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Greenville High School Congratulations to the following students for being recognized for positive character during October and November: ISABELLA ANTONELLI COURTNEY BAECKMANN OLIVIA BAUMANN JOSH BENOIT TIM BIERNACKI ALICE BRENNAN JOHN CATAPANO GRACE CHESBRO ROSIE CORRIGAN ALI CULLEN MIKAILA DANAHER EVANS FITZGERALD ZAIA IVAN NATHANIEL KNOWLES VICTORIA MONTALBANO KEILI MCNERNEY JOSEF MILLETT SIERRA MISTLER RILEY SMITH JUSTICE SOMERVILLE-ADAIR HANNAH SMITH MASON STEELE KORDY SZANDYBA KRISTIAN THOMPSON ANTONIO WALKER Keep up the great work! #GHSBlog

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Boys JV and Varsity Basketball: VS Chatham

Article by Nadia Boyea

Sophomore Jude Kappel blocking #15 of Chatham

Photo by Will Connolly

Fighting for possession

Photo by Will Connolly

The first game of the night this past Friday pitted the JV Boys against Chatham. Both teams played well, but Greenville came out on top. The final score was 55-30, great job guys!

The second and final game of the night was the Varsity Boys game. The game was well played by both teams and the fourth quarter was definitely very exciting and the plays kept on the edge of your seat (or in this case, bleachers). There was a very close back and forth lead, by only a point or two for most of this quarter. The final 15 seconds were approaching and we were still down by one point, 65-64. As it got down to the last 5 seconds, Sophomore Ryan McAneny passed the ball to Junior Cole Ackerman and he threw it toward the basket, just in front of the half court line. Junior Liam Krasney caught it right next to the basket and shot as the buzzer went off, making the basket, and securing the win by one point. The final score was 66-65, awesome win Greenville!

Junior Liam Krasney jumps for Greenville’s starting possession

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Junior Cole Ackerman taking a three point shot as #1 from

Chatham tries to block him

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Greenville High School School is closed today. Be safe and enjoy the day! #GHSBlog

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Greenville High School The response for our FFA Greenery sale has been the best ever! Many students, teachers, and parents have been busy working on wreaths, garlands, kissing balls, etc. but there are still more to make! Mrs. Lewis is looking for any students or parents who would be interested in assisting Friday or Saturday. If you'd like to help out you can come Friday after school between 3 and 6 or Saturday morning between 9 and 12. This is a fun and festive activity for parents and students who would like to get in the holiday spirit! #GHSBlog

High School Gym

View from the new bleachers

GCS design on the new bleachers and new Spartan art

New center of the gym (and basketball court)

The gym remodeling was finally finished, and just in time for winter sports to start! Some updated features of the gym are the bleachers (now only on one half of the gym), the new maroon mats on the walls, the Spartan logos (in the center of the court and above the bleachers) and the new scoreboards. In addition to the Spartan head, I'm sure the girls and boys basketball teams appreciate the "Spartans" and "Lady Spartans" now printed on the floor. Thank you to everyone who was involved in any way for creating a shiny new gym for all of the current and future students to use.

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Winter Pep Rally

Article and pictures by Nadia Boyea

Tuesday, November 22nd, high school students gathered together to celebrate the opening of the new gym with a Winter Pep Rally. The JV and Varsity basketball, wrestling, volleyball and cheerleading teams were announced.

There were sports-related activities that students from each grade could volunteer to participate in. Each grade level had a different team of students in these challenges. Upperclassmen and Lowerclassmen also joined together to compete against each other.

Volunteers from Grades 11 and 12

Hula Hoop Competition (Grades 11&12 above, 9&10 below)

Each grade showed their enthusiasm with cheering and class posters. There was a number displayed at the beginning of the pep rally to text to vote for your favorite class sign; congratulations to the Seniors for winning with your “Kiss our class goodbye” poster! Thank you to Nurse Mackey and the Seniors for putting this all together for us!

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It's that time of year! Greenery Sale has started. #GHSBlog

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Real World Applications in Math

Statistics Through Project Based Learning

Article by Nadia Boyea

If you were to walk into Ms. Gannon's third period class, you would find Juniors Emily Vetere, Alyssa Latta, Nicole Torrey and Senior Abbey Vincent working on hands-on projects for their class, Statistic Through Project Based Learning. This class is made up entirely of projects, all specific to what the students want to explore.

Currently the class is working on creating programs for the calculators. Their most recent finished project was creating a speaker from a styrofoam cup (link below).  When asked what the rest of the year holds, Ms. Gannon explains that, “ depends on the student's interests. Some of the previous projects have been analyzing data from a school lunch survey and even making a chair from corrugated paper, a material commonly used to create cardboard boxes.”

Ms. Gannon is most looking forward to exploring topics with the class that they might not have already learned about, such as coding and STEM. She says the most important part of this class is seeing where the math the students have previously learned is applied in the class. She finds that learning to work as a group and problem solve is also very important to this class.

This course is open to anyone who would like to join. It is not a Regents course but it is a math course that is an option if you would like to continue taking math. Ms. Gannon says there is no part two of this course but she welcomes students that aren't Seniors this year to come back next year to talk about problem solving.

Styrofoam Cup Speaker : http://msgannonmath.weebly.com/path-to-stem.html

Other Projects : http://msgannonmath.weebly.com/projects.html

Statistic through PBL Page : http://msgannonmath.weebly.com/stats-pbl.html

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Greenville Middle School Presents "The Mad Tea Party" November 18, 2016 at 7 p.m. November 19, 2016 at 2 p.m. Greenville Middle/High School Auditorium Tickets: $5.00 Call 518-966-5070 ext 665 For advance ticket sales beginning November 14th Tickets also available at the door! #GHSBlog

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A Day Well-Spent at the Constitutional Convention

By Natalie Wysokowski

On Monday, October 31st, not only were students celebrating Halloween, but a select few were also spending their day acting as political delegates for Mr. Albright's U.S. History and Government class. This is not the first year the Constitutional Convention has taken place, and it's surely not the last. Several students engaged in this all-day event – Nicholas Bucci, Lacie Hotaling, Donal O'Flynn, William Connolly, Jared Spring, Shelby Doren, Maddie Balta, Kaitlyn Stanfield, Madalyn Krasney, Justice Adair, and Gabby Morse. According to Mr. Albright, the purpose of this project is “to help students understand the construction of the constitution.” It's an interesting event that allows students to form their own class government while the “delegates” work together in groups to make decisions such as classroom rights (having the right to eat in class, wear hats, etc.) and understand how to amend the constitution and the overall process of an election. It's a great social opportunity for students as well as an awesome method to expand their knowledge of the development of the U.S. Constitution and its representatives.

  Local law enforcement

Local law enforcement, and Middle/High Student Council

Police Breakfast:

By Shelby Doren

On October 25, 2016, Greenville held a breakfast to honor local law enforcement. The breakfast was organized by the Student Council. Following the breakfast, Greenville Student Council held a Q&A. Students asked questions like, ”what is the worst part of the job?” and  “what is the schooling you had to go through to get to the position you’re in?” Afterwards, we thanked them for coming and for their service.

Greenville’s Very Own Therapy Dog

By Natalie Wysokowski

We are happy to welcome our newest addition to the Greenville Middle School/High School Community, Groucho! She’s a therapy dog in the making, allowing students and staff to not only smile but also strengthen their connection with animals. Her calm aura surely will help brighten the mood of the classroom and support students through any stress. She’s also a great participant and example for Greenville’s psychology elective, in which the psychology students are now in the process of working with her to have a better understanding of their current unit. Thank you to Mr. Katagiri, High School Social Studies/Psychology teacher, for bringing us such a wonderful opportunity that has already left a positive impact on the students of our school!

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First storm of the year!

   by: Scott Peters

Last year's winter wasn't as exciting as usual but it looks like we're off to a good start! The first snowstorm of the year is strong enough to stop all afterschool activities including Cross Country. Better put on your gloves and your old winter hat because it looks like a snowy winter is coming our way!

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Rotary and Interact Club - 2nd Annual Trunk or Treat October 31, 3:30 - 5:30 in the GNH parking lot. If you'd like to decorate your trunk please email Mr. H hilgendorfft@greenville.k12.ny.us or respond to this post! #GHSBlog

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Greenville High School Tuesday is Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at GHS! We will be welcoming more than 30 officers for breakfast and they will then share at an assembly for grades 11 and 12. Wear blue today to show your support! #GHSBlog

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Greenville High School Picture day is this Friday October 28! #GHSBlog

Local FFA members Brennan and Content selected to perform with National FFA Band at 2016 National FFA Convention & Expo INDIANAPOLIS (October 12, 2016/National FFA Organization) – Autumn Brennan and Josephine Content, members of the Greenville FFA chapter in Greenville, NY will be on stage and in the spotlight Oct. 19-22 during the 2016 National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Attendance at the event is estimated at 65,000 individuals. Brennan the daughter of Sean Brennan and Kathy Mathieu, along with Content, daughter of Philippe Content and Tracy Young, have been selected to play the tuba and trumpet in the National FFA Band. Both girls are sophomores at Greenville High School. The students submitted an audition tape and were selected to help bring full instrumental balance to the band from a pool of applicants nationwide. The National FFA Band will perform several times during the national convention and expo. The students will join fellow band members in Indianapolis for rehearsals three days before the convention and expo begins. The National FFA Band is sponsored by Dow Agrosciences as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 629,367 student members who belong to one of 7,757 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. #GHSBlog

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Boys Varsity Soccer Sectionals Game

Senior Charlie DeTillio fights for the ball

On Wednesday, October 19th, the Boys Varsity Soccer team played their first sectionals game against Berne-Knox Westerlo. The first, and only goal, of the game was scored with 16 minutes left in the first half on a penalty kick by Senior Dan Mackey. Great game Greenville! Come support the boys at the next game on Saturday the 22nd in Lake George as they play in the second sectionals game.

The only goal, being scored by Senior Dan Mackey

Junior Cole Ackerman fights with #13 for possession of the ball

Article and pictures by Nadia Boyea

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Cross Country Senior Meet

 

(picture on right) Seniors Chris Pickett, Malcolm DeLong, Zach Lamere, Cormac Tolan and Olivia Baumann with Coach Siebrecht after the Senior Ceremony before the Meet

Tuesday October 11, 2016 was a breezy autumn day. A great day for running! The senior meet took place after school at 4:15pm. This race was particularly important for the five seniors as they prepared for their senior meet. Olivia Baumann, Cormac Tolan, and Chris Pickett are all excited for furthering their career as runners in college. Zack Lamere and and Malcolm Delong both are unsure about their future with running.

                                        

    Senior Cormac Tolan, placed first in the race Team talk with Coach Siebrecht before the race begins

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Volleyball Senior Game

      

Seniors Stella Yelich, Charlotte Hutchins          Seniors Sam Case, Megan Peters    Seniors Sami Jones and Sam Case

                    and Sami Jones              and Charlotte Hutchins

On Tuesday October 11th, the girls Varsity Volleyball team played their senior game against Coxsackie High School.  Congratulations on your win Lady Spartans!

We briefly talked to Coach Johnson before the start of the game and she said that she would definitely miss her six seniors: Sam Case, Sami Jones, Evelina Welch, Stella Yelich, Charlotte Hutchins and Megan Peters. She has coached these girls for all of their volleyball careers and she shared that she’s proud of how they have grown as players, students and community members in Greenville.

The Varsity Volleyball Team

Interview by Shelby Doren

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Juniors receiving their class rings this past week! #GHSBlog

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Greenville High School The sophomore class is sponsoring a Giffy's BBQ on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8th from 3:30-5:30 at the Gazebo in town. 1/2 chicken dinners are $12.50 and pre-sale tickets are ready and recommended! Contact: mulhollandd@greenville.k12.ny.us #GHSBlog

The highest fundraisers at the event taken

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Mr. Karle, 10th grade English teacher

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Junior at Greenville HS both are part of

Yellow Ribbon

Out of the Darkness

Raising awareness for suicide prevention

By Shelby Dorn

September 24, 2016 was the annual Out of the Darkness walk at Waterfront Park in Hudson, New York to help raise awareness of suicide, and educate people about this disease. Pam Lent, director of this event explained why she has gotten involved in suicide awareness and in this event. “I lost my nephew 12 years ago to suicide. It took up until 5 years ago to realize I needed to do something about this awful disease and to help break the stigma that still haunts a lot of people to this day… We raise our voices to let everyone know they are not alone and can receive the help they deserve.” Lent then explained,  “There are 8 AFSP(American Foundation for Suicide Prevention) chapters in New York State alone. Each chapter covers certain locations throughout their area. In the Capital Region alone we have 4 Walks, 1 Hike, 1(college) Campus Walk, and 2 Survivor Day events scheduled in 2016…” Some ways to break the stigma is changing the language we use about suicide, for example, we no longer say that a person “committed suicide” we now say “died by suicide or death by suicide”. As well, we no longer refer to someone who has died by suicide as “a suicide” in the same way we do not refer to a person who died from a heart attack as “a heart attack”.  

Members of the Yellow Ribbon Club at Greenville High School attended the walk to bring awareness to the heartbreak of suicide. Greenville Central School recently experienced this pain with the tragic loss of a Greenville student to suicide, leaving many to wonder, “what more could we have done?” “Why couldn’t he ask for help?” Though these questions will remain unanswered, The Yellow Ribbon Club helps inform students at Greenville that there is always someone to talk to if you are feeling depressed and contemplating suicide. The Yellow Ribbon also has resources on how to get the help you need if you are feeling like suicide is the only answer. For further resources on Out of the Darkness Walks, Trainings, the AFSP has an endless list of training and educational classes which can be found by going to  www.afsp.org. #ghsblog

 

Carley Estep Junior, September Brockett Junior, Casey Johnson Junior

Spirit Day:

Students dressed up in Maroon and White for the annual spirit day September 30th, 2016. There was a pep rally during 9th period, then after school the junior varsity and varsity girls volleyball games took place. Both teams won against Cairo-Durham! #ghsblog