Transportation available for Kindergarten Transition Days Aug. 29 and 30
Kindergarteners can ride their bus during orientation days. Sign up is required.
Welcome!
At Greenleaf Elementary, we provide an orderly, safe environment with high-quality instruction and high expectations, where students experience rewarding, meaningful learning each day.
Music
Music brings Greenleaf students together. During our distance learning days, ask your child to play an instrument, sing a song with you, or listen to music together. Keep connecting through music.
Teamwork & Technology
We provide our students many opportunities to collaborate with classmates and integrate technology into their learning. Students are learning skills that will prepare them for the future.
Supporting Our Students
One of our goals at Greenleaf is to support each student's individual learning needs. We offer a wide variety of student support services and small group opportunities aimed at helping all students meet and exceed their learning goals.
SCHOOL NEWS
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Goeldner will finish this school year at Red Pine and take over at Greenleaf starting July 1.
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Check out our 3rd Graders' amazing winter choir concert!
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Check out our 2nd Graders' amazing winter choir concert!
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It will continue to be a work day for employees to complete regular duties that have been deferred while responding to significant staffing challenges caused by COVID-19.
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Check out our students' amazing Winter Da Capo Choir concert.
![5th Grade Band Winter Concert]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1643647920/district196org/pzsqjhvli0jrd2lyqdmq/GreenleafBANDconcertThumbnail.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1643647920/district196org/pzsqjhvli0jrd2lyqdmq/GreenleafBANDconcertThumbnail.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1643647920/district196org/pzsqjhvli0jrd2lyqdmq/GreenleafBANDconcertThumbnail.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1643647920/district196org/pzsqjhvli0jrd2lyqdmq/GreenleafBANDconcertThumbnail.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1643647920/district196org/pzsqjhvli0jrd2lyqdmq/GreenleafBANDconcertThumbnail.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1643647920/district196org/pzsqjhvli0jrd2lyqdmq/GreenleafBANDconcertThumbnail.jpg","width":1920}])
Check out our fifth grade students' amazing Winter Band Concert performance.
![Parent Teacher Conferences]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602464360/district196org/nwkirmkxor8mjue9pp0e/element5-digital-OyCl7Y4y0Bk-unsplash.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1602464360/district196org/nwkirmkxor8mjue9pp0e/element5-digital-OyCl7Y4y0Bk-unsplash.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1602464360/district196org/nwkirmkxor8mjue9pp0e/element5-digital-OyCl7Y4y0Bk-unsplash.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1602464360/district196org/nwkirmkxor8mjue9pp0e/element5-digital-OyCl7Y4y0Bk-unsplash.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1602464360/district196org/nwkirmkxor8mjue9pp0e/element5-digital-OyCl7Y4y0Bk-unsplash.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1602464360/district196org/nwkirmkxor8mjue9pp0e/element5-digital-OyCl7Y4y0Bk-unsplash.jpg","width":2200}])
Conferences are Wednesday, Feb. 9 4:30-8 p.m. and Thursday, Feb. 10 12-8 p.m. Sign up today!
Effective immediately, students and employees who test positive may end isolation after five full days if fever-free and other symptoms have improved.
![Calendar image]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1639502382/district196org/tqghtswblu25stuvvi6q/GettyImages-1307098713.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1639502382/district196org/tqghtswblu25stuvvi6q/GettyImages-1307098713.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1639502382/district196org/tqghtswblu25stuvvi6q/GettyImages-1307098713.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1639502382/district196org/tqghtswblu25stuvvi6q/GettyImages-1307098713.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1639502382/district196org/tqghtswblu25stuvvi6q/GettyImages-1307098713.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1639502382/district196org/tqghtswblu25stuvvi6q/GettyImages-1307098713.jpg","width":2200}])
Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, will be a no-school day for all District 196 students and a paid non-duty day for all contracted and scheduled district employees.
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The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available for children ages 5-11, and on-site testing is available for students and employees at the District Service Center beginning Nov. 9.
![Valley Middle teacher Brian Martin works with his students on a piece of a prosthetic arm.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570746344/district196org/eieqmlrodhvhiolxe1ku/ProstheticCrop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1570746344/district196org/eieqmlrodhvhiolxe1ku/ProstheticCrop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1570746344/district196org/eieqmlrodhvhiolxe1ku/ProstheticCrop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1570746344/district196org/eieqmlrodhvhiolxe1ku/ProstheticCrop.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1570746344/district196org/eieqmlrodhvhiolxe1ku/ProstheticCrop.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570746344/district196org/eieqmlrodhvhiolxe1ku/ProstheticCrop.jpg","width":2048}])
Magnet schools offer parents increased choice in their child’s education by providing a concentrated focus that offers innovative ways to meet students’ learning goals through a particular theme.
![School buses with snow on the hood.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633719193/district196org/kixce8aqb8u5h19xfkbt/GettyImages-146789217.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633719193/district196org/kixce8aqb8u5h19xfkbt/GettyImages-146789217.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1633719193/district196org/kixce8aqb8u5h19xfkbt/GettyImages-146789217.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1633719193/district196org/kixce8aqb8u5h19xfkbt/GettyImages-146789217.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1633719193/district196org/kixce8aqb8u5h19xfkbt/GettyImages-146789217.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1633719193/district196org/kixce8aqb8u5h19xfkbt/GettyImages-146789217.jpg","width":2200}])
The first two days will be “snow days” with no regular classes at school or online. Any additional days beyond the first two will be E-Learning Days.
![A middle school student waves on the first day of school in September.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1615504936/district196org/c3qolmokry3p36oa3bcq/firstday2020_7_50365152723_o.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1615504936/district196org/c3qolmokry3p36oa3bcq/firstday2020_7_50365152723_o.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1615504936/district196org/c3qolmokry3p36oa3bcq/firstday2020_7_50365152723_o.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1615504936/district196org/c3qolmokry3p36oa3bcq/firstday2020_7_50365152723_o.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1615504936/district196org/c3qolmokry3p36oa3bcq/firstday2020_7_50365152723_o.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1615504936/district196org/c3qolmokry3p36oa3bcq/firstday2020_7_50365152723_o.jpg","width":2200}])
State officials have given school districts the responsibility to determine COVID-19 mitigation strategies at the local level this school year. Review these before the first day of school.
![click to access school supplies]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1599189053/district196org/wqnmpit6jyubhx0vj84y/SchoolSupplies.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1599189053/district196org/wqnmpit6jyubhx0vj84y/SchoolSupplies.png","width":288}])
This year's student supply lists can be found here: Student Supply Lists 2021-2022
A kit with all needed supplies can be ordered here Greenleaf Student Supply Kits
UPCOMING EVENTS
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