Green Acres Middle School

🎬 GATE Students Take the Stage at Samford University! 🎶

Green Acres and Jones Valley GATE students are headed to Samford University for an unforgettable experience:
🎼 Maestro Goes to Hollywood! 🎥
This exciting event combines music, storytelling, and cinematic magic as students explore the connection between orchestral performance and the movies we love. From iconic soundtracks to behind-the-scenes music production, students will gain a deeper appreciation for the arts — all while enjoying a world-class performance in a stunning venue.
We are proud of our GATE students for representing their schools with curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm. It’s going to be a day to remember!
🎻✨ Lights, camera, learning in action!

🎉🎉Special thanks to our GATE teacher, Mrs. K. Green for these wonderful opportunities 🎉🎉

📣 Exciting News from Green Acres Middle School! 🌱

The Hydroponics Lab is now in full effect, and students are diving into hands-on learning like never before! From planting leafy greens to monitoring nutrient levels, our young scientists are fully engaged and having a blast.

This innovative lab is not only teaching students about sustainable agriculture, but also fostering teamwork, responsibility, and a deeper connection to the environment. The smiles and curiosity we’re seeing in the lab speak volumes — it’s clear they’re enjoying every moment!

Stay tuned for updates as our green thumbs grow!👍🏽

🎉Special thanks to our Science teachers: Ms. S. Allen, Ms. D. Blackmon and Mrs. J. Dickens, Lead Teacher 💕

“Green Acres is indeed the Place to Be”

Greetings, everyone,
I pray this message finds each of you doing well. I am excited to share an ST Math highlight from Green Acres Middle School. Today was Pajama Day, and Evan Ransom, an eighth grader, paid homage to ST Math (JiJi). Evan appears alone in one photo, with his outstanding math teacher, Mr. John Mayfield, in another, and with the three of us in the rest.
Green Acres Middle School averaged 102 minutes of ST Math usage per student last week (September 22-September 26, 2025).

“Green Acres is the place to be!”

Sincerely,
Jacqueline Clark Nicholas, Ed.S.
Gates Grant ST Math Facilitator

Thanks for the kind words and we will keep on striving to be the best for each and every scholar at Green Acres Middle School

Green Acres Middle School presents
Hispanic Heritage Celebration 2025
🗓 When: October 15, @ 12:00PM-2:00PM
🎉 Why: We invite you to celebrate with us! Bring your favorite food and snacks to share with your classes. To honor the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Fall Intersession is set for October 6-11! Registration is now open. #SuccessStartsHere

Green Acres Middle School GATE students took flight with physics today! They crafted paper whirlybirds as prototypes of miniature helicopters to explore aerodynamics and Newton’s Laws of Motion-watching rotation, gravity, inertia, and action-reaction come to life with every spin. Science in motion, creativity in action!
Mrs. Kimberly Green, GATE Teacher

September is Attendance Awareness Month 2025

Throughout the month, our Attendance Department wants to make sure you know why attendance matters as well as the policies and procedures for excused absences.
Parents and families are essential partners in promoting good attendance because they have the bottom-line responsibility for making sure their children get to school every day. Just as parents should focus on how their children are performing academically, they have a responsibility to set expectations for good attendance and to monitor their children’s absences, so that missed days don’t add up to academic deficits.
Let’s work together to ensure our scholars are ready to learning each day!

Why Attendance Matters
What defines a scholar as being chronically absent? Scholars who miss 10% of instructional days, or just two days per month, are considered chronically absent. Students who are chronically absent are more likely to fall behind in school.
Poor attendance can impact whether scholars read proficiently by the end of third grade. By sixth grade, chronically absent students are at higher risk of dropping out by high school.
When students improve attendance rates, academic performance improves as well!

Policies & Procedures for Absences
As a parent, you are responsible for ensuring your scholar is in class everyday they are able to attend. Knowing how to manage your scholars’ absences is a crucial component of that responsibility.

Attendance Matters

Breakfast is essential to success in the classroom! Make the most of your child's morning with your School Breakfast Program. It's nutritious, convenient, and low cost. #SuccessStartsHere

We can’t wait to see you on 08/27/2025 @5:00 PM

The FOCUS Act, a new law for all public schools in the state of Alabama, goes into effect for the 2025-2026 school year. Watch this special message from Superintendent Dr. Mark Sullivan to learn how we are complying with the law in our schools.