by Jeff Horton | Nov 15, 2022 | Education, Jeff Horton
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is crucial to human development. It is how humans learn to regulate emotions, develop healthy identities, accomplish personal and group objectives, feel and demonstrate empathy for others, and build and sustain supportive...
by Jeff Horton | Feb 8, 2022 | Blog, Education, Jeff Horton
These are exciting times for our school district! We are moving forward with a new course and programming guide that will result in over 100 additional opportunities for our students being added. These include expanded course options, additional support for students,...
by Jeff Horton | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog, Education, Jeff Horton
Community, Staff, and Students ask the district to explore programming and facility options. The GFW School Board met on Tuesday, January 18 and heard public comment on the state of the district, its programming, and its facilities from a variety of speakers including...
by Jeff Horton | May 11, 2021 | Jeff Horton
https://www.nujournal.com/news/local-news/2021/02/05/gfw-teacher-accused-of-malicious-punishment-of-a-child/ GIBBON — A Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) speech teacher accused of placing a six-year-old female student in a bear hug hold and dragging her down two hallways...
by Jeff Horton | May 11, 2021 | Jeff Horton
https://www.nujournal.com/news/local-news/2021/02/09/gfw-oks-resolution-for-employee-facing-allegations/ GIBBON — The Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) School Board unanimously approved a resolution Monday to immediately discharge an employee facing allegations. After 20...
by Jeff Horton | Feb 18, 2021 | Education, Jeff Horton
Oftentimes, college students go off to school without having all of the information needed in order to succeed. Whether they need to learn about which classes or professors to take, when to take specific classes, or what to do around town locally, they are destined to...