The USD #457 Board of Education will meet Thursday, September 26 at 5:00pm in the Educational Support Center Board Room. Agenda information can be found at https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712
Autism Consultant and special education teacher at Garden City Achieve is a recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Educator of Students with Autism Award. https://www.gckschools.com/article/1777368
Tickets are now available for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band concert on Tuesday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Garden City High School. Please visit www.marineband.marines.mil/Tour for free tickets (limit 4 per request). Seating is general admission and ticket holders must be seated by 7:15pm; remaining seats will be released to the standby line at that time.
The Garden City Public Schools Board of Education held a special meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2024. The purpose of the meeting was to select a firm for the search process for the next superintendent of the school district. The board selected Ray and Associates for the search process.
The complete agenda can be found under the BOE link https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712
Garden City Mayor, Manny Ortiz, was visiting with 2nd grade students at Abe Hubert Hubert Elementary School today. He was talking about local government with the class. The students have been learning about government.
Check out what’s on the menu this week! *Menu subject to change. To view the full menu visit: https://www.gckschools.com/o/gcps/page/school-menu
This morning, the Garden City Police Department was made aware of a circulating social media post containing warnings of potential school safety-related incidents and immediately began an investigation.
Through the investigation, it was learned that the social media post originated in Colorado and contained statements implying a school threat. The post then spread to schools and students in southwest Kansas including USD 443 Dodge City and USD 457 Garden City. Law enforcement has determined that there were no credible threats to the students, staff, or schools. While there is no connection to any schools in Garden City, the Garden City Police Department has worked alongside school officials to notify parents and community members of this incident.
The Garden City Police Department and Garden City Public Schools take every threat seriously and will continue to partner to ensure the safety of students and staff and the community. We encourage parents to remind your child to immediately report information about any school safety-related incident(s) to administrators/staff and/or the Garden City Police Department.
Kenneth Henderson Middle School football team will hold a fundraiser in partnership with Freddy's tonight, September 18. Fifteen percent of all sales from 5:00-9:00 p.m. will go back to the team. Thank you for your support!
The GCHS football players were at Abe Hubert Elementary School this morning greeting students and giving high fives.
There will be a special Board of Education meeting that will take place on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Board Meeting Room at the Educational Support Center. The purpose of the meeting is to select a Superintendent search firm or individual. https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712
Horace Good Middle School volleyball team will hold a fundraiser in partnership with Applebee's today, September 17. Twenty-five percent of all your order will go to support the team. Thank you for your support!
Congratulations to Mark Shera Cruz and Caitlin Sotelo on being nominated for the Kansas Teacher of the Year Award. The award recognizes representatives of excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state.
Check out what’s on the menu this week! *Menu subject to change. To view the full menu visit: https://www.gckschools.com/o/gcps/page/school-menu
Beginning Monday, September 16, construction at the future Maverick Convenience Store near Buffalo Way Blvd., next to the Garden City High School campus, will enter its next phase. During this phase, westbound traffic on Mary Street between the bypass and Buffalo Way Blvd. will be reduced to one lane, causing significant slowdowns, especially during student drop-off and pick-up times.
To avoid the added congestion, we suggest taking an alternate route if you're approaching Garden City High School from the east. We appreciate your patience and commitment to safe driving in both the school and construction zones!”
The Garden City High School Drama Department will be holding auditions for the second production of the season, “The Skin of Our Teeth”, on September 16th from 3:00-5:00pm and September 17th from 6:00-9:00pm in the GCHS Auditorium. https://www.gckschools.com/article/1754058
The GCHS football players were at Georgia Matthews Elementary School this morning greeting students, giving high fives, and tossing the football.
The Board of Education held a special meeting on Tuesday, September 10th. The purpose of the meeting was to receive presentations and interview selected Superintendent search firms. The firms that presented were Bryant Group, Kansas Association of School Boards, JG Consulting, and Ray and Associates.
You can watch the presentations
Bryant Group - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXxHJYsrjFo
KASB had technical issues with the video.
JG Consulting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEuuv0kTLbA
Ray and Associates - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqwYG3JheEk
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.
You can watch the recorded meeting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1QqaiXSjc
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.
You can watch the recorded meeting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir1QqaiXSjc
