Ms. Jessica Jones, an elementary math teacher at Garfield Park Academy, knows that her students need more than a book and a worksheet to grasp math concepts. They need to move. That is why she brings an active approach to teaching math.
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
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
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.
Another new mosaic mural has been completed at GPA. Inspired by and installed [...]
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.
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.”
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.
GPA has launched a Music Production and Sound Studio, adding to the already wide range of hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) learning at the school.
The NJ Senate and Assembly issued a Joint Legislative Resolution recognizing and congratulating GPA on our 25th Anniversary. Thank you to our District 7 legislators, Senator Troy Singleton, Assemblyman Herb Conaway, Jr, and Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy.