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How to Support Your Child’s Health and Well-Being During Ohio’s Ordered School-Building Closure
How to Support Your Child’s Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health
We know you and your child may be experiencing stress, confusion, fear or anxiety during this time. Below are some steps you can take to support your child.
Talk to Your Child about the Current Situation. Have age-appropriate conversations with your child and be sure all adults in the household are using the same language to describe what is happening. Be sure you understand the correct facts from medical and government resources. Share only developmentally appropriate facts with your child (see the links below for ideas about how to do this). Be calming to avoid cultivating anxiety or distress in your child.
Limit Exposure. Be mindful of adult conversations or media coverage about what is happening. Limit your child’s exposure to these as they could cause an increase in anxiety or distress in your child.
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FAQ – Updated 3/18/2020
When are we closed? When will we reopen?
Based on the Governor’s announcement and our decision to ensure student safety, the last student day in Greenville Schools was Thursday, March 12. At this time, the closure is scheduled to go through April 3, unless it gets extended by the Governor.
When will remote learning begin for students?
Remote learning for Greenville students began Tuesday, March 17.
What are the expectations for remote learning?
The goal of remote learning is to support essential/core learning for the grade level/course and to keep the learning moving forward to the extent possible. Of course, remote learning does not replace learning in the classroom. A fair expectation of student time investment per content area might be a maximum of 30-45 minutes, 5 times a week. Teachers will reach out to families to share specific expectations. If you don’t have Wi-Fi at home, the K – 8 front parking lot is a hotspot for connectivity to download assignments and upload completed activities. Spectrum is offering free internet to students without access. You can enroll by calling 1-844-488-8395.
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Know! To Reassure and Support Children During the COVID-19 Crisis
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, a pandemic. Whether or not you believe the response to COVID-19 is proportionate, there is no doubt that children are being directly touched. Their schools are closing, their academic and extracurricular activities are being cancelled, their spring break family trips are being postponed, and restrictions are being placed on mass gatherings. They’re also seeing and hearing the vast concerns of some and outright panic of others as local and national leaders attempt to control the spread of the virus.
Everyone is talking about coronavirus. The question is, are you talking about it with your children?
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Kindergarten Registration
It is time to register your child for kindergarten! Registering your child on time is so very important so we can plan for the most successful school year. Greenville City Schools will be holding kindergarten registration in the evenings at the Elementary School Tuesday, April 7th through Thursday, April 9th from 4:00-7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, and 4:00-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday and Thursday. You can also register your child at Memorial Hall during the day, Monday through Thursday from 8:30-3:30, or on-line at https://greenville.esvportal.com. Your child does not need to be present for registration. Your child must be 5 years old by August 1st to be eligible for kindergarten.
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Coronavirus Update
In recent weeks, we have seen a rapidly evolving situation with the COVID-19 coronavirus throughout the world and the United States. With an increase in the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. and the possibility of an impact on the state of Ohio, the district would like to provide an update on how we are monitoring the situation.
The district has already seen a flu season that has impacted many students, staff members and families to date. As we do during any increased flu activity, the district takes precautionary measures to try and control the spread. Measures include regular reminders to our students to:
= Wash hands often with soap and water (at least 20 seconds).
= Cover their mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve when coughing or sneezing.
= Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
= Stay home when sick and avoid contact with others.
= Get adequate sleep and eat well-balanced meals.
= Practice good health habits.
= Avoid contact with others who are sick.
= Update your child’s emergency contact numbers in our student information system.
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-Make-Up Day Notice-
Greenville City Schools accumulated six calamity days this school year. Therefore, we will have one make-up day.
Our calamity make-up day is Thursday, May 28, 2020. Please plan accordingly.
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Know! The New Line of Nicotine Products Enticing Youth
You’re likely familiar with the dangers of vaping, especially among youth. Juul and other electronic cigarettes came onto the market purportedly to help adult cigarette smokers kick the habit. Instead, they’ve introduced nicotine to a new generation of non-smoking teens—thus creating our country’s current youth vaping epidemic. With vaping under fire, it’s no surprise that multinational corporations are finding new ways to profit from others’ addictions.
Have you heard of nicotine pouches? If you haven’t, now’s the time to learn about them and share the risks with your students, because these tiny pouches have all the makings to become the next big problem.
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Positive Climate and Culture in our Schools
The climate and culture of a school building affect all aspects of educating our students. Climate and culture affect adult morale, student learning, and community involvement in our school systems. Positive and healthy climate and culture boost morale, growth, and positive interactions between the community and the schools. These two concepts are interconnected and the relationship between them has been studied by experts in every workforce many times. Climate can be defined as the attitude of a school building. Attitudes can change quickly and be brought on by a few positive interactions among stakeholders. Culture is the personality of a school. Personalities are perceptions gathered over a lengthy period of time.
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Help Teens KNOW! How To Set Dating Boundaries
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. This month, we highlight the fact that one in three teens will experience physical or sexual abuse, or both, and we emphasize efforts and conversations with our children on the importance of healthy relationships.
In the previous tip, Know! Love is Respect, we shared the relationship spectrum, a guide to help young people understand the differences between healthy, unhealthy, and abusive dating relationships.
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Keeping our Students and Staff Safe
Safety is now always a concern for schools, staff, students and parents. There are districts, business, and venues in the news many times a year. We do not want that to be here in Greenville. So, as a district we take steps to protect our students and staff.
Staff and students are trained using the ALICE system. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. The order of use of this system is dependent on the situation at hand. Staff and students practice these techniques each year and discuss the best use of these strategies. School districts in the State of Ohio are required to complete drills each year and report the activities to the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). School districts are also required to evaluate their Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) annually and rewrite the complete plan every three years. Our plan was successful approved by the ODE on February 10, 2019 and the Greenville City School Board approved the plan on February 21, 2019. The plan was a united effort with the school district, Greenville City Police and Fire Departments and the Darke County Emergency Management Agency.
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Happy CTE Month
February is known for love and it is the PERFECT month to celebrate CTE Month. That’s because students, families, employers and educators LOVE Career Technical Education (CTE)! Please join Greenville High School Career Technical Education Center (G-CTEC) in celebrating CTE Month!
According to aeseducation.com, Career and technical education (CTE) is quickly becoming the hottest topic in education news throughout the United States. That is probably because CTE is cutting-edge, rigorous and relevant technical skill training that prepares students for high-wage, high-skill, high-demand careers. CTE is one of the most important parts of the modern American education system because it allows students to acquire and apply necessary technical knowledge with 21st century skills that transfer into college and career readiness.
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Know! Love Is Respect
Dating relationships can be tricky at any age, but especially for young people who are navigating uncharted waters. Have you talked to your tweens/teens about what positive, healthy dating relationships look like? There’s no time like the present, as February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
We like to think of young love as innocent and sweet. But unfortunately, teen dating violence is much more common than most people realize. According to loveisrespect.org, one in three teens will experience physical or sexual abuse, or both. Therefore, it is critical for us to have ongoing conversations with our children on the subject.
“Dating violence is preventable, especially if education about healthy relationships starts early,” said William Wubbenhorst, Associate Commissioner for the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families.
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Greenville Elementary School Promotes Positive Behavior with Students
Greenville Elementary School, through a grant provided by the Ohio Department of Education, is teaching positive behavior to all elementary students through a collection of classroom tools called the PAX Good Behavior Game. The PAX Good Behavior Game is a preventive intervention used by teachers and schools to teach self-regulation, self-management, and self-control in young people. When teachers are equipped with the strategies to teach these skills to children - in addition to academics - they create a nurturing environment that has an impact on young people with astounding lifetime effects. These effects have a dramatic impact on children, schools, and communities.
Students learn the word “PAX”, which means peace, to describe the good behaviors they want to create, and the word “Spleem” (a made-up word) to describe those behaviors they want to decrease (such as talking out-of-turn, or disrupting other students).
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Greenville City School's Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
The Story of Dolly’s Imagination Library
In 1996, Dolly Parton launched an exciting effort to benefit the children of her home county, Sevier County, in eastern Tennessee. Dolly wanted to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families. She wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create.
Read More
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Know! How to Keep Kids in Focus If Divorce Occurs
As the holiday season came to a close, a new, far less joyful season began—the divorce season. January is known as a time of new beginnings; wiping the slate clean and starting fresh. For many married couples, that unfortunately means separation and divorce. In fact, January sees such a spike in marriages being ended that it is recognized as National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month.
Why the child-centered focus? Because as painful as separation and divorce are for the couple going through it, they can be devastating and disastrous for the children involved. National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month was created to alert parents about the potential effects of divorce on children, and to help protect young people’s emotional, psychological, and physical well-being.
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Know! How to Fight Teen Depression
Teachers: We encourage you to share the following Know! Parent Tip with parents you know via email, a parent newsletter, during parent-teacher conferences, or however you communicate with them. The holidays can often be a stressful and difficult time for some teens. The more parents and teachers know what to look for and how to help, the more likely those teens will have the skills and strategies they need to thrive.
The holiday season is filled with peace and joy for many, yet sadness and despair for others, creating the perfect storm for the onset or worsening of depression.
Read More
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The RTI (Response to Intervention) process and its benefits. . .
The RTI (Response to Intervention) program is a program designed to identify at risk students grades K-12 who are struggling in school academically or behaviorally. Progress of these students is monitored, research-based interventions are applied and the frequency/intensity of these interventions are adjusted, as needed. If data is collected and interventions are provided, students with learning disabilities or other impairments are identified and can be moved to other appropriate programs and plans to fit their needs. Students are placed into three tiers based on the severity of their needs.
Read More
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Know! The Red Flags of Teen Depression
It’s December; tis the season to be jolly. That’s easier said than done for many people, adults and teens alike. All the hustle and bustle can worsen the symptoms of those who already suffer from anxiety and depression into. And for others, the holidays can create the perfect storm for the onset of symptoms.
Read More
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Students Making a Difference
As educators engaged in making the school the best that we hope it can be, we are continually looking for ways to improve what we do. We have spent time over the past few years meeting with parents through a Parent-Teacher Partnership initiative for the Middle School. Through these conversations, we have been able to identify areas where parents from all walks of life see needs for improvement in the way we do business as a building. We also identified methods for improving these areas during these discussions.
Read More
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How to Support Your Child’s Health and Well-Being During Ohio’s Ordered School-Building Closure
How to Support Your Child’s Social, Emotional and Behavioral Health
We know you and your child may be experiencing stress, confusion, fear or anxiety during this time. Below are some steps you can take to support your child.
Talk to Your Child about the Current Situation. Have age-appropriate conversations with your child and be sure all adults in the household are using the same language to describe what is happening. Be sure you understand the correct facts from medical and government resources. Share only developmentally appropriate facts with your child (see the links below for ideas about how to do this). Be calming to avoid cultivating anxiety or distress in your child.
Limit Exposure. Be mindful of adult conversations or media coverage about what is happening. Limit your child’s exposure to these as they could cause an increase in anxiety or distress in your child.
More +
FAQ – Updated 3/18/2020
When are we closed? When will we reopen?
Based on the Governor’s announcement and our decision to ensure student safety, the last student day in Greenville Schools was Thursday, March 12. At this time, the closure is scheduled to go through April 3, unless it gets extended by the Governor.
When will remote learning begin for students?
Remote learning for Greenville students began Tuesday, March 17.
What are the expectations for remote learning?
The goal of remote learning is to support essential/core learning for the grade level/course and to keep the learning moving forward to the extent possible. Of course, remote learning does not replace learning in the classroom. A fair expectation of student time investment per content area might be a maximum of 30-45 minutes, 5 times a week. Teachers will reach out to families to share specific expectations. If you don’t have Wi-Fi at home, the K – 8 front parking lot is a hotspot for connectivity to download assignments and upload completed activities. Spectrum is offering free internet to students without access. You can enroll by calling 1-844-488-8395.
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How to Setup Outlook on Your Child's iPad
Click on the read more link (below) to view these simple instructions. If you need further assistance please email:
[email protected]
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Know! To Reassure and Support Children During the COVID-19 Crisis
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, a pandemic. Whether or not you believe the response to COVID-19 is proportionate, there is no doubt that children are being directly touched. Their schools are closing, their academic and extracurricular activities are being cancelled, their spring break family trips are being postponed, and restrictions are being placed on mass gatherings. They’re also seeing and hearing the vast concerns of some and outright panic of others as local and national leaders attempt to control the spread of the virus.
Everyone is talking about coronavirus. The question is, are you talking about it with your children?
More +
Kindergarten Registration
It is time to register your child for kindergarten! Registering your child on time is so very important so we can plan for the most successful school year. Greenville City Schools will be holding kindergarten registration in the evenings at the Elementary School Tuesday, April 7th through Thursday, April 9th from 4:00-7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, and 4:00-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday and Thursday. You can also register your child at Memorial Hall during the day, Monday through Thursday from 8:30-3:30, or on-line at https://greenville.esvportal.com. Your child does not need to be present for registration. Your child must be 5 years old by August 1st to be eligible for kindergarten.
More +
Coronavirus Update
In recent weeks, we have seen a rapidly evolving situation with the COVID-19 coronavirus throughout the world and the United States. With an increase in the number of confirmed cases in the U.S. and the possibility of an impact on the state of Ohio, the district would like to provide an update on how we are monitoring the situation.
The district has already seen a flu season that has impacted many students, staff members and families to date. As we do during any increased flu activity, the district takes precautionary measures to try and control the spread. Measures include regular reminders to our students to:
= Wash hands often with soap and water (at least 20 seconds).
= Cover their mouth and nose with a tissue or sleeve when coughing or sneezing.
= Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.
= Stay home when sick and avoid contact with others.
= Get adequate sleep and eat well-balanced meals.
= Practice good health habits.
= Avoid contact with others who are sick.
= Update your child’s emergency contact numbers in our student information system.
More +
-Make-Up Day Notice-
Greenville City Schools accumulated six calamity days this school year. Therefore, we will have one make-up day.
Our calamity make-up day is Thursday, May 28, 2020. Please plan accordingly.
More +
Know! The New Line of Nicotine Products Enticing Youth
You’re likely familiar with the dangers of vaping, especially among youth. Juul and other electronic cigarettes came onto the market purportedly to help adult cigarette smokers kick the habit. Instead, they’ve introduced nicotine to a new generation of non-smoking teens—thus creating our country’s current youth vaping epidemic. With vaping under fire, it’s no surprise that multinational corporations are finding new ways to profit from others’ addictions.
Have you heard of nicotine pouches? If you haven’t, now’s the time to learn about them and share the risks with your students, because these tiny pouches have all the makings to become the next big problem.
More +
Positive Climate and Culture in our Schools
The climate and culture of a school building affect all aspects of educating our students. Climate and culture affect adult morale, student learning, and community involvement in our school systems. Positive and healthy climate and culture boost morale, growth, and positive interactions between the community and the schools. These two concepts are interconnected and the relationship between them has been studied by experts in every workforce many times. Climate can be defined as the attitude of a school building. Attitudes can change quickly and be brought on by a few positive interactions among stakeholders. Culture is the personality of a school. Personalities are perceptions gathered over a lengthy period of time.
More +
Help Teens KNOW! How To Set Dating Boundaries
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. This month, we highlight the fact that one in three teens will experience physical or sexual abuse, or both, and we emphasize efforts and conversations with our children on the importance of healthy relationships.
In the previous tip, Know! Love is Respect, we shared the relationship spectrum, a guide to help young people understand the differences between healthy, unhealthy, and abusive dating relationships.
More +
Keeping our Students and Staff Safe
Safety is now always a concern for schools, staff, students and parents. There are districts, business, and venues in the news many times a year. We do not want that to be here in Greenville. So, as a district we take steps to protect our students and staff.
Staff and students are trained using the ALICE system. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. The order of use of this system is dependent on the situation at hand. Staff and students practice these techniques each year and discuss the best use of these strategies. School districts in the State of Ohio are required to complete drills each year and report the activities to the Ohio Department of Education (ODE). School districts are also required to evaluate their Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) annually and rewrite the complete plan every three years. Our plan was successful approved by the ODE on February 10, 2019 and the Greenville City School Board approved the plan on February 21, 2019. The plan was a united effort with the school district, Greenville City Police and Fire Departments and the Darke County Emergency Management Agency.
More +
Happy CTE Month
February is known for love and it is the PERFECT month to celebrate CTE Month. That’s because students, families, employers and educators LOVE Career Technical Education (CTE)! Please join Greenville High School Career Technical Education Center (G-CTEC) in celebrating CTE Month!
According to aeseducation.com, Career and technical education (CTE) is quickly becoming the hottest topic in education news throughout the United States. That is probably because CTE is cutting-edge, rigorous and relevant technical skill training that prepares students for high-wage, high-skill, high-demand careers. CTE is one of the most important parts of the modern American education system because it allows students to acquire and apply necessary technical knowledge with 21st century skills that transfer into college and career readiness.
More +
Know! Love Is Respect
Dating relationships can be tricky at any age, but especially for young people who are navigating uncharted waters. Have you talked to your tweens/teens about what positive, healthy dating relationships look like? There’s no time like the present, as February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
We like to think of young love as innocent and sweet. But unfortunately, teen dating violence is much more common than most people realize. According to loveisrespect.org, one in three teens will experience physical or sexual abuse, or both. Therefore, it is critical for us to have ongoing conversations with our children on the subject.
“Dating violence is preventable, especially if education about healthy relationships starts early,” said William Wubbenhorst, Associate Commissioner for the Family and Youth Services Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families.
More +
Greenville Elementary School Promotes Positive Behavior with Students
Greenville Elementary School, through a grant provided by the Ohio Department of Education, is teaching positive behavior to all elementary students through a collection of classroom tools called the PAX Good Behavior Game. The PAX Good Behavior Game is a preventive intervention used by teachers and schools to teach self-regulation, self-management, and self-control in young people. When teachers are equipped with the strategies to teach these skills to children - in addition to academics - they create a nurturing environment that has an impact on young people with astounding lifetime effects. These effects have a dramatic impact on children, schools, and communities.
Students learn the word “PAX”, which means peace, to describe the good behaviors they want to create, and the word “Spleem” (a made-up word) to describe those behaviors they want to decrease (such as talking out-of-turn, or disrupting other students).
More +
Greenville City School's Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
The Story of Dolly’s Imagination Library
In 1996, Dolly Parton launched an exciting effort to benefit the children of her home county, Sevier County, in eastern Tennessee. Dolly wanted to foster a love of reading among her county’s preschool children and their families. She wanted children to be excited about books and to feel the magic that books can create.
More +
Know! How to Keep Kids in Focus If Divorce Occurs
As the holiday season came to a close, a new, far less joyful season began—the divorce season. January is known as a time of new beginnings; wiping the slate clean and starting fresh. For many married couples, that unfortunately means separation and divorce. In fact, January sees such a spike in marriages being ended that it is recognized as National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month.
Why the child-centered focus? Because as painful as separation and divorce are for the couple going through it, they can be devastating and disastrous for the children involved. National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month was created to alert parents about the potential effects of divorce on children, and to help protect young people’s emotional, psychological, and physical well-being.
More +
Know! How to Fight Teen Depression
Teachers: We encourage you to share the following Know! Parent Tip with parents you know via email, a parent newsletter, during parent-teacher conferences, or however you communicate with them. The holidays can often be a stressful and difficult time for some teens. The more parents and teachers know what to look for and how to help, the more likely those teens will have the skills and strategies they need to thrive.
The holiday season is filled with peace and joy for many, yet sadness and despair for others, creating the perfect storm for the onset or worsening of depression.
More +
The RTI (Response to Intervention) process and its benefits. . .
The RTI (Response to Intervention) program is a program designed to identify at risk students grades K-12 who are struggling in school academically or behaviorally. Progress of these students is monitored, research-based interventions are applied and the frequency/intensity of these interventions are adjusted, as needed. If data is collected and interventions are provided, students with learning disabilities or other impairments are identified and can be moved to other appropriate programs and plans to fit their needs. Students are placed into three tiers based on the severity of their needs.
More +
Know! The Red Flags of Teen Depression
It’s December; tis the season to be jolly. That’s easier said than done for many people, adults and teens alike. All the hustle and bustle can worsen the symptoms of those who already suffer from anxiety and depression into. And for others, the holidays can create the perfect storm for the onset of symptoms.
More +
Students Making a Difference
As educators engaged in making the school the best that we hope it can be, we are continually looking for ways to improve what we do. We have spent time over the past few years meeting with parents through a Parent-Teacher Partnership initiative for the Middle School. Through these conversations, we have been able to identify areas where parents from all walks of life see needs for improvement in the way we do business as a building. We also identified methods for improving these areas during these discussions.
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