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Garfield School held a door decorating contest and the competition was fierce! Congratulations to our winners: 1st Place: Dr. Patton's class, 2nd Place: Ms. Castaneda's class, and 3rd Place: Ms. Seeley/Ms. Soltis's class. A special thank you to our judges, Mrs. Encarnacao, Mr. Rosenberg, and Mrs. Bieltz.
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Garfield School Fifth Grade KEEP students participate in a thematic unit studying shipwrecks. Students designed and created life boats and tested out how many passengers could fit on their boats by using marbles in their model shipwrecked ocean.
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Garfield School Third Grade KEEP students work together to create shovels to scoop up “snow” in a winter STEM activity.
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Garfield School Library Emoji Story Title of the week was “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” Written and illustrated by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. Winners took home a book to keep and a special book mark. Make sure to stop by the library for a special holiday emoji story title this week!
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Congratulations to Garfield School's First Marking Period Award Recipients of Effort Awards, Rocky Physical Fitness Awards, and Character Awards.
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Congratulations to Garfield School's 4th-6th Grade Principal's Honor Roll and Honor Roll Award Recipients for the First Marking Period.
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Under the direction of Mr. Burzynski and Mr. Kubowicz, Garfield School's Winter Concerts were a huge success! Congratulations to all of our musicians and a special thanks to the Garfield School PTA for decorating the stage so beautifully.
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Garfield School 2nd graders practicing their gross motor skills with Mr. Tchalabi.
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Garfield School: Second Graders visit the library to read a story and make a gift to share with their family.
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Garfield School: Last week the emoji story title of the week was The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Winners received a prize!
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Garfield School congratulates our Achieve 3000 Literacy Weekly Top Scorers!
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Garfield School: Congratulations to Kindergarten teacher, Ms. Helena Lopes for being chosen as a 2022 New Jersey Exemplary Educator! This year, only 181 educators in New Jersey have received this recognition and we are proud of the positive impact Ms. Lopes has on her students, colleagues, and the school community.
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Garfield School: Emoji of the week book title “Goodnight Moon” Winners received a book and a book mark!
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Congratulations to Garfield School's November Students of the Month!
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Last week’s emoji title of the week was “Charlotte‘s Web.” Remember to place your guess for this week by Friday! See Ms. Curry in the library!
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Garfield School is proud to announce our 2022-23 Teacher of the Year, Ms. Helena Lopes, and our Educational Service Professional of the Year, Ms. Danielle Curry! Congratulations!
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Mrs. Abendschoen’s class learned all about how to make butter! They had a great time “shaking” their butter! It was delicious.
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Garfield School: Mrs. Berberian’s class read Balloons over Broadway and created balloons for a parade.
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Garfield School: Mrs. Pronti’s class counted turkey feathers and matched the correct number. They did a great job.
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Garfield School: Ms. Seeley’s class had a pajama party!
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