Mrs. Pronti’s kindergarteners at Garfield School turned addition into a hands-on adventure today — dry-erase markers, colorful counters, lots of giggles, and real learning in action! Watching little learners draw, count, and trade counters made abstract math ideas click. What a wonderful lesson!
📣 Reminder for Garfield Families
Garfield School families are invited to an Afternoon Tea with Superintendent Flora Encarnacao on Tuesday, January 14, from 3:00–4:00 PM at Garfield School.
Please save the date, register in advance, and join us for an afternoon of connection and conversation.
Register here: https://forms.gle/PQdPhDHVacmDXxL56
Garfield School congratulates our weekly winners of our library games! Students guessed story titles and masked readers and received a prize.
Garfield School's counselor, Mrs. Balogh, has been popping up all over the school lately... in Bitmoji form! She challenged our students to a scavenger hunt with an important message: "Make Smart Choices." Students had to keep their eyes peeled to find the specific Bitmojis that were "a little different" from the rest. The sharp-eyed detectives who found them earned some well-deserved Rocky Bucks to spend at the school store!
Garfield School: Congratulations to Mrs. Kenig's homeroom for earning the Best Homeroom Attendance Award for the month of December! Keep up the hard work!
📣 Reminder for Garfield Families
Garfield School families are invited to an Afternoon Tea with Superintendent Flora Encarnacao on Tuesday, January 14, from 3:00–4:00 PM at Garfield School.
Please save the date, register in advance, and join us for an afternoon of connection and conversation.
Register here: https://forms.gle/PQdPhDHVacmDXxL56
💻Online PreK 4 & Kindergarten registration for the 2026–27 school year opens February 1. Placement is first come, first served.
🌈PreK 3 has limited seats and will be filled through a lottery. Parents must sign up between March 1st - 31st. The lottery will run in early April.
📝Be sure to visit the Residency & Registration page on the Kearny School District website for full details and instructions.
🌈PreK 3 has limited seats and will be filled through a lottery. Parents must sign up between March 1st - 31st. The lottery will run in early April.
📝Be sure to visit the Residency & Registration page on the Kearny School District website for full details and instructions.
Happy New Year from Kearny School District! Here’s to a 2026 filled with growth, connection, and endless possibilities for our students, staff, and community!
Wishing our friends and families a joyous Kwanzaa season on behalf of the Kearny School District.
Wishing you a festive Christmas filled with love, joy, and holiday cheer!
Garfield School: Happy Holidays from our 6th graders! Our 6th graders got creative by decorating holiday ornaments! 🎄✨ Students enjoyed expressing their creativity while celebrating the season and spreading festive cheer throughout the classroom. They also enjoyed a special treat from our PTA! What a fun way to end 2025!
Garfield School: Mrs. Isabella's 6th graders enjoyed sharing holiday stories with Mrs. Pronti's kindergarteners during Flashlight Friday! A sweet way to spread cheer and build connections. 💙🔦📖
Garfield School: Holiday cheer and reading fun! 🎄📚 Mrs. Gerbasio's 6th graders loved reading Christmas stories to Mrs. Wei's kindergarten during Flashlight Friday. 🔦✨
Garfield School: As part of Flashlight Friday, Mrs. Lonnay's 6th graders and Ms. Benenati 's kindergarten class teamed up to read Christmas and holiday stories together! 🔦📚 This special activity gave our older students the chance to be role models while spreading holiday cheer and a love of reading with our youngest learners. 🎄✨
Who says the 100th day of school gets all the glory? On the 67th day of school, Garfield School dressed the part!
Our staff coordinated a surprise today by wearing all things 6 and 7! We love finding new reasons to celebrate our amazing students and bring a little extra joy to the hallways. We are all officially 67 days smarter!
Our staff coordinated a surprise today by wearing all things 6 and 7! We love finding new reasons to celebrate our amazing students and bring a little extra joy to the hallways. We are all officially 67 days smarter!
6th grade KEEP students at Garfield School got creative! They made drawings that are NOT 67.
Garfield School Library Weekly Library Game Winners! Students guessed the Masked Reader and the Emoji Story Title of the Week and received a prize of a book and a bookmark.
⛄️ First graders from Garfield School visited the library for a snowman unit inspired by How to Catch a Snowman — then built clever traps with pretzels & marshmallows. 🍬🧩
Garfield School Fifth Graders working hard on their snowman traps! #STEM #HowtoCatchaSnowman
Reminder: The Kearny Board of Education Meeting will be held on Monday, December 15, 2025 at 7pm at Kearny High School. The public is welcome to attend.
