Garden City Public Schools - Quality Learning-Responsible Citizens

The USD 457 Educational Support Center will be CLOSED Tuesday morning for a staff in-service. The Educational Support Center will be OPEN with regular business hours on Tuesday afternoon. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3061878

The USD #457 Board of Education will meet Monday, August 10, at 6:00 p.m. in the Educational Support Center Board Room. Agenda information can be found at https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712

Check out what’s on the menu this week! *Menu subject to change. To view the full menu, visit: https://www.gckschools.com/page/child-nutrition-and-wellness

Officers from the Garden City Police Department are at a school today doing ALICE training as part of in-services across the district. For more information about the start of school, go to www.gckschools.com.

The first day of school will be Wednesday, August 12th, with a half-day orientation for students in grades K-5th grade, 7th grade, 9th & 10th grades, and all students new to Garden City Public Schools. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3061831

New teachers are continuing their in-services today and getting prepared for the start of the school year. For more information about the start of the school year, go to www.gckschools.com.

Garden City Public Schools has scheduled open houses for the start of the school year. Open houses provide parents the opportunity to become familiar with the schools, teachers, and classrooms that their children will be attending.

Open houses on Monday, August 10th include:
Alta Brown Elementary School, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Abe Hubert Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Buffalo Jones Elementary School, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Florence Wilson Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Georgia Matthews Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Gertrude Walker Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Jennie Barker Elementary School, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Jennie Wilson Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Plymell Elementary School, Kindergarten students and parents will meet from 5:30-6:00 p.m., and then all students in kindergarten – 6th grade will be from 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Victor Ornelas Elementary School, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Horace Good Middle School, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Kenneth Henderson Middle School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Garden City Achieve , 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Garden City High School, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Garfield Early Childhood Center open house will be held on Thursday, August 13th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

For more information about the start of the school year, go to www.gckschools.com.

The first day of school for Garfield Early Childhood Center will be Monday, August 17, 2026. There are two sessions held during the day at the school. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3051988

We're hiring for two important roles at Garden City High School!

🛡️ Youth Officer - Support student attendance by building relationships with students, working with families and community agencies, and helping students overcome barriers to success. We're looking for someone who is a self-starter, detail-oriented, a strong communicator, and able to build meaningful relationships with young people.

🌙 PM Campus Monitor - Help keep our campus safe during evening hours by supervising after-school activities, monitoring the building, and supporting the evening custodial team.

Join a team that's committed to helping every student succeed. Apply today at https://gardencity.schoolspring.com/.

The Garden City High School Music Department received word that the Garden City High School Jazz Band I was selected to perform during the 2027 Kansas Music Educators Association in-service weekend. The band will spend the year preparing a program of music to perform in February 2027 in Wichita, Kansas. https://ksmea.org/perf/selected-groups/

GO VOTE!
Polls are open until 7:00 p.m.
Make sure you bring a valid form of ID to the polls.
For more information on voting, go to https://www.finneycounty.org/875/2026-Election.

Garden City High School will be checking out iPads and students can get their ID picture taken August 3rd – 6th from 8:30AM – 4:00PM. Students are encouraged to have all fees paid at the time of iPad checkout. Fee payments can be made at the school or online at https://payments.efundsforschools.com/v3/districts/55837.

Superintendent Josh Guymon welcomed new teachers to the school district this morning at the beginning of their in-services. The in-services will run through Thursday.

Garfield Early Childhood Center will hold a free developmental screening clinic on Thursday, August 13, and Friday, August 14, to help students get ready for the start of school. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3051977

If you missed this week's Board of Education meeting, here are the highlights.
Minutes from the meeting will be available after they've been approved at the next meeting.

The complete agenda can be found at https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712

Garden City Public Schools has a number of new administrators in leadership positions in the district for the 2026-27 school year. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3045026

The USD #457 Board of Education will meet on Thursday, July 30, at 5:00 p.m. in the Educational Support Center Board Room. Agenda information can be found at https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712

The Garden City High School JROTC Raiders conditioning training camp started this week. The training camp helps develop physical conditioning and Raider team event training for the 2026 season. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3041140

The Kansas Highway Patrol inspected USD 457 school buses Wednesday morning. Every school bus must pass inspection before the district can use them to transport students. This is the fifth year in a row that the district received a 100% on the vehicles. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3049520