News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
Garden City Public Schools will be celebrating National School Bus Safety Week October 19 – 23, 2020. Wednesday, October 23 has been set aside to celebrate and honor school bus drivers. Parents should be able to trust that when their child gets on the school bus, there is no need […]
Florence Wilson Elementary School will celebrate Florence Wilson’s 100th birthday on Thursday, October 8th, at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. The students and staff at the school will sing “Happy Birthday” and will also present Mrs. Wilson with a gift from the school for her very special day. Florence Wilson is […]
Garden City Public Schools will join schools from around the nation to celebrate Walk to School Day on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Schools in the district are encouraging families to walk and bike to school or around their neighborhood during the month of October. Since 1997, communities have been coming […]
Garden City High School freshman, Emma Lightner, won the Division 3 of the Kansas School Bus Safety Poster Contest. As the state winner for Division 3, her poster will now move on to the national competition and be evaluated during the annual National Association for Pupil Transportation conference by prominent […]
Six teachers from Garden City Public Schools have been named finalists for this year’s Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Crystal Apple Teacher Recognition Awards. The 2020 finalists from the district are: A’Lana Bates, Horace Good Middle School; Dianna Deniston, Jennie Wilson Elementary School; Yuriy Drubinskiy, Garden City High School; […]
Garden City Public Schools will be using the Remind system to help improve and streamline communication with our students and families. Remind offers educators, students, parents and guardians a safe and effective way to communicate about school assignments and grades, ask questions, collaborate and more. Be sure to download the […]
It was recently announced that A’Lana Bates – Aronson, Horace Good Middle School eighth grade English teacher, received a library grant for $2,000 from the Book Love Foundation. The grant allowed her to purchase 286 high-interest books for her classroom library. She is the only grant winner in the state […]
Garden City High School senior Adam Kennington was recently named a Semifinalist in the 66th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This academically talented high school student has an opportunity to continue in the competition for 7,600 National Merit Scholarships, worth more than $30 million, that will be offered next spring. […]
Garden City Public Schools will serve meals free of charge to all students starting on Tuesday, September 8th. This is a temporary program, so families that have not reapplied for free and reduced lunches will still need to turn in a free/reduced application to the district. The U.S. Department of […]
Garden City Public Schools will be providing meals to students enrolled in Remote Learning starting on Tuesday, September 1, at designated locations in the district. The meals will be distributed twice a week on a to-go basis. Menu items included in the meals will be ready to eat and others […]
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