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Recently, the Andy Foundation, located in Garden City, helped one hundred fifty kids attending Elementary, Middle and High School get ready for school this September by donating backpacks, filled with school supplies to the INN of Hempstead. All of the fundraising from the Andy Foundation goes towards children organization, supporting our motto, "By Kids...For Kids". More ... Pictured here are Garden City seventh-graders who used their sewing skills at the end of the school year to help comfort children by creating 200 heart-shaped pillows which were donated to the pediatric patients at Winthrop Hospital. These caring students were members of Mrs. Constance Beovich's Home and Careers class at Garden City Middle School. This was the second year Mrs. More ... The Garden City School Board of Education will hold a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, September 16, at 8:15pm in the Administration Building at 56 Cathedral Avenue. More ... If you're interested in learning about all the great things Cub Scouts do, come join in the fun of Garden City Pack 55's Popcorn-Palooza on Monday, September 15, 2008 at the Stratford School Cafeteria. Our first Pack meeting of the year will feature a variety of fun popcorn-themed games as well as samples of Boy Scout Popcorn! More ... Congratulations to Mrs. Michele DeCollibus (front row, fourth from right), Garden City High School social studies teacher, who was selected as one of eighteen teachers from across the nation to participate in a World Affairs Councils of America workshop in Washington, D.C. focused on the subject of Persian Culture and history. More ... On Thursday, September 4th, Garden City Nursery School kicked off the 2008-2009 school year with its annual New Parent Orientation Meeting. At this meeting, parents new to the school had the opportunity to meet and socialize with one another, as well as with teachers and staff members. More ... Since 1996, students and faculty at the Waldorf School of Garden City have hosted a 3-day orientation at Camp Glen Brook, the school's 250-acre extension campus in Marlborough, New Hampshire. More ... Enrollment is now open for HOLA's Fall 2008 Spanish Classes! The Spanish Class program is available to children in grades K-5 and will be offered on Mondays at Stratford School. The 10 week session will begin September 29th and end December 15th. There will be two classes given on Mondays. More ... Even though the warm days of summer linger, the students, faculty and parents of St. Joseph School arrived on Wednesday, September 3rd ready to greet another school year. The students were welcomed into a freshly updated building, including new smart boards and a renovated computer lab, by the enthusiastic staff. More ... Stewart School fifth graders, Tim Foxen and Emily King, were selected to participate in The Institute for Creative Problem Solving. Each year the Institute selects 20 gifted and talented students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties to participate in each of three sections. The sessions, held on Saturday mornings, are designed to stimulate and challenge the minds of the children. More ... It has been a long-standing tradition for Garden City second-grade students at the Stewart School and Stratford Avenue School to reinforce their literary skills through an exchange of letters with a cross-town pen pal during the school year. Second-grade students in Mrs. Stella Guiry's class at the Stewart School and Mrs. More ... Last semester the fourth and fifth grade Quest students at Stewart School studied number systems and so much more! In this thematic inquiry, the youngsters gathered information about the number systems of the ancient Greeks, Babylonians, Romans and Egyptians as well as the Hindu-Arabic, Binary and Quinary systems. More ... On Wednesday, September 3rd students across the district anxiously awaited their school buses on the first day of school. For kindergartners and their parents, this day brought beaming faces and, yes, a few butterflies, as they began their educational journey in the Garden City Public Schools. More ... |
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