Students who ride bus 21 will be one hour late for pick-up on Monday morning, 3/4/24, and one hour late getting home in the afternoon of 3/4/24.
Greenback School resumed normal procedures at 1:11 PM. We are no longer on a soft lockdown. There was an individual on school grounds who did not follow procedures for being on our campus. Local law enforcement agencies were notified, as a precaution, and have provided clearance for us to resume a normal schedule.
Greenback School is currently under a soft lockdown just as a precautionary measure. There is no threat facing the students or staff. We will provide more information in a later update.
This is a reminder about the FAFSA meeting scheduled for Monday night in the Greenback School library. This meeting is for graduating high school SENIORS ONLY. The purpose of the meeting is to set up and complete the FAFSA enrollment, which is required for those students who are pursuing post-secondary education after graduation. The meeting is from 5-7 PM.
The bus 21 route will be running late the afternoon of Monday, Feb. 5. Bus 19 will be running the 21 route and will be at least one hour late. Bus 21 students will not be picked up from school until 4:15. Parents may want to pick their child up from school due to the late arrival time home.
Based on current conditions, Greenback School will be closed on Monday, January 22.
Based on current conditions, Loudon County Schools will be closed tomorrow January 18 and Friday, January 19.
The middle school and high school basketball games scheduled for Monday night, January 15, have been cancelled. No make-up dates have been set.
The Greenback high school basketball game scheduled for Friday, January 12, 2024 has been canceled. No make-up date has been finalized at this point.
PM Bus Changes - 1/11/24: Bus 21 will transport all students who ride buses 19 and 21. Bus 19 students will be taken first. This route will run on time. Students on the 21 route be picked up from school at 4:15 and will arrive home 1 hour late.
Bus 21 will be picking up students on the 19 and 21 routes. Students who ride bus 19 need to be ready at least 10 mins. early. Students on bus 21 will be picked up 15 mins. later than usual. Buses 17 and 18 are running their usual routes.
Greenback School has hired Erik Clendenen as the head coach for its middle school baseball program. Erik brings years of experience both as a player and coach to the Greenback Middle School Baseball team. Clendenen played baseball at Maryville High School from 1994 to 1996. After a 24 year career in the Air National Guard he returned to East Tennessee and opened Bat Breakers Academy as a way to continue growing the game of baseball and softball in the local area. Clendenen has been coaching youth baseball for over 10 years and most recently served as an assistant coach for Greenback Middle School Baseball (2022-23). In 2022 Clendenen led the Greenback Youth Sports 12U All-Stars to the Dixie Youth State tournament. Welcome Coach Clendenen!
Our elementary students (Pre-K thru 5ht grade) will celebrate the completion of our ONE BOOK BLITZ with a movie night on Thursday, Oct. 5! Students and their families will be able to watch the movie Charlotte's Web in an outdoor setting. The event will begin at 6:45 PM in the back of the school. The movie will begin at approximately 7:30 PM. This celebration is a free event for GBS families!
Important Changes to Bus Schedules for the next two days:
Bus 21 will be running an hour behind schedule this afternoon, Thursday, September 21, 2023. Students that ride bus 21 will not be leaving the school for their bus route until approximately 4:15 pm. Tomorrow, Friday, September 22, 2023, bus 21 will also be running approximately an hour late picking up students for the morning route and taking students home in the afternoon.
Bus 18 and Bus 19 will now run on time this afternoon, Thursday, September 21, 2023. There will now be no changes to bus 18 and 19 bus routes.
Greenback School kicked off its ONE BOOK BLITZ this morning with students in Pre-K thru 5th grade! This year's book selection is Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White!
Greenback School will host parent/teacher conferences on Thursday, September 7, beginning at 4:00 PM. Call the school office to sign up for a meeting time with your child's teacher.
Good afternoon, this is Matt Brookshire, principal at Greenback School. Here are your updates for the week of August 21, 2023.
1. The Boy Scouts will hold an informational meeting tomorrow evening here at the school for students in grades K-8. The meeting will take place in the cafeteria beginning at 6:30.
2. For our elementary parents, at this point in the school year we need you to either let your child out on the sidewalk, or walk them to the cafeteria door, but let them go in on their own. This is a hard transition for some, and we understand that. However, for the sake of safety and access to our building, we can only allow students and staff to enter the building.
3. Immunization forms need to be turned in to the school nurse as soon as possible. This is most important for students in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and 7th grade.
4. Student health forms also need to be turned in to the clinic as soon as possible. The school nurse cannot provide clinic services for a child until the health form has been returned.
5. The state of TN now requires parents and guardians to sign a permission form allowing their child to participate in ANY extracurricular activity at school. This includes athletics, band, clubs, and service organizations. If your child brings home a permission form, please initial beside all activities they have your permission to participate in, and then sign and date at the bottom.
6. Parents/Guardians: If you are parking to walk your child to the door each morning, please be mindful that parking spaces that are numbered are reserved for high school students. Please do not park in numbered spaces.
7. HOSA is currently collecting fees for this school year. Fees are due by the end of this month (Aug. 31). Additionally, HOSA is selling laundry detergent as their annual fundraiser! This fundraiser is used to help pay for competitions throughout the school year.
8. Yearbooks are on sale now! The cost of a yearbook is $70. You can choose to make a down payment of $40, and then pay the balance in the spring.
9. The girls’ soccer team plays at home this Thursday at Harriman. Tuesday at William Blount and Thursday at Austin East. Middle school softball has three games this week. They play at home tonight at 6 PM, Tuesday at 5:30 PM (JV), and Thursday at Madisonville. The football team plays away this Friday against Whitwell. The high school volleyball team plays at home on Thursday, August 24 with the JV starting at 5:30 and varsity at 6:30. Elementary boys and girls basketball try-outs will be this Saturday, August 26, starting at 2 PM.
If you missed any part of this update, please check your email, or the school’s website, or our Facebook page for the information.
The 2023 Greenback Cherokees football team kicked off the day by singing the GHS alma mater during morning announcements. The players were joined by several members of the coaching staff
Loudon County Schools will close Aug. 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM due to incoming severe storms. Buses will run.
We have heard from some parents that a supply list available at Target stores includes wireless headphones as a supply list item for third grade. Greenback School's third grade supply list does NOT include wireless headphones. Supply lists for grades K-8 can be found on the Greenback School website. From the school's homepage go to "Menu", then click on "Documents". Supply lists can be found in "Documents".
