Girls need mentors and empowerment to become future leaders! Garfield Park Academy has partnered with The Wonder Girls® to help young women (grades 7-12) develop confidence, self-esteem, leadership skills, and problem solving skills.
Students are finding mental resilience while building physical strength in Garfield Park Academy’s Therapeutic Training Program (TTP). The program builds on research that uses resistance training and mindfulness to support healing and resilience for those who have experienced trauma. Resistance training—using weights such as barbells, dumbbells, and weight machines—stresses muscles and causes them to adapt by getting stronger, similar to the way aerobic conditioning strengthens the heart.
Our lower school wing is open! This fall, Garfield Park Academy cut the ribbon on a new Elementary School wing, adding two classrooms and an expanded multipurpose room/gym to be used exclusively by younger students. A separate entranceway now creates a safe and nurturing welcome to each school day.
Congratulations to our 2022 graduates! [...]
Delaware Valley Baptist Church in Willingboro has ‘adopted’ Garfield Park Academy as part of their community outreach efforts, building connections and fostering a deeper sense of belonging for our students.
Congratulations to all our 2021 graduates. On June 15th, GPA held graduation ceremonies [...]
GPA will not tolerate racism. We stand proudly with our students and staff to continue the peaceful struggle for equality, and the creation of a world not just absent racial tension, but of real justice for all.
Garfield Park Academy was reaccredited by the Teaching Family Association recently.
Dr. Ange Puig will help educators identify stress responses, and describe practical strategies to help students use mindful practices to strengthen attention, increase compassion, and build resilience and self-regulation, moving them from “coping” to “thriving.”
GPA 2019 Graduation - We are so proud of our 2019 graduates! Congratulations to all. Please enjoy the photo gallery below from our graduation ceremonies.
