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Congratulations to Ms. Lopes of Garfield School for winning our district’s monthly AI Challenge! Lopes successfully completed a series of PD “missions” and won our giveaway prize!

Ready for cozy learning? 🔦📚 Garfield School's Flashlight Friday brings students together to read in classmates' rooms under flashlights. A simple tradition that sparks curiosity! #FlastlightFriday

Mrs. Berberian's fourth grade class at Garfield School is diving into Europe’s Middle Ages, and students are having fun bringing history to life! At the end of each chapter, anyone who answers our Medieval Musings trivia question correctly gets to choose a day to serve as our class king or queen. On their royal day, they wear a crown, are addressed as “His/Her Majesty,” and enjoy making special classroom decisions—just like a real monarch!

Garfield School congratulates our winner of the weekly Masked Reader Game! Students must guess which mysterious teacher is reading a story from behind the mask.

Garfield School: Mrs. Lonnay's 6th-grade students and Ms. Benenati's kindergarteners kicked off the Thanksgiving season with a cozy Flashlight Read! 🔦🦃 Students grabbed their books, turned off the lights, and enjoyed reading by flashlight for a fun and festive literacy activity. A great way to celebrate the holiday while building a love of reading!

Garfield School: Mrs. Isabella's 6th-grade students and Mrs. Pronti's kindergarteners enjoyed a special Thanksgiving Flashlight Read! 🔦📚 With the lights out and flashlights in hand, students settled in for a relaxing reading activity to celebrate the season. Such a fun way to make literacy come alive!

Garfield School: Mrs. Gerbasio's 6th-grade students and Mrs. Wei's kindergarten students participated in a cozy Flashlight Read, using their flashlights to light up their books and enjoy some quiet reading time. A simple, seasonal activity that students loved!

Balloons over Broadway at Garfield School! 🎈✨ Students designed and built their own balloons and shared them with the whole school — creativity afloat!

Hooked on kid-powered creativity! 🧡🦃 Garfield School 1st & 2nd grade KEEP students used the engineering design process to conquer the Thanksgiving leftover challenge — and they did it with just TWO sheets of paper and FOUR pipe cleaners. From sketches to prototypes to proud smiles, the clever container designs were all about imagination + problem solving. Which design wins your vote? 🏆👇 #GarfieldSchool #YoungEngineers #GiftedandTalented #STEAMKids #CreativeClassroom #ThanksgivingChallenge #Kiddesigns

Garfield School paid respect to the motorcade escorting the 9/11 Never Forget Mobile Museum on its way to the VFW. The exhibit is sponsored by the Tunnels to Towers Foundation.

Garfield School: Kindness matters! 💕 Our Caught Being Kind winners were recognized for their thoughtful actions and positive attitudes. Thank you for making our school a brighter place!

Garfield School: Mrs. Gerbasio's science class is learning about how energy moves within an ecosystem, specifically in the African Savanna.

Reminder! The Kearny School District will hold its Regular Board of Education meeting today:
📅Monday, November 24, 2025
🕑7:00 PM
📍Board of Education Office: 172 Midland Avenue
The public is welcome to attend.

Garfield School 3rd grade KEEP students visit the Newark Art Museum to explore the Animal Kingdom and discuss animal adaptations.

Garfield School congratulates the winners of our weekly Library Games. 📚😀🎭

At Garfield School we are excited for the release of Wicked: For Good. Mrs. Berberian is matching with one of her Fourth Graders.

Students in Ms Seeley's second grade Science class at Garfield School have been learning about different states of matter such as solid, liquid, and gas. To end their unit, they tested different types of candy to see which ones would melt to a liquid and which ones would keep their shape when placed in hot water!

We are closing out our Gratitude Week series by celebrating the substitute teachers who step in with flexibility, care, and confidence whenever our classrooms need them. Depicted here are just a few of the many subs who support our students and keep learning moving forward each day.

Thank you for your adaptability, your calm presence, and the important role you play in our schools. We are truly grateful for you. 💛🍎

🚨Reminder: Wednesday, November 26th will be a single session day for all Kearny School District schools. All students in grades PreK-12 will be dismissed at 12:54pm. Schools will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th in observance of Thanksgiving Day 🦃