News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
Many business and organizations have reached out to the Garden City community during this uncertain time. Normal day-to-day life has been flipped upside down with the recent events of the COVID-19 crisis. On March 17, 2020, Governor Laura Kelly issued an executive order that mandated Kansas schools to close for […]
Garden City Public Schools will continue to provide daily breakfasts and lunches for children 18 and under. These meals will be distributed from 10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. at designated schools and at various times at community locations. Children must be present to pickup the food. Students can also continue to walk to […]
Beginning Monday, March 30, 2020, Garden City Public Schools will start to provide students instruction through the Continuous Learning plan. The finalized plan was approved by the Board of Education at its March 26th meeting for submission to the Kansas State Department of Education. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Education […]
On March 17, 2020, Governor Kelly issued a statewide order mandating all schools to close for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year, to help “flatten the curve” and slow down the spread of the COVID-19 virus. In the days since, many school districts have spent their spring breaks coming […]
Garden City Public Schools will be providing meals to district students during the school facilities closure. Beginning on Monday, March 23, 2020, Garden City Public Schools will provide free grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches at 16 designated school locations from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and at varying times at nine […]
The Garden City Public Schools Foundation Grant Squad visited schools around the district on Wednesday, March 11th, to award $200 mini-grants to help teachers enhance their classrooms. The awards were presented to teachers in a surprise celebration in their classrooms. The foundation received 21 grant applications from staff around the […]
Garden City High School will host the state robotics competition on Saturday, March 14, for teams across the state that have advanced to the competition. The contest will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the main gym at Garden City High School, 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd. The […]
Haley Rotenberger, orchestra teacher at Kenneth Henderson Middle School, Charles Stones Intermediate Center, Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, Abe Hubert Elementary School, Jennie Barker Elementary School, and Plymel Elementary School, has won the Outstanding Young Teacher award from the KASTA (Kansas chapter-American String Teacher’s Association). She is currently the Middle School […]
Garden City High School qualified two teams for Nationals at the State Educators Rising competition at Emporia State University on Tuesday, February 11th. The Educators Rising National Conference and competition will take place June 17-21, 2020, in Washington DC. Sofia Montoya took first place and qualified for Nationals in “Children’s Literature: […]
Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center is hosting a Run with the Pack for CASA 5K run/walk and 10K bike event on Saturday, March, 28th. Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. at the school and the race will start at 8:30 a.m. Participants can sign-up online at https://runsignup.com/Race/KS/GardenCity/runwiththepackforcasa. The entry fee is […]
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