Garfield School: Mrs. Alfaro's 1st graders are literacy stars! The students are busy reinforcing reading and writing skills through engaging center activities, small group lessons, and personalized iReady work. Every student is on the path to becoming a successful reader and writer. Great job!
Garfield School: Congratulations to Mr. Schalago's Homeroom for earning the Best Homeroom Attendance Award for the month of October!
Garfield School: Mrs. Bifulco's 2nd grade authors started their writing lesson with the funny animal story, "Click, Clack, Moo," to inspire their own silly tales. The students worked individually and used peer conferencing to add to and refine their creative stories. We can't wait to read these funny and creative masterpieces!
Garfield School: Ms. Seeley and Mrs. Gallagher-Figueroa’s 2nd graders are building strong math foundations! They engaged in a strategic lesson focused on adding and subtracting within 100. Using a combination of music, technology, and partner work, students strategically applied key concepts like place value, properties of operations, and the relationship between addition and subtraction throughout group activities and individualized iReady time.
Congratulations to Garfield School's October Students of the Month!
Happy Veterans Day! Garfield PEERS got creative and teamed up with Mr. McShane’s art classes to design artwork for our local veterans. Students created thoughtful pieces to hang up in the school and to hand in as gifts. The PEERS also invited 5th and 6th graders to write heartfelt letters of appreciation to thank our veterans for their service.
Saluting the heroes who served our nation. #VeteransDay
Happy Halloween! Garfield School 6th Grade Peers will be collecting any gently used and clean costumes from November 10th to November 26th. Please consider donating!
Happy Halloween from Garfield School!
Garfield School: What a fang-tastic day! 🕸️ Our school Halloween celebration was filled with fun costumes, smiles, and school spirit. Thank you to everyone who helped make the day so special! 👻🧡
Mrs. Wei's kindergarteners at Garfield School made some SPOOKY crafts. 👻
Our talented Sixth graders at Garfield school collaborated to create some amazing haunted houses! Each piece is unique and filled with creativity. We want your opinion. which haunted house do you this is the best?
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Garfield School: Halloween fun at Garfield School! 🧡 Our amazing staff showed off their creativity by dressing up and spreading festive cheer throughout the halls. What a great way to celebrate the day! 🎃
Garfield School Book Fair! Thank you to the PTA.
Garfield School Trunk to Treat! Thanks for Garfield School PTA, staff, volunteers, families, and of course the teachers who got pied in the face. 🎃
Posters full of positivity at Garfield School! Our 6th grade PEERS shared inspiring messages throughout the hallway to support one another during state testing week.
Thank you to the Kearny Fire Department and Firefighter Mike for teaching the Garfield School PreK-4th grade students the importance of fire safety!
Garfield School's 6th grade scientists were diving deep into their model pond ecosystems! They learned to distinguish between abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) factors to understand how a habitat truly functions.
The students collected water samples, observed the tiny microscopic life under a microscope as they prepare their ponds for their frogs to live in.
The students collected water samples, observed the tiny microscopic life under a microscope as they prepare their ponds for their frogs to live in.
In Garfield School, rhythm is a team sport! 🥁 Mr. Burzynski's 5th grade music class performed a dynamic three-part Orff ensemble (tubanos, xylophones, and movement). Students used their newly mastered 16th note rhythms to build a complex, layered groove!
At Garfield School, Mrs. Berberian’s 4th Grade students celebrated the end of Amplify CKLA Unit 1 by playing Candy Land!
During this unit, we read Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret. We learned that Candy Land was invented by Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher who had polio. While she was recovering, she wanted to make something fun for children who were sick and had to stay in the hospital—many of them in iron lungs. Her goal was to bring them comfort and joy through play.
Before our game, we watched a short video about how Candy Land was created and learned how it connects to our book. It was a sweet way to celebrate all our hard work!
During this unit, we read Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret. We learned that Candy Land was invented by Eleanor Abbott, a schoolteacher who had polio. While she was recovering, she wanted to make something fun for children who were sick and had to stay in the hospital—many of them in iron lungs. Her goal was to bring them comfort and joy through play.
Before our game, we watched a short video about how Candy Land was created and learned how it connects to our book. It was a sweet way to celebrate all our hard work!
