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Say Something teaches students how to look for warning signs, signals, and threats – especially on social media – from individuals who may want to hurt themselves or others and to “say something” to a trusted adult to get help. Continue Reading →
This year’s 10th annual Thanksgiving Food Drive will be a virtual event and will run from October 30 through November 15. Continue Reading →
“If you have the tools to help a family less fortunate, it’s important to give back to your community.” – Emma Wilson, GHS Continue Reading →
For 9th grade Innovation Lab students, most born in 2005, there are no memories of Sept 11, 2001. Instead their parents share their memories of that fateful day. At school they come together as a community through the food drive, which dovetails with their classroom activities. Continue Reading →
On Wednesday Jake Mondschein and James Sosa got to pie interim headmaster Rick Piotrzkowski after their houses won the the annual Thanksgiving penny wars and food drive at Greenwich High School. Continue Reading →
The total food donations were nearly 2,700 items! 150 Thanksgiving meals to needy families in town Monday afternoon.The generous donations from community members and from our school’s annual Penny Wars fundraiser raised over $2,000 to help cover the cost of the fresh items and turkeys. Continue Reading →
“I urge RTM members to pass this ordinance, if not for their own health or the over 100,000 marine animals that die each year from plastic bag pollution, then for my generation’s sake.” – René LaPointe Jameson, GHS class of 2018 Continue Reading →
At the age of sixteen, René Jameson has already served on the Roots & Shoots U.S. National Youth Leadership Council for three years. Continue Reading →
The Roots &Shoots Club held a very successful food drive at Greenwich High School on Sept 11. Continue Reading →
Friends and teachers of Nic Del Priore recall a humble, driven student, passionate volunteer, and dedicated member of the GHS theater department. Continue Reading →