Greenfield Middle School

This week's Positive Office Referral is Lyric Six. Miss Jaycox reported that Lyric is extremely polite, hard working, helpful to her peers, and always has a smile on her face. Great job, Lyric!

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That's right! All attendees for the October 9 varsity football game get in for FREE! T-Mobile is bringing a GREAT time to the game tomorrow night, and we want YOU there for the fun AND to support our students!

Let's fill the stands, show our Tiger pride, and make some noise for McClain!
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Sometimes, doing the right thing isn’t easy, but Colton didn’t let that stop him. He embraced a challenge, trusted his judgment, and chose to do what he knew was right.

Great job, Colton, for demonstrating such strong character and truly standing up for what’s right! We’re proud of you!

Ms. Lagorio's class visited Karnes Orchard on Wednesday. They learned about apple trees and how to take care of them as well as learning the correct way to pick an apple. Students then got to pick their own apple. Each student also interviewed an employee at Karnes Orchard to learn about their job and to see if they might be interested in that job field. A picnic lunch was enjoyed as well. Next week, students will be cooking a variety of foods with apples as the main ingredients, using apples from our local orchard.

Students in Ms. Reed’s and Mrs. Stockdale’s ELA classes participated in a Writers Workshop as they worked on their multi-paragraph argumentative essays. Their topic was, “Are teens too old to trick-or-treat?” 🎃 Students learned how to state a clear claim and choose a side, use evidence from the passages to support their claim, and explain how their evidence supports their reasons. They also worked on organizing their writing into clear paragraphs, including an introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It was the perfect day for writing in ELA! ✏️📚🎃

The GMS PTO needs help! All GMS parents are welcome to attend!

On Thursday, Ms. Lagorio's class spent the day at the Highlands Nature Sanctuary, the oldest and largest preserve in the Arc of Appalachia, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the beauty and biodiversity of Ohio's wildlands. Students began the day by creating their own tree and leaf identification booklet, which included making leaf rubbings of the leaves found around the Appalachian Forest Museum. This was led by one of the naturalist guides at the preserve. Students then hiked the Valley of the Ancients trail that brought them to a cave they were able to explore. Later in the day they explored a smaller, much more narrow cave, and also got to meet the resident box turtle. It was a fantastic day!

🧱✨ Turning Literature Into LEGO! ✨🧱 8th grade ELA students recently took their learning from the page to the real world with a little creativity and a LOT of LEGO! After studying “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and “Rise Up” by Andra Day, students explored the connections between the two pieces—including their shared themes, tone, mood, and symbolism. Then came the fun part: building those connections! 🧱 Students designed LEGO creations that physically represented a connection between the two works. The goal wasn’t simply to build something that looked cool—it was to make their thinking visible and explain how their creation connected back to the texts. It was so fun to see how many different ways our students interpreted the same ideas. Their creativity, collaboration, and ability to turn abstract literary concepts into something tangible were on full display! Here are some of their connections! 👇✨

🐄🐖🐑🐐 Brown County Fair Livestock Judging Competition! Our Greenfield School FFA members recently participated in the Brown County Fair Livestock Judging Competition! Members evaluated eight classes of livestock plus a market grid, including market and breeding pigs, beef cattle, sheep, and goats. Congratulations to our top finishers! Knox McNeal — 3rd Overall Junior Livestock Judger 🥉 3rd Place Goats Zach Zint — 4th Overall Junior Livestock Judger 🥇 1st Place Pigs 🥈 2nd Place Sheep Thank you for representing McClain FFA and putting their livestock evaluation skills to work! Great job, Tigers! 💙💛🐯

Congratulations to Paisley Sword who was last week's Favorite Positive Office Referral. Paisley received TWO Positive Office Referrals in the same week for continuously growing in ELA and math. Paisley takes pride in her work, and it's showing. Fantastic job, Paisley! Enjoy that McDonald's gift card!

Miss Williams' 7th grade art students teamed up with Mrs. Dyer and Mrs. Beatty’s 7th grade math students and put scale factor into practice! After learning about scale factor in math, students in art were each given a piece of a puzzle with the task of upscaling the design by 3 to create their own section of a collaborative mural. Students had to carefully map out where each color belonged and bring their designs to life using oil pastels. This project challenged students to use math, problem-solving, planning, collaboration, and artistic skills all at once! It was so fun to watch all of their individual pieces come together to create one big work of art! 🎨✨

Our 7th grade Food Science students got hands-on with pickle production! From collecting fresh cucumbers from a local farmer to creating their own pickle recipes, students experienced the food science process from start to finish. After making their pickles, students evaluated their creations like real food scientists, using sensory characteristics such as taste, texture, aroma, and appearance to analyze their finished products! A little science, a lot of teamwork, and plenty of pickled cucumbers! 🥒🧪

ALL 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th graders are invited to attend this meeting for a Costa Rican adventure in the summer of 2028! Fundraising options will also be shared at the meeting. CLICK THE LINK TO RSVP TO THE MEETING. https://rsvp.eftours.com/fn7gy9a

Congratulations to Ezra Williams! He was selected last week for having an exceptional Positive Office Referral. Ezra embraced the challenge of math class by being adamant about correcting an assignment because he wanted his grade to improve! Both Ezra and Miss Butterbaugh, the person who referred him, received a McDonald's gift card. Great job, Ezra!

Please take a minute to review this school year's edition of the Paws*itive Press!

Important information for our families - We are excited to make this change with how absences are communicated between school and home. With any change, there are always questions. Remember that we are happy to answer them. Thank you for your support! 😊 #legacyofleadership #mcclaintigers

HIGHLAND COUNTY SOIL JUDGING 🌱 Our McClain FFA middle school members put their soil science knowledge to work at the Highland County Soil Judging Career Development Event! They evaluated soil properties, examined land, and applied their knowledge in a hands-on competition. A big THANK YOU to the Highland County Soil & Water District for providing this opportunity for our students! We’re proud of everyone who competed and represented McClain FFA! Next stop: District Soil Judging! 🏅 Interested in our agriculture program or FFA? Contact Mrs. Guthrie at shelby.guthrie@greenfieldmcclain.org!

Students in Mrs. Dyer’s class finally got to try out the VR headsets today! We are so fortunate to have this engaging tool for students to practice math in a “hands on” way. Today students focused on the tutorial and getting comfortable with the program, but they are excited for their next chance at using the headsets!

Mrs. Penwell and Mrs. Raike’s seventh grade ELA classes put their skills to the test with a Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Escape Room activity. Students worked together to solve challenges and review important skills from the story. The room was filled with teamwork, problem-solving, discussion, and a friendly competition!

Over the past few days, Miss. Bolender’s 8th grade Advanced ELA students have been building background knowledge for our upcoming novel study through a Great Depression budget simulation! Working in “families”, students were given $20 to survive for one week and had to make tough decisions about food, housing, transportation, and other necessities. They quickly learned how difficult it was to make ends meet and how much sacrifice and careful decision-making were required. Students wrapped up the simulation by presenting their budgets, explaining their choices, and reflecting on what the experience taught them about life during the Great Depression. A hands-on way to bring history into the ELA classroom before we step into the world of Of Mice and Men! 📚