Black in Power Michelle Sarju serves as the District 5 Director for the Seattle School Board. Sarju won the general election on November 2, 2021, with 85% of the vote. The 34-year Central District...

Around Garfield you might hear the question “What does Quincy Jones even do?” A more appropriate question might be “What doesn’t he do?” A native of Chicago, Jones spent much of his childhood...

Jazz Jazz first emerged in the early 1900s, drawing from West African musical traditions, spirituals sung by enslaved Black people in the Americas, and European classical music. The southern city of New...

  Q: Do you use fashion as a form of expression?/When did you start using fashion as a form of expression?  A: Honestly, it was in middle school, because before then I couldn't wear my...

The Central District has been a hub for Black culture for over 100 years and continues to be one today. While some businesses have closed or moved away, others have remained for decades due to the...

If you are a Garfield student sitting in advisory right now, look around you. Look out the window at the field and imagine the native rainforests that once grew there. Look downtown towards the water and...

Garfield High School’s Black Student Union (BSU) is back this year. After a year's hiatus, due to challenges that many clubs and organizations faced in the wake of COVID-19, the BSU was restarted. Under...

As the first semester passes and the days get shorter, the decrease in students’ mental health and motivation is often overlooked. Deadlines have become more concrete and expectations have gone up now...

The topic of menstruation has long been condensed into a single FLASH lesson, a whispered discussion in the back of the class, the stealthy transfer of a tampon from backpack to pocket, and the painful...

Introducing Garfield’s newest long-term principal, Dr. Tarance Hart, here from Jackson, Mississippi. He goes by Dr. Hart, Mr. Hart, or T-Hart. In high school, T-Hart was a self-proclaimed, “nerd”...