Aaargh! Pirate Poet visits GMS

The Pirate Poet (Kay Lyons) and GPL Assistant Director Lisa Prolman visted GMS today. They told 150+ kids everything they need to know about summer reading in Greenfield. Here's where you can get the scoop: http://www.greenfieldpubliclibrary.org/kids.html

Tollbooth Success!

Congratulations to Rachel Popowich and all the amazing students who worked so well together this weekend! The Greenfield Middle School production of The Phantom Tollbooth was a resounding success. We are so proud of you all.

Get your tickets HERE

Come see The Phantom Tollbooth at Greenfield Middle School! Performances will be held Friday, June 6th @ 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 7th @ 2:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, June 2nd in the school library and are priced as follows: $1.00 in advance, $2.00 at the door.

Want to Volunteer?

Helpers are needed to run the GMS Book Fair. Are you available from 12:00 to 12:30 on June 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th? How about some other time during the school day? Please contact Robin Shtulman in the school library. Thanks!

Fifth graders write about Boston

Check out 5th grade teacher Angela Larke's blog, where students on Team 5A have written about their field trip to Boston!

http://angelalarke.edublogs.org

What's important?

In Hole in my Life, Jack makes a decision not to take drugs in jail, even though they're available everywhere. On p. 166 he writes, "I figured getting out of prison was more important than getting high in prison."

What's important to you?

Opportunity

In our Great Stories Club, we are almost finished reading Hole in my Life by Jack Gantos. On page 162, Jack faces being released into the general prison population. He doesn't want to join the "population." So, he asks if he could help in the prison hospital, where he would have his own cell and be safe. He doesn't wait for an offer; he makes his own opportunity.

How can you make your own opportunities? Can you think of a time when you made your own (good) opportunity? As you get older, who is responsible for creating your opportunities?