Greenfield Middle School

 BIG Y EXPRESS ~   

Education Express is a Family Program to help our local schools get FREE, much needed supplies & equipment!

PLUS,

• Everyone can participate!  Do you have children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or even neighbors?  You can support their school by signing up for Education Express. 
• And from February 1 through April 25, 2018, for every 500 Education Express Points earned, you get a GOLD COIN!
• Just shop our stores and look for the participating items marked with the Education Express logo.  Each item will have a point value and savings on top of that!
• Through previous Big Y Education Express program, together we've given our local schools approximately $14 Million Dollars of much needed supplies and equipment! 

To sign up, please click the link below:

www.bigy.com/rs/educationexpress

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School Start and Dismissal Times 

Students are to be in school by 7:30 AM and enter through the back door (between gym & cafe).  Door open at 7:15 AM.

After 7:30 students must enter through main entrance on Federal Street.

Dismissal is at 3:40, Monday through Friday

Early Release is 11:10

TO REPORT AN ABSENCE, PLEASE CALL 413-772-1360 AND PRESS “3”

Upon return to school, please bring a note explaining the absence.

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What makes us so special?

Did you know that GMS has...

(Items in bold are exclusive to GMS)

• ELA and Math Skills blocks in addition to regular academic courses
• Title I services for all students
• WIFI around the entire building
• Equestrian every day for a select group of 6th graders
• Field trips to GCC (Theater), Highland Pond, Sachem's Head, Montshire Museum, The Boston Science Museum, Connecticut Science Museum, and more
• Advisory meetings each day
• Sports (fall, winter and spring) for 6th and 7th graders
• Coding courses for 5th-7th graders
• Coding and robotics clubs after school
• Chromebooks for 5th-7th graders
• Theater, Family & Consumer Science, PE, Technology, Art, Band, Spanish, Health, and Literacy in Technology offered to all students
• Theme/Spirit days
• Monthly trips to the YMCA for the entire grade
• Free breakfast in the classroom every day 
• Free healthy snacks in the classroom every day
• Cycle Kids for 5th graders
• Student Council
• Multiple cultural assemblies/events
• One School, One Read
• New and improved lunch offerings
• Individualized band lessons
• Student leadership opportunities
• Jazz, Wind Ensemble, and Concert Band groups
• Source to sea cleanup for 5th grade  
• Community Service Learning block for all students

GMS Mission Statement

Middle School students engage in extensive community service, project-based learning, and thematic activities, connected to a rigorous and meaningful academic program of study.