Dear Students and Families,
As we gear up for our home football game this evening, Friday, October 18th, we want to remind our students to stay safe, be respectful, and act responsibly attending the game! Your support is what makes these events exciting and fun, but it's important that we all do our part to create a positive and safe environment.
To ensure everyone enjoys the game:
Stay Safe: Please make sure you're located with your parents, families, or stay within the designated areas provided on the map. Administrators will direct students to these areas. As a reminder, there will be NO sports equipment items allowed during the football game.
Be Respectful: Show good sportsmanship to the opposing team and respect fellow fans, staff, and security.
Be Responsible: Follow our school and district’s guidelines, respect the facilities, and make smart choices throughout the event.
We’re all in this together, so let’s make these games memorable for the right reasons. Enjoy the game and Go RAMS!
Sincerely,
Greene County Schools
We had a wonderful time on Friday, October 4 at our Family Tailgate! A HUGE THANK YOU to Hy-Vee, The Greene County Cattlemen, Deal's Orchard, and BOOST for making everything possible for our students and families. Check out some more pictures with this link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lK9PhHk6Jo2XnPVT8sEQmMmbh5zLu0ED?usp=drive_link
#RamFam
A Meeting of the Minds - Professional Development, 9/27/24.
A Meeting of the Minds - Professional Development 9/27/24
Join us on Friday, October 4, 2024 from 4:30-6:00 for our Greene County Elementary Family Tailgate! See the link for more details:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Tpnr8aFrHrxDjnWozlMviFNrzi2ctk18dnrCWBx2t8/edit?usp=drive_link
We still have a few spots available for today's class.
There is a large-scale cell phone carrier issue that is preventing cellular numbers from calling local numbers. As a result, most incoming cellular calls to the school are currently failing. If you need to contact someone in the building, please reach out to the building secretaries using the email addresses below:
High School:
fergusontr@greenecountycsd.net
Middle School:
hadleyh@greenecountycsd.net
townslyn@greenecountycsd.net
Elementary:
hoskinsk@greenecountycsd.net
spauldingja@greenecountycsd.net
Admin Office:
lamoureuxj@greenecountycsd.net
Good afternoon Ram Families,
The 24-25 school year is off and running and we have had a great first few days of school and we are looking to continue those moving forward.
Fall MAP Testing Next Week
Next week will mark the beginning of our Fall MAP Testing. All students in Kindergarten through 11th will complete these assessments and give us our baseline of where are students are at, what direction we need to go with their learning, and set growth and achievement targets to ensure their success for the rest of the school year. We are excited to see all of the great progress that our students are going to make!
As for Homecoming Week
On Friday, September 20th, Greene County Schools will have a 2-hour early dismissal at ALL schools. This will provide our families the time to get their students to the parade and events that happen prior to our homecoming football game without the need to miss additional instruction or schoolwork.
Two Hour Early Dismissal times for all buildings are as follows:
Elementary - 1:25pm
Middle School - 1:30pm
High School - 1:23pm
Thank you for your partnership with our schools and we are looking forward to a successful 24-25 school year! Go Rams!
Friendly reminder that bus pick up and drop off times are approximate. It may take a week or two for drivers and riders to learn each other's routines.
A couple things to note:
Our Westwood bus stop location has been moved to Westwood & Rushridge (west loop). Since this is a late change, the town route bus driver will be mindful of students who may be waiting at the old Hickory stop for the first couple of days.
On "Monday-early-out" days your bus rider will be dropped off at their normal bus stop approximately 2 hours earlier. For example - if the normal bus drop off time is 4:23pm, the "early-out" drop off time will be approximately 2:23pm (two hours earlier).
Thank you in advance for your patience!
Good Morning Ram Families!
With the first day of school only a few days away, we wanted to share some very exciting news ahead of the 24-25 school year.
Greene County Community Schools will be offering FREE breakfast for ALL students in ALL schools EVERY single school day! Our schools were awarded this option through an application from the Department of Education and the Child Nutrition Program in the state of Iowa.
A huge thank you to our kitchen teams, student support personnel, and our business office for working through this application and ensuring that our students will have at least one free meal, every single day they are in school.
Have an awesome Tuesday and we cannot wait to see our students on Friday!
Greene County Community School will be holding the monthly board meeting at the admin building (101 Ram Drive, Jefferson, IA) this evening beginning at 5:15 PM. The public is welcome to attend in-person or view the livestream on the district's YouTube channel. See below for the link.
The meeting agenda can be viewed on the GCCSD Board of Education page under the Links header.
GCCSD Board Meeting YouTube Livestream Link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/VUrBIMh02WM
Board Meeting Agenda:
https://www.gccsd.k12.ia.us/page/board-home
Good reminders!
Calling Area Businesses & Organizations!
Greene County Community School District is providing this public notice as a Request for Qualifications for a Construction Manager at Risk for the district's Solar Project. Please contact Superintendent Brett Abbotts at (515)386-4168 or through email at abbottsb@greenecountycsd.net with any questions or comments.
Check out the Ram Reminder for Families from GCE **Summer Edition**
https://secure.smore.com/n/b3nvt
Greene County Community School will be holding the monthly board meeting at the admin building (101 Ram Drive, Jefferson, IA) this evening beginning at 5:15 PM. The public is welcome to attend in-person or view the livestream on the district's YouTube channel. See below for the link.
The meeting agenda can be viewed on the GCCSD Board of Education page under the Links header.
GCCSD Board Meeting YouTube Livestream Link:
https://youtube.com/live/5F5Y9WsIxPU?feature=share
Board Meeting Agenda:
https://www.gccsd.k12.ia.us/page/board-home
If you have an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree, or at least 60 credit hours of college coursework, you are eligible to take the Substitute Authorization Course. Greene County Community School District is in need of substitutes, and this course is a great opportunity to help our community.
The Area Education Agency (AEA) offers an online option for the Substitute Authorization Course. However, we understand that some individuals might prefer in-person learning. If we receive 10 or more applicants, we can arrange for an AEA representative to teach the course in-person.
Please note that you will be responsible for the cost of the course. Details on how to sign up and specific dates will be provided once you express your interest. Here is the cost breakdown for the Substitute Authorization:
Class: $100
Book: $25
Processing: $85
LEC Fingerprinting: $25
Local Background Check (BoEE): $35
Federal Background Check (paid directly to Fieldprint): $40
For any questions or to express your interest in the course, please contact Chelse Sanderson at sandersonch@greenecountycsd.net.
Good morning Greene County Families,
Due the predicted severe weather to impact Greene County, all schools will dismiss 3 hours early on Tuesday, May 21st, 2024. There will be no afternoon preschool or evening activities.
Please stay safe and have a great day.
Greene County Schools
Check out the Ram Reminder for Families from GCE:
https://secure.smore.com/n/s4m81