Garden City Public Schools - Quality Learning-Responsible Citizens

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

📣 Calling all USD 457 retirees!

We're excited to invite our retired employees as we kick off the year at our Back-to-School Convocation featuring special guest Gerry Brooks. Come reconnect with friends, celebrate the start of a new school year, and enjoy an event that's sure to leave you laughing.

If you're interested in joining us, please email HR Coordinator LeeAnn Thon at lthon@gckschools.com for more info. We can't wait to see you there!

🌟 A few seats are still available in the Buffalo Jones Elementary School Dual Language Program!
Give your child the opportunity to learn and grow academically in both English and Spanish.
✅ Openings in kindergarten and first grade
✅ Second-grade applicants must have previous experience in a recognized dual language program
📅 Application deadline: August 7
For more information or to apply, call the Buffalo Jones office at (620) 805-7300.
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🌟 ¡Aún quedan algunos lugares disponibles en el Programa Bilingüe de la Escuela Primaria Buffalo Jones!
Brinde a su hijo(a) la oportunidad de aprender y crecer académicamente tanto en inglés como en español.
✅ Lugares disponibles en kínder y primer grado
✅ Los estudiantes que soliciten ingreso a segundo grado deben tener experiencia previa en un programa reconocido de lenguaje dual
📅 Fecha límite para solicitar: 7 de agosto
Para obtener más información o presentar una solicitud, llame a la oficina de Buffalo Jones al (620) 805-7300.

Every great school year starts with great people. ✨

⏰ There's still time to join our team as a paraprofessional, but you'll want to act quickly! With the first day of school just around the corner, now is the perfect time to apply if you want to start the year with us.

We're looking for:
✔️ Special Education Paras
✔️ Intervention Paras
✔️ Kindergarten Paras

Don't miss your chance to be in the classroom when students return. Apply today at https://gardencity.schoolspring.com/.

This is the last day that the USD 457 Books-on-the-Bus will visit the community. The bookmobile will be at the Finney County Library. Thank you for visiting the Books-on-the-Bus this year. Never Stop Reading!

Garden City High School is conducting a band camp this week preparing students for the upcoming marching season. The camp is focused on marching and musicianship and will help the students learn the music and drills for the coming school year.

Garden City Public Schools had 10 school nurses attend the Statewide Summer Conference for Kansas School Nurses (KSNO) last week in Wichita. The event featured specialized New Nurse Orientation and comprehensive professional development sessions for school healthcare.

Stuff the Bus distribution is taking place today at Garfield Early Childhood Center. USD 457 staff and other volunteers are busy helping students get the items they need to start the school year. https://www.gckschools.com/article/3041537