Tonight is GWDES Back to School Night and we can't wait to see your there!
Get ready to show your Greenwood spirit! Tomorrow is Wildcat Wednesday!
Back to School Nights are coming soon! We hope to see you there!
Happy eve of the first day of school GWDES Family,
Ready or not, tomorrow, August 21, 2024 is the first day of school for the 2024-2025 school year. Each year brings new energy, learning, and fun and I am so excited to see this place bubbling with excitement and beaming with smiles. It’s been far to quiet around here without our elementary wildcats.
I know you will be inundated with backpacks full of back-to-school papers, so I’ll keep this brief. Here are a few bulleted items I thought would be helpful for the first day.
• Among other new students, we are welcoming 47 new Kindergartners. Bus pick-up and drop off times may change a bit and will certainly become more steady as the weeks progress. Please be patient if the driver is late the first couple weeks as all of this is ironed out.
• If you are picking up on the first day, please bring your ID and check in with the team member outside when you arrive. We will check ID’s as we get to know you and the people designated to pick up your child.
• Breakfast is FREE! Your child is welcome to enter and head to the cafeteria if they would like a meal.
• We have a new friendly face in the art room. Her name is Riley Bennett but we call her Miss “B”. I’ll spend more time introducing our new team members very soon.
• The first day is a busy one and your child may be extra tired when they get home the first few days.
Our team is ready and can’t wait to see you tomorrow!
Enjoy your Day,
Michele Comp
Greenwood Elementary School Principal
Greenwood Middle/High School is hiring a Family Consumer Sciences Teacher. Please see the attached flyer for details!
Here are some Back to School Events you may want to get in your calendar!
Greenwood School District is hiring a Spanish Teacher. Please see the attached flyer for details!
Congratulations to the Conduct of Chapter Meetings Team who are the PA FFA State Champions and will represent at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this fall!!
On May 30, the Class of 2024 enjoyed one final evening together at Senior Sunset.
Congratulations to our two retirees, Ms. Ehrhart and Mrs. Deimler!
Congratulations to Greenwood Middle/High School's 4th M.P. Students of the Quarter:
Grade 12: Mason Preston and Tayla Dusharm
Grade 11: Ben Brinser and Sylvia Peachey
Grade 10: Aidan Preston and Lydia Lower
Grade 9: Mason Morgan and Addie Anstine
Grade 8: Sebastian Dongo Prisse and Ashley Wetzel
Grade 7: Josef Cuccia and Kylie Willow
Tuesday, May 28th Greenwood Elementary will have Wildcat Fun Day! Students in grades 3-5th will have activities in the morning, while K-2nd will be in the afternoon. They will enjoy a variety of outside activities to celebrate the last full day of a great year!
Please make sure your student has the following items for the big day:
- Sneakers
- Water bottle
- Sunblock
- Towel (there will be water activities)
9th Grade Food Truck Extravaganza was a huge success, many students from other grades got see the businesses in action all competing for the most sales.
Don't forget to sign up for the 4th Annual Mini-Thon Golf Scramble! Registration is still open! Join us on Saturday, June 15th at Lykens Valley Golf Course for some fun in the sun! Contact Jeff Deitz at jdeitz@greenwoodsd.org for more information.
A HUGE "thank you" to our current sponsors for the 4th Annual Greenwood Mini-Thon Golf Scramble! If interested in sponsoring our upcoming event on Saturday, June 15th, please contact Jeff Deitz at jdeitz@greenwoosd.org.
Greenwood Middle/High School's 2024 yearbook, "New Horizons," was distributed this week. The book's cover is extra special as it was painted by senior Mason Preston, who consulted with the yearbook staff on the cover. He is pictured holding his original watercolor painting beside editor-in-chief Lia Zurenko, who is holding the finished product.
The staff, including Lia Zurenko (editor-in-chief), Hannah Shiffer and Madison Kurylo (co-editors), Sophia Jezewski, Skyler McMillen, Jada Poticher, Kacy Fegley, Caroline Hartley, and Danica Zurenko, diligently worked on the book, which was nationally recognized. For the seventh year, it received the Josten's Yearbook Program of Excellence Gold-Level award.
Our 8th grade class traveled to Washington, DC to see how topics from their history and English classes have been commemorated through monuments, museum exhibits, and more. They explored the National Mall and American History Museum, as well as The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Natural History Museum, and Air & Space Museum. The weather was beautiful and the experience was priceless.
Today the 2nd graders' little pig houses were challenged by the Big Bad Wolf (a leaf blower). 4 houses remained standing at the end - some new architects in the making!
Elementary Yearbooks (K-5) will be sent home Friday, May 24th and sixth grade will get theirs during Wildcat day on May 28th.
We do have extra for you to purchase in the elementary office for $15. Send cash or check made payable to Greenwood Elementary to purchase a copy.
We can’t wait to have you at our annual Spring Fling tomorrow. Doors will open at 12:45.
In an effort to make dismissal flow smoothly following the program, please send a note in with your child or email esattendance@greenwoodsd.org if…
• You are attending and would like to take your child(ren) home with you following the program.
• you would like your child(ren) to be dismissed with a family member or someone else following the program, please include the pick-up person’s name.
Students will be signed out in their individual homerooms. We can get you out faster if one person goes to complete the sign out. Our goal is to have you out prior to busses arriving at 2:20.