Activities and Service Learning
Greenhills’ middle school students are encouraged to nurture interests and discover new ones in a multitude
of activities which include clubs, service learning, and athletics. Apart from academic classes, these activities offer students inclusive opportunities to connect with another group of peers and to take healthy risks by trying something new.
Activities may include:
- Middle School Play
- Science Olympiad
- Math Counts
- Forensics
- Student Council
- Environmental Club
- Gryphon Spirit Club
- Greenhills Football League
- The Alcove
- Chess Club
- Diversity Club
- Athletics
At Greenhills, a commitment to service learning and social responsibility is embedded into each middle school grade level. In the sixth grade, food is the focus of students’ service efforts, while seventh grade emphasizes water issues at the local and global levels. Eighth grade is highlighted by the Sustainability Action Project which gives focus to energy and sustainability issues.
Other service work middle school students have recently engaged in includes:
- Connecting with residents in local retirement homes
- Serving food at St. Andrew’s Breakfast Program
- Sorting food at Food Gatherers
- Gathering items for the Ronald McDonald House
- Holiday decorating at local community centers
- Organizing “waste free” lunches
- Chipping trails with the Natural Area Preservation
- Raising money for Operation Smile and Nothing But Nets
- Working with kindergarteners at New Beginnings Academy
- Serving as“buddies” to new students
- Planning a sustainable campus garden with local architects
