4th graders across the district came together to celebrate Kansas during the annual Kansas Heritage Day. Students participated in a wide range of activities relating to pioneer life and Kansas history, including making butter and apple cider, participating in a one-room school lesson, and learning about President Eisenhower’s campaign. Garfield and Wakefield students shared lunches around the “campfire” and had a memorable day celebrating our state! #celebrate379
USD 379 will use Monday's menu (breakfast & lunch) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. We will totally skip Tuesday's menus for the week. The menu will run as planned Wednesday through Friday. #celebrate379
School Closed- Monday, January 26th, 2026
An inspiring story of innovation, problem solving, and students helping students...
Chase is a 4th grader at Garfield. He is working on expanding his communication skills using buttons with prompts. This is new to Chase, and he struggles at times accidentally hitting the wrong buttons. It was a problem that Speech and Language Therapist Shanna Freeman thought could be solved.
That's where Mrs. Schooley’s CCCHS drafting students came in. After learning about the problem and brainstorming, they designed custom button covers for the communication device and then printed them on a 3D printer. These will allow him to greet his peers and teachers and answer questions without other buttons getting in the way.
After a need was identified, these students created a solution that works perfectly and will help Chase connect more easily with others at school. This is a great example of students using their skills to make a meaningful difference! #celebrate379
Chase is a 4th grader at Garfield. He is working on expanding his communication skills using buttons with prompts. This is new to Chase, and he struggles at times accidentally hitting the wrong buttons. It was a problem that Speech and Language Therapist Shanna Freeman thought could be solved.
That's where Mrs. Schooley’s CCCHS drafting students came in. After learning about the problem and brainstorming, they designed custom button covers for the communication device and then printed them on a 3D printer. These will allow him to greet his peers and teachers and answer questions without other buttons getting in the way.
After a need was identified, these students created a solution that works perfectly and will help Chase connect more easily with others at school. This is a great example of students using their skills to make a meaningful difference! #celebrate379
Miss Smith, Garfield's music student teacher from K-State, is teaching students a Mexican folk dance called Los Machetes. They are using drumsticks to represent the machetes the men traditionally used while performing this dance. #celebrate379
Mrs. Pfizenmaier’s 4th grade class is really embracing Leader In Me! Several student leaders have started teaching the Leader In Me lessons during Morning Meeting. Many other students in class have leadership roles, such as lunch helper and flag salute leader. These 4th graders are doing a great job demonstrating what Leader In Me is all about! #celebrate379
Garfield science teachers use the Mystery Science curriculum for all of their lessons. Today, Mrs. Schurle's 5th graders were mixing different ingredients to see how they reacted to each other. They created some interesting concoctions! #celebrate379
Mrs. McGuire is using the Leader in Me Habits regularly in her art classes. Today, her 4th graders had the freedom to create whatever they wanted with one requirement: Plan it out first using the 7 Habits. #celebrate379
Please welcome Ms. Smith! She will be student teaching with Mrs. Rourke at Garfield and Lincoln this semester and will end the year with Mrs. Thrasher at Garfield. #celebrate379
The winner of the December “School Bus Behavior Awards” is Archer Pfizenmaier from the Rabbit bus. Archer was awarded gifts from Kier’s Thriftway, Ferguson Rexall Drugs, Season’s Best Country Kitchen, and Ray’s Apple Market. Archer is pictured with his bus driver, Donna Bulk. #celebrate379
Mr. Walsh's 7th grade "Tech Time" students took part of their first semester collaborating with Garfield 5th graders on how to use a CAD program to print objects using a 3D printer. The 7th graders instructed and demonstrated and then helped the 5th graders create something realistic to 3D print. It's always exciting to see peer mentorship in 379! #celebrate379
Select members of the CCCHS band surprised community members by playing Christmas songs around the community yesterday... including at Garfield! #celebrate379
Congratulations, Mrs. Baumann! #celebrate379
Mr. Wichman's 4th graders were hard at work this week recreating a Greek play! Determining the meaning of words and phrases in mythology is a 4th grade state standard, so they were reciting the play with characters, then discussing the meaning of each passage and predicting what would happen next. #celebrate379
Congratulations, Mrs. Ferguson! #celebrate379
Students in Mrs. Knepper’s class explored the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in a unique way over the past week!
They watched videos, learned how the giant balloons are made, and read the book Balloons Over Broadway. They then closely examined a nonfiction article about the parade, using colored pencils to underline main ideas, key details, and important traditions. #celebrate379
They watched videos, learned how the giant balloons are made, and read the book Balloons Over Broadway. They then closely examined a nonfiction article about the parade, using colored pencils to underline main ideas, key details, and important traditions. #celebrate379
To wrap up their natural disasters unit in ELA, Ms. Bott's 5th graders researched a natural disaster of their choice and created their own infographics using Canva. Their infographics explained how disasters form, the warning signs and precautions that can be taken, and how communities rebuild afterward. #celebrate379
THANK YOU to our 15-year employees! #celebrate379
Mrs. Pfizenmaier’s 4th graders are building a factor wall in the 4th grade wing of Garfield!
Students are identifying all the factors of each number and determining whether they are odd or even, and whether the number is prime or composite. They are even figuring out if there is a square factor for that number! They are doing a great job working as a team to build this factor wall! #celebrate379
Students are identifying all the factors of each number and determining whether they are odd or even, and whether the number is prime or composite. They are even figuring out if there is a square factor for that number! They are doing a great job working as a team to build this factor wall! #celebrate379
At the beginning of every ELA unit, Garfield teachers first teach a list of vocabulary words that students will see throughout the reading material. Ms. Bott was doing just that today with her 5th graders. Increasing vocabulary is a Wildly Important Goal (W.I.G.) for all classrooms in USD 379. #celebrate379
