Our Vision
The vision of Garner Elementary is to deliver a rigorous curriculum individualized for student’s unique needs designed to maximize student achievement, while striving to help every student accept responsibility for their own education and enhance their individual potential and ability to become self-sufficient.
Mission
The mission of Garner Elementary is to provide all Garner Elementary students with tools and skills needed to realize their highest level of achievement and to strive for academic, social and physical excellence through a rigorous quality, and challenging curriculum.
Belief
With total commitment to excellence, Garner Elementary School, in partnership with our parents, teachers and surrounding community, will achieve success for all students – whatever it takes.
School Policy and Procedure
New Student Registration
The following is a list of paperwork required for registration:
- Shot Records
- Physical
- Social Security Card
- Birth Certificate
- Two Proofs of Residence (With Names and Addresses on them)
Your child will not be placed in a class until all required paperwork is completed. Please fell free to call the school office at 965-5455 if you have more questions.
School Drop-Off Time
Please do not drop off children at school before 7:30AM. There are no adults on duty before that time and we have no way to supervise children before 7:30AM. Car riders, walkers and bike riders must be in the cafeteria line before 7:40 to have breakfast; our morning bell rings at 7:50am; the tardy bell rings at 7:55am.
Loading and Unloading Children
Please come through the line in the front of the school to load and unload students. Please do not park, load, or unload children on the street this can cause a very dangerous situation. Dismissal begins at 2:30pm.
Breakfast
Car riders, walkers, and bike riders will need to be in the cafeteria between 7:30 AM and 7:40 AM in order to eat breakfast.
$.85 Full Price Student
$.30 Reduce Price Student
Your child will not be placed in a class until all required paperwork is completed. Please fell free to call the school office at 965-5455 if you have more questions.
Lunch
Lunch Prices:
- $1.70 Full Price Student
- $.40 Reduce Price Student
- Extra Juice or Milk $.35
- March Menu
- April Menu
- May Menu
Elementary School Supply List 2009-10
For the safety of our students, rolling book bags will not be allowed on school grounds.
Kindergarten
- Two boxes of 8 count crayons
- Two primary pencils with erasers
- One large bottle of glue
- Two composition books
- Small pencil or supply box or zippered supply pouch
- One box gallon size freezer bags
- One box quart size freezer bags
First Grade
- One dozen #2 pencils
- Small pencil or supply box or zippered supply pouch
- One large bottle of glue
- One box of 16 count crayons
- Six plain folders with pockets and brads
- Two spiral notebooks (70 sheets per book)
- One box gallon size freezer bags
- One box quart size freezer bags
- One large pink eraser
Second Grade
- Two packs loose leaf notebook paper – wide ruled
- One large pink eraser
- One box of colored pencils
- Six plain folders with pockets and brads
- One dozen #2 pencils
- One large bottle of glue
- One box of 16 count crayons
Third Grade
- Two packs loose leaf notebook paper – wide ruled
- Two dozen #2 pencils
- Two packages of cap erasers
- One ruler (1/16th measure)
- One yellow highlighter
- Eight plain folders with pockets and brads
- One box of 16 count crayons
- One large bottle of glue
Fourth Grade
- Two packs loose leaf notebook paper
- Two dozen #2 pencils
- Two packages of cap erasers
- Eight spiral composition books
- One yellow highlighter
- Eight plain folders with pockets and brads or loose leaf binder with dividers
- One package of 24 crayons and/or one package of colored pencils
Fifth Grade
- Two packs loose leaf notebook paper
- Two dozen #2 pencils
- Two packages of cap erasers
- Eight spiral composition books
- One yellow highlighter
- Eight plain folders with pockets and brads or loose leaf binder with dividers
- One package of 24 crayons and/or one package of colored pencils
Uniforms
Garner Elementary follows the uniform dress code policy set forth by the Polk County School Board. Please refer to the 2009-2010 Elementary Code of Student Conduct handbook.
Garner Elementary school T-shirts may be purchased by filling out an order form that is located in the school office. Payment must accompany this form. Orders will be filled within two weeks and delivered to the student. T-shirts will also be available for purchase at Orientation and all PTO sponsored events.