Garfield has already begun to enroll students for our kindergarten classes for next year.  Garfield offers a Transitional Kindergarten Program for students that will not yet be 5 years old until later in the Fall as well as the traditional 3.5 hour program for children that will already be 5 years old.  Once a student is enrolled (with completed paperwork) the Garfield team will give each parent a date and time to bring the child back for some kindergarten readiness assessments.  These assessments help the staff place each new student in the appropriate program for their needs. The dates for these assessments are during the third week in May 2012. 

 All of our traditional kindergarten classes are on a split schedule that begins during the last part of September. In order to better meet each students needs, the split schedule consists of half of the students coming to school from 8:00am - 12:00pm while the other half comes from 10:00am - 2:00pm. Unfortunately, parents do not get to choose the schedule. The placement of students is based on the readiness assessments that have been given and on the first couple of weeks of observations that are done by the kindergarten team of teachers and support staff.  T

If you have a child that you want to enroll for next year, please come into the office as soon as possible to complete the needed paperwork. You will need to bring your child's birth certificate, current shot records and a copy of a utility bill  as proof that Garfield is your home school. We look forward to helping your enroll your child in our school. If you have any questions about the enrollment process, please call the Garfield office.

At Garfield most students have the opportunity to be serve two meals...breakfast and lunch.  If students arrive at school with plenty of time before the bell rings, they will be served breakfast.  Each family must fill out a lunch application or make arrangements with the cafeteria manager to add money on to their students account with the cafe. (More information about this can be found on the district site). All students enrolled at Garfield will be provided a lunch with supervision provided either by the school staff (inside the cafer) or by  parents (at the outside lunch benches).

District employees are the only adults that are allowed inside the cafeteria.  Teachers and recreation aides assist our young students in the procedures of getting and completing their meals.  During the first week of school, we do make an exception for our kindergarten parents and allow them to help for the first few days.  After that, we want our students to begin to build their independence and  responsibility  for feeding themselves, with assistance from staff when needed.

Please make sure parents that you wait outside the cafeteria, away from the doors, while your child(ren) are eating.  At Garfield, we have the huge job of  serving over 860 students in our cafeteria daily.  The procedures that are in place help us to get the students inside, allow them time to eat at a comfortable pace and try to keep the amount of time the students are waiting outside to a minimal.  Your help in following these procedures is appreciated.  If you have any questions about these procedures, please see the principal.