Update: January 26, 2021
MLK Montgomery Bus Boycott Speech
Students and staff at GHS celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by reenacting his Montgomery Bus Boycott speech. Dr. King delivered this speech several days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to sit in the back of a city bus in 1955, touching off a year-long boycott of the Montgomery bus service at that time. Check out Dr. King's stirring speech, as retold by our students and staff, at this link: GHS Video
Rangers are Back!
The MPA and MSAD #51 have restarted the winter sports season in-person with practices and conditioning. Athletic competitions will be tentatively starting February 8. Below, the Greely girls' hockey team takes to the ice this past weekend at the Falmouth Family Ice Center.
Congratulations...
- Ana Penza-Clyve, whose work was selected to be exhibited in the UMass Dartmouth Emerging Young Artists 2021 Juried Exhibition.
- GHS sophomore Miranda Cohen, who recently took first place in her division at the Musical Theater Singing Competition, sponsored by the Maine chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Miranda is a private voice student of Mary Johnston Letellier and a member of the GHS Madrigal Singers.
- GHS students Sebastian Alfreds & Matthew Gilbert for participating in a virtual All National Honors Chorus. They will interact with internationally renowned conductors and the best singers from every state in the nation.
MIW Staff Teams Up with Bates College
Staff at Mabel Wilson participated last week in a training around how to find and utilize best practices with diverse books in the Pre-K -3 classroom. Teachers learned more about the research on racial identity development in youth, how young children come to see and understand race, and how staff can use read-alouds in the classroom. Many thanks to Bates College for providing this training.
Life During A Pandemic
GMS 6-8 Chorus presented "Aya Ngena" about life during the pandemic, arr. by Ruth Morris Gray. Check it out! Aya Ngena
Parenthood During a Pandemic
Being a parent is hard work in a typical year, but trying to navigate parenthood during a pandemic and all the uncertainties that come with it is even more challenging and can cause us all to take a pause and reflect. Greely PTO is hosting a Parent University session on this topic. Register on the Greely PTO website.
Mid-Year Strategic Plan Update
Due to the pandemic, most of the 2018-21 MSAD #51 Strategic Plan was placed on hold. Three major priority areas have been emphasized this year:- MSAD #51 Pandemic Response Plan
- Essential Skills for Students to Learn in an uncertain year
- Primary School building project
For more information on this year's strategic priorities, check out this link: