George F. Johnson Elementary School

Last week, the Marge Bryden Art Display case in the UEHS Tree Room transformed into a vibrant gallery, showcasing the creativity of young artists from our four elementary schools:...

Excitement filled the cafeteria at GFJ as students lined up for a special taste test of Street Corn Salad—a new dish introduced by the Food & Health Network in partnership with BOC...

The U-E Transportation Department is hiring. You can make a positive impact on our Tigers by being the smile that greets them in the morning and the smile that sends them home! ...

GFJ 2nd graders won February’s attendance challenge with an impressive 95.11% attendance rate! Kindergarten and TK students were close behind at 93.92%. As a reward, our winners ...

GFJ recently welcomed its new School Resource Officer, Will Andrus, and he’s already making a fantastic impression! Officer Will wasted no time getting involved in the classroom, ...

UEHS Class of 2016 graduate Emily Mackay returned home to share her journey as a professional runner and Olympian with our students. As a New Balance Boston running team member, Em...

Our UEHS Tiger Leads brought kindness and fun to GFJ third graders during Friendship Day! Friendship Day is all about building positive relationships and supporting one another by...

Family Movie Night. Come enjoy a family-friendly movie "Frozen", with light refreshments, and meet your building community school coordinator. February 27 at 5:30 p.m. in the UEH...

The district celebrates PTA Founders' Day on Thursday, February 27. This event is run by devoted individuals in our schools' PTAs and PTSAs, where honorees are celebrated for thei...

Recently, our district hosted another inspiring segment of Student Summits, bringing together 24 students from Tiger Ventures and 69 students from CFJ and GFJ to foster a positive ...

The month of December often brings to mind the holidays—a season of joy, giving, and togetherness. At GFJ, students and staff took this opportunity to focus on kindness , the char...

The holiday season is a time for giving, and this year, the GFJ school community came together in an extraordinary way to spread cheer and support those in need. Assistant Princip...

November is often defined by gratitude, a time to reflect on the things and people we appreciate most. At GFJ, students across the building embraced this theme as they focused on g...

Third graders in Colleen Salati’s class had a sugary adventure while learning U.S. geography! Using a sugar map shaped like the United States, students got creative by turning cand...

GFJ students in Courtney Hine’s first-grade class and Molly Grady’s second-grade class got a sweet introduction to the election process! The young voters first registered to vote i...

GFJ Very Important Tigers (VITs) make a difference in their building by displaying positive character traits. Each month, a character trait is highlighted and students, classes, a...

The GFJ library has been buzzing with excitement this past week! Therapy dogs Sulley and Wrigley from U-E visited Tiger kindergartners, snuggling up with students during reading ti...

This week, GFJ introduced Tiger Town Halls , a new monthly event where students come together to focus on building character and community. Each month, a specific character trait ...

Last week in Christina Bassano’s TK class at GFJ, students dove into all things apples! They explored the apple life cycle, from seed to fruit, and learned about the different par...

On a crisp fall October afternoon, the GFJ Garden Club gathered for its much-loved annual apple cider making! For several years now, the club has enjoyed making delicious cider, al...