Unlocking Potential: Teaching Executive Function Skills
Executive function is rarely taught, but is the foundation for learning, planning, and carrying out complex tasks. It allows us to regulate thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
The Power of Play
Play therapy harnesses a child’s natural language of play. Through storytelling, puppetry, building, and imaginative play, students learn to express themselves within a safe and nurturing environment.
Dreaming Bigger: Transition & Post-secondary Choices
When GPA Transition Coordinator Jeff Dalrymple visits the school’s younger classrooms, part of his goal is to introduce them to possibilities they may have never imagined.
Music Production: Studio Update
The new Music Production studio has fast become one of the busiest instructional spaces at Garfield Park Academy. In it, students have the opportunity to make and record original music and find their creative voice.
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 [...]
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 [...]