Garden City Public Schools has scheduled open houses for the start of the school year. Open houses provide parents the opportunity to become familiar with the schools, teachers, and classrooms that their children will be attending.
Family Night and Open house on Thursday, August 8
Plymell Elementary School
Kindergarten students and parents will meet from 5:30-6:00 p.m. All students and their parents in Kindergarten - 6th grade will attend from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Open houses on Monday, August 12 include:
Georgia Matthews Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Charles O. Stones Intermediate Center, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Open houses on Tuesday, August 13 include:
Abe Hubert Elementary School, 4:45 - 6:00 p.m.
Alta Brown Elementary School, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Buffalo Jones Elementary School, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Florence Wilson Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Gertrude Walker Elementary School, 4:45 - 6:00 p.m.
Jennie Barker Elementary School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Jennie Wilson Elementary School, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Victor Ornelas Elementary School, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Horace J. Good Middle School, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Kenneth Henderson Middle School, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Virtual Academy, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Garden City High School, 5:30 -7:30 p.m.
Open houses on Wednesday, August 14 include:
Garfield Early Childhood Center, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Garden City Achieve, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
The district is asking parents to update their contact information with the schools. The district needs this contact information so buildings can contact families on any updates as we progress through the school year.
The first day of school for the 2024-25 school year will be Wednesday, August 14th with a half-day orientation for students in grades kindergarten through fifth grade, seventh grade, ninth and tenth grades and all students new to Garden City Public Schools. Abe Hubert Elementary School, Jennie Barker Elementary School and Plymell Elementary School are also encouraging sixth graders to attend school on August 14th. This will help the students at those schools get prepared for the start of the school year.
The first full day of school for Garden City Public Schools is Thursday, August 15, 2024, when all classes will be in session for the start of the 2024-25 school year.