August 9, 2018
Welcome back JAG!
The halls are waxed, the classrooms are cleaned and the summer work crews are completing the last minute detail work to have our campus sparkling and ready ...
August 9, 2018
On November 6, 2018 the James A. Garfield Local Schools will be placing a 10-year, 1.5% Earned Income Tax on the ballot. With the passage of this issue, the district intends to l...
July 17, 2018
James A. Garfield Local is pleased to announce the availability of applying for Free and Reduced Price Meals online! The process is SAFE, SECURE, PRIVATE, and AVAILABLE anytime, a...
July 15, 2018
Travis won a spot in the APA Jr. 9 Ball National Championships. 380 of the best 18 and under players were invited to St. Louis, MO , for a 4 day tournament. Last year Travis attend...
May 2, 2018
Yom Hashoah is a day devoted to the remembrance of the Holocaust. On a day chosen to coincide with the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, cities around the world honor the victims as well as...
April 30, 2018
This month we would like to focus on the partnership between the high school and Maplewood Career Center. Maplewood Career Center provides a quality education for many of our stu...
April 25, 2018
James A Garfield Student Council has been saving lives for years. Every year Student Council sponsors several Red Cross Blood Drives a Year. The student body is invited t...
April 11, 2018
On Wednesday, April 11th the James A. Garfield Local Schools, in partnership with our first responders, will be hosting a community safety meeting from 6pm-7:30pm in the Iva Walke...
April 9, 2018
The faculty and students of Hiram College, along with The Hiram Community Trust, recently teamed up with Mrs. Summer Wasko and the sixth grade staff to provide Garfield Elementary...
March 28, 2018
Children 3-5 years old in James A. Garfield and neighboring districts are invited to schedule a screening appointment by calling 330-527-5524. Screening will take place at the El...
March 21, 2018
On Wednesday, April 11th the James A. Garfield Local Schools, in partnership with our first responders, will be hosting a community safety meeting from 6pm-7:30pm in the Iva Walke...
March 21, 2018
Join the Friends of JAG Arts and Kepich Ford on Saturday, April 14 between 11am and 3pm at Kepich Ford in Garrettsville to raise money for the JAG Arts Programs! Drivers must be ...
March 14, 2018
Dear JAG Families:
Recent polls show that parents’ first concern about schools today is their child’s safety. That is my concern as well. Fortunately, Garfield Schools are ve...
March 14, 2018
At 10am this morning 111 middle and high school students at James A. Garfield participated in the National Walk Out movement to bring attention to school safety. Due to the weath...
March 14, 2018
Congratulations to Preston Hatcher, Finn Frato-Sweeney, Owen Herron, and Garet Warnick who all represented James A. Garfield Elementary at the Howland Winter Speedcubing Competiti...
March 14, 2018
James A. Garfield Local Schools was recently recognized by the State Board of Education for an excellent academic accomplishment.
The Momentum Award was presented by the State ...
March 12, 2018
The National Honor Society at James A. Garfield High School is a very honorable club that currently has 17 members. The executive council are seniors: Katie Synnestvedt, Derek M...
March 7, 2018
The Garfield Middle School Chapter of National Beta Club held their 15th annual induction ceremony last week. The 17 current members assisted club director and Middle School art ...
March 5, 2018
Emma Twardzik wanted to be an astronomer, a veterinarian, an interior designer and a marine biologist.
The head of a dreamer is a crowded place, but it can also be a lonely one...
February 24, 2018
With much hard work and determination 2014 James A. Garfield graduate Morgan Aebischer graduated from The University of Akron with a Bachelor of Arts Geology - Earth Science Tra...