Greenville Central School District

FFA Plant Sale Mother’s Day Plant Sale See Next Page for Details Make checks payable to Greenville FFA Pick Up Saturday May 9th, 2020 10:00am - 3:00pm at the Greenville High School To maintain social distancing, we will take your order much like "fast food" at the curb. We will place your plants on a table in the HS circle. Then you will pull forward and load your plant order. Please have exact cash or a check to pay with. Thank you. For more questions or Information: Lynn Hughes 518-966-5070 ext 648, cell 518-376-8553 or Hughescl@greenvillecsd.org https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kgWsqWd8loY8_vc9WsgwhKoIMAAF_FYzkpQK1C7vgWA/edit?usp=sharing

Monday April 27 Virtual Field Trip In honor of our music department receiving a national recognition, my virtual field trips this week will have a music them. Thank you to our music teachers for their commitment to the arts at GCSD: Ms. Rochler, Mr. Clermont, Ms. Catucci, Ms. Cioffi, Mr. Meredith and Mr. Lammly. So, today's trip is to the Steinway factory to see the making of a piano. The making of a Steinway piano is a time-honored process involving the hands of many skilled craftspeople over the course of almost a full year. Steinway & Sons pianos are built in just two factories worldwide - one in Astoria, NY and one in Hamburg, Germany. Both factories have been building pianos for well over a century, and although Steinway has always been at the cutting edge in utilizing and perfecting the latest technology where it could make the piano better, they have found that certain things are simply better when done by skilled craftspeople than by a machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAInt7hIZlU

Friday April 24 Virtual Field Trip Our final Earth Day related trip for this week. Today's trip is through Discovery education to learn about smart cities. The road to conservation begins with people who live in smart cities. Join us as we delve into what exactly makes a city “smart” and how innovative urban technologies are solving today’s challenges related to the conservation of water and energy. We’ll be on site at Itron’s Innovation Center to see smart city technology in action and learn how Itron’s leading innovators—engineers, data scientists and application developers—are building sustainable communities of the future. https://www.learntoconserve.com/virtual-field-trip

Thursday April 23 Virtual Field Trip We continue our exploration of interesting living organisms on planet earth. This time lapse video shows the movement and growth of plants. You will look at a plant differently after watching this! Plants on the forest floor are too far away from the essential light source 50 meters up in the canopy, but they needn't be passive. If the light won't come to them, they can go to the light; they need to climb. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p005fptt

Wednesday April 22 Virtual Field Trip Today is Earth Day! Our virtual field trip is a "visit" with Jane Goodall. Click the link to see a brief video about Jane and then explore her website to learn so much more about her work. Equipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, and her fascination with wildlife, Jane Goodall braved a realm of unknowns to give the world a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives. Through nearly 60 years of groundbreaking work, Dr. Jane Goodall has not only shown us the urgent need to protect chimpanzees from extinction; she has also redefined species conservation to include the needs of local people and the environment. Today she travels the world, speaking about the threats facing chimpanzees and environmental crises, urging each of us to take action on behalf of all living things and planet we share. https://www.janegoodall.org/our-story/about-jane/

Tuesday April 21 Virtual Field Trip Today we continue our theme of nature as part of celebrating Earth Day this week. Let's visit with a little mammal called a sengi. For maximum efficiency, the sengi creates an intricate network of pathways through the undergrowth that enable it to reach prey more easily. The sengi carries a mental map of these pathways, and should trouble appear, its speed and intimate knowledge of escape routes help it win the day. I'm impressed with how fast this little creature can go! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004v9sm

Monday April 20 Virtual Field Trip In honor of Earth Day (April 22) this week's virtual field trips will all be nature related to show some interested creatures and cool locations on planet earth. Check out the video of this deep ocean octopus. https://www.facebook.com/ahmad.assy.100/videos/938992513170484/?t=0

Friday April 17 Virtual Field Trip Today we will visit one more place connected to the theme of space: The MOON! This video gives you a fly over tour of the moon with incredibly clear photos. Did you know the bottom half of the lunar lander from the 1969 moon landing is still hanging out on the surface of the moon? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n9yZUjlQXs

Thursday April 16 Virtual Field Trip Today sticks with the theme of space from yesterday's trip to the International Space Station. Check out the Discovery space shuttle and a variety of other aircraft at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Discovery (OV-103) was NASA's third space shuttle orbiter to join the fleet, arriving for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in November 1983. Discovery launched on its final flight to the International Space Station on the STS-133 mission February 24, 2011. Check it out up close and personal through this site. https://tinyurl.com/ycw3xfo7

Wednesday April 15 Virtual Field Trip With some unusual times happening in our world, today's virtual field trip is to SPACE to get a different view of planet earth. Scott Kelly is a former NASA astronaut who is best known for spending nearly a year on the International Space Station and for spending 520 days total in space, which puts him on the list of Americans who have spent the most time in space. He is also known for the incredible photo library he created during his time on the ISS. Here is a link to some of them. https://www.nasa.gov/content/best-year-in-space-photographs-from-scott-kelly

Tuesday April 14 Virtual Field Trip Today's trip is to the White House! For more than 200 years, the White House has been more than just the home of the Presidents and their families. Throughout the world, it is recognized as the symbol of the President, of the President's administration, and of the United States. The White House is the only private residence of a head of state that is open to the public, free of charge. https://tinyurl.com/wmvmpwq

On this rainy day in NY, I thought a good virtual field trip would be to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms. The planting of cherry trees originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the United States from Japan. In Japan, the flowering cherry tree, or "Sakura," is an exalted flowering plant. The beauty of the cherry blossom is a potent symbol equated with the evanescence of human life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNRgkrFF7qo

Today is BLUE day so our virtual field trip is to MoMA to get a close up view of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night." You can zoom in so close you can see the individual brush strokes. Beautiful! https://artsandculture.google.com/story/egVRmbCQ5tyrVA

Census 2020 - your participation matters! https://5il.co/exp4

Prom 2020 Date Change ***June 13, 2020*** "The Club" Windham Resort

To all Greenville students - we miss you and are thinking about each and every one of you! https://drive.google.com/open?id=11OnDnix7Mif107muMU_D1W2OUDyx8n2x

Please read the letter from Superintendent Sutherland regarding the school closure extension. https://5il.co/e8vv

Please watch the following video for updates from GCS regarding school cancellation and at-home learning. Spartan STRONG! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DnNnS5zBuxISTGvyZQt---x8OLUFwUOy/view?usp=sharing

​Want something to do at home? Check out this easy bookmaking tutorial! You can make your book any size, with any kind of paper. Share your books by tagging GSCARTROOM on Instagram or hashtag GCSBOOK. ​I cant wait to see what you will make! http://gcshsart.weebly.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHGhYiwhcAU

High School families, check your email to see today's "Spartanaity" questions and feel free to weigh in!!!!! https://forms.gle/fLhJeik6Hq2Hj6Ae9