Mr. Hager

Decision Day 2024 @Garden_City_HS Congratulations all!!

🎉 We're thrilled to announce that @Garden_City_HS has been ranked the #2 High School on Long Island, #22 in New York State, and #176 in the country by U.S. News & World Report in their 2024 annual list of 17,655 public high schools in the U.S. 🏆🎓

Science research @Garden_City_HS won Medical Marvels @NorthwellHealth 🎉🏆🥇!

Experiential learning is the best learning. Solar eclipse 2024! @Garden_City_HS @GCUFSD

Such a great experience seeing the solar eclipse with students and colleagues! 🌞

Students in chemistry explored the concept of freezing point depression and colligative properties by making ice cream in lab today! 🍦 @GCUFSD @Garden_City_HS

Our artists do it again! Battle of the Classes was a success. Restful vacation week to all.

An incredible One School, One Book finale event @Garden_City_HS organized by @metadatachick! Pizza, cookies, & discussion rotations w Ts leading them! The Inheritance Games by @jenlynnbarnes - a great choice! Literature has a beautiful way of bringing everyone together! #GCGrows

So proud of these Science Olympiad students! (Missing a few in the 📸) We had 2️⃣ teams this year, competed in 4️⃣ building events AND had students participate in 2️⃣1️⃣ events. @GCUFSD

So proud of our students for competing in the regional Science Olympiad competition this year! Our team earned medals in 5 events! 🏅

Flex PD after school today with @MrDavolaGCUFSD and @JenMartinAT teaching teachers how to adapt toys for students with special needs. Working towards a bigger project with students @Garden_City_HS in February to give back to the community. @MsFlahertyGC @HagerScienceGC #tlchat

Garden City Middle School was the top rated middle school on Long Island in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Schools rankings (sharing the honor with Jericho Middle School) and #14 in all of New York State! #GCpride @GoGCMSPrincipal @GCPSSupt

Happy holidays to all my students, families, and colleagues! Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday break and a Healthy New Year!

Thank you for visiting; it was a pleasure sharing science with the Best Buddies program!

❄️ Winter Wonderland 2023 ❄️

Our Science Olympiad meeting was packed today 🤗 Only 51 days until the big competition‼️@Garden_City_HS

Student in PLTW engineering did a great job designing their own cookie cutters in our CAD software: Fusion 360! They enjoyed seeing their creations come to life after they were 3D printed. Excellent creativity! @GCUFSD

Congratulations to our football team for winning the Long Island Championship! A big shoutout to our amazing players, dedicated coaches, and the best fans ever! Go Trojans! #LongIslandChamps ⁦@GCUFSD⁩ ⁦@GC_ATHLETICS_⁩

Ran my first GC Turkey Trot... what a fun annual tradition! Happy Thanksgiving!

So much talent in @GCUFSD! Ts & admins facilitated THE most engaging learning experiences. From Moving Learners Through Conferencing >PBL >Creating Writing Toolkits📝 >AI >Utilizing Writing Strategies Across Content Areas>Podcasting🎙️➕ more! Proud to be here! ⭐️ #GCGrows