December 11, 2009 RSS feed / School

GC Student Selected As Semi-Finalist

Garden City High School senior Michael Abatemarco, pictured here with (left to right) 6-12 Guidance Coordinator Kitty Klein, guidance counselor Patrick Doyle, and high school principal Nanine Cuttitta, was recently selected as a Semi-Finalist More...

Garden City Public Schools: Behind-the-Scenes: Employee Spotlight

This month’s Behind-the-Scenes: Employee Spotlight is focused on Mr. Marcos Clara, the evening cleaner at Locust Primary School. Mr. Clara has worked in the Garden City Public Schools for five years and at Locust the last four. More...

St. Joseph School’s Tech Day At Adventureland

The seventh grade from St. Joseph School followed in the tradition of classes before and traveled out to Adventureland for their annual Technology Day. More...

Music Students Selected To State Honor Band, Jazz Ensemble

Four Garden City High School seniors were honored with selection as performers at the upcoming 2010 New York Sate Band Directors Association (NYSBDA) Symposium in Syracuse, New York to be held on March 5th - 7th. More...

Kindergarten Registration For Primary Schools

Registration for students entering kindergarten at any Garden City Union Free School District primary school in September 2010 will be held at Hemlock School during Registration Week on Tuesday, January 19, through Friday, January 22, 2009, fr More...

Garden City Student Selected For Heisman Award

Congratulations to Garden City High School senior, Christopher Ajemian on being selected as the 2009 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award winner. More...

Keeping Tabs On Social Studies Program Change By Stephanie Petrellese

The elimination of the Global History 10 Honors course, which went into effect in September, has improved the entire social studies program, according to social studies curriculum coordinator Jeannette Balantic. More...

“Green” School Construction Options Considered By Stephanie Petrellese

The Garden City Board of Education must decide what level of “green” they want to achieve in the projects included in the $36.5 million school investment bond approved by residents in October, as architects now move into th More...

Celebrating 70 Years Of Catholic Education

Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray (3rd left) presents an official Town of Hempstead Citation on the occasion of the 70th anniversary celebration for St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Garden City. More...

Stratford Students Welcome Children’s Author

Students in Stratford’s second through fifth grades recently welcomed author Jerry Pallotta for a lively discussion about his writings and cover designs. Mr. More...

Stratford Students Visit The Opera

Stratford School’s entire fifth grade recently visited the Metropolitan Opera House, where Garden City Public Schools is a member, to see a dress rehearsal performance of Hector Berlioz’s Le Damnation de Faust. More...

Locust Students Learn History Of Fire Fighting

The history of fire-fighting came alive for the students at Locust School during a recent visit by Philip Huntington, husband of kindergarten teacher Rose Huntington, and his restored 1923 Brockway Torpedo. Mr. More...

St. Joseph School Spelling Bee

The St. Joseph School English and Language Arts Department is pleased to announce the winners of the Grade 6 - 8 Annual Spelling Bee. All contestants were selected after preliminary classroom Spelling Bees. More...