Update: June 1, 2020
Parent, Student & Staff Survey On Its Way
Later in the week of June 8, please look for a survey about the 2020-21 school year proposed plans. We are asking parents, high school students, and staff for feedback on possible scenarios for responding to the likely continuation of the pandemic into the next school year.
STRIVE TOPS Graduation
As Greely High School prepares for the Class of 2020 Graduation on Sunday, STRIVE TOPS students, several from Greely, graduated over the weekend. To watch the graduation video, please use this link. Congratulations to Sydney, Charlie and Phil on their graduation from STRIVE TOPS. We are proud of all you accomplished!
Budget Update
Due to COVID-19, we have worked to make additional reductions to our budget for FY 2021. As always, you can find all the information about our budget on our website.
State National History Day Results
This year, National History Day in Maine had the largest number of entrants at both the regional and state competitions ever. It was almost a full Greely sweep! Here are the results.
• Grace Belanger (7th grade) and Lucie Noonan (8th Grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Group Website category for their entry entitled "A Traitor to His Race: How Bob Zellner Broke Racial Barriers with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee"
• Maya Zimmerman, Jordan Young, and Eden Marshall (all 6th graders) won FIRST place in the Junior Group Exhibit category for their entry entitled "The Selma March of 1965: Breaking Barriers to Voting by Crossing the Bridge to Freedom"
• Brody Gifford and Drew Flanders (7th graders) won FIRST place in the Junior Group Documentary category for their documentary entitled "Speeding Up the Tempo: How Fats Domino and Other African-American Musicians United Whites and Blacks Through Rock 'n' Roll, Breaking Racial Barriers Across America"
• Meredith Cloutier (8th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Historical Paper category for her paper entitled "'Falling Ill by the Dozens'": How New Jersey's Radium Girls Broke Legislative Barriers and Set Precedents for Occupational Safety"
• Joshua Justice (7th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Documentary category for his documentary "¡Si! Se Puede! How Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union Broke the Agricultural Industry's Barriers of Oppression"
• Beatrice Craig (7th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Exhibit category for her exhibit entitled "Sheathing a Double-Edged Sword: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Weisenfeld Shattered Ideological Barriers and Redefined Gender-Based Discrimination"
• Henry Haile (8th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Performance category for his performance ""It is not the custom to hire female detectives!" How Kate Warne Broke the Gender Barrier in Detective Work"
• Christopher Gilbert (7th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Website category for his website entitled "Georges Lemaitre: Putting a Big Bang Through Barriers in Science and Religion"
• Alex Wharton (7th Grade) won SECOND place in the Junior Individual Website category for his website entitled ""A Crisis as Grave as the 1941 Job Crisis": Asa Philip Randolph Breaking Barriers of Segregation in the Armed Forces"
• Matthew Gilbert (10th grade), who is one of our regular NHD high school mentors, also entered his own project in the Senior Individual Documentary category and won SECOND place for his documentary entitled "Breaking Barriers in Wildlife Conservation: How Active Restoration Brought Puffins Back to Maine". Matthew also won FIRST place in the Senior Division for the Maine Bicentennial Prize and will receive $350.
• Kathi Kearney was named the Maine National History Day Teacher of the Year for the Junior Division (and will go on to compete in the national competition for the teacher prize).
First and second place winners go on to the virtual national competition in June.
• Grace Belanger (7th grade) and Lucie Noonan (8th Grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Group Website category for their entry entitled "A Traitor to His Race: How Bob Zellner Broke Racial Barriers with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee"• Maya Zimmerman, Jordan Young, and Eden Marshall (all 6th graders) won FIRST place in the Junior Group Exhibit category for their entry entitled "The Selma March of 1965: Breaking Barriers to Voting by Crossing the Bridge to Freedom"
• Brody Gifford and Drew Flanders (7th graders) won FIRST place in the Junior Group Documentary category for their documentary entitled "Speeding Up the Tempo: How Fats Domino and Other African-American Musicians United Whites and Blacks Through Rock 'n' Roll, Breaking Racial Barriers Across America"
• Meredith Cloutier (8th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Historical Paper category for her paper entitled "'Falling Ill by the Dozens'": How New Jersey's Radium Girls Broke Legislative Barriers and Set Precedents for Occupational Safety"
• Joshua Justice (7th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Documentary category for his documentary "¡Si! Se Puede! How Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union Broke the Agricultural Industry's Barriers of Oppression"
• Beatrice Craig (7th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Exhibit category for her exhibit entitled "Sheathing a Double-Edged Sword: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Weisenfeld Shattered Ideological Barriers and Redefined Gender-Based Discrimination"
• Henry Haile (8th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Performance category for his performance ""It is not the custom to hire female detectives!" How Kate Warne Broke the Gender Barrier in Detective Work"
• Christopher Gilbert (7th grade) won FIRST place in the Junior Individual Website category for his website entitled "Georges Lemaitre: Putting a Big Bang Through Barriers in Science and Religion"
• Alex Wharton (7th Grade) won SECOND place in the Junior Individual Website category for his website entitled ""A Crisis as Grave as the 1941 Job Crisis": Asa Philip Randolph Breaking Barriers of Segregation in the Armed Forces"
• Matthew Gilbert (10th grade), who is one of our regular NHD high school mentors, also entered his own project in the Senior Individual Documentary category and won SECOND place for his documentary entitled "Breaking Barriers in Wildlife Conservation: How Active Restoration Brought Puffins Back to Maine". Matthew also won FIRST place in the Senior Division for the Maine Bicentennial Prize and will receive $350.
• Kathi Kearney was named the Maine National History Day Teacher of the Year for the Junior Division (and will go on to compete in the national competition for the teacher prize).
First and second place winners go on to the virtual national competition in June.
Congratulations go to...
- Congratulations to Molly Hale who won the Behavioral Sciences – Cognitive Psychology Category at the Maine State Science Fair!