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Feedback to BOE: School Safety, Foreign Language Cuts, Class Sizes, GHS School Spirit, Loss of Flex Time, Traffic at Dismissal

“Is all that lost school community, all those extra cars on the road, all those students who can’t meet with teachers, really worth an extra two minutes of class time?” – Hadrian Nobay, GHS class of 2026 Continue Reading →

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PHOTOS: Greenwich Veterans Honored with Connecticut Wartime Service Medal

The event was held in the GHS Performing Arts Center where veterans were presented with the Connecticut Wartime Service Medal, established by Gov Jodi Rell and the CT General Assembly in 2005 as a way to recognize the service of the state’s veterans. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich High School’s Popular Ethics Course: “It’s about what is the right thing to do and why.”

Alcorn said the goal of the course is to give students the vocabulary and habits to think through situations they will encounter and be able to articulate their decision making.
“There aren’t necessarily right answers. There are well reasoned answers. That can be liberating for the students.” – GHS social studies teacher Ken Alcorn Continue Reading →

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Officials Mark Completion of GHS Secure Vestibule with Ribbon Cutting

“At that time the entire student body gathered in the student center to commemorate the opening of the ‘new’ Greenwich High School. Over the years we have added a science wing, a performing arts center, team rooms, fitness center and a dance studio. The school district rehabilitated the entire building in the 1990s. As we completed all this construction and created a new house, we never built an entry-way worthy of one of the best high schools in our country. Until now.” – GHS principal Ralph Mayo Continue Reading →

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State Issues Guidance to CT School Districts on Restricting Cell Phone Use in School

The state offered guidance on restricting access to smartphones, other similar personal technology devices, and social media during the school day. Here in Greenwich, new rules including “Away All Day” at GHS have met with push back, mostly from students, but also from some skeptical parents. Continue Reading →

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