Greenback Public School

Good afternoon, this is Matt Brookshire, principal at Greenback School, and here are your weekly updates for the week of August 4, 2025.

1. Let me begin by saying welcome back to everyone! We are excited to start a new school year. Today was a staggered start day for students in grades 1-12. Today was for students whose last name begins with letters A-K. Tomorrow, students whose last name begins with letters L-Z will attend, and then everyone will be together starting this Wednesday. Keep in mind that our Kindergarten and PreK students have their own staggered start schedule.

2. I will continue to send out a weekly update each Monday afternoon at 5 PM. I am going to try something a little different this year. I will still send a full update via email, and post it to the website, but I will provide an abbreviated version by phone message. I will relay the most important items in the phone message but will include everything in the email and website post.

3. We will have Open House for the parents of our K-5th grade students this Thursday, August 7, beginning at 5:30. Everyone will enter through the cafeteria for the opening meeting. Open House for grades 6-12 will take place on Tuesday, August 12, also beginning at 5:30 PM.

4. Parents of our new kindergarten students will be allowed to walk students into the cafeteria each morning from 7:30 to 7:55 for the remainder of this week. Beginning next week, we ask that you only walk them to the door.

5. All students enter the school through the cafeteria from 7:30 to 7:55 each morning. Students who arrive after 7:55 need to enter through the main entrance.

6. Please make your child’s teacher and/or the main office aware if you are changing how your child is getting home in the afternoon. We want to ensure that each child gets where they are supposed to be at the end of the school day.

7. Make sure to download the Loudon County Schools’ app onto your phone and join the teacher’s Rooms for parent and guardian communication. You will receive notifications through these apps.

8. We ask that every family complete a free/reduced meal form upon registration. We want all qualifying families to benefit from this. You can complete the paper version or the online version.

9. Parents of high school juniors and seniors: There is a new program being offered to juniors and seniors this school year for aviation certification. Students who are accepted into the program will gain their certification as a private airplane pilot and a commercial drone pilot. Students who are interested must apply by this Wednesday, August 6!

10. Some of our fall sports are already underway! The middle school football team will play a scrimmage this Thursday at Dayton, beginning at 6:30 PM. Our middle school softball team has two games this week. They play at Heritage Middle tomorrow, and at home against Union Grove on Thursday. Both games begin at 5:30 PM.

If you missed any part of this update, please check your email, the school’s website, or our Facebook page for the information.

Greenback students will begin the new school year on a soft, or "staggered" start. Some students will attend on Monday, August 4, while others will attend on Tuesday August 5. All students in grades 1-12 will report on Wednesday, August 6. Click on the image for more details!