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Garden City Schools promote kindness and  inclusion in honor of Unity Day

Garden City Schools promote kindness and inclusion in honor of Unity Day

On Oct. 21, the Garden City School District celebrated Unity Day by bringing students and staff together to promote kindness, acceptance, inclusion and bullying prevention.
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Stratford Avenue School launches student-led Kindness Crew

Stratford Avenue School in Garden City is excited to launch its new Kindness Crew, a student-led initiative created by fourth graders Ela Saka and Maria Quatro.
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Garden City High School AP Environmental Science students explore and preserve the Hempstead Plains

From Oct. 13-15, Garden City High School’s AP Environmental Science students visited the Hempstead Plains Education Center.
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Garden City educators share literacy practices at Molloy University conference

On Oct. 16, Garden City Public Schools was well represented at the second Molloy University Literacy Conference.
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Speaker Jordan Toma inspires Garden City Middle School seventh graders to embrace mistakes

Speaker Jordan Toma inspires Garden City Middle School seventh graders to embrace mistakes and believe in themselves.
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GCHS alumnus and coach inducted into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame

On Oct. 7, Garden City High School alumnus Trevor Yeboah-Kodie and longtime coach Michael Heedles were inducted into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026.
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Second and 10th grade Garden City students celebrate ‘Be the Change Day’

In recognition of Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday and the International Day of Non-Violence, Garden City students in grades 2 and 10 celebrated “Be the Change Day” on Oct. 2.
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Garden City High School students explore Italy through pizza box project

From Sept. 28 through Oct. 2, Garden City High School students in Signor D’Ambrosio’s College Italian 5 class brought their study of Italy to life through a creative and engaging project.
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Garden City High School students celebrate German American heritage at annual flag-raising ceremony

On Oct. 9, members of Garden City High School’s junior class, accompanied by German teacher Susanne Basile, participated in the annual German American Day flag-raising.
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Filling buckets and building connections at Stratford Avenue School

Second graders in Mrs. Feldman’s class began the school year by learning what it means to be a “bucket filler” through the book “How Full Is Your Bucket?”.
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Garden City Middle School students march in the 69th annual German-American Steuben Day Parade

Garden City Middle School German language students participated in the 69th annual German-American Steuben Day Parade in New York City.
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Garden City High School earns School of Excellence honors

Garden City High School has earned 2025-2026 School of Excellence recognition from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
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Garden City community comes together for Homecoming 2026

The Garden City Public Schools community came together on Sept. 19 for its annual homecoming celebration, bringing students, staff, families and community members together.
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Fourteen Garden City High School students recognized as National Merit Commended Students

Garden City High School is proud to announce that 14 members of the Class of 2027 have been named Commended Students in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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Three Garden City High School students named National Merit Semifinalists

Garden City High School Class of 2027 students Jack Armstrong, Taylor Maguire and Tiffany Zhang have been named Semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program.