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Message to the Community
Welcome to Garfield School, an active center for learning in the heart of the “Garfield-Emerson” neighborhood. Our diverse student population and many unique programs offer a wide variety of educational opportunities.
We are home to three APPLE classrooms. APPLE is a non-graded, multi-age, parent involvement “school within a school.” Our Special Education classrooms include an integrated preschool program, a multi-handicapped/orthopedic handicapped program, and two Learning Support Centers. In addition, we have a highly skilled group of teachers, facilitators and instructional assistants provided through the federally funded Title 1 program and the state funded Learning Assistance Program (LAP).
Garfield Elementary, where CHARACTER COUNTS!, provides students with many positive incentives for academic excellence and appropriate behavior. Trimester awards assemblies focus on academic expertise, outstanding effort and recognition of students who exemplify the pillars of CHARCTER. These students model what it means to show RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, FAIRNESS, and CARING; they know what it means to be TRUSTWORTHY and to value their CITIZENSHIP. Students also earn Great Grizzly Awards, for going above and beyond in any of these identified areas. The Great Grizzlies can then be exchanged for school supplies in the Grizzly Den Store. Each student at Garfield is also provided with a folder or notebook to help him/her learn organization and study skills. They help to link home and school by improving student success in class and parent awareness of school activities and homework, as well as preparing our students for their future academic experiences.
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What Makes Garfield Special?
Located near the center of Spokane School District, Garfield is “home” to
- Approximately 475 students in preschool through sixth grade
- Over 75 staff members
- Daycare through the District’s Express Program
- Many varied community meetings and workshops
- CHARACTER COUNTS!
A very dedicated staff brings their expertise to the major curricular areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science, with technology infused throughout these areas. With the state mandated Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALR’s) and the district’s grade-level Targets, the expectations are published for what students are expected to know and understand as they complete each grade level. The District’s Qualifying Foundations for students entering grades 4 and 7 also set a minimal standard that must be met in order for students to succeed at the next grade level.
In addition to the core curriculum, music, art, and health/fitness are a major focus at Garfield. We believe in nurturing the whole child and providing students with as broad a range of experiences as possible. We hope that you will stop by soon….to visit a classroom, attend an assembly or meeting, or just to say “hello.” Together, we really can continue to make Garfield Elementary the center for our learning community!
Our Vision
It is the vision of the Garfield community that all students reach their full potential as lifelong learners.
The Garfield community will provide students with the opportunity to be:
- responsible, respectful and resourceful individuals
- problem solvers
- communicators
- participants in groups
- academic achievers
- while understanding and accepting of differences in a safe school environment
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