
Picture Day is coming up on 9/26/23! Order before Picture Day to receive free shipping to the school. Order online at https://inter-state.com/FlyerEntry/79396DF .



The week before the start of school, on August 23rd, high school students at James A. Garfield High School organized a freshman-year introduction day for the incoming class of 202...

During the last week of July, the James A. Garfield Marching Pride successfully completed its 2023-2024 school year band camp, in preparation for the upcoming football season. All...

James A. Garfield Musical Theatre presents Into the Woods by Steven Sondheim and James Lapine. Show dates are March 23rd at 7:00, March 24th at 7:00 and March 25th at 2:00 and 7...
Parent/Teacher conferences for the high school are Thursday, February 16th 3:30pm to 7:00pm. To schedule, you can email or call Mrs. Fisher...ufisher@jagschools.org or 330.527.43...

This morning members of the National Honor Society participated in the tapping of their 2022-2023 inductees. Congratulations to the following inductees of the Georgia Lee Alford c...

High School/Middle School Picture Re-take Day is scheduled for November 9, 2022. Families can order online at www.inter-state.com using the online order code of 70295G. If a s...

Class of 2023: Cap & gown and announcement meetings/order dates are scheduled as follows: Maplewood Oct. 5th - Brief meeting/receive packet information Oct. 12th - Order day (dur...
Parent/Teacher conferences for the high school are Wed., October 12th 3:30pm to 7:30pm. To schedule, you can email or call Mrs. Fisher...ufisher@jagschools.org or 330.527.4341.

2022 Homecoming Court
Color Bearers: Gabriel Groves and Aaron Rodhe
Hunter Andel Carter Bates Kristopher Carson Ian Hunt Jackson Sommer Abby Collopy Maggie Fogel Kyn...

Dear JAG Family - On Tuesday, September 20th, we were made aware of an extremely distasteful, disturbing and inappropriate picture posted on social media. This behavior clearly v...

The Marching Pride will perform their halftime hits on Garrettsville's Buckeye Block this Saturday. Bring the family down to the Win the Band Performance. Thanks to raffle winner ...
Picture Day is scheduled for September 27th! Order online @ inter-state.com/order using code: 70295DB

I know I can speak for our entire staff when I share how excited we are to see all our students back this week. We are also very pleased to see many more students and staff weari...

Dear JAG Families- There is a social media trend on the site/app TIK TOK regarding school shootings on December 17th. This threat originated in Arizona and has been determined t...

Dear JAG Community-
At approximately 8:45 this morning two middle school students reported they overheard a conversation about a school shooting that may occur during third p...
Applications are now open at mwood.cc for any 10th grade student interested in attending Maplewood Career Center. Students have the option to select the two programs they are mos...
The James A. Garfield High School Drama Club presents The Tragicomedy of Julia Caesar by Dave Hammers this weekend in the Iva Walker Auditorium. Performances will be on November ...

We are thrilled to host a Financial Aid Info Night TONIGHT at 6 pm at JAG Elementary. A college rep will be going over everything financial aid, including the FAFSA. We'd love to ...

We are thrilled to host a Financial Aid Info Night on Monday 10/18 at 6 pm at JAG Elementary. A college rep will be going over everything financial aid, including the FAFSA. We'd ...
Cap & Gown orders can be placed on the following link & must be placed by November 5, 2021. https://www.jostens.com/apps/s...

Due to a network connectivity issue this morning's episode of The Morning Show did not make it beyond the studio. Here are your daily announcements from GHS. --- INTRO Hello ...
Remember 9th grade students: Tomorrow is the 9th grade Orientation Camp from 9:00am-12:00pm. You will be receiving and practicing your schedules, participating in a few activities...

Consistent with CDC, ODH and PCHD guidance, masks will be strongly recommended, but not required, except on school buses where Federal Law requires riders of public transportation...

Lyndsey Johns ('19) was one of a record 45 student-athletes across Hiram College's eight North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) sponsored sports and 14 teams named to the 2020-2...

Welcome to the James A. Garfield Local School District, home of the G-men! We are excited to welcome new (and returning) students into the district.
If you are open enrolling...

Good afternoon JAG Families & Community -
Late last week Governor DeWine announced that due to decreasing cases and an increase in vaccinations all health restrictions will be ...

Join the Garfield PTO Monday, March 8 - Friday, March 12 for the Spring Scholastic Book Fair!
ALL students, staff and families in the JAG District will have an opportunity to ...
The James A. Garfield High School After-Prom Committee is hosting a virtual basket auction starting today, February 22nd!
With everything going on, high school seniors have no...

All year long we have closely examined lots of data. The reason we do this is to keep our students and staff safe during this pandemic. We look at information at a county level a...

As we have done all year, we continue to monitor our local data. This includes Portage County alert status, case numbers and positivity rates. We also look at local numbers in t...

It’s time to pre-register for Kindergarten if your child will be 5 years of age by August 1, 2021. You must pre-register by going to our website, www.jagschools.org . Click on ...

I am happy to report once again some positive news for the JAG family. Just moments ago the Governor shared county data and reported that Portage County has moved back to Red sta...

Today, I am happy to report that for the first time in a while, I have no bad news to share with you today. I do, however, have a few important points I would like to share with ...

The District will distribute meals during the online learning scheduled through January 3, 2021.
The District requests completion of the online pick-up or delivery order form (...

To support the need for remote instruction, Altice USA is proud to continue to offer Altice Advantage Internet 30Mbps service complimentary for 60 days to households with K-12 and...

We are pleased to announce a support for families of students in grades 3-12 during our remote learning period who may not have adequate Internet access for online learning. JAG ...

This is a call I wished all year I would never have to make. Just moments ago Governor DeWine announced that the virus in Portage County is spreading to the point that we have tri...

Good morning. I know this message is reaching you as we all may be feeling a heavy weight. Our entire community, State and Country are feeling the same way, and our staff and I ar...

I would like to share a few things at the end of the first quarter of this school year.
First, I am extremely proud of what each of you have done to make the first quarter so s...
Senior Survey - Current Activities & Future Plans
Please make sure you complete the Senior Survey which includes questions about the activities you are participating in n...

The Nationwide Waiver to Allow Summer Food Service Program and Seamless Summer Option Operations through December 2020 The USDA has extended the Summer Food Service program thro...

View the latest local data to monitor the spread of COVID-19 in our area. This dashboard is used to help determine the safety of our students, staff and community. Data is updat...

As we continue this interesting year of 2020, many of the families at James A Garfield have not reapplied for free/reduced meals. This does make sense, as meals are currently fre...

The USDA has extended the Summer Food Service program through December 31, 2020 if funding is adequate. This allow James A Garfield to distribute meals to the students attending ...

For the past eight weeks we have been preparing you for the start of this year. That date is now upon us and we are excited to welcome our students back to school next week.
W...

As you may already know, one of our staff members, Mr. Bartz, has been assigned as our Online Academy Coordinator. He has been hard at work already enrolling students in class, s...

We are excited to announce that our online ticketing system is up and running as of Wednesday, August 26th.
We have thoroughly examined our athletic facilities to determine m...

First we are excited to announce the curriculum that will be used for our online option. Students in grades K-5 will use Lincoln Learning (https://lincolnlearningsolutions.org/ )...

The James A. Garfield is excited to present our families with an array of high quality PPE products at a very low cost to you. We are thrilled to offer spirit-driven options for b...

The James A. Garfield Local Schools athletes and band members will not be permitted to participate with their respective team or band sections for 14 days if they travel to or fro...

Good afternoon. This is Ted Lysiak, Superintendent of the James A. Garfield Local Schools calling with an update on the 2020-2021 school year.
As you know, there is a great dea...
Ohio families with children who receive free or reduced lunches recently received a P-EBT card, as part of a new Pandemic benefit program. Not only does the Garrettsville Farme...

Help us celebrate the class of 2020 by viewing the virtual ceremony this Sunday, May 31st.
The broadcast will premier on the following sources:
Youtube:
The Bureau - JAG ...

Help us celebrate the class of 2020 by viewing the virtual ceremony this Sunday, May 31st.
The broadcast will premier on the following sources:
Youtube:
The Bureau - JAG ...

Good afternoon, I wanted to share with you some important end of the year information.
There are some exciting events quickly approaching. On Friday, May 29 our senior class ...

On Tuesday Governor DeWine announced significant cuts to public education due to a shortfall in tax collections due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This will certainly have a direct imp...

Good afternoon, this is Ted Lysiak calling with an important message regarding learning from home as we finish the rest of this year.
First, I would like to thank all of the ca...

Dear Seniors & Senior Parents - Graduation is currently scheduled for Sunday, May 31st at 2pm. Since we hold graduation at our own facility, rescheduling is an easier task. As o...
February is teen dating violence awareness month. Unfortunately, teen dating violence is much more common than most people realize. For the most part, teen relationship bound...

Weekly sports schedules are on the Athletics page calendar.
Full team schedules are available under the Athletics - Menu - Schedules tabs.

Check out the JAG School Counseling Website for lots of information on mental health, college planning, ACT, Scholarships, and more... Go to the James A Garfield High School webs...