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GCSS launches 2024-25 Attendance Campaign with national theme: "Be Present, Be Powerful"
The Greene County School System (GCSS) announces the kickoff of its 2024-25 attendance campaign, embracing the national theme from Attendance Works: "Be Present, Be Powerful." September is Attendance Awareness Month, and this year's campaign is a continuation of the district's ongoing efforts to combat chronic absenteeism, a challenge that has affected schools nationwide.
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GCSS attendance campaign sees success in early stages, with improvement at all levels
The Greene County School System has successfully begun an attendance campaign this year to address a chronic absenteeism challenge that has affected schools locally and across the nation since the COVID-19 Pandemic. Comparing Fall 2022 to Fall 2023, Greene County Schools saw the percentage of chronically absent students decrease at every school, by 6% at Greene County Primary School, 11% at Carson Middle School, and 4% at Greene County High School.
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GCPS to hold practice school evacuation and family reunification drill on March 29th
n Friday, March 29th, Greene County Primary School will participate in a practice school evacuation and family reunification drill. There is no emergency situation involved. This drill allows the school to practice evacuation and reunification procedures involving students, families, and school district employees, and provides the Greene County School System and emergency responders with an opportunity to evaluate our emergency operations plan and improve our response skills.
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Greene County School System makes major gains on latest state CCRPI
he Greene County School System’s schools improved in nearly every area on the recently released College and Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI), posting both higher achievement gains and showing growth among subgroups of students.
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GCPS first grade teacher Cameron Shuler named GCSS Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to Ms. Cameron Shuler, GCSS 2023-2024 District Teacher of the Year! 🏆 Ms. Shuler is a 1st Grade teacher at Greene County Primary School and was honored with the surprise announcement at the district's annual Teacher of the Year Reception.
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GCSS celebrates excellence in teaching by naming three 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year
The Greene County School System has announced its 2023-2024 Teachers of the Year. First grade teacher Cameron Shuler is Greene County Primary School’s Teacher of the Year, sixth grade math teacher Ashley Bridges is Anita White Carson Middle School’s Teacher of the Year, and Greene College & Career Academy Early Childhood Education pathway instructor Laura Ringer is Teacher of the Year at Greene County High School.
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GCSS celebrates groundbreaking of new Greene County Elementary School building on Meadow Crest Road
Parents, students, faculty and staff, the Board of Education, and many Greene County community members gathered on Tuesday, August 1st to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Pre-K—5 Greene County Elementary School building on Meadow Crest Road.
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Making the Grade: GCSS GA Milestones scores improve in 2022-23, with notable improvement in early literacy
Greene County students continued to show improvement on the 2022-2023 Georgia Milestones assessments, according to the results released by the Georgia Department of Education on July 28. Average scores increased or held steady at each grade band, compared to the 2021-2022 school year, with strong gains displayed in the critical area of third-grade literacy.
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GCSS announces new Director of Teaching and Learning
The Greene County School System is pleased to welcome Crystal Parten to the district leadership team as the Director of Teaching and Learning. In this role, she will be primarily responsible for curriculum choice, planning, alignment, and implementation, all of which are crucial to a school district’s essential function of teaching and learning.
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GCPS wins School Bell Award from GAESP for innovative RISE reading program
Greene County Primary School has received the School Bell Award from the Georgia Association of Elementary School Principals (GAESP) for its innovative work in reading comprehension with second and third grade reading students through the RISE Program (Reading Inspires Students to Excel).
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Greene County Board of Education achieves GSBA Exemplary School Board Status for 2nd year
For a second consecutive year, the Greene County Board of Education has received the Georgia School Boards Association’s (GSBA’s) Exemplary School Board recognition, the highest award level in GSBA’S 3-tier Board Recognition Program.
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GCSS 2022 GA Milestones testing results show COVID gap recovery
The Greene County School System’s 2022 Georgia Milestones test results show that at the elementary level, the system has closed the COVID gap and made significant improvements in addition.
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Test results suggest GCSS has closed the COVID learning loss gap
The results of the Greene County School System’s winter NWEA testing show that students are demonstrating achievement at higher levels than prior to the pandemic, suggesting that the district has successfully closed the COVID-19 learning loss gap.
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Greene BOE approves contractor for new elementary school building, expands grade scope
The Greene County Board of Education on Monday night approved Atlanta-based company Evergreen Construction as the construction manager for the new elementary school to be built on Meadow Crest Road. Also in Monday night’s meeting, the BOE voted to expand the scope of the new school to include grades 4 and 5.
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ATLAS and Greene County Primary School in lockstep toward student achievement
Serving a pilot group of 20 students, the ATLAS is now working in tandem with CBJ Preschool to provide additional academic support to students enrolled in the Early Learners Primary Prep program during the school day.
