Athletic Program
The GMS students are known as the Greenbank Gators. The Intramurals program has won the Outstanding Intramural Achievement Award of the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association of Ontario from 2003 to 2007.
Sports include:
- Track and Field
- Cross Country
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Touch Football (sometimes tackle)
- Soccer
- Walking/Running (Gator Trek)
- Ultimate (Frisbee)
- Badminton
Alongside their athletic teams are the "Gatoraids, the athletic council of the school which helps to organize athletic events around the school. This year in 2010, the grade 8 boys' touch football team had a phenomenal season, winning the regional championships and being the best players of the year.
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