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Mark your calendars!! GC is excited to bring back the 1974 team that took the first “Musketeers” team to the Final Four! This will take place at our home game vs. Russell on Feb. 9!! On this 50 year anniversary celebration, we invite all of the players from the ‘74 team as well as the entire community to join us! The ‘74 team will be recognized and celebrated at halftime! If you were on this team and have not been contacted, or you are a community member with any questions, please reach Nathan Sutton at (606) 473-9848. #BelieveInGC

Greenup County Schools will be open and students will return to school on Wednesday, Jan. 24. There will be no or limited bus services for some roads. If your student’s bus route will be affected, you will receive a notification from GC transportation. Our goal is to get as many students as possible to school in a safe and secure way. We appreciate your understanding. We can’t wait to see you tomorrow, Musketeers! #BelieveInGC

Please help us thank Linda Wellman for her service to GC! She’s a retired GC teacher who has served on our School Board since 1998! Linda is a lifelong GC resident, graduating from Wurtland High School before the 3 different schools combined into the “Musketeers” in ‘74. After graduating from Morehead she began teaching in Greenup County. She would spend her entire career in GC, teaching at Oldtown Elementary, Argillite Elementary, and Wurtland Middle. Later in her career, she began to get more deeply involved in the space between classrooms and policy. She began to attend school board meetings to understand decision making and to be a voice for teachers and their classrooms. Linda said, “I wanted to better understand what was going on at board meetings, and what I found was positive… very much so.” Once retired, Linda knew that she wanted to serve on GC’s school board and contribute on the other side of the table. “One reason for getting on the board… I always wanted a preschool program. I felt that we needed an emphasis on preschool,” Linda said. Linda was an early advocate for GC’s preschool program, pushing for it for many years. It can be quite a challenging puzzle piece to get in place, but Linda is thrilled at our thriving preschool program that gives Musketeers an incredible jumpstart to their education. We’ll conclude with Linda’s thoughts on what’s going on today in GC. “Everything is moving forward with such positivity… we’re going in the right direction. The greatest thing is having a student from day one to graduating, and seeing them achieve to the best of their ability. Our students get to choose their future… if we’re supporting them and making them feel important, then we’re doing a great job. We want students to know that we’re here for them.” Thank you for your service to Musketeers, Mrs. Wellman! After 27 years of teaching in GC and 26 of serving on our school board, we owe you a great deal! It is worth noting that she has also served on the board of the Northeast Community Action Agency as well as the policy council for Head Start. #BelieveInGC

Tomorrow, 1/23, GC will be on NTI (students complete their NTI work from home). These are the photos just taken by GC's road crew who diligently scout the 326 square miles that our district covers. They found many backroads to be too dangerous for transporting students. Also, black ice is forecasted for tonight or in the morning. We are extremely eager to get back to class, but the safety of our students and staff is most important. Stay safe and warm. #BelieveInGC

Behind the scenes of a “snow day”! GC’s mechanics work hard all year round to keep our large fleet running, and that includes snow days! On days like today, they hurry to make repairs while the buses are parked. The torch comes in handy to convince frozen parts to cooperate! These gentlemen do daily checks on the batteries, belts, hoses, fluid levels, tire pressure, and more. That doesn’t include the rotating schedule for changing oil, fluids, parts, and making repairs. They also fix rust, pull dents, and even do our own body repair when possible. Now for the fun part! They do all this for [drumroll please]… 🚌54 buses 🚐6 SUVs for student transport 🚛10 maintenance vehicles 🚜3 tractors 🚚1 dump truck ⚙️1 forklift 🚜5 industrial lawn mowers Thank you to our garage staff and the countless others working selflessly behind the scenes! #BelieveInGC

The transportation team and maintenance crew have already been out on the road checking bus routes and roads that our many students take to get to school. Based on the temperatures today this will not improve. Greenup Schools will be on NTI Day 3 tomorrow 1/22/24. #BelieveInGC

Musketeers, we expect another storm tonight compounding the weather and travel issues. Tomorrow will be a Snow Day, no school. We will make this day up later in the year. Stay warm! #BelieveInGC

Due to the weather conditions, GC will have NTI Day #2 on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. A big thank you to Henry Patrick and Mike Bellew, who have worked tirelessly with their road crews in this harsh cold. We appreciate you and know that you are trying! #BelieveInGC

Good afternoon Musketeers! Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, will be our first NTI Day of the year. Your teachers will be available via Google Classroom or email for any questions. Stay safe and warm! #BelieveInGC

Attention Musketeers! On Tuesday, January 16th, 2024, we will have a traditional snow day. This means staying warm, bundling up, and taking care of each other. #BelieveInGC

Do you recognize any of these names?! This is awesome!! Mrs. Parker, the HS librarian, is framing old check out cards as artwork in the library! They go back through the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s! Some of your names are on here — let us know who you recognize!! You are now part of GC artwork and history! #BelieveInGC

Grades 3-5 volleyball and cross country sign ups are now available! Don't miss this great opportunity for your student to grow, be active, and have fun! More info is available in the link, and you can also find the contact info for our 21st Century coordinator there! #BelieveInGC https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9Cy1BuLSmHsN7sBfVXGCic7ddD2fwG4UW-uZXjHKnIICw7g/viewform?usp=sf_link

Schedule of GC events for the week of January 8! Pictured this week is GC elementary student, Zane Iery. Zane earned 2nd place at the Cannonsburg Tiger Classic archery tournament in elementary boys! Way to go, Zane! #BelieveInGC

In a big year for GC football, 3 players were named to the All Area team! Please help us congratulate Tyson Sammons, Drew Boggs, and Aiden Gue! #BelieveInGC

It’s exciting to see students practicing skills that they will be using in the future, and their futures are looking bright!! Mrs. Wellman’s business students are seen here fine tuning their resumes. Perhaps the most impressive part was all the volunteer experience that so many of them had listed! Our students are amazing! #BelieveInGC

This is AJ, and today we suprised him with a visit to brag on him and give him a “RACK” bracelet (Random Act of Cody Kindness)! Someone wrote us about seeing AJ perform a wonderful act of kindness. While other kids at Wednesday night church were playing, AJ was helping an elderly woman. He held her hand, patiently and gently helping her to her car. We are so proud of AJ’s character! We love to share all the positive about our students, so please let us know about a GC student who you’ve seen domonstrating kindness. Thanks again to GC’s Officer Gollihue for allowing us to join in on Random Acts of Cody Kindness!

Athletic schedule for the week of January 1! #BelieveInGC

School resumes on Wednesday, and we can't wait to see our students! We hope everyone has enjoyed a wonderful holiday break!!

The GC Board of Education approved the official calendar for the 2024-2025 school year. We hope having this calendar in advance will be beneficial to Musketeer families making plans for trips or vacations. #BelieveInGC

Congratulations to Peyton Powell for being named “All-Area” in volleyball! When we caught up with this young lady to take a congratulatory photo, we saw her sitting there with an A+ anatomy test that she’d just been handed back! Way to go, Musketeer! #BelieveInGC