FREE Workshop: Reframing Drug Use in Teens – March 29, 2019
Learn more and register for free workshop with Free CEUs - March 29, 2019 at Garfield Park Academy. Just Say Know: Reframing Our Understanding of Drug Use In Teens, featuring Dr. Sandy Gibson, Ph.D., LCSW
GPA Guardianship and Transition Workshop Free and Open to the Public
Free special education workshop at Garfield Park academy in Willingboro NJ - Learn more and register link - January 16th, 2019 - Turning 18: Guardianship & Transition to Adult Services
GPA Student Wish Our Community Happy Holidays
Today students delivered boxwood holiday decorations as gifts to the Willingboro Fire Department, Police Department, Emergency Services Department, the John F. Kennedy Community Center, and Brookdale Retirement Home.
Students Create New Cosmetology Bulletin Board
Our students and Ms. Stephanie worked together on this amazing Cosmotology bulletin board. Check it out! Thanks to all who worked on this terrific project.
Field Day 2018 Photo Gallery
Welcome Back Field Day is a chance for Garfield Park Academy students and staff to celebrate the return to a new school year, build new relationships, and strengthen old ones. The day of activities and fun provides a positive energy that our school community carries thoughout the entire school year. Below is a photo [...]
WORKSHOP: De-Escalation Techniques: Verbal Judo While Doing the Tango
De-Escalation Techniques: Verbal Judo While Doing the Tango A FREE WORKSHOP LOCATION: 24 Glenolden Lane, Willingboro, NJ 08046 DATE: October 19, 2018, 9:00AM-12:30PM, Light lunch to follow 3 Free CEU Credits for New Jersey Educators Learn More and Register Now
Another New Mural at GPA
Another new mosaic mural has been completed at GPA. Inspired by and installed by students, the theme of this one was "Working Together as a Team and Accomplishing a Shared Goal." Below are some photos of the mural in process and finished. Thanks to all who helped. We love it!
Yoga: Relaxed, Focused, and Ready to Learn
The practice of yoga is more than 5,000 years old, but only recently have schools started to tap into the power and possibilities that yoga can offer for students with learning and behavior challenges. It has very natural applications for many students at Garfield Park Academy who struggle with spatial awareness and self-regulation.
GPA is Hooked on Science
For students in Wilson Klein’s science class, engineering labs are a chance to experiment, make mistakes, and try again. “This lets my students see that they are smart – weaknesses are not the focus – strengths are.”
“I Dream of a World…”
About a dozen students from Garfield Park Academy took part in an art show hosted at Virtua Hospital in March. The theme of the show, “I Dream of a World...” invited students to explore our uncertain world in a way that focused on hope and solutions.