Garden City Public Schools will observe Spring Break March 17th – 21st. School will not be in session during the break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 24, 2025. https://www.gckschools.com/article/2082874
The USD #457 Board of Education will meet Wednesday, March 12 at 5:00pm in a special meeting in the Educational Support Center Board Room. Agenda information can be found at https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2712
Student artwork from Garden City Public Schools is on display at the USD 457 Educational Support Center as part of the celebration of Youth Art Month during March. https://www.gckschools.com/article/2073087
Horace Good Middle School Boys Soccer team will hold a fundraiser in partnership with Applebee's today, March 11. Twenty-five percent of all your order will go to support the team. Thank you for your support!
Alta Brown Elementary School will hold a fundraiser in partnership with Freddy's tonight, March 11. Fifteen percent of all sales from 5:00-9:00 p.m. will go back to the school. Thank you for your support!
Garden City Public Schools had many teams participate in the 2025 Kansas Vex IQ State Robotics Championship on Saturday at Garden City High School. The Jennie Barker Elementary "Chipmunks" won the state competition. They will be competing in Vex Worlds in Dallas in May.
There will be a number of music concerts scheduled during the week at Garden City Public Schools. The free concerts are open to the public. https://www.gckschools.com/article/2069504
Garden City middle school music students competed at a musical festival on Friday, March 7 at Horace Good Middle School. The schools brought a number of groups to the competition to be rated.
Garden City High School will host the Kansas State VEX IQ Robotics Competition Championships on Saturday, March 8 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the gym. The event will be streamed live at https://youtube.com/@gardencityhighschoolbuffal1296?feature=shared.
Check out what’s on the menu this week! *Menu subject to change. To view the full menu visit: https://www.gckschools.com/o/gcps/page/school-menu
Garden City Public Schools is wrapping up National School Breakfast Week. The Mayor of Garden City, Roy Cessna, was invited to visit Victor Ornelas Elementary School to see how they celebrated by holding a detective challenge during the week to see who stole the milk carton. This went with this year’s campaign theme, “Clue In to School Breakfast”. https://www.gckschools.com/article/2052306
The Garden City Public Schools Foundation Grant Squad visited schools on Thursday, March 6 to award $250 mini-grants to help teachers enhance instruction in their classrooms. https://www.gckschools.com/article/2070676
The Board of Education approved the 2026-2027 school calendar at their March 3, 2025 meeting. The calendar is available here https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3313/GCPS/5376199/2026-27_Calendar_BOE_Approved_3.3.25.pdf
A free developmental screening clinic for 3-5 year old Garden City residents will be held on Friday, March 7. It will be at Garfield Early Childhood Center. Appointments can be made by calling 620-805-7500.
The Horace Good Middle School band concert and Garden City High School band concert planned for tonight have been canceled due to the weather.
School buses will be working to get students safely home during the high winds. There will be a delay for students arriving at home. The safety of our students and staff comes first at Garden City Public Schools.
The after school programs at Alta Brown Elementary, Florence Wilson Elementary, Gertrude Walker Elementary, Jennie Wilson Elementary, Victor Ornelas Elementary, Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center and Charles Stones Intermediate Center have been cancelled due to high winds. Please pick up your student at regular dismissal. Bus students will be sent home on the bus.
If you missed this week's Board of Education meeting, here are the highlights. Minutes from the meeting will be available after they've been approved at the next meeting. You can watch the recorded meeting at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnk5qA-GRaM
