REMINDER: Parent Teacher Conferences are Thursday.
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY.
New Quarantine Guidelines
Celebrate National Principal Month with us as we recognize our school leader’s devotion to student success and staff development. We honor their dedication and thank them for all they’ve done.
#GSDexcellence
Celebrate National Principal Month with us as we recognize our school leader’s devotion to student success and staff development. We honor their dedication and thank them for all they’ve done.
#GSDexcellence
Celebrate National Principal Month with us as we recognize our school leader’s devotion to student success and staff development. We honor their dedication and thank them for all they’ve done.
#GSDexcellence
The Varsity Blue Dazzlers competed Saturday in their first dance competition held at Lake Hamilton. The Dazzlers placed 4th in Kick & 5th in Hip Hop. Congratulations!
The Annual Report to the Public for 2020-21 was presented to the School Board at the Oct. 14th board meeting by Mr. John Ciesla, Superintendent of Schools. To view a copy of the annual report follow this link to the website. https://bit.ly/3veniq9
#GSDexcellence
Parent Teacher Conferences for K-12 grades will be held Thursday, Oct. 21st
****No School for Students on Friday, Oct. 22nd***
Statement regarding School Lockdown this afternoon
The school lockdown regarding a possible active shooter report at Greenwood Junior High School and Greenwood High School this afternoon was initiated after a school employee reported a white van outside of the building with men in camouflage exiting the vehicle.
The active shooter response call was activated and our district security team and Greenwood Police Department responded to secure the area.
Upon investigation, it was determined that the men in question were part of a special operations assignment out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Military officials stated that the group was part of a civil contract and were scheduled to work with a local military base tomorrow. Their presence in the Greenwood community and on the school campus was outside of scheduled air and range for the operations. The group’s scheduled training exercise has now been canceled.
We appreciate the response of our school security team, our administrators, Greenwood Police Department, and our local 188th wing.
Our staff and students did a great job of securing lockdown immediately and keeping calm during this situation. Our main goal during an incident such as this is keep our staff and students safe. The delay in information to parents was a result of working through the chain of command with the involved military agencies.
At 2:55 pm this afternoon, Greenwood Jr High School and Greenwood High School campus went on lockdown due to a report of two men in camouflage on campus. Greenwood Police Department responded and determined that the campus was secure with no pending threat.
Buses were held at East Pointe, East Hills, and Westwood for about 5 minutes pending an “all clear” of the Central office campus.
Buses may run 5 to 10 minutes late today as a result of this incident
Starting Monday---ALL Home Volleyball games will now be played in the Volleyball Gym.
The Greenwood Board of Education met in Special Session this evening and voted to remove the district mask mandate due to decreased COVID case levels.
Effectively immediately, masks are recommended but not mandated.
Students are still protected from quarantine if both parties involved are correctly and consistently wearing masks. We will continue observing social distancing whenever possible, promote good hand washing routines, and do thorough cleaning of classrooms and building facilities. In addition, our staff will make every effort to accommodate students who request preferential seating for maximum social distancing in the classroom.
The goal of the Greenwood School District is to keep students at school to maximize learning, while keeping our staff and students safe. We have applied for the “Test to Stay” program and hope to be approved in the near future. This program will allow students who have been exposed to COVID at school, and are deemed “probable close contacts”, to remain on campus as long as they voluntarily wear a mask and agree to be screened daily with a rapid antigen test rather than being quarantined at home. The Board of Education has given approval for the district to move forward with that program if accepted.
More information on the “Test to Stay” program is available at this link: https://bit.ly/3iGysyV
Questions and comments should be directed to info@greenwoodk12.com.
The Greenwood Board of Education will meet in special session this evening, October 7th at 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of revising the District COVID Continuity of Services Plan and to hire personnel.
GHS Seniors recently read Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Seal Team SIX Operator Adam Brown. Fans of the book are familiar with “Billy White” who sustained life-threatening injuries when the Humvee he and Adam were riding in was involved in a roadside accident in Afghanistan. Today, Supervisory Special Agent Drew Barnett, the real Billy White, spoke on zoom with GHS students about Adam Brown, a fellow warrior and friend. His long road to healing and eventual deployment back to Afghanistan as part of a special operations unit encouraged young men and women to live a life of service for a purpose higher than themselves.
GHS Seniors recently read Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Seal Team SIX Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm.
Today students had the opportunity to zoom with Eric Blehm where he answered questions about the relationships he formed while interviewing the people who knew and loved Adam. He also talked about the writing process, his unique path to becoming an author, and the year he spent traveling the world after resigning as editor of SNOWboarding Magazine.
Library Program for October for students 12 years old and over.
Greenwood Public Schools Pacesetter Campaign shows 35% increase.
We are proud of the generosity of our staff and are happy to give back to a community that supports us each and every day!
#liveunited
We are SO Thankful to those men and women who work tirelessly to maintain and clean our many buildings that are used for all kinds of reasons on a daily basis.
They take care of the facilities as well as all of us, and we are Grateful for them and all they do! THANK YOU!
HOMECOMING - Oct. 1st.
Bulldogs vs. Mt. Home Bombers
Tickets can be purchased at the gates.
No online ticket sales.
We will honor tickets already purchased online.
Halloween Trail Information
