2023-2024 GPA Training Institute Workshop Series
Please Join Us for Our 2023-24 GPA ZOOM Training Institute Events. Dec 8, 2023 - The Role of Executive Function Skills in Motivating Struggling Students, and stay tuned for more in March 2024.
Momentum Transition: Concrete Skills and Strategies for Independence
Through Momentum® Transition, students at Garfield Park Academy learn concrete skills and develop a toolbox of strategies to help them achieve independence and prepare for a career that interests them.
Learning Lifelong Wellness
Physical education at Garfield Park Academy is virtually unrecognizable to anyone who attended school only a decade ago. While students still learn traditional activities like basketball and softball, staff at Garfield Park Academy also teach wellness through a wide variety of fun and safe activities that allow for positive social interactions.
GPA Reading Outcomes Outpace State and National Results
The news about pandemic learning loss is sobering. Recent data show unprecedented declines in math and reading achievement; the losses were most pronounced for Black and Hispanic students. At Garfield Park Academy, however, students continued to make measurable gains, even as the rest of the nation’s students lost ground. Last year, students at GPA showed [...]
Parent Education Program Provides Wraparound Family Support
This year, in response to the growing needs of our families, the GPA Parent Education Program expanded to meet twice a month, offering support group sessions and topic presentations. The programs are offered virtually to allow more parents a chance to participate.
GPA’s Curriculum is Aligned with Public Schools
When students arrive at Garfield Park Academy, some are surprised to find many of the same textbooks, magazines, and online modules they used in the public school. Parents and Child Study Teams are often surprised, too. Familiar programs offered by Scholastic, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson, Prentice Hall, and Ramsey are in every classroom. "We [...]
Celebrating Our Students
Every month, we recognize our Students of the Month. Acknowledgments like this teach our students that when they have success, it's important to know what they've done, get into the habit of celebrating their effort, and to continue building on those successes for the future.
Workshop: Trauma-Sensitive IEPs – What Child Study Teams Need to Know
Mental health issues have taken a front-row seat in nearly every classroom. How can schools deliver effective, compassionate, trauma-informed services and supports to help students with depression, anxiety, and other conditions?
Workshop: Child Psychiatry and Mental Health Services for Students with Disabilities
Mental health issues have taken a front-row seat in nearly every classroom. How can schools deliver effective, compassionate, trauma-informed services and supports to help students with depression, anxiety, and other conditions?
Mental Health Supports All Day, Every Day
School counselors are often the first to see children who are sick, stressed, or traumatized, or who may act out or hurt themselves or others. That's why at GPA there is a social worker IN EVERY CLASSROOM. Their office is physically located INSIDE the classroom