"Saying goodbye to January means welcoming the next chapter with open arms!"

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• Jan. 30 - GMS "Informance" Band Concert Grades 5-7- GMS Auditorium 6:30 pm
• Jan. 31 - No School- Teacher In-Service Day
• Feb. 1- Parade of Lights - Greenfield Winter Carnival 6:00 pm
• Feb. 1 - Fireworks - Beacon Field 7:00 pm
• Feb. 1 - Title I Family Activities and Giveaways - 20 Sanderson Street, 9:30-12:30 pm
• Feb. 1 - Title I sponsored Magic of Science Show - GMS Auditorium 1:00 pm - free!
• Feb. 2 - Title 1 sponsored Giveaways at Cookies w/ Olaf- GMS parking lot 8:30-10:00 am

Tonight, Thursday, January 30, 2025, the Greenfield Middle School band students will put on their first concert of the season. Ms. Cherry, the Band Director, is calling this night and "Informance" as there will music but also information given to all families regarding the music opportunities at GMS. We are excited to see all of the students' hard work come to fruition this evening. We hope you can join us at the GMS Auditorium at 6:30 pm this evening. This is a free event and open to all!

Greenfield Public Schools Title I Program will sponsor this event on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 1:00 pm in the GMS Auditorium. Is it a magic show or is it a science assembly? Well, it is both! Come and learn about how science has changed our world and how magicians use science to master their tricks. This is a free show and open to all! We hope to see you there!

What's better than a sweet treat and spending time with Olaf on a chilly morning? Sunday, February 2, 2025 from 8:30-10:00 am, come and pose for photos with Olaf at Greenfield Middle School and get some free giveaways from Greenfield Public Schools Title I program. Cookies do need to be pre-ordered for this event at www.greenfieldrecreation.com/wintercarnival.

Over a 150 students and their family members attended the sold-out Springfield Thunderbirds game on Saturday, January 25, 2025. It was a fun night for all who attended, but a tough loss in overtime for the Thunderbirds! Thank you to all of the students who participated in the Reading Challenge and we hope you had a wonderful time at the game!

The Greenfield Public Schools highlights upcoming events or initiatives on the radio every week. On Fridays, WHAI 98.3 FM and on Wednesdays, BEAR 95.3 FM, play our messages at 9:00 am. If you ever miss the broadcasts, you can find them on our website or use the link below and listen to them any time!

Another week and another wave of rock stars in the Green Wave Nation showing everyone how truly wonderful and amazing our students are! 💚

We are so proud of our school community for raising - drum roll please, as of 4:30 pm today, over $13,061 for Special Olympics Massachusetts through our Polar Plunge event led by the GHS Student Council! We had more than 227 individuals and 23 teams plunge into a 2,800-gallon trailer called "Bear Force One" filled with cold water.

The money we raised through the Polar Plunge will help to fund Special Olympics Massachusetts programs based on inclusion for students with learning disabilities.

Thank you to our students, Ms. Mass and Shane Toomey, 12th grader for leading this project, the faculty and staff, and the entire school and Greenfield community for your donations and for helping our students pass their original $5,000 fundraising goal!

Auburn Mass, 11th grader, receiving the award for top individual fundraiser for the Polar Plunge - $800! WOW! Great job!

Jordan is a fantastic student in class and a great friend to her classmates. She has begun branching out of her comfort zone. She was amazing at the Bocce Tournament and we are so proud of this achievement!

Greenfield High School's Unified Bocce Team took to the road on Friday, January 24, 2025 and spent the day competing with other schools on the bocce courts. Over 40 GPS students participated in this event and a good time was had by all!

Project 351 was founded in 2011 to celebrate, learn, and demonstrate the transformative impact of eighth graders in service. Greenfield Public Schools has been a part of this service project for many years and continues to do so. This year's Project 351 8th grade Ambassador is Jennessa Fuentes! Jennessa traveled to Boston on Saturday, January 25, 2025 to join the other 350 8th grade ambassadors from across the state to share in leadership and school-based movements for positive change. Students were joined by Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, MA Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler and other community leaders for a day of service and celebration.

Jennessa spent her afternoon volunteering at La Colaborativa in Chelsea, MA making hygiene kits and fleece blankets as well as handing out groceries to families. She commented that, "It was amazing and I like helping others. It was great to meet new friends and other people who also like helping out!"

GPS is so proud of Jennessa and the impact this young adult's work has on our school, local and state communities. Congratulations on a job well-done!

The CDC recommends that you stay home and away from others (including people you live with who are not sick) if you have respiratory virus symptoms that aren't better explained by another cause. These symptoms can include fever, chills, fatigue, cough, runny nose, and headache, among others.

1. You can go back to your normal activities when, for at least 24 hours, both are true:

2. Your symptoms are getting better overall; and

3. You have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication).

When you go back to your normal activities, take added precautions over the next 5 days, such as wearing a face mask when you will be around other people indoors.

1. Keep in mind that you may still be able to spread the virus that made you sick, even if you are feeling better. You are likely to be less contagious at this time, depending on factors like how long you were sick or how sick you were.

2. If you develop a fever or you start to feel worse after you have gone back to normal activities, stay home and away from others again until, for at least 24 hours, both are true: your symptoms are improving overall, and you have not had a fever (and are not using fever-reducing medication). Then take added precautions for the next 5 days.

Melissa Bednarski - District Nurse Leader

Greenfield Public Schools

melbed1@gpsk12.org-

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