will be visiting Panguitch High School. They would like to meet…