I am excited to welcome you and your student to the 2021-2022 school year and to our Garfield Elementary family! This year, like all others, will present fresh opportunities and new challenges. Challenges are quite simply new situations that reveal our character and problem-solving skills. You and your student are important members of the Garfield team; a team that is only successful if we work together. We have two focuses at our school; one is to teach your child the academic skills he/she will need to give themselves an opportunity for success and the second is to instill in your child how to be respectful, responsible and a life-ling learner. We look forward to teaching them and will expect them to learn how to be accountable for their own actions and for their own growth. Our young students are capable of great things! Together, we look forward to unlocking the true potential of your student. And even more importantly our students will learn to realize their own potential. 

Together, let's make it a GREAT year! I look forward to seeing you all very soon!

Your Partner in Learning, 

Jeff Hempleman, Principal