| Greenbank Middle School | |
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| Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "At Greenbank,we learn" |
| Established | 1963 |
| Principal | Carol Gage |
| Grades | 7-8 |
| Enrollment | 490 Students |
| Color(s) | Green, White |
| Mascot | Greenbank Gator |
| School Board | OCDSB |
Greenbank Middle School (GMS) is an intermediate public school in Nepean, a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1963, it aims to be a student-centered learning environment where students become informed decision-makers. It is located on Greenbank Road, from which it gets its name. It is paired with Knoxdale Public School, a primary school and a principal feeder to Greenbank.
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GMS, as it is known by its students, houses an enrollment of nearly 700 Grade 7 and 8 students, representing over 20 countries and languages, including Romanian, Serbian, Senegalise, Russian, Persian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Antarctican, Spanish, Polish, Bangali, Arabic, Algerian, Somali and Tamil . It serves mainly students from the areas surrounding Greenbank, including Barrhaven, Centrepointe, Bayshore, and Longfields-Davidson Heights.
When the students graduate from Greenbank Middle School, most go to Sir Robert Borden High School, although some choose to go to Merivale High School, Woodroffe High School, Bell High School, Glebe High School, Colonel By Secondary School, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Mother Teresa High School and Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School.
As of 2006, Greenbank Middle School has a staff of 12 teachers. All staff members have earned additional educational qualifications through ongoing professional development including Special Education, ESL, Masters degrees in various fields, Visual Arts and Computers in Education. Teachers are also involved in extracurricular activities.
Principal Jennifer Offord was the subject of an Ottawa Citizen profile as a part of their series on her previous school, York Street Public School.[1]
The GMS students are known as the Greenbank Gators. The Intramurals program has won the Outstanding Intramural Achievement Award of the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association of Ontario from 2003 to 2007.[2]
Sports include:
Alongside their athletic teams are the "Gatoraids, the athletic council of the school which helps to organize athletic events around the school. This year in 2010, the grade 8 boys' touch football team had a phenomenal season, winning the regional championships and being the best players of the year.
Mme. Christina Organista-Martin's grade 7 French Immersion class decided that it wants to help prevent global warming and decided that it will make a project selling reusable bags and giving profits to the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Carleton University for research and education into reducing greenhouse gas emissions.[3]
A big part of what makes this school notable across Ottawa is Kids Helping Kids, a 3 on 3 basketball fundraiser. The first program of its kind, it was established several years ago, fueling school spirit while allowing for thousands of dollars to be fundraised for schools support student- oriented programs in neighboring OCDSB “Beacon Schools”. (That is to say some schools without enough financial support to operate proper athletic programs or established extracurricular activities.) The program has now since spread from the one school several years ago, to across multiple schools in Ottawa wishing to lend a hand as well to the beacon schools.
Planned, organized and run by the school's athletic department (which consists of a small team working hundreds of hours for preparation), the 2-day event, allowing competition in Recreational and Competitive teams,this years competitive grade 8 winners was the Fab Five,has in the past attracted media attention from local news organizations (e.g. CHRO and the Ottawa Sun). As well it has been commended by the school board for its program. (See reference below)
GMS uses creative techniques to teach, including:
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