Tiger News for Garfield Families
Garfield Elementary news, updates and information
This Week
Monday February 27
- ILE 8:30 -9:00 am, Room 207
- Schoolwide Lock Down Drill 1:30 pm
- Agape 3:30 -4:15 pm, Room 306
Tuesday February 28
- ILE 8:30 -9:00 am, Room 207
- School Stakeholder Annual Survey for students starts
- ILE 8:30 -9:00 am, Room 207
Thursday March 2
- ILE 8:30 -9:00 am, Room 207
Friday March 3
- Tiger Pride Assemblies (Grades K-2 1:20 - 1:40pm , Grades 3-5 1:45-2:05 pm)
- Learning Improvement Friday, 2:15 pm dismissal
Looking Ahead
Thursday March 9
- PTA Bingo Night, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Monday March 13
- Kindergarten Enrollment Event, 4 - 6pm Garfield Main Office
Sunday March 19
- PTA Run Walk & Roll 5K
Thursday March 23
- 2023 Spring Concert 6:30 pm at Everett Civic Auditorium
Friday March 24
- Early release, 1:00 pm dismissal
Monday March 27 - Friday March 31
- Conference Week
- Early release, 1:00 pm dismissal
Monday April 3- Friday April 7
- No School, Spring Break
ANNUAL SCHOOL STAKEHOLDER SURVEY
To guide the Everett Public Schools’ continuous improvement process, each year schools survey students, families and staff.
This information helps us to understand our specific strengths and challenges that impact school quality. The School Stakeholder Annual Survey is only one of many pieces of data analyzed by school leaders and staff and results are carefully and thoughtfully reviewed. In addition to survey data, student achievement, attendance, discipline, and program data is evaluated to create School Improvement Plan goals. Your opinion is important to us! Required Action: Approved for Distribution: Kathy Reeves Students in grades 3-12 will be taking this survey in class. Families will also be invited though social media, on the school homepages under the announcements and through normal channels of communications from principals to parents to take the survey which runs February 22 to March 31.
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GAE Tiger Pride Assembly - Be Kind
NEW TIMES!!
- 1:20 - 1:40 pm = Grades K-2
- 1:45 - 2:05 pm = Grades 3-5
Topic: GAE Tiger Pride Assembly - Be Kind
Time: Mar 3, 2023 01:20 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://everettsd.zoom.us/j/93915455670
Meeting ID: 939 1545 5670
Passcode: 521003
ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOWS
Everett Public Schools, in partnership with the Everett Public Schools Foundation, is celebrating 25 years of student art shows. The elementary art show will be on display at the Community Resource Center (CRC) (3900 Broadway) from February 22 to March 15, 2023. There will be an elementary art show open house on March 2, 2023, from 6 – 7:30 p.m. for families to view the art show in the evening. The elementary art show can be viewed virtually on the district’s website. High school art will be displayed for public viewing from March 22 to May 4. All participating students, their family members and friends are invited to the High School Art Show Reception on May 4, 2023, 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the CRC. Awards will be announced at this reception. Middle school art will be displayed for public viewing from May 8 to June 8. All participating student artists and their family members and friends are invited to attend the Middle School Art Show reception on June 8, 2023, 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the CRC. Awards will be announced at this reception.
Update Emergency Contacts
Please call your school if your phone number or emergency contact information changes at any time during the school year. This is the contact information used by the Everett Public Schools automated phone system in emergencies and to share important school information with families.
Safety Procedure
Our highest priority is to provide a safe and secure learning environment for our students. We would like you to know what we do in case of emergency so you not only know what to expect, but also so you can feel confident we practice and plan on how to keep your child safe.
- If we are alerted of an immediate threat at or around our school, we would implement a lock down. This is a precautionary measure while the nature of the threat is evaluated. In a lockdown, staff is trained to lock classroom doors, shut off the lights, close the blinds and instruct students to sit away from the sightline of the doors or windows. The perimeter doors remain locked, including the front office and no one will be allowed in or out. In addition, the phones will not be answered, so please don’t call the office at this time.
- Law enforcement will validate if the threat is legitimate. If there is no threat to our students and staff, we would lift the lockdown and families would receive a communication from the school informing them of the lockdown and that it was not a legitimate threat. That communication may not come until later in the day.
- If law enforcement validates the threat is real, the school will remain in lockdown as long as necessary. In this case, families will receive communication either from the school or the district office with information about the lockdown and what is known at the time. In lengthy lockdowns, families will receive ongoing communication with updates as available, including when the lockdown is lifted. Again, these communications would either come from the school or the district office depending on the situation.
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday, March 12 at 2 a.m. On Saturday night, set your clocks forward one hour (i.e., losing one hour) to “spring ahead.” There will be more light in the evening. Also called Spring Ahead, Summertime and Daylight-Saving Time
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION BEGINS THIS MONTH
Will your child be 5 years old by August 31?
On March 6, you can complete your child’s online enrollment for kindergarten. An easy and quick process as detailed in the step-by-step parent walkthrough video available in multiple languages on our website www.everettsd.org/kindergartenenrollment. You can also enroll inperson at your neighborhood school.
Enrolling early in March will ensure invitations to your school’s kindergarten events and participation in Everett Ready, a transition-into-kindergarten program offered for one week in August to all enrolled kindergarteners. We are looking forward to welcoming you and your student to kindergarten!
Parent University-Suggest a Topic
Parent University is an on-demand resource created to help parents and guardians become full partners in their child’s education. Parent and family engagement in education positively impacts the academic and social success of children. Content includes a selection of prerecorded videos and how-to documents that can be viewed at any time.
If you have additional topics you would like to suggest, please email communications@everettsd.org. We value your partnership as we continually improve this resource for families
GARFIELD PTA NEWS
Hello Tiger families! We are excited to invite you to join our Family Bingo Night on March 9th from 6-7:30pm in the Garfield Cafeteria! Each person's first card is free. Additional cards are $1, cash only. Popcorn and lemonade will be provided. If you'd like to volunteer please sign up at Garfield PTA: Bingo Night at Garfield (signupgenius.com), donate items on our Amazon wishlist or contact garfieldtigerspta@gmail.com for a company sponsorship or for assistance with questions. Please remember that in order to volunteer at events, you must be a district approved volunteer. To complete that process or explore other ways you can support the PTA, please view the links available through our Linktree.
Our PTA has been invited to participate in the 3rd annual run, walk, and roll being put on by the Everett Special Education PTSA. The event is hybrid with the in-person portion being held on March 19 from 10am – 2pm at Everett Memorial Stadium. Be sure to select Garfield as your school when you complete your Run, Walk, and Roll registration and 50% of your registration fees will come back to our PTA. Bonus: The school with the most people registered will get an extra $150!
Next PTA meeting: Monday, March 20, 2023 @ 6:30 pm in the Garfield Library and over Zoom. Meeting ID: 937 7221 6134 Passcode: 412985
We hope to see you there!
RESOURCES
Could you or a family you know use some help?
- Find information and links to helpful resources on the district’s Parent Tools webpage.
- Washington State Library – local and regional information about services and agencies offering help to families in a variety of ways including food, shelter, clothing, childcare, legal services, employment opportunities, and counseling
- Everett Public Schools Kids In Transition (KIT) program – supports homeless children and youth to continue their education
- Snohomish Health District for Snohomish County community dental resources for children and adults
- United Way of Snohomish County – 2-1-1 is a free telephone number that is your best "first call" to quickly find the right source of help. The information line is staffed by trained operators from Volunteers of America Western Washington who can connect you to a wide range of community services.
Modest Family Solutions
Modest Family Solutions (MFS), provides a FREE Produce Market in Everett every Saturday, from
9-12 at 500 SE Everett Mall Way, across from Target. No paperwork needed. MFS strives to provide
foods that BIPOC families may use in recipes but are less likely to find at food banks.
https://www.modestfamilysolutions.org/
DO NOT MISS OUT!
Our school is using Peachjar to send flyers home electronically. Just go to the home page of our school website and click on the Peachjar Eflyer button to check it out. You do not need to login to receive or view school eflyers. No action is required on your part. You should have already received a welcome email from Peachjar that includes a username and password. This is provided so you can manage your account and flyer delivery preferences. Don’t worry if you’ve forgotten your password, you can reset it at any time. If you cannot locate your welcome email, you can go to Peachjar and sign up! This system is used exclusively for the distribution of school-approved flyers. Your email address will not be shared or used for any other purpose.