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The Garden City School Board of Education will hold a Regular Meeting on Tuesday, November 18, at 8:15pm in the High School Library, 170 Rockaway Avenue. More ... Congratulations to high school senior Marc Sourour, (pictured here with, left to right, Principal Nanine Cuttitta, district science coordinator Mrs. Gail Bennington, and science research teacher Mr. Steven Gordon) on his recent selection as a Siemens Science Competition Semi-Finalist. "We are very proud of our research program here at Garden City High School," commented Ms. Bennington. More ... Paul Failla, a retired Suffolk county police officer, actor, andmotivational speaker with experience in teenage social issues, shared his thoughts and experiences with GCMS 7th grade students on September 22. Throughout the 45-minute session, the students listened intently to Failla's powerful message: the importance of basic life values and tolerance of others' differences. More ... On Saturday, September 20, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade German students from the Garden City Middle School participated in the 51st Annual German-American Steuben Parade. More ... The Hofstra University Symphonic Band invited eleven Garden City Middle School students to participate in the 2008 Middle School Honors Band Festival. The festival included students from our district, as well as students from all over Nassau and Suffolk County. Selection for Garden City's Honors Band was made on the basis of student auditions held in late September. More ... Seventh-graders at Garden City Middle School recently studied careers, multiple intelligences, being left or right brained, and what that brain dominance can indicate in terms of careers. Students in Constance Beovich's Family and Consumer Sciences class interviewed adults with interesting careers to learn what each career entails. More ... On Monday, November 10, 2008 four classes from Homestead School took part in a special assembly honoring Captain Sean Thompson from the United States Marine Corp. Garden City's technology staff developer, Mrs. Lauren Maguire, discovered a program online through the History Channel, "Bring a Vet to School," and shared the idea with Homestead teachers. Mrs. More ... Halloween was a fun and festive time at St. Joseph's School. The Early Childhood Students participated in a costume parade on the campus and the school families and guests were invited back to the school that night for the annual Monster Mash. The only downside.....All Saint's Day, a holy day and school holiday, fell on a Saturday!!! More ... In one of the most enjoyable traditions of the Garden City school year, kindergartners and first graders from the Homestead Primary School donned their costumes for a Halloween parade down Stratford Avenue. With School Principal Dr. Suzanne Viscovich leading the way in her spectacular "Tigger" costume and District Superintendent Dr. More ... Reading is the cornerstone of success in school, and Cathedral Nursery School (CNS) has a long tradition of fostering a love of reading. Once again, CNS has invited their "graduates" to come back to school and read to the current three and four year old classes. Younger siblings were so proud to have their brothers and sisters reading to their classmates. More ... On October 31st, a quintessential fall day with crystal blue skies and colorful, falling leaves, children from Garden City's primary and elementary schools participated in Book Character Day and Halloween celebrations with costume parades around each of their buildings. More ... The children of Garden City Nursery School celebrated Halloween in a big way. The week was filled with pumpkin carving, Halloween songs and poems, special snacks, and of course, plenty of costumes. Children in the three- and four-year old programs came to school all dressed up as their favorite characters. More ... Scott A. Williams and Barbara Schiola have joined the Board of Trustees at the Waldorf School of Garden City. Scott is an alumnus of the Waldorf School and was formerly the School's Executive Director of Development. He is currently a Managing Director at Changing Our World, Inc. More ... |
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