News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
The USD 457 Parents as Teachers program has earned the Blue Ribbon Affiliate endorsement, which is highest designation a program can earn. The program has been designated a Blue Ribbon Affiliate by the Parents as Teachers National Center. The designation means that the program implements the evidence-based Parents as Teachers […]
Enrollment for the spring session of the Driver Education course at Garden City High School will take place Friday, January 15th, at 4:00 p.m. in Room F108 in the Freshman Academy, 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd. This course is available to Garden City High School students. There are a limited number […]
January is School Board Recognition Month and Garden City Public Schools is joining other school districts across the state to acknowledge the important contributions local school board members make to their communities. The thousands of elected school board members are honored by their schools and communities for their dedication to […]
The fall semester for Garden City Public Schools will end on January 21, 2021, because the district started the school year later than what was planned. The late start helped get the district prepared for the start of the school year with the district operational plan for COVID-19. The spring […]
The Garden City High School Hall of Fame Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Hall of Fame inductees. Nominees must be graduates of Garden City High School. Other qualifications to be considered include professional accomplishments, community service and the capacity to be a positive role model for the […]
The USD 457 Virtual Academy is currently taking enrollment of nontraditional students in grades nine to twelve and adults looking to continue their education. The Virtual Academy is an online school that empowers students to seek an education and earn their high school diploma. The Virtual Academy provides individualized learning […]
The Garden City High School orchestra students had their recorded pieces judged for the Southwest/Northwest District Honor Orchestra. The other schools that participated in this event for orchestra were: Dodge City, Great Bend, Hays and Beloit. There will be no performance this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the […]
Garden City High School recently competed in the annual BEST robotics competition. This year’s competition format was different than in previous years due to COVID. This year the focus was on designing and programming a virtual robot to compete on a virtual game field. The robot was tasked with identifying, […]
Gertrude Walker Elementary School will hold a time capsule opening event on Wednesday, December 9, at 1:30 p.m. The school will broadcast the event live on their Facebook page to follow the district’s operational level protocols to keep everyone safe. The time capsule was interred on the school grounds in […]
Garden City High School recently received information that it had two students qualify for the International Thespian Festival (ITF), which will be held virtually this summer. The two students are Adriana Mendoza and Byrant Detvongsa. They received a Superior rating in Duet Acting qualifying them for the ITF. Students had […]
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