Garin Elementary School

Garin Elementary serves approximately 700 students from the transitional kindergarten through Grade 5. Their goal is to provide an environment and educational experience that will enable all students to become successful members of their community through consistent social and academic development.

At Garin Elementary, they follow a set of shared values that guide their teaching and learning beliefs. They believe all children can learn and deserve a safe, satisfying and successful school experience. They know that high expectations of student achievement combined with adequate support and intervention will result in academic skill and growth. At Garin, their goal is to help children learn and grow up. In order to do this, their teaching and professional development must be intentional and purposeful. Cooperation, collaboration and communication are an important part of their success in education.

At Garin, they are trying to be lifelong learners. They believe that it is important to model respect and foster a caring school culture in which students feel valued and appreciated. Finally, they believe in the building of partnerships between school, home and community. Their commitment to make Garin a family-based school is at the forefront of their values. Through these shared values and beliefs, students experience a profound and long-lasting education.

Their students receive an intentional, focused education that combines research-based educational practices with high quality curricula. Implementation and instruction shall be informed by weekly professional learning and collaboration between staff. Their excellent special education program and the school-wide intervention program enable them to meet the specific needs of all students. At Garin, many parents and community volunteers are blessed to provide additional, rich learning experience for their students. Their dedicated PTA sponsors many exciting events and activities with a focus on students and education. They invite you to be a part of this process, and experience the learning at Garin Elementary.

Vision of Garin School

Garin’s Vision is to be a united, collaborative Learning Community. In this community, students, staff, and parents: 

• Understand, respect, and exhibit the Six Character Traits which include: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship.
• Value the diversity and uniqueness of all
• Assume responsibility and advocate unconditionally for each student’s success
• Commit to providing a variety of educational experiences that take every student to the next level in their development (academic, social, emotional and physical)

These factors are crucial to developing one’s highest potential. They believe the process of learning is as valuable as the product of learning.