Garfield School Kindergarteners in Mrs. Benenati's class concluded their unit on life cycles and released their butterflies after a complete metamorphosis.
Garfield School: 📚✨ Welcome to Lincoln Middle School! ✨📚
Today our 6th graders walked to Lincoln Middle School for a quick Orientation and Water Festival Presentation! From touring the building and learning about all the exciting opportunities ahead—our future middle schoolers are officially ready to soar! 🏫🎒
We’re so proud of how curious, kind, and confident they were as they took their first steps into this next chapter. Here’s to a fantastic year ahead! 🚀
Garfield School: 🎉 6th Grade Takes Flight at Urban Air! 🌀
Our amazing 6th graders had a blast on their class trip to Urban Air Adventure Park! From bouncing on trampolines to conquering the climbing walls and zipping through obstacle courses, the day was filled with laughter, teamwork, and non-stop energy.
Garfield School: Mrs. Gerbasio's Volleyball Club finished the season strong with three awesome games! The club helped students with their volleyball skills including bumping, setting, and serving. Keep up the practicing! It was a great time!
Garfield School first and second graders visited Fosterfield Living Historical Farm and learned so much about life on the farm.
Garfield School: Today in Miss Seeley and Miss Gallagher's class the students learned about different types of birds. They learned facts about what and how they eat. For a STEM activity, the children built their own bird feeders. They received some bird seed and are taking them home to display them in their yards.
Garfield School's Family Engagement Night brought our K-6 students and their families together to discuss limiting screen time, explore fun math activities, and enjoy hands-on crafts and games.
Bravo to everyone involved in Garfield School's Spring Concert! Under the direction of Mr. Burzynski and Ms. Chen, our elementary musicians showcased their amazing talent with outstanding performances. We're also incredibly grateful to the Garfield School PTA for all their hard work decorating the stage and making it look so festive.
Congratulations to Garfield School's students who were Caught Being Kind!
Garfield School: Mrs. Lonnay's Arts & Crafts Enrichment Program met this week to create Ink Landscapes! Students followed the direction in the step by step tutorials and created some amazing images!
KEEP STEM Showcase at Garfield School! Students presented their innovative projects using Makey Makey and Microbit technology.
Garfield School: Garfield students participated in the annual 6th Grade Field Day at KHS! They had an awesome time meeting new friends and playing games such as High Five Dribble, Soccer Shoot Out, Frisbee Toss, Homerun Derby, and so much more!
History came to life today at Garfield School, where 4th graders hosted their annual Wax Museum event. Dressed as their favorite historical figures, from Rosa Parks and Dr. Seuss to Taylor Swift and Jackie Robinson, students transformed the gymnasium into a living gallery. Each student stood beside a hand-crafted tri-fold presentation filled with fascinating facts, ready to "come to life" at the press of a button. Parents and teachers were invited to walk through the museum, pressing buttons to hear short, student-delivered biographies.
Garfield School: Congrats to the winners of the Masked Reader Contest!
Garfield School Kindergarten KEEP students completed the Storytime STEM unit. After reading the book Where the Wild Things are, students created boats paper boats and made them move using Robotics! The students coded a program to lead Max back to his bedroom and away from the wild things.
Garfield School: Bringing geometry to life- building 3d shapes one dot and toothpick at a time after a long week of NJSLA testing in Ms. Vicente’s math classes.
Garfield School Kindergarteners reading Library Books with their friends.
Garfield School Third graders visit the library for a special Robotics Unit. Today they wrote a program to code their Robot Mouse.
Garfield students in fourth and fifth grade visit the library to collaborate with classmates to create Blackout Poetry in honor of National Poetry Month in April.
Congratulations to Garfield School's Achieve3000 Weekly Top Scorers in April!
