Hello Harmony / Garfield Online Families,
Welcome to a new year with Harmony Educational Services! We’re thrilled to support your students and be part of their educational journey. It’s going to be a great year full of learning and growth. If you need anything along the way, remember — your mentor is here to help.
In this Touchpoint:
- Calendars
- Harmony Choice
- Canvas Tips
- MobyMax Placement Tests and Quiz Resets
- Flex Submission Dates
- Family Focus Friday
- Possible Resources
- Resource Ordering
- Garfield Online Contact Information
- Get Social
Calendars
Stay up to date on important dates and events with our calendar found on the Parent Dashboard. Here you’ll find information such as Flex submission dates, testing dates, school dates, etc.
Click here for the official Garfield Online calendar for the 2025-26 school year.
Upcoming School Dates:
Sep 1: Labor Day (No School)
Oct 10: First Portfolio Submission
Oct 20: Fall Break (No School)
Harmony Choice
Harmony Choice is a new program available for our Utah and Idaho families, designed to offer more flexibility in selecting supplemental programs at no cost to you, for your children. This initiative reflects Harmony’s ongoing commitment to personalized, student-centered learning. Please log into the Family Resource Center (FRC) to explore your Harmony Choice options, and reach out to Lynelle, lmcelhannon@harmonyed.com for more information.
Canvas Tips
Here are some useful tips in Canvas for Flex, Portfolio, and Homeroom courses.
Once in your child’s Canvas account, select Calendar on the left side. The calendar view shows the previous and upcoming submissions for that student’s courses in Canvas.
- You can click on the item and a box will pop up with details. You can then click on each item to go right to the submission in the course.
Also, be sure to check back in Canvas to see comments from the graders and teachers. In the student’s Canvas account, there will be alerts on the right for any comments from teachers. Or you select the course, then select Grades > Score. If there is a comment icon, you can click on that to see the comment.
- Based on the comment, you might want to resubmit the assignment.
MobyMax Placement Tests and Quiz Resets
If your child has a MobyMax course, be sure to check out the helpful information in the MobyMax section of the Curriculum Orientation. If you would like your child to take a placement assessment for Language Arts or Math, please contact your mentor, and we’ll get that set up for you.
Also, if you would like your child to retake a MobyMax quiz or redo a lesson, please contact your mentor with the module name and quiz or lesson title, so that we can reset it. Lessons and quizzes that have been reset will generally appear in the Assignments tab on the MobyMax student dashboard.
Flex Information
Here are the Flex submission dates for the 1st semester. Be sure to submit your student’s worksheets on time as this tracks attendance and progress.
September 12th
September 26th
October 10th
October 24th
November 7th
November 21st
December 12th
To find helpful information about Flex courses, log into the Family Resource Center and go to the Curriculum Orientation. From the sidebar menu in the Flex sections, you will find FAQs, which include submission instructions and a submission video.
Family Focus Friday
Join us for our interactive Family Focus Fridays sessions designed to support and empower parents in the homeschooling journey.
What to Expect:
Practical tips for utilizing the curriculum offered by Harmony Q&A sessions to address specific family curriculum needs
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm MDT/MST
Location: Google Meet: meet.google.com/ckw-pyow-fyw
Duration: 1 hour
Dates and Curriculum/Program covered:
| 10/17/25: Moby Max
10/31/25: Portfolio 11/14/25: Bright Thinker 12/12/25: DreamBox 1/16/26: Aleks |
1/30/26 Electives
2/13/26 Moby Max 2/27/26 Edgenuity 3/13/26 Bright Thinker 3/27/26 Edementum 4/10/26 DreamBox 4/24/26 Mixed Bag Q&A |
Possible Resources
At Harmony, we’re always excited to offer students a wide range of resources to support their learning. Be sure to order your curriculum and technology first, and then use any remaining funds for other educational items that will benefit your student.
We have included a few fun ideas and examples of how you could use the funds we provide for your student. Most items have price limits so if you are wondering about them please ask your mentor.
- Books
- Craft Supplies
- Printer
- Webcam
- Zoo/Museum Passes
Resource Ordering
Ordering is open for all types of orders. For all the ordering types except reimbursement, you can submit one order per semester per student. The 1st semester ordering period goes until Oct 31, and the 2nd semester ordering period is Dec 1 – Jan 31.
- Request Technology: This is the best place to order laptops to make sure they are ordered in case there are any hold-ups with your orders.
- Request Educational Supplies & Resources: Order all your general supplies, workbooks, textbooks, pencils, art supplies, museum membership, etc. You can submit items from multiple websites.
- Request 3rd Party Payments: Once your 3rd party vendors are approved, you can request the payment for them here. You will receive a check to pay them once it is processed. If your child is taking a full-year class, make sure to split up the payments and only pay by semester.
- Internet Payments: Use this to request up to $225 payable to your internet service provider per semester. Note: This is limited to one per family.
- Request Curriculum Subscriptions and/or Kits: If you want to purchase curriculum or other subscriptions offered through Harmony (like MobyMax, Dreambox, etc.) and use it as an extra resource, this is the place.
- Request Reimbursement: Reimbursements can be submitted up to 10 times per year – once for each month of the school year. Receipts dated May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026 can be submitted.
- Request Educational Subscriptions: Educational subscriptions include subscriptions for Tinker Crate, ABC Mouse, Kiwi Crate, and dozens of other educational subscription options. If you don’t see an item listed, you can request that subscription when you request school supplies on the resource order form.
Garfield Online Contact Information
Here is the contact information for Garfield Online.
Danette Verde, Secretary
Email: gosecretary@garfk12.org
Phone: (435) 677-6379
Robin Gibbs, Kindergarten Teacher
Email: robin.gibbs@garfk12.org
Diona Jones, 1st Grade Teacher
Email: diona.jones@garfk12.org
Taylor Steed, 2nd Grade Teacher
Email: taylor.steed@garfk12.org
Kimberly Blood, 3rd Grade Teacher
Email: kimberly.blood@garfk12.org
Mckaylie Ruhr, 4th Grade Teacher
Email: mckaylie.ruhr@garfk12.org
Jenae Raban, 5th & 6th Grade Grade Teacher
Email: jenae.raban@garfk12.org
Get Social
Are you part of our growing community of Harmony parents? If not, please join us and get social! It’s a great place to share what is working with your family, ask questions of other parents, and receive updates on Harmony activities.
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/harmonyedutah/
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/harmonyed_/
Brianna Webster, Garfield Account Manager (bwebster@harmonyed.com)
Denise Glines, Paraeducator (dglines@harmonyed.com)
Carly Purdy, Mentor (cpurdy@harmonyed.com)
Jaisha Anderson, Mentor (janderson@harmonyed.com)
Kristen Nielsen, Mentor (knielsen@harmonyed.com)
