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Inspiring Minds • Empowering Achievement • Building Community

   56 Cathedral Avenue
   Garden City, NY 11530
   www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
                                                                                Cover Designed by
   (516) 478-1000                                                                   Zuer Wu
		              : GCUFSD                                                        GCHS Class of 2020

           2019-2020 Calendar & Parent Guide
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GC Super Stars!
                                    School Theatre Productions

         La Boheme                                       The Jungle Book Kids
    Stewart School • January 2019                        Stratford Avenue School • February 2019

        Aladdin, Jr.                                                 Play On!
Garden City Middle School • March 2019                    Garden City High School • March 2019

                                       Mamma Mia!
                          Garden City High School • November 2018
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Dear Members of the Garden City School Community,
                                                                                                                                District Administration
                                                                                                                                      Administration Building
                     Welcome to the 2019-20 school year! As we begin a new school                                                      56 Cathedral Avenue
                     year, I look forward to seeing you at the various events listed on this
                     calendar. It is my hope that by working collaboratively and ensuring                                             Garden City, NY 11530
                     that we are communicating, listening, and trusting, we will continue                                                 516-478-1000
                     to build upon Garden City’s outstanding tradition of educational
                     excellence.                                                                                                           Kusum Sinha, Ed.D.
                                                                                                                                        Superintendent of Schools
                     The school district calendar is designed to provide valuable
                     information about the numerous activities and special events that
will take place in the months ahead. For ease of reference, the calendar includes a                                                      Dana DiCapua
Parent Guide, filled with important information, policies, and procedures. Information                                 Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance
about each of our school buildings, transportation, community services, PTA and SEPTA
are included as well. Our GC PTA is integral to supporting our schools and finalizing                                            Nanine McLaughlin
the information included in this calendar – we thank them for their hard work and                     Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources & Leadership Development
dedication. We also acknowledge the support of the many parent and community
groups that supplement our educational program – together we will continue to fulfill                                              Edward Cannone, Ed.D.
our mission of Inspiring Minds, Empowering Achievement, and Building Community.                                    Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
From the classroom to the playing field, our students continue to achieve across many
areas of school life. For the 2018-2019 school year, the high school was named one                                                    Rita Melikian, Ed.D.
of the top schools on Long Island by U.S. News & World Report. Four seniors were                                    Director, Education Technology and Staff Development
selected as National Merit Scholarship Finalists, with two winning scholarship awards.
Ten students were selected this year as National Merit Scholarship Commended                                                                Lynette Abruzzo
Students, bringing our high school total to 110 Commended Students since 2009. Five                                                Director, Pupil Personnel Services
hundred and seventy-four students sat for 1,353 Advanced Placement exams, an all-
time high for both.                                                                            Board of Education............................................................................................. Page 2
Our middle and high school science research students were awarded top prizes in                2019-2020 School Calendar................................................................................ Page 3
regional, state, and national competitions including a National Broadcom MASTERS
“Top 300” winner. We had regional winners of the Toshiba ExploraVision competition,                                                          Parent Guide
winners at LISEF, NYSSEF, the LI Science Congress, Chemagination, Medical Marvels, the         The Budget Process.......................................................................................... Page 24
Molloy College Science Fair, and the LIRR STEM competition. Our high school Project            District at a Glance........................................................................................... Page 25
Lead the Way teacher was named a national Outstanding Teacher by PLTW.                         Policies and Procedures.................................................................................... Page 26
On the athletic fields, our field hockey team won the NYS Class B Championship after           Athletics, Attendance, Bicycles, Building Inspections, DASA, Directory Information,
capturing its sixth consecutive Long Island Championship. Our football team won an             FOIL Requests, Home Instruction, Lunch, Megan’s Law, Pesticide Application, Physical
amazing 36 consecutive games and its third consecutive Class II Long Island title.             Examinations, Registration, Reporting to Parents, Section 504, Sexual Harassment,
                                                                                               Student Records and Privacy, Student/Parent Information Forms, Title I, Title IX, and
The leadership of Garden City’s Board of Education has been the guiding force behind           Working Papers
the district’s success. These dedicated volunteers provide the vision, strategic planning,
and financial wisdom needed to sustain our outstanding educational program. The                Pupil Personnel Services................................................................................... Page 29
Board remains unwavering in its commitment to developing prudent budgets and                   Transportation, Attendance Areas, Emergency/Snow Closings ....................... Page 30
maintaining transparency. The Board and I hope you will participate in school activities       Community Services, Annual Election, Budget Vote ....................................... Page 31
and attend the many special school district events listed throughout the year on this
calendar. We also invite you to attend the Board of Education meetings that will take          GC PTA, GC SEPTA............................................................................................. Page 32
place on the dates posted in this calendar and on our website.                                 Directory: Phone Numbers, School Hours, Principals....................................... Page 33
Our school district is a very active place: please remember to check our website -
www.gardencity.k12.ny.us - for updates and additional information. You can also follow                                        Cover: Garden City Public School’s 2019-2020 calendar cover
us on Twitter: GCUFSD.                                                                                                        design was created by rising GCHS senior Zuer “Joey” Wu.
Best wishes for a fulfilling school year!
                                                                                                                              Joey was inspired by last year’s cover created by Class of 2019
                                                                                                                              member Emily Olenick. “I liked how she used photos of all
Sincerely,                                                                                                                    the school buildings and manipulated them on a computer. I
                                                                                                                              wanted to create a design that emphasized the entire Garden
Kusum Sinha, Ed.D.                                                                                                            City community.” Joey’s calendar cover features familiar sights
Superintendent of Schools                                                                                                     in and around Garden City laid out in a cohesive, colorful
                                                                                                                              design. Well done!
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Board of Education 2019 - 2020                                          			 www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
                                                       About the Board

                                                       G   arden City Public School’s Board of Education members are elected by the residents for three-year
                                                           terms, and serve without pay in the school district, which is a political subdivision of the State of
                                                       New York. Board members set goals, establish policy for the school system, and carry out the directives
                                                       and decisions of the New York State Department of Education. Some of their responsibilities include
                                                       prescribing courses of study; reviewing, presenting and overseeing the school budget; levying taxes in
                                                       accordance with law; contracting and employing staff; setting school boundary lines; providing school sites
                                                       and buildings; purchasing fuel, furniture, and other necessities for use in school buildings; and providing
                                                       student transportation. The Board of Education is responsible for the efficient management of the schools
                                                       and appoints the Superintendent of Schools as its chief administrative officer to make recommendations
                                                       concerning the above activities and to carry out the decisions and policies of the Board.

                                                       The Role of the Public

 Angela Heineman                  Tom Pinou
                                                       M     embers of the public are welcome at all Regular Board of Education meetings, and the Board
                                                             encourages the public to attend. The Board generally holds two meetings per month. Regular
                                                       Meetings are held once a month at 8:15 p.m. The calendar of Regular Meetings is listed below; the meeting
    President                   Vice President         locations, topics, and audio recordings of all public meetings are available on the district website under the
                                                                                            “Board of Education” drop-down. The option for public participation
                                                                                            is included at Regular Meetings. Guidelines for public participation
                                                                                            are available on the “Board of Education” drop-down. Work Sessions
                                                                                            are also open to the public and are held once per month. Meetings
                                                                                            designated specifically as Executive Sessions are not open to the public.

                                                                                                                        2019-2020
                                                                                                   Regular Meeting Schedule
                                                                                                            Meetings are on Tuesdays at 8:15 p.m.

                                                                                                        September 24, 2019       March 24, 2020
                                                                                                           October 22, 2019      Budget Adoption:
                                                                                                        November 19, 2019        April 21, 2020
  William C. Holub             Stefanie Granville             Michael Cassaro
       Trustee                      Trustee                       Trustee                                December 17, 2019       Budget Vote:
                                                                                                          January 22, 2020*      May 19, 2020
                                                                                                          February 25, 2020      June 16, 2020
               To contact the Board of Education, please email:                                                        *Wednesday
                             boe@gcufsd.net                                                       				Dates are subject to change.
                                                                                                   Check the District’s home web page:
                                                                                                       www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
                                                                                                       for up-to-date information.

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AUGUST 2019                                                                                                                                            www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
  Sunday               MONday                             TUESday WEDNESday THURSday                                                                                FRIday                         SATURday

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               4                                   5                                  6                                  7                                 8                                 9                          10
                   • Middle School Fall                                                                                                                        • High School Fall
                   Sport Registration-                                                                                                                         Sport Family ID
                   Family ID Portal is                                                                                                                         Registration Closes for
                   NOW OPEN for All                                                                                                                            Football
                   Fall Sports
                                                             8:15 pm                                                                                           • September ACT
                                                        Board of Education                                                                                     Registration Deadline
                                                             Meeting
              11                                12                                  13                                14                               15                                 16                            17
                                                                          12 noon - 8 pm High School Marching Band Camp                                                                            • 7:45 am SAT &
                   • 7 am JV/Varsity                                                  New Teacher Orientation
                                                                                                                                                               • Hemlock, Homestead & Locust
                                                                                                                                                               Kindergarten Schedules Mailed       Subject Tests (Not
                   Football Begins; Prior                                                                                                                                                          Offered at GCHS)
                   Family ID Registration                                                                                                                      • High School Fall Sports Family
                                                                                                                                                               ID Registration Closes for All
                   & Medical Approval                                                                                                                          Other High School Fall Sports
                   Must Be Complete
                                                                                                                                                               • Online membership enrollment is
                                                                                                                                                               open! Join PTA & SEPTA:
                                                                                                                                                               www.gardencitypta.org &
                                                                                                                                                               www.gcsepta.org
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                                                                                                Superintendent’s Conference Day for Staff                      • 9:30 am - 11 am Middle
                                        3:30 pm - 8:30 pm High School Marching Band Camp                                       • 11 am High School Faculty
                                                                                                                                                               School Visiting Day
                   • 8 am All Other High School         • High School Freshman            • 2 - 3 pm K-5 Students Meet &       Photos in Library
                   Fall Sports Begin; Prior Family                                        Greet Teachers in Classrooms
                   ID Registration & Medical            Orientation
                   Approval Must Be Complete                                              • 3 pm - 5 pm Stratford School &     • 3:30 - 7:30 pm Marching
                                                        • Freshman Photo Day at           PTA Welcome Back Ice Cream           Band Camp;
                   • Grades K-5 Student Schedules                                         Social
                   Available on Parent Portal at 6 pm   Orientation:10 am A-L; 1 pm M-Z                                        7:30 pm Marching Band
                                                                                          • 3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Stewart School   Parent Show
                   • Middle School Student              • High School Student Schedules   & PTA Welcome Back Ice Cream
                   Schedules Available on Parent        Available on Parent Portal at     Social
              25                26
                   Portal at 12:01 am
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All event dates and times listed on the calendar are subject to change.                                                                                                                                                      3
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August
                                                  SEPTEMBER                                                                                         October

                                                     2019
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                                              One book, one pen, one child and one teacher
                                                         can change the world          Malala Yousafzai

   Sunday                  MONday             TUESday                    WEDNESday THURSday                                        FRIday                SATURday
• September ACT           SCHOOLS CLOSED         First Day                                                High School Underclassmen Photo Days
(Late Registration)                             of School                                                      During Scheduled Gym Periods
Deadline                    LABOR DAY                                                                • 2:45 pm High School     • October SAT &
                                               WELCOME!                                              Fall Sports Athletic      Subject Tests
                                                                                                     Code of Conduct           Registration Deadline
                                            • Website Open - Order                                   Meeting for Student
                                            Your PTA Fall Sportswear:                                Athletes in Auditorium    • Middle School Fall
                                            www.gardencitypta.org                                                              Sports Tryouts Begin-
                                                                                                     • 3:20 pm Middle          Family ID Registration
                                            • Middle School Fall Sport                               School Athletics          & Medical Approval
                                            Registration Closes on                                   Meeting for All Fall
                                            Family ID
                                                                                                                               Must be Complete
                                                                                                     Student Athletes in Big
                                                                                                     Gym
                                                                                                     • 7 pm High School Fall
                                                                                                     Sports Athletic Code
                                                                                                     of Conduct Meeting for
                                                                                                     Parents in Auditorium
                      1                 2                           3                          4                            5                       6                          7
                                            • 9:30 Am Hemlock,           • 5th Grade FOCUS           • High School Senior       • 10 am SEPTA            • 7:45 am ACT
                                            Homestead, Locust            Kick-Off Activity Stewart   Biographies During         General Membership       Examination at High
                                            Class Parent Meeting         & Stratford                 Lunch Periods in           Meeting & Empowering     School
                                            (By Invitation)                                          Library                    Parents Workshop,
                                                                                                                                Part 1 at Hemlock        • 9 am - 1 pm PTA Fall
                                                                                                     • 5th Grade FOCUS                                   Sportswear Sale at St.
                                                                                                     Kick-Off Activity                                   Paul’s:
                                                                                                     Stewart & Stratford                                 www.gardencitypta.org
                                                                                                     (Rain Date)
                                                                                                                                                         • 12 noon - 3 pm
                                                                                                     • 9:30 am Stewart &                                 NCA Fall College Expo
                                                                                                     Stratford Class Parent                              SUNY Old Westbury
                                                                                                     Meeting (By Invitation)
                                                 8:15 pm                                             • 7 pm High School         • 7 pm - 8:30 pm
                                            Board of Education                                       Back-to-School Night       8th Grade Welcome
                                              Work Session                                                                      Back Party

                      8                 9                         10                          11                           12                       13                      14

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District-Wide Spirit Week
                                                                                                                  Middle School Photo Days
                                                                                                                During Scheduled Gym Periods
• 11 am - 3 pm NACAC                             • 11 am - 12:30 pm                                                             • District-Wide Rally
College Fair at Nassau                           High School Mini                                                               Day
Coliseum                                         College Fair (Students
                                                 Only) in Library                                                                 • High School Pep
                                                                                                                                  Rally (Students Only)
                                                                                                                                  • Hemlock, Homestead     • 1 pm
                                                                                                                                  & Locust Photo Day       HOMECOMING
                                                                                                       • 6:30 pm Stewart                                   PARADE
                                                 • 6:15 pm Middle                                      Back-to-School Night       • 9:15 am PTA Meeting
                                                 School Back-to-School     • 7 pm High School                                     at High School           • 3 pm Football Game
                                                 Night                     Seniors & Parents
                                                                           College Information                                    • 7 pm - 8:30 pm
                                                                           Night in High School                                   7th Grade Welcome
                                                                           Auditorium                                             Party
                  15                       16                       17                         18                            19                       20                    21
                         • PTA Reflections       • High School Senior &    • October SAT &             • Stewart & Stratford      • October ACT
                         “Look Within” Begins:   Faculty Photo Make-       Subject Tests (Late         Photo Day                  Registration Deadline
                         www.gardencitypta.org   Ups in Library (By        Registration) Deadline
                                                 Appointment)                                          • High School Club
                                                                           • Photo Make-Ups            Fair, Lunch Periods
                                                 • 9 am - 10:30 am High    - High School Only:         (Students Only)
                                                 School Mini College       Underclassmen (9th-
                                                 Fair (Students Only) in   11th Grades) During         • 9:15 am PTA Meeting
                                                 Library                   Lunch Periods               at Middle School
                                                                                                       • 2:45 pm High School
                                                                                                       Fall Sports Yearbook
                                                                                                       Photos in Gym
                         • 6:30 pm Homestead                               • 6:30 pm Hemlock &
                         Back-to-School Night         8:15 pm              Locust                      • 6:30 pm Stratford
                                                 Board of Education        Back-to-School Night        Back-to-School Night
                                                      Meeting
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                         SCHOOLS CLOSED

                         ROSH HASHANAH

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September
                                              OCTOBER                                                                                 November

                                                2019
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                            When educating the minds of our youth, we must not forget
                                             to educate their hearts       Dalai Lama

Sunday         MONday              TUESday                   WEDNESday THURSday                                          FRIday                SATURday
                                  SCHOOLS CLOSED             • PTA Membership             • High School/Middle       • High School Senior      • 7:45 am SAT &
                                                             Online Incentive             School 1st Quarter         Portrait Selection Due    Subject Tests at High
                                  ROSH HASHANAH              Deadline -                   Progress Reports           Online/Phone to Island    School
                                                             www.gardencitypta.org                                   Photography by
                                                                                          • 9:30 am PTA Meeting      11:59 pm
                                                                                          at Stewart
                                                                                                                     • November SAT
                                                                                          • 2:45 pm High School      & Subject Tests
                                                                                          Fall Sports Yearbook       Registration Deadline
                                                                                          Photos in Gym              • 2:30 pm Senior Class
                                                                                                                     Panoramic Photo
                                                             • 7 pm High School           • 7 pm SEPTA &             • 7 pm High School
                                                             Financial Aid Night in       PTA Parent Event:          Freshman BBQ
                                                             Library                      Intelligent Lives
                                                                                          Screening and Panel        • 7 pm - 8:30 pm
                                                                                          Discussion at High         6th Grade Welcome
                                                                                          School                     Party
                                                         1                            2                          3                        4                            5

                                                             SCHOOLS CLOSED                                          • High School Seniors     • Middle School
                                                                                                                     Current & Growing Up      Winter I Sports-
                                                                YOM KIPPUR                                           Photos Due to             Family ID
                                                                                                                     www.yearbookforever.      Registration Open for
                                  • 11 am - 12:30 pm                                                                 com by 11:59 pm           All Winter Sports
                                  High School Mini
                                  College Fair (Students                                                                                       • 9 am - 1 pm PTA Fall
                                  Only) in Library                                                                                             Sportswear Sale at St.
                                                                                                                                               Paul’s:
                                                                                                                                               www.gardencitypta.org
                                                                                          • 7:30 pm All Schools
                  8:15 pm                                                                 PTA Meeting in Middle
             Board of Education                                                           School Cafeteria
                                     YOM KIPPUR                                           (Membership Vote to
               Work Session                                                               Approve 2019-2020
                                     Begins at Sundown
                                                                                          PTA Budget & NYS
         6                   7                           8                            9   PTA Resolutions) 10                             11                      12

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SCHOOLS CLOSED                                                                    CogATs Grade 3
• October ACT (Late                             • 9 am - 10:30 am                                                                                        • 7:45 am PSAT/
Registration) Deadline                          High School Mini         • 9:30 am PTA Meeting        • PTA Fall Sportswear      • 9:30 am PTA Meeting   NMSQT Grades 10 &
                          COLUMBUS DAY          College Fair (Students   at Hemlock                   Sale Order Deadline:       at Stratford            11 at High School
                                                Only) in Library                                      www.gardencitypta.org
                         • High School Winter
                         Sports Family ID
                         Registration Open
                         for Wrestling & B/G
                         Bowling                • 3 pm High School                                    • 3 pm High School
                                                Yearbook Club Photos                                  Yearbook Club Photos
                                                in Gym                                                in Gym
                                                                         • 7 pm High School
                                                                         Guidance Meeting for
                                                                         Parents of Freshmen in
                                                                         Auditorium

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                         • High School Winter   • Stewart/Stratford      • November SAT &             • 9:30 am PTA Meeting                              • 7:45 am ACT
                         Sports Family ID       5th Grade PTA Trip to    Subject Tests (Late          at Locust                                          Examination at High
                         Registration Open      Metropolitan Opera: La   Registration) Deadline                                                          School
                         for All Other Winter   Boheme
                         Sports                                          • District-Wide Unity
                                                • 9:30 am PTA Meeting    Day
                                                at Homestead

                                                     8:15 pm
                                                Board of Education
                                                     Meeting
                  20                       21                      22                            23                         24                     25                      26
       DIWALI                                                                                              HALLOWEEN

                                                                                                      Storybook Parades:
                                                                                                      • 9 am Hemlock
                                                                                                      • 9:45 am Locust
                                                                                                      • 10:30 am Homestead
                                                                                                      • 11 am Stewart
                                                                                                      2nd Grade Halloween
                                                                                                      Program & 5th Grade
                                                                                                      Band Mini-Concert
                                                                          6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
                                                                            High School               • 1:30 pm Stratford
                                                                           Parent/Teacher             Halloween Parade
                                                                            Conferences

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October
                                                      NOVEMBER                                                                                 December

                                                        2019
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                                             I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all the time, somehow
                                                                 things will work out in the end            Larry Bird

Sunday                 MONday                    TUESday               WEDNESday THURSday                                      FRIday                   SATURday
                                                                                                                                                        • 7:45 am SAT &
                                                                                                                                                        Subject Tests at High
                                                                                                                                                        School

                                                                                                                                                   1                        2
DAYLIGHT SAVING      • PTA Reflections            NO CLASSES           • Middle School Winter   • High School/Middle       • 9 am Hemlock
   TIME ENDS         “Look Within”                                     I Sports Tryouts Begin   School End of 1st          Veterans Day
   “Fall Back”       Submission Deadline:                                                       Quarter                    Assembly
                                                  ELECTION DAY
                     www.gardencitypta.org                                                                                 • December ACT
                                                   9 am - NOON                                                             Registration Deadline
                                                                                                                           (Not Offered at GCHS)
                                                  ALL SCHOOLS
                     • 3:20 pm Middle             Parent/Teacher                                                           • December SAT &
                     School Sports Meeting                                                                                 Subject Tests Registration
                     All Winter I Student          Conferences
                                                                                                                           Deadline
                     Athletes in Big Gym                                                         6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
                                                                                                    Elementary             • High School Winter
                         7 pm - 9 pm                                                                                       Sports Family ID
                                                                            8:15 pm                  Schools               Registration Closed for
                       ALL SCHOOLS                                     Board of Education         Parent/Teacher           Wrestling & B/G Bowling
                       Parent/Teacher                                    Work Session              Conferences
                        Conferences                                                                                        • Photo Make-Ups:
                                                                                                                           Kindergarten - 8th Grade
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SCHOOLS CLOSED           • High School                                      • High School Senior                 Secondary LISFA Festival
                                                  Winter Sports Begin:                               Yearbook Ads Due:                         (Grades 9-12)
                                                  Wrestling, B/G                                     www.yearbookforever.
                          VETERANS DAY            Bowling                                            com by 11:59 pm            • High School Winter
                                                                                                                                Sports Family ID
                           OBSERVANCE                                                                                           Registration Closed
                                                                                                                                for All Other Winter
                                                                                                                                Sports

                                                   6:30 pm - 8:30 pm                                  6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
                                                   Primary Schools        • 7:30 pm Joint Middle       Middle School            • Stratford School &
                                                    Parent/Teacher        School & High School         Parent/Teacher           PTA Family Fun Night
                                                     Conferences          PTA Meeting at High           Conferences             (Evening)
                                                                          School

                  10                        11                      12                          13                         14                    15                         16
• Secondary LISFA                                 • 10 am SEPTA                                      • 9 am & 10 am                                      • 9 am - 1 pm PTA Fall
Festival (Grades 9-12)                            General Membership                                 Stratford 2nd Grade                                 Sportswear Sale
                                                  Meeting & Empowering                               Fall Show                                           Pick-Up at Middle
                                                  Parents Workshop,                                                                                      School
                                                  Part 2 at Locust
                         • 3:30 pm High School                                                       • 3:30 pm Senior
                         Winter Sports Begin:                                                        Citizens: GCTA Buffet
                         B/G Basketball, B/G                                                         Dinner
                         Fencing, Track, Co-                                                         • 4 pm High School
                         Ed Rifle, B. Swim,                                                          Fall Musical Dress
                         Gymnastics                                                                  Rehearsal

                         • 7 pm K-5 Knowledge                             • 7 pm High School         • 7 pm Joint Primary                7 pm High School Fall Musical
                         Cafe Reading                  8:15 pm            Juniors & Parents          PTA Meeting at
                         Workshop in Stewart      Board of Education      College Information        Homestead
                         Cafeteria                     Meeting            Night in Auditorium

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                         • December ACT           • 9:15 am & 10:30 am    • December SAT                          SCHOOLS CLOSED
                         (Late Registration)      Stewart 3rd Grade       & Subject Tests
                         Deadline (Not Offered    Thanksgiving Show       (Late Registration)                 THANKSGIVING RECESS
                         at GCHS)                                         Deadline

                         • 2:45 pm High School    • 2:45 pm High School                               THANKSGIVING
                         Winter Sports Athletic   Winter Sports             District-Wide                 DAY
                         Code of Conduct          Yearbook Photos in       Early Dismissal
                         Meeting for Student      Gym
                         Athletes in Auditorium

                         • 7 pm High School
                         Winter Sports Athletic
                         Code of Conduct
                         Meeting for Parents
                         in Auditorium

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                                                              DECEMBER                                                                                        January

                                                                2019
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                                                     All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to
                                                                          pursue them                Walt Disney

  Sunday                     MONday                     TUESday                 WEDNESday THURSday                                     FRIday                   SATURday
                                                                                                                     NYSSMA All-State Winter Conference in Rochester, NY
                                                                                                                                   • Primary &              • 7:45 am SAT
                                                                                                                                   Elementary Report        Examination at High
                                                                                                                                   Cards                    School

                                                       • 2:45 pm High School
                                                       Winter Sports
                                                       Yearbook Photos in
                                                       Gym
                                                                                • 7 pm High School         • 7 pm Stewart
                                                                                Guidance Meeting           4th Grade Choral
                                                                                for Parents of             Concert & Art Show at
                                                            8:15 pm             Sophomores in              Stewart
                                                       Board of Education       Auditorium
                                                         Work Session
                       1                        2                          3                           4                       5                            6                      7
• NYSSMA All-State         • 9:15 am & 10:45 am        • 9:15 am & 10:45 am     • High School/Middle       • 9:15 am Locust 1st    • Deadline for High          • ACT Examination
Winter Conference in       Hemlock 1st Grade           Hemlock Kindergarten     School 2nd Quarter         Grade Winter Festival   School Yearbook Orders:      (Not Offered at GCHS)
Rochester, NY              Winter Festival             Winter Festival          Progress Reports                                   www.yearbookforever.
                                                                                                                                   com by 11:59 pm
                           • Stewart Holiday Craft                                                                                 • Late Deadline for High
                           Fair                                                                                                    School Senior Ads:
                                                                                                                                   www.yearbookforever.
                                                                                                                                   com by 11:59 pm

                                                                                                                                   • 9:15 am Locust
                                                                                                                                   Kindergarten Winter
                                                       • 7 pm Middle School     • 7 pm Stewart             • 7 pm Middle School    Festival
                                                       Winter Concert at High   Instrumental Winter        Winter Concert at
                                                       School (Band/PM          Concert at Stewart         High School (Chorus)    • 7 pm - 9 pm Winter
                                                       Jazz)                                                                       Wonderland 11th & 12th
                                                                                                                                   Grades at High School

                   8                            9                        10                           11                     12                          13                      14

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• Garden City             • 9:15 am & 10:45 am   • 9:15 am & 10:45 am
                        Scholarship Fund          Homestead 1st Grade    Homestead
                        Harlem Wizards            Winter Festival        Kindergarten Winter
                        Tickets on Sale:                                 Festival
                        www.gcscholarship.org

                        • 7 pm Middle School                             • 7 pm High School     • 7 pm Stratford Winter
                        Winter Concert at              8:15 pm           Winter Concert         Concert at High School
                        Middle School             Board of Education     (Chorus & Orchestra)
                        (Orchestra)                    Meeting
                  15                         16                     17                     18                      19     20   21

• Middle School                                                          SCHOOLS CLOSED
Winter II Sports-
Family ID                                                                HOLIDAY RECESS              KWANZAA
Registration Open for                                                                                 Begins
All Winter II Sports

                                                                          CHRISTMAS DAY

    HANUKKAH
   Begins at Sundown

                  22                         23                     24                     25                      26     27   28
                                                  NEW YEAR’S EVE

                            HANUKKAH
                           Ends at Sundown

                  29                         30                     31

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December
                                               JANUARY                                                                            February

                                                 2020
                                                                       : GCUFSD
                                Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education
                                                                                        Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sunday         MONday                 TUESday              WEDNESday THURSday                                         FRIday            SATURday
                                                            SCHOOLS CLOSED                  SCHOOLS             • High School Juniors
                                                                                            RE-OPEN             & Seniors Assemblies:
                                                             HOLIDAY RECESS                                     Alumni Return Day
                                                                                                                (Students Only)
                                                             NEW YEAR’S DAY                                     • GCTA’s GC for a
                                                                                                                Cure Registration
                                                                  KWANZAA                                       Opens:
                                                                    Ends                                        www.gcforacure.com

                                                                                 1                         2                       3                         4
                                           Scoliosis Screening for High School Students at High School
             • Parent University                                                                               • February ACT
             Registration Opens:                                                                               Registration Deadline
             www.gardencitypu.com                                                                              (Not Offered at GCHS)

                                                                                                                                        • 2:30 pm Tilles Center
                                                                                                                                        NMEA All-County
                                                                                                                                        Festival Concert
                                                                                                                                        Division I West
             • 7 pm Mandatory Skit                          • 7 pm High School        • 7 pm High School
             Night Meeting for                              World Language Honor      Winter Concert
             12th Grade Parents in        8:15 pm           Society Induction in      (Bands)
             Auditorium              Board of Education     Auditorium
                                       Work Session
                                         & Student
                                       Achievement
         5                       6        Report      7                          8                         9                     10                        11
                                                                                                                                                                  12
• High School End of 2nd
                                                                                                                                  Quarter
                                                                                                                                  • February ACT (Late
                                                                                                                                  Registration) Deadline
                                                                                                                                  (Not Offered at GCHS)
                                                                                                                                                               • 2:30 pm Tilles Center
                                                                                                                                  • Middle School Winter II    NMEA All-County
                                                                                                                                  Sports-Family ID Registra-
                                                                                                                                  tion Closed for All Winter   Festival Vocal Concert
                                                                                                                                  II Sports                    Division V
                                                                             • 6:30 pm Middle          • 6:30 pm High School
                        • 7:15 pm Joint         • 7 pm SEPTA                 School Incoming 6th       Open House for All         • High School Seniors
                        Elementary PTA          General Membership           Grade Parents: Music      8th Grade Students &       Name Stamping for High
                                                                                                                                  School Yearbook Due:         • 7 pm Tilles Center
                        Meeting at Stratford    Meeting &                    & World Language          Parents in High School                                  NMEA Festival
                                                                             Fair; 7 pm Incoming       Auditorium                 www.yearbookforever.com
                                                Empowering Parents                                                                by 11:59 pm                  Instrumental Concert
                        • 7:30 pm 12th Grade    Workshop, Part 3 at          6th Grade Parent                                                                  Division V
                        Parent Skit Night       High School Library          Orientation at Middle                                • 8 pm Tilles Center
                                                                             School                                               NMEA All-County Festival
                        Rehearsal                                                                                                 Concert Division IV
                   12                      13                       14                          15                           16                        17                         18
                                                            High School Examinations
                        SCHOOLS CLOSED                                                                                                                           CHINESE NEW
                                                                        Kindergarten Registration for All Primary Schools at Hemlock                                 YEAR
• 11 am Tilles Center    MARTIN LUTHER
NMEA All-County                                                              • Middle School            • High School             • Parent University
Festival Concert          KING, JR. DAY                                      2nd Quarter Ends           2nd Semester Begins       Registration Deadline:
Division II                                                                                                                       www.gardencitypu.com
                                                                              • Middle School Winter    • Middle School
                                                                             II Sports Tryouts Begin    3rd Quarter Begins
• 3:30 pm Tilles                                • 3:20 pm Middle                                                                  • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Center NMEA                                     School Meeting for                                      • 9:15 am PTA Meeting     Middle School/PTA/
All-County Festival                             All Winter II Student                                   at High School            SEPTA GC
Concert Division III                            Athletes in Big Gym                                                               Cares-a-Thon
                                                                                                        • 12:40 pm Stewart
                                                                                                        Opera Performance
                                                                                                        (Cast 1)
                                                                                  8:15 pm
                                                                             Board of Education         • 7 pm Stewart Opera
                                                                                  Meeting               Performance (Cast 2)
                   19                      20                       21                          22                           23                        24                         25
                                                • Stewart Opera                                                                   • High School
                                                Snow Make-Up Date                                                                 Sophomore Teens On
                                                                                                                                  the Job Shadow Day

                                                                                                             Community
                                                                                                          Information Night
                                                                                                          All are Welcome!
                                                                                                       • Community Support
                                                                                                       Services Fair: 6 pm -
                                                                                                       8 pm in the High School
                                                • 7 pm Stratford             • 7 pm Stratford          Library
                        • 7:30 pm 12th Grade    3rd Grade Science Fair       3rd Grade Science Fair    • Parent University for
                        Parent Skit Night                                    (Day 2)                   K-12 Parents: 7 pm
                        Rehearsal                                                                      Session I; 8:05 pm
                                                                                                       Session II at
                   26                      27                      28                           29     High School         30                          31

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January
                                               FEBRUARY                                                                         March

                                                  2020
                                                      www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
                                    The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary
                                                                                           Nelson Rockefeller

Sunday         MONday                    TUESday             WEDNESday THURSday                                 FRIday              SATURday

                                                                                                                                    • 1 pm Garden City
                                                                                                                                    Scholarship Fund
                                                                                                                                    Harlem Wizards at
                                                                                                                                    High School -
                                                                                                                                    www.gcscholarship.org

                                                                                                                                                       1
             • PTA Annual Dinner                                   9:30 am & 7 pm Stratford Musical       • Stratford Musical       • ACT Examination
             Tickets Go On Sale:                                                                          Snow Make-Up Date         (Not Offered at GCHS)
             www.gardencitypta.org

             • 7:30 pm All Schools
             PTA Meeting in Middle
             School Cafeteria
             (Membership Vote
             to Elect Nominating             8:15 pm
             Representatives)           Board of Education
             • 7:30 pm 12th Grade         Budget/Work
             Parent Skit Night               Session
             Rehearsal
         2                          3                   4                      5                      6                         7                      8
                                                                                                                                                            14
• High School Spring                                                                       • March SAT (No
     Sports Family ID                                                                           Subject Tests)
     Registration Opens for                                                                     Registration Deadline
     Baseball, Softball &
     B/G Lacrosse

     • 7:30 pm 12th Grade      • 7 pm PTA & SEPTA
     Parent Skit Night         Parent Event: Dr.
     Rehearsal                 Michele Borba -
                               Building Empathy
                               - in High School
 9                      10     Auditorium        11                    12                  13                      14                     15
                                                      SCHOOLS CLOSED

     PRESIDENT’S DAY                                   WINTER RECESS
     • High School Spring
     Sports Family ID
     Registration Open for
     All Other Spring Sports

16                      17                     18                      19                  20                      21                     22
          SCHOOLS                                     ASH WEDNESDAY                             • High School/Middle    • April ACT
          RE-OPEN                                                                               School 3rd Quarter      Registration Deadline
                                                      • 9:30 am Joint                           Progress Reports
                                                      Primary PTA Meeting
                                                      at Hemlock

                                                                            6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
     • 7:30 pm 12th Grade                                                     High School       • 7 pm - 9:30 pm 12th
     Parent Skit Night              8:15 pm                                  Parent/Teacher     Grade Parent Skit
     Dress Rehearsal           Board of Education                              Conferences      Night at High School
                                Budget/Regular
                                    Meeting
23                      24                     25                      26                  27                      28                     29

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February
                                                                MARCH                                                                              April

                                                                 2020
                                                                                 : GCUFSD
                                                         You’re off to great places, today is your day!
                                                        Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!
                                                                                                                  Dr. Seuss

  Sunday                  MONday                   TUESday             WEDNESday THURSday                                      FRIday                SATURday
                                                                         NO CLASSES                                             LISFA Grades 5-8 Rehearsal & Concert
                         • Middle School                                                                                                 through March 8th
                         Spring Sports- Family                            9 am - NOON
                         ID Registration Open                            ALL SCHOOLS             • 3:30 pm Senior         • High School Spring       • 2 pm LISFA Grade 6
                         for All Spring Sports                           Parent/Teacher          Citizens: GCTA Buffet    Sports Family ID           Concert
                                                                          Conferences            Dinner                   Registration Closed
                         • PTA School Supplies                                                   • 4 pm High School       for Baseball, Softball
                                                                       • March SAT (No           Spring Theatre           & B/G Lacrosse
                         Sale Website Opens:                           Subject Tests) (Late
                         bit.ly/ShopGCSupplies                                                   Production Dress
                                                                       Registration) Deadline    Rehearsal
                         Code: GAR054
                                                                       • DAYTIME - K-5 PTA
                          6:30 pm - 8:30 pm       6:30 pm - 8:30 pm    Sponsored Family Fun       6:30 pm - 8:30 pm           7 pm High School Spring Theatre Production
                               Primary               Elementary        Day                         Middle School
                              Schools                 Schools                                      Parent/Teacher
                           Parent/Teacher          Parent/Teacher      • PTA Health & Safety        Conferences
                                                                       Awareness Day at
                            Conferences             Conferences        High School
                     1                       2                    3                         4                         5                        6                           7

 DAYLIGHT SAVING         • High School Spring                                                    • Morning Musical        • High School Spring       • 7:45 am SAT
   TIME BEGINS           Sports Begin: B/G                                                       performance for          Sports Family ID           Examination at High
    “Spring Ahead”       Lacrosse, Baseball,                                                     5th Grade Students       Registration Closes        School
                         Softball                                                                (Students Only)          for All Other Spring
                                                                                                 in Middle School         Sports
                                                                                                 Auditorium                                          • 1 pm Middle School
                                                                                                                                                     Spring Musical
• 1 pm LISFA Grades
5, 7 & 8 Concert
                         • 7 pm STEAM Night                            • 7 pm High School        • 7 pm Stewart/                  7 pm Middle School Spring Musical
                         in High School Library        8:15 pm         Tri-M Induction           Stratford 5th Grade
                                                  Board of Education   Ceremony in               Human Growth &
                                                                       Auditorium                Development Meeting
                                                    Budget/Work                                  (Parents Only) at
                                                       Session                                   Stewart
                     8                       9                  10                          11                     12                        13                        14
                                                                                                                                                                               16
• April ACT (Late                                                             • Deadline to Purchase   • Late Deadline High
     Registration) Deadline                                                        PTA Dinner Tickets:      School Yearbook
                                                                                   www.gardencitypta.org    Orders www.
     • High School Spring                                                                                   yearbookforever.com
     Sports Begin: All                                                                                      by 11:59 pm
     Other Spring Sports                                 • 2:45 pm High School
                              • 2:45 pm High             Spring Athletic Code                               • Primary &
                              School Spring Sports       of Conduct Meeting                                 Elementary Report
                              Yearbook Photos in         for Student Athletes in                            Cards
                              Gym                        Auditorium

                                                         • 7 pm High School        • 7 pm Middle School
     • 7:30 pm Joint Middle                              Spring Sports Athletic    Grade 6 into 7 Parent
     School & High School                                Code of Conduct           Meeting: Making the
     PTA Meeting at High                                 Meeting for Parents in    Accelerated Choice
     School                                              Auditorium                in Math & Science
                                                                                   in Middle School
15                     16                      17                            18    Auditorium        19                         20                   21
                                                     Incoming Kindergarten Screening
                                                                                                                        NYSSMA Classical Guitar at
                                                             NYS ELA Assessments Grades 3 through 8                      Kellenberg Memorial HS
                                                         • Website Open -                                   • Middle School Spring
                                                         Order Your PTA Spring                              Sports - Family ID
                                                         Sportswear:                                        Registration Closes for
                              • 2:45 pm High School      www.gardencitypta.org                              All Spring Sports
                              Spring Sports Yearbook
                              Photos in Gym

                                                                                   • 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm     • 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
                                                                                   PTA Annual Dinner        Middle School/PTA/
                                   8:15 pm                                         at The Garden City       SEPTA Family Bingo
                              Board of Education                                   Hotel - Look Within      Night
                               Budget/Regular
                                   Meeting
22                      23                      24                           25                      26                         27                   28
            Incoming Kindergarten Screening
     • April 1st is the       • High School/Middle
     Transportation           School End of 3rd
     Application Deadline     Quarter
     for Parochial/Private
     Schools for 2019-        • 3:20 pm Middle
     2020                     School Meeting for
                              All Spring Student
                              Athletes in Big Gym

                              • 7 pm High School
                              Guidance & PTA
                              Annual College
                              Major Night (Parents
                              & Students Grades
                              6-12) in High School
                              Library
29                      30                      31
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March
                                                        APRIL                                                                            May

                                                         2020
                                                     www.gardencity.k12.ny.us

                                       Attitude is a little thing that can make a big difference
                                                                                              Winston Churchill

Sunday         MONday                    TUESday            WEDNESday THURSday                                    FRIday                  SATURday
                                                                                      Kindergarten Screening                              • 7:45 am ACT
                                                            • Middle School Spring                             • May SAT & Subject        Examination at High
                                                            Sports Tryouts Begin                               Tests Registration         School
                                                                                                               Deadline
                                                            • Transportation
                                                            Application Deadline
                                                            for Parochial/Private
                                                            Schools for 2020-2021

                                                            • 7:15 pm Joint           • 7 pm Middle School
                                                            Elementary PTA            Spring Concert at High
                                                            Meeting at Stewart        School (Band/PM
                                                                                      Jazz)

                                                                                  1                       2                          3                          4
                          Kindergarten Screening            • NYSESLAT Speaking                   SCHOOLS CLOSED
                                                            Exam through May
                                                            17th
                                                                                                    SPRING RECESS
                                                                                       School May Be in           GOOD FRIDAY
                                                                                        Session Due to
                                                                                       Emergency/Snow
                                                                                         Make-Up Day
             • 6:30 pm PTA District-                                                         #4
             Wide Reflections
             Awards Ceremony at             8:15 pm
             High School
                                       Board of Education
                                         Budget/Work            PASSOVER
                                            Session           Begins at Sundown

         5                        6                    7                          8                       9                      10                         11
                                                                                                                                                                    18
EASTER                                                         SCHOOLS CLOSED

                                                                SPRING RECESS

                                                                                             PASSOVER
                                                                                            Ends at Sundown

         12                     13                      14                        15                          16                      17                      18

                   SCHOOLS                NYS Math Assessments Grades 3 through 8            RAMADAN                                        • Garden City
                                                                                                                   • SEPTA General
                   RE-OPEN                                   • May SAT &                         Begins            Membership Meeting:      Teachers’ Association
                                                             Subject Tests (Late                                   Year-End Wrap-Up at      GC for a Cure at High
              • Order Deadline - PTA                         Registration) Deadline                                Hemlock                  School:
              School Supplies Sale:    • 6:30 pm - 8 pm                                                                                     8:45 am Fun Run;
                                       Advanced Placement    • 9:30 am Joint Primary                                                        9:15 am 5K
              bit.ly/ShopGCSupplies                          PTA Meeting at Locust
              Code: GAR054 &           Art Reception in High
              Spring Sportswear        School Library
                                                             • 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
              Sale: www.               • Board Tenure        NCA Spring College
              gardencitypta.org        Reception (By         Expo at Hofstra                                       • 5 pm - 7 pm GCTA -
                                       Invitation)                                       • 7 pm Middle School      GC For a Cure
                                                                   EARTH DAY             Spring Concert at High    In-Person Registration
                                            8:15 pm                                      School (Chorus)           at High School
                                       Board of Education
                                            Meeting
                                         School Budget
         19                     20         Adoption 21                            22                          23                     24                       25

                                                                                         • Pay it Forward Day

                                                                                         • 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
                                                                                         Afternoon Tea for
                                                                                         Senior Citizens & Past
                                                                                         Parents in High School
                                                                                         Cafeteria
                                       • 7 pm High School      • 7 pm High School
                                       Spring Concert          National Honor Society    • 7 pm Stewart 3rd
                                       (Women’s Choir/         Induction in Auditorium   Grade STEAM
                                       Chamber Choir/Wind                                Night
                                       Symphony/Wind
         26                     27     Ensemble)          28                      29                          30
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April
                                                             MAY                                                                            June

                                                             2020
                                                                      : GCUFSD
                                       Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working
                                                                                               Pablo Picasso

Sunday         MONday                 TUESday                WEDNESday THURSday                                    FRIday                    SATURday
                                                                                                                • PTA High School            • 7:45 am SAT
                                                                                                                Staff Appreciation           Examination at High
                                                                                                                Luncheon                     School

                                                                                                                                      1                            2
                                                             High School AP Exams
                                                    CogATs Grade 4                                              • June ACT Registration
                                                                                                                Deadline
                                     • 9:15 am PTA Meeting   • High School Honors   • Stratford 5 Grade
                                                                                                th
                                                                                                                • June SAT & Subject
                                     at Middle School        Appeal Deadline        Trip to Middle School       Tests Registration
                                                                                                                Deadline
                                                                                    • 9:15 am & 10:45 am        • High School/Middle
                                                                                    Homestead 1st Grade         School 4th Quarter
                                                                                    Spring Sing                 Progress Reports
                                                                                                                • Stewart 5th Grade Trip
                                                             • 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm                                to Middle School
             • 7 pm Middle                                   Primary Open House     • 7 pm Middle School        • 9:15 am & 10:45 am
             School Student/                                 • 7 pm - 8 pm          8th Grade Art               Homestead Kindergarten
             Parent Sports
                                          8:15 pm            Elementary Open        Reception                   Spring Sing
             Meeting Current 6th     Board of Education      House                                              • PTA Locust Staff
             - 8th Grade in Middle    Budget Hearing/                                                           Appreciation Luncheon
             School Auditorium                                                                                  • 7 pm Spring Fling 9th
                                       Work Session                                                             & 10th Grades at High
         3                       4                      5                       6                           7   School                  8                          9

                                                                                                                                                                       20
High School AP Exams
 MOTHER’S DAY     NYSSMA Piano at Fine Arts Center, LIU Post            • PTA Stratford Staff     • PTA Stewart Staff       • PTA Hemlock
                                       • PTA Homestead Staff            Appreciation Luncheon     Appreciation Luncheon     Staff Appreciation
                                       Appreciation Luncheon                                                                Luncheon
                                                                        • 9:15 am & 10:45 am      • 8:15 am & 10:15 am
                                         • 9:15 am & 10:45 am           Hemlock Kindergarten      Stratford 3rd Grade       • 9:15 am Locust
                                         Hemlock 1st Grade              Spring Sing               World Festival Concert    1st Grade Spring Sing
                                         Spring Sing                                              at Stratford

                                         • 7:30 PM All Schools
                                         PTA Meeting &
                                         Thank You Reception
                                         in Middle School               • 7 pm Stratford Spring   • 7 pm Middle School
                                         Cafeteria (Membership          Instrumental Concert      Spring Concert
                                         Vote to Approve                at Stratford              at Middle School
                                         the PTA 2020-2021                                        (Orchestra/AM Jazz)
                                         Preliminary Budget)
           10                      11                            12                          13                        14                        15                    16
                               NYS Science Performance Test Grades 4 & 8                                      SCHOOLS CLOSED                             RAMADAN
                • 9:15 am Locust               BOARD            • PTA Middle School                                                                          Ends
                Kindergarten Spring         ELECTION &          Staff Appreciation
                Sing                      BUDGET VOTE           Luncheon                            May 26, May 21
                                             6 AM - 9 PM                                            and May 22 will         School May Be in
                                            at High School              • 9 am & 10:30 am          be used as snow           Session Due to
                                         • 3 pm - 9 pm K-5 Special
                                                                        Stewart Beginners’           make-up days           Emergency/Snow
                                         Election Vote at High School   Concert at Stewart                                    Make-Up Day
                                         • 3 pm - 9 pm District Art
                                         Exhibit at High School         • 12:20 pm                 School May Be in               #3
                                         • 6 pm Elementary String       Kindergarten Early          Session Due to          • June 1st is the
                                         Ensemble Festival in High      Dismissal
                                         School Auditorium                                         Emergency/Snow           Special Education
                • 7 pm High School
                Mandatory Prom/          • 7 pm Jazz Night in High
                                                                        • 1:15 pm Incoming           Make-Up Day            Service Request for
                                         School Cafeteria                                                #2                 Parochial/Private
                Graduation Meeting                                      Kindergarten                                        Schools Deadline
                for Parents & High            8:15 pm                   Orientation
                School Seniors in        Board of Education
                Auditorium                    Meeting 19
           17                     18                                                         20                        21                        22                    23
24                          SCHOOLS CLOSED                                             NYS Science Performance Test Grades 4 & 8
                • June ACT (Late         May 26, May 21 and             • June SAT &              • Locust 1st Grade           NYSSMA 1-6 All-State/All-State Jazz/Vocal
                Registration) Deadline   May 22 will be used            Subject Tests (Late       Field Day                             Jazz at Mineola HS
                                                                        Registration) Deadline
                                          as snow make-up                                         • 9:15 am PTA             • Locust 1st Grade
                  MEMORIAL DAY                  days                    • 9:30 am Incoming 2nd    Meeting at High           Field Day (Rain Date)
                • 10 am Memorial                                        Grade Orientation         School
                Day Parade: Stewart,      School May Be in
                Stratford, Middle &        Session Due to
                High School Marching
                Bands in Parade           Emergency/Snow
                                                                        • 7 pm High School        • 7 pm High School
                                            Make-Up Day                 Science Research          Spring Concert
                                                #1                      Symposium in Library      (Concert Choir/
                                                                                                  Orchestra/Symphonic
                                                                                                  Band)
           31                     25                             26                          27                        28                        29                    30
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May
                                                                     JUNE                                                                           July

                                                                     2020
                                                              www.gardencity.k12.ny.us

                                    Nothing is impossible - the word itself says “I’m possible”
                                                                                                         Audrey Hepburn

Sunday         MONday                    TUESday                     WEDNESday THURSday                                     FRIday                   SATURday
             • Special Education        • New Regents                • 9 am Stratford          • 9:30 am PTA Meeting     • Locust Kindergarten       • 7:45 am SAT
             Service Request            Examination: United          5th Grade Select          at Stewart                Field Day & Ice Cream       Examination at High
             Deadline for Parochial/    States History &             Chorus Concert at                                   Social                      School
             Private Schools            Government                   Stratford                 • 11 am Hemlock
                                                                                               Kindergarten Field        • 9:30 am PTA Meeting       • 9 am - 1 pm PTA
             • Grades 4 & 8 NYS         • High School Sports         • 9:30 am Incoming
                                        Physicals at High School:                              Day (Rain Date)           at Stratford                School Supply &
             Science Written Test       3 pm Girls; 3:30 pm Boys     2nd Grade Orientation                                                           Spring Sportswear
                                                                     (Students Only)                                                                 Pick-Up at Middle
             • 11 am Hemlock            • 5th Grade FOCUS                                                                                            School Cafeteria
             1st Grade Field Day        Science Day Stewart &        • 11 am Hemlock
                                        Stratford                    Kindergarten Field Day
             • 3:30 pm Girls Middle
             School Sports Physicals • 11 am Hemlock                 • 3:30 pm Boys
             at Middle School        1st Grade Field Day (Rain       Middle School Sports      • 7 pm High School
                                        Date)                        Physicals at Middle       Senior Awards
                                                                     School                    Ceremony in
                                        • 6:30 pm Parent                                       Auditorium (Recipients
                                        Orientation Incoming         • 7 pm High School
                                        2nd Grade at Stewart &                                 Notified by Mail)
                                                                     Evening at the Pops
                                    1   Stratford                2                         3                        4                           5                          6
             • Locust Kindergarten                                                                                       • High School &             • 7:45 am ACT
             Field Day & Ice Cream                                                                                       Middle School Last          Examination at High
             Social (Rain Date)                                                                                          Day of Classes & End        School
                                                                                                                         of 4th Quarter
             • 6:30 pm GAA/BAA
             Senior Athletic Awards     • 3:15 pm High School                                                            • Senior Class Trip
             Banquet                    Grades 9 - 11 Awards
                                        Ceremony in Library                                                              • Stewart Field Day:
                                        (Recipients Notified By                                                            8:45 am 2nd Grade
                                        Mail)                                                                            10:30 am 4th Grade
                                                                                                                         12:45 pm 3rd Grade
                                                                     • 7 pm Middle School      • 7 pm Stewart Spring
                                                                     National Junior Honor     Instrumental Concert
                                             8:15 pm                 Society Induction         at Stewart
                                                                     in High School
                                        Board of Education           Auditorium
                                          Work Session
         7                          8                            9                       10                         11                         12                        13

                                                                                                                                                                               22
High School & Middle School Final Exams & NYS Regents
               • Stewart Field Day          • Stratford 4th & 5th      • 9:15 am Stewart         • 9:15 am Stewart       • July ACT
               (Rain Date):                 Grade Olympics (Rain       5th Grade Field Day       5th Grade Field Day     Registration Deadline
               8:45 am 2nd Grade            Date)                                                (Rain Date)             (Not Offered at
               10:30 am 4th Grade                                      • Stratford 2nd & 3rd                             GCHS)
               12:45 pm 3rd Grade                                      Grade Olympics            • Stratford 2nd & 3rd
                                                                                                 Grade Olympics (Rain    • 10 am Homestead
               • Stratford 4th & 5th                                                             Date)                   Kindergarten Field
               Grade Olympics               • Board Retiree &                                                            Day; 1:30 pm 1st
                                            Service Recognition                                                          Grade Field Day
                                            Reception (By
                                            Invitation)

                                                  8:15 pm
                                             Board of Education
                                                  Meeting
          14                           15                      16                       17                        18                       19                      20

FATHER’S DAY                             High School & Middle School Final Exams & NYS Regents                              LAST DAY OF          • 10 am High School
               • 10 am Homestead             • Stewart/Stratford         Half Day for Primary & Elementary Schools:           SCHOOL             Graduation
               Kindergarten Field            5th Grade Pool Party         Elementary Dismissal 11:40 am; Primary
               Day; 1:30 pm 1st Grade        (Rain Date)                         School Dismissal 12 noon                • 9 am Mandatory        • 11:30 am GCTA/PTA
               Field Day (Rain Date)                                                                                     Graduation Rehearsal    Graduation Reception
                                                                                                                         & Senior Breakfast
               • Final Primary &                                                                                                                 CONGRATULATIONS
               Elementary Report                                                                                         • Elementary Schools     GCHS CLASS OF
               Cards                                                                                                     Dismissal 9:10 am;           2020!
                                                                                                                         Primary Schools
               • Stewart/Stratford 5th                                                                                   Dismissal 9:30 am;
               Grade Pool Party                                                                 • 6 pm High School/      Middle School
                                                                                                PTA Pre-Prom Event       Dismissal 9:58 am
                                                                                                • 8 pm High School
                                                                                                Senior Prom at The
                                                                                                Garden City Hotel
          21                           22                      23                       24                        25                       26                      27
               • July ACT (Late
               Registration) Deadline
               (Not Offered at
               GCHS)

          28                           29                      30

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JULY 2020
 Sunday        MONday       TUESday WEDNESday THURSday   FRIday        SATURday
                                                                       INDEPENDENCE
                                                                            DAY
                                                                                                          Inspiring Minds
                                            1        2            3                      4

          5             6          7        8        9        10                     11
                                                                       • ACT
                                                                       Examination
                                                                       (Not Offered at
                                                                       GCHS)

      12            13            14       15       16            17                 18
                                                                                                Leaving Their Handprints       Coding & Programming

      19            20            21       22       23            24                 25
                                                                                              Empowering Achievement
      26            27            28       29       30            31

AUGUST 2020
 Sunday        MONday       TUESday WEDNESday THURSday   FRIday        SATURday

                                                                                         1   Science Competition Finalists   Math Olympiad Top 10%

          2             3         4         5        6             7                     8
                                                                                                    Building Community

          9         10            11       12       13        14                     15

      16            17            18       19       20            21                 22
23            24                                                       (Anticipated
                                                                       Date) 7:45 AM
                                                                       SAT & Subject
                                                                       Tests (Not            Seeking Legislative Solutions   Visiting the Senior Center
                                                                       Offered at
                                                                       GCHS)
      30            31            25       26       27        28                    29

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Parent Guide                                                                                                                          2019-2020
The District At a Glance		                                                  www.gardencity.k12.ny.us                                                                  : GCUFSD

G   arden City Public Schools has an outstanding reputation as a leader in preparing students for the challenges of higher education and the work place. Garden City High
    School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education and a New York State Reward School for Academic Excellence by
the NYS Department of Education. The overwhelming percentage of high school seniors are college-bound, with 96.4% of the Class of 2018 attending a four-year college. The
high school also achieved the highest percentage of seniors in New York State (as reported to the NYS Education Department), 93.2%, graduating with an Advanced Regents
Diploma in 2018. Each year, independent media rank school districts and schools utilizing a variety of metrics, such as graduation rates and/or number of Advanced Placement
courses offered. For 2019, U.S. News and World Report ranked Garden City High School #2 of all Long Island open enrollment public high schools.

A   s an integral part of keeping Garden City as a “destination location,” a community that people seek out to live, work, raise their families, and stay, the quality of the
    district’s educational program figures prominently in the designation. Dedicated to providing a wealth of opportunities for its students through a relevant and challenging
curriculum coupled with the support needed for academic and social-emotional health and success, the faculty and staff endeavor daily to fulfill the tenets encapsulated in the
District’s motto - Inspiring Minds, Empowering Achievement, Building Community - directives derived from its mission statement.

F  or the 2019-2020 school year, the district has an approximate enrollment of 3,883 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The district is comprised of seven school
   buildings, an administration building, and a school bus garage. It is a completely separate unit of government and operates under a separate authority. It is nearly
coterminous with the Incorporated Village of Garden City, measures approximately eight square miles, and has a population of approximately 22,552.1

C   urriculum: The Garden City School District is dedicated
    to providing a superior education in an environment
that meets the academic, social, and emotional needs
                                                                E   lementary school: Garden City’s two elementary
                                                                    schools offer a robust curriculum that includes
                                                                independent science labs and STEAM activities.
                                                                                                                              music software program that provides students with
                                                                                                                              real-time feedback and permits teachers and parents to
                                                                                                                              monitor progress. The art program culminates in the
of all students through every developmental stage.              Supplemental science classes, including robotics, are         annual installation of eighth-grade self-portraits in the
The faculty strives to integrate the curriculum across          offered in the Winter and Summer Enrichment Programs.         middle school hallways. Other offerings include robotics,
classrooms, grades, and buildings. Easing transitions           The elementary schools support active Math Olympiad           family and consumer science, technology, including
from first to second-grade, fifth to sixth-grade, eighth to     teams which compete annually in national competitions.        Project Lead The Way, and computer education. There
ninth-grade, and twelfth-grade to college is a major focus.     Garden City’s Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES)    are interscholastic and intramural sports programs for
The district continues to provide staff development and         program begins in fourth-grade. Students can participate      aspiring athletes. The middle school maintains a robust
rigorous evaluation to ensure its alignment with New York       in music with band, orchestra, chorus, and jazz band, and     social-emotional learning program that includes anti-
State Learning Standards and district expectations. Social      enjoy an outstanding visual arts and theatre program. All     bullying “upstander” training.

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emotional learning, including bullying prevention, is an        fifth-grade students see a professionally-produced opera
essential component of the K-12 curriculum.                                                                                        igh school: Garden City High School offers a wide
                                                                in Manhattan. Fifth-graders at Stewart School perform              range of classes to challenge students including 18
                                                                an opera each spring in the nation’s oldest continuous        Advanced Placement (AP) courses and 18 College Level
P   rimary school: The district’s three primary buildings
    are small by design to enable all children to adjust to a
school environment that fosters a lifelong love of learning.
                                                                elementary school opera program (81st consecutive year).
                                                                Fifth-graders at Stratford Avenue School produce a musical
                                                                in the spring. Students can take advantage of each school’s
                                                                                                                              classes in business, engineering, and world languages.
                                                                                                                              As a result of Advanced Placement (AP) exams taken by
                                                                                                                              students in 2018, The College Board named 250 students
Academic instruction in literacy, mathematics, the sciences,    library-media center, and learning center.                    as AP Scholars, including 30 National AP Scholars. Over
and humanities begins in the full-day kindergarten program.                                                                   86% percent of students sitting for the 2018 AP exams (a
Reading and mathematics support supplement classroom
learning, providing the dynamic instruction needed to
build a solid understanding of reading and math principles
                                                                M      iddle school: In 2019, and for the third consecutive
                                                                       year, Garden City Middle School was named a Gold
                                                                Star School by the Anti-Defamation League. The middle
                                                                                                                              total of 538 seniors and underclassmen) scored 3 or better
                                                                                                                              (5 being the highest possible score).
                                                                                                                                  Additional electives include courses in engineering
in young learners. Social-emotional learning, STEAM             school was also named a National Essential Elements           (Project Lead the Way), science and research, computer
(science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics)            School to Watch in 2017, making it a three-time recipient     science, art and photography, business, English, world
activities, and enrichment programs are introduced at           (only two such schools have been so named in NYS). At the     languages, math, music, and social studies. A wide
the primary level. Other activities include field trips to      classroom level, acceleration is an option in mathematics     variety of co-curricular activities are available to students,
museums, the public library, and nature centers; visits to      and science. The Science Research Program provides            including special interest clubs, service organizations, and
extended care facilities to perform concert programs; and       students with the opportunity to conduct inquiries applying   publications. There are 35 varsity athletic teams whose
visits from older students who share language skills, anti-     the scientific method. The language program intensifies       members have achieved NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete status
bullying strategies, environmental lessons, and collaborate     and students may begin studying German, Italian, or Latin     12 times. The majority of students participate in at least
on other important topics.                                      (as an elective), or continue with Spanish. The music         one extracurricular activity, with many students also
                                                                curriculum utilizes SmartMusic, a web-based, interactive      participating in at least one interscholastic sport.
1. U.S. Census Bureau, 2013.
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Policies and Procedures                                             				                                             www.gardencity.k12.ny.us
A   ll Board of Education Policies are available on the
     district website under Board of Education, Online
Policy Manual. For a complete listing of required
                                                          C  ode of Conduct: A copy of the Board of Education’s
                                                             Code of Conduct for students is sent home to all
                                                          parents. A copy is also available on the district website   HighSchool/MiddleSchool
notices, please visit the district website: Parents,
Forms & Policies.
                                                          under Parents, Forms & Policies, Code of Conduct.
                                                                                                                             Athletics
A   ttendance: Education Law permits excused
    absences or tardiness for the following reasons
                                                          H   omebound Instruction: Homebound instruction
                                                              is provided for students when an illness or an
                                                          accident makes attendance impossible for an extended
                                                                                                                       For game dates, times and locations:
                                                                                                                            www.gardencity.k12.ny.us;
only: sickness or death in the family, impassable roads   period of time. Parents or guardians should contact
or weather, religious observance, school supervised                                                                   High School or Middle School; Athletics
                                                          the principal (grades K-5) or school counselor (grades
trips, and required presence in court. Absence            6-12) to make arrangements. A medical confirmation is
or tardiness for any other reason is considered           required; medical clearance is also required to return
unexcused. If your child will be absent or late, please   to school.                                                          Homecoming is
advise the school by telephone between 8 a.m.
                                                                                                                            September 21st
and 9 a.m. (see page 33 for contact information).
Staff will telephone the homes of unreported absentees
after 9 a.m. and/or during the evening. Education
                                                          B  reakfast and lunch: A cafeteria program operates
                                                             at the middle and high schools only. Parents or
                                                          guardians can opt to send their children to school
                                                                                                                       Parade 1 pm Football Game 3 pm
Law does not permit the school to make a distinction      with lunch, or high school seniors can opt to eat
between legal and illegal absences for attendance         lunch off-campus. At the end of August, the primary
policy purposes.                                          and elementary schools mail information to parents

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                                                          concerning lunch vouchers for sandwiches and lunch
    icycles: Bike riding is not permitted on school
                                                          schedules.
    property. Students who ride to school must walk

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their bikes to and from the bicycle racks. Students           esticide Application: The district adopted
under 14 years of age must wear bicycle helmets. It’s         an Integrated Pest Management Program in
the law!                                                  accordance with NYS Law Section 409-H effective July

B   uilding Inspections: As required by federal law
    CFR763-84, building inspections and asbestos
management plans for all district-owned buildings
                                                          1, 2001. This regulation requires written notification
                                                          to all parents and staff who wish to receive 48-hour
                                                          written notice of certain pesticide applications.
are updated each year. Copies of approved plans are       Please advise the Office of Facilities and Operations
maintained in each school’s main office, and a master     at the Administration Building, 56 Cathedral Avenue
set is maintained at the Administration Building          (478-1080), if you wish to receive notice.

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in the Office of Facilities and Operations. Plans are
updated regularly to include required semi-annual re-         hysical Examinations: An annual physical
inspections and any response action changes. Warning          examination is required by New York State law
notices are placed in maintenance areas where             for all students entering grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11,
there are asbestos-containing materials. All cleaners,    and for all new admissions. This examination must be
custodians, and maintenance personnel have received       completed by a licensed health care provider no more
required training in asbestos awareness. These            than 12 months prior to the beginning of the school
measures comply with the district’s public notice         year. Documentation should be submitted to the school
requirement that all workers and building occupants       nurse within 30 days of school entrance. After 60 days,
or their legal guardians be informed about inspections,   the school physician may provide this examination.
response actions, and surveillance activities that are    Required NYS Health Forms can be downloaded from
planned or in progress. For information regarding         the district website: Parents, Forms & Policies.
these plans and response actions, contact the Office of      Physical examinations are required for all students
Facilities and Operations (478-1080).                     participating in the Interscholastic Athletic Program,
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Policies, continued from page 26
open to students in grades 7 through 12. Seventh- and       Principals, assistant principals, and teachers may be                 2019-20
eighth-grade students participate at the middle school;     contacted by phone or email (see page 33 for contact          DignityAct Coordinators
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high school students participate on junior varsity or       information).
                                                                                                                           n compliance with New York State law and Board of Education

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varsity teams.
  For information, contact the middle school Athletic          itle I:     The purpose of this program is to               policy, the district has established building-level Dignity Act
Office (478-3071) or the high school Athletic Office           ensure     that all children have a fair, equal, and      Coordinators (DACs) to address student and parent bullying
                                                            significant    opportunity to obtain a high-quality          concerns. The building DACs are:
(478-2070). Information also is available on the middle
and high school website under the Athletics tab.            education     and reach, at a minimum, proficiency
  A student who has sustained an injury and/or a            on the         Common Core Learning Standards.                          Garden City High School - 478-2000
student requiring the use of a wheelchair or crutches
MUST present a medical note from a NYS-licensed
health care provider stating that use of a wheelchair
                                                            A   IS: Academic Intervention Services (AIS) are
                                                                general education services that help students at
                                                            the risk of school failure to meet the criteria set by the
                                                                                                                                   Dave Perrotta: perrottad@gcufsd.net
                                                                                                                             Kevin Steingruebner: steingruebnerk@gcufsd.net
                                                                                                                               Dina Bombardiere: bombadiered@gcufsd.net
and/or crutches is necessary. A physician’s note is also    New York State Standards. Parents can contact their                    Garden City Middle School - 478-3000
required to return to all activities.                       building principals for more information about AIS.                        Bill Marr: marrw@gcufsd.net
  The Athletics and Physical Education Medical                                                                                       Keegan Baker: bakerk@gcufsd.net
Restriction Form can be downloaded from the district’s
website under Parents, Forms & Policies.                    M     egan’s Law: Relevant information provided by
                                                                  local law enforcement officials pursuant to the                       Stewart School - 478-1400
                                                                                                                                    Linda Norton: nortonl@gcufsd.net

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                                                            provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act, also                 Michele Vincent: vincentm@gcufsd.net
    egistration Procedures: Registration is held            known as Megan’s Law, shall be posted in an appropriate
    in January for students entering kindergarten           location in all school buildings and disseminated to all                   Stratford School - 478-1500
the following September. Parents or guardians may           staff who might come into contact with registered sex                    Eileen Vota: votae@gcufsd.net
download and complete the registration forms                offenders. The purpose of this notification is to protect             Michele Vincent: vincentm@gcufsd.net
available online (district home page or primary             members of the community, especially children. Upon                        Hemlock School - 478-1600
schools’ home pages) and bring the forms, along with        request, this information can be made available to all                Audrey Bellovin: bellovina@gcufsd.net
the requested documentation, to Hemlock during              other staff (through building principal) and community               Monica Saavedra: saavedram@gcufsd.net
kindergarten registration in January. All children new      residents (through the District Clerk).
to the school district or resident children transferring                                                                               Homestead School - 478-1700
to district schools may register during the year at
central registration in the Administration Building.
For more information, please call 478-1067 or email:
                                                             S   exual Harassment of Students: The Board of
                                                                 Education is committed to safeguarding the rights
                                                            of all students within the school district to learn in
                                                                                                                                 Suzanne Viscovich: viscovichs@gcufsd.net
                                                                                                                                        Tracey Catalanotti Martinez:
                                                                                                                                     catalanotti-martinezt@gcufsd.net
registrar@gcufsd.net.                                       an environment that is free from all forms of sexual                        Locust School - 478-1800

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                                                            harassment. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for                      Jean Ricotta: ricottaj@gcufsd.net
    eporting to Parents: Primary and elementary             sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a
    schools provide report cards on a trimester basis                                                                               Happy Arstark: arstarkh@gcufsd.net
                                                            sexual nature may constitute sexual harassment when
and conduct parent-teacher conferences twice a year.        (1) submission to such conduct is either explicitly or                        District - 478-1020
Report cards are issued quarterly at the middle school      implicitly a condition of academic advancement; (2)                Nanine McLaughlin: mclaughlinn@gcufsd.net
and high school. For answers to questions about your        such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably
child’s grades, homework, report cards, or other            interfering with an individual’s academic performance;
school-related matters, contact his or her teacher if       or (3) such conduct creates an intimidating, hostile,
your child is in primary or elementary school; contact      or offensive learning environment. Conduct may be
the subject area teacher or guidance counselor if your      deemed to be sexual harassment based upon the
child is in middle school or high school. To review your    totality of the circumstances. It is irrelevant that the
K–5 child’s test scores and other pertinent data on his     perpetrator had no intention to sexually harass the
or her report card, contact the teacher or principal.       person.
To view your middle or high school child’s ongoing             The Board recognizes that sexual harassment of a
average, test scores, and assignment grades, register       student can originate from a person of either sex
for and log in to the Parent Portal. Parents can find       against a person of the opposite or same sex and from                  Middle School Anti-Bullying
this information on the district, middle or high school’s   peers, as well as staff or any individual who might                            Club Expo
main web pages under Parents, Parent Log In Center.                                               continued on page 28
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