Garden Street Academy has joined the fight against Covid19. Last week, we began donating the computing power of our idle Tech Lab computers to Folding@Home. This distributed computing platform has set its sights on better understanding the 2019 Coronavirus to help develop treatments for the disease. Similar to SETI@Home, Folding@Home uses a network of volunteer […]

Middle School celebrated Black History Month by researching an influential figure and then creating an Andy Warhol-inspired pop art piece. Alex Shennum, GSA’s K-8 art facilitator came up with the project because “Everyone is drawn to pop art. The subjects portrayed in the art stand out, prompting people to reconsider them with new perspective.” Students […]

We had a great visit with the students from Yakumo Academy Junior High School in Tokyo. Yakumo’s students practiced their English skills while sharing their culture with our students by participating in games and songs. We were thrilled to have them on our campus and the students had a wonderful day together.

As part of their Classroom City unit, the second and third graders took a field trip to the Santa Barbara Courthouse to visit a courtroom, meet a presiding judge and witness a live court case. The Honorable Judge Anderle answered questions as students sat in the jury box, visited with lawyers and met the courtroom […]

The kinder and first-grade students have been learning about string instruments! They took a violin lesson from Aksel’s dad and created guitars in art. While in art, kinder and first grade was introduced to the master, Pablo Picasso, and created a guitar inspired by his work. Students learned about the cubism and abstract styles seen […]

Our High School students recently took a field trip to Ice in Paradise! They enjoyed getting out on the ice, trying new moves and spending time together as a community and recharge after working so hard during the semester. As you can see, they had tons of fun getting out of the classroom for a […]

AMR visited the K/1 classroom last week as part of their Community Helpers unit! Diego, a GSA alumnus, and his partner showed students inside of their ambulance. Students were excited to see all of the medical equipment and asked very good questions! They went over the importance of knowing your address and when we should dial 9-1-1. […]

Last weekend, the Middle and High School robotics teams attended the 2018 Botball Workshop for the greater Los Angeles region. At the workshop, team members got to open up their robotics kits for the year and practice building and programming robots. This knowledge will be used for the Botball competition on April 28th where teams […]

Our high school boys basketball team has earned a place the CIF Southern Section Basketball Playoffs for the second year in a row! We have home team advantage and ask you to join us as we celebrate Garden Street Academy’s Athletics Program. Wednesday, February 14th – Playoff Game at home (Girls Inc, 4973 Hollister Ave, Goleta, […]

Last weekend, Garden Street Academy’s Junior State of America (JSA) chapter attended the Fall State Conference in Los Angeles. Our GSA chapter brought a record-breaking delegation of 13 high school students to this convention: Adara, Ben, Eliana, Erick, Gabe, Ian, Jacob, Jessica G., Jesus, Kaori, Max, Miles, and Nick. Throughout the convention, our chapter members […]