Green Bay Area Public School District

Happy American Education Week! Our mission is to educate every one of our 18,000+ students to be college, career and community ready. We are proud to offer quality public education for ALL. This week honors the team of people who work in our public schools, everyone from the bus driver and classroom teacher to the cafeteria worker and administrative staff, plus countless others. Help us thank our dedicated Green Bay Area Public Schools staff and community supports by leaving a message below! #GBAPSProud #AEW2025

📢 Your Opinion Matters. We Want to Hear from You. There is still time to complete a brief survey to share your thoughts on the skills, experience, and leadership qualities you believe are essential for our next superintendent. Your feedback will play a vital role in shaping the future leadership of our District. 🔎 The survey closes at the end of day on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Take the survey: https://bit.ly/47g1wqO

Elmore Elementary School proudly hosted its 25th Annual Veterans Day Assembly on November 11. Students and staff honored 19 veterans from the Elmore community, as well as one active military parent who is currently deployed. Students sang songs, read a poem, and shared what Veterans Day is all about for a crowd of family, friends, and Veterans. Students waved red, white and blue pom poms and American flags to celebrate. Hand-made cards and gifts were presented to the Veterans present. 🇺🇸 See photos from the assembly: https://bit.ly/48aUjbN

Winter many be coming, but we will continue to see construction at Starr Elementary School. MacArthur Elementary third grader Izzy asked the Starr Elementary project superintendent a few questions about the progress the crew is seeing, and what we can expect to change at the site this winter. This project is one of many thank to community support of the November 2024 Referendum. Stay up to date on all 2024 Referendum projects on our website at gbaps.org/referendum2024.

ICYMI: Green Bay Southwest High School's Giovani Vazquez was featured on Good Morning America to discuss his relationship with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin and his role as a student-football coach at Lombardi Middle School. Gio met Jason Kelce, and with a few tosses of a football, won tickets to the Green Bay Packers game! Congratulations, Gio and thank you for all you do to give back to the Southwest/Lombardi community! 🏈 Watch the segment: https://bit.ly/4p8k0j2

Thank you, Veterans! We are forever grateful for your service on this Veterans Day and every day. 💙

Last week, CESA 7 hosted roundtable discussions on behalf of the Board of Education and the Green Bay Area Public School District regarding the superintendent search. Thank you to all the staff, families and community members who attended sessions and shared their voice and feedback. We invite you to complete a brief survey to share your thoughts on the skills, experience, and leadership qualities you believe are essential for our next superintendent. Your feedback will play a vital role in shaping the future leadership of our District. The survey closes at the end of day on Sunday, November 16, 2025. 🌳 Find the online survey or download a paper copy here: https://bit.ly/3L3Sep5

Congratulations to Green Bay Preble High School's FFA Environmental & Natural Resources CDE team, which represented Wisconsin at the 98th Annual National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in late October. After countless hours of preparation and practice, Wisconsin earned a Silver Team Award at Nationals. Individual medals were also earned: 🥇 Gwendolyn Valentine placed as a Gold Individual 🥈 Ryan Ikert placed as a Silver Individual 🥈 Ava Chapman placed as a Silver Individual 🥉 Brynn Vandevelde placed as a Bronze Individual 🐝 Read more about the students' accomplishments: https://bit.ly/4oqoilJ

We invite you to complete a brief survey to share your thoughts on the skills, experience, and leadership qualities you believe are essential for our next superintendent. Your feedback will play a vital role in shaping the future leadership of our District. 🔎 The survey closes at the end of day on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Take the survey: https://bit.ly/47g1wqO

John Kennedy is our November 2025 Volunteer of the Month. John has been tutoring at Baird Elementary School for more than seven years. Every week he works with first graders on reading skills. Thank you for all you do, John! 💙 ✋ Learn more about volunteering in Green Bay Area Public Schools at gbaps.org/volunteer.