Garfield Elementary School -

The Board meeting, previously scheduled for Monday, March 16th has been changed to Monday, March 23rd. The public is welcome to attend.
📍Board Office at 172 Midland Avenue 🕑 7pm

Mrs. Wei's kindergarteners celebrated Lunar New Year last month at Garfield School.

Playground engineers in the making! 🛝 2nd grade KEEP students at Garfield School explored simple machines and forces of motion, then built paper models of playground structures.

Garfield School: Congratulations to Mr. Schalago's 5th Grade Homeroom for earning Best Homeroom Attendance in February!

Congratulations to Garfield School's February Students of the Month!

Kindergarteners at Garfield School are practicing fine motor skills while decorating their classroom for Saint Patrick's Day 🍀

Garfield School outdoor classroom is open again.☀️ Mrs. Isabella's homeroom enjoying some sunshine and school work on this beautiful day!

Help shape the future of the Kearny School District! Join us for our 2026–2031 Strategic Planning sessions and be part of the conversation as we work together to accelerate achievement and build the future. Save the dates and scan the QR code, or click on the link below, to register. Your voice matters.

Registration form:
https://forms.gle/njtgKjWmo6Sr4nfg7

All meetings will be held at Lincoln Middle School from
Wednesday, March 25, 6:00-8:00PM
Thursday, May 7, 6:00-7:30PM
Thursday, June 4, 6:00-7:30PM

For more information, visit our website:
https://www.kearnyschools.com/page/strategic-planning

📚✨ What a week we had at Garfield School celebrating our love of reading!! ✨📚
Thank you to all the parents, community members, KHS and LMS students who came and helped us share our love of books. Seeing our students so excited about reading is what it's all about! We couldn't have done it without you. 📖❤️
https://youtu.be/LB7hgp3uxB8

Kearny High School student members of the Library Council and Book Club visit Garfield Elementary School to share stories during Read Across America week.

Garfield School continues celebrating Read Across America week with Color Your World and Silly sock day!

Hats off to Reading! 🎩Garfield School is celebrating Read Across Across America with spirit week starting with Hat Day!

Garfield School 100 Day Countdown to the World Cup! ⚽
Our Health and PE classes are off to an amazing start! Students wrote personal health and character goals on soccer balls, colored World Cup flags, and practiced teamwork through soccer games.
This is about more than just soccer — we're building healthy habits, positive character, and strong teamwork skills.
🏆 Each week, we'll recognize a student who demonstrates outstanding character, kindness, effort, teamwork, self-control, and sportsmanship. Thank you to School Counseling Intern, Gabriella Martins, and our P.E. teachers, Mrs. Coleman and Mr. Tchalabi, for coordinating this exciting event for our students!

Garfield School: Mrs. Isabella's Social Studies class had students investigate Olympic sports, exploring their history, global impact, and how the games bring countries together from around the world.

Garfield School: Thank you to the Woman's Club of Arlington for recognizing our teachers with the gift of sweet treats during Read Across America Week!

Garfield School loves Flashlight Friday!

Garfield School Kindergarteners practice sight word recognition with this interactive Hand 2 Mind activity in Mrs. Benenati's class.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 25, schools will open on a delayed opening schedule. Students in grades PreK-6 should arrive by 10:00am and students in grades 7-12 should arrive by 9:50am.

The single session and professional development day for staff that was originally scheduled for tomorrow is canceled. Therefore, we will be following a regular dismissal time schedule. Students in grades PK-6 will dismiss at 3:03pm and students in grades 7-12 will dismiss at 2:38pm.

Breakfast and lunch will be served to students. There will be no Right at School morning care but there will be Right at School after care services.