Greenwood Laboratory School

The National Communication Association officially published its list of Interest Group Awards. Our very own Heather Walters received the honor for the Outstanding Teaching Award and also the Communication Ethics Division's Book of the Year Award for her book "Understanding the Ethical Concerns of Generative AI: A Practical Guide". This is so exciting and wonderful accolades for our Ethical Communications instructor and Speech & Debate Coach - we are lucky to have Heather Walters in our Greenwood Family!

Running Bluejays showed UP to race the Hermitage “Dam” Invite! So many great races…5 medals earned! Proud coach watching athletes compete fiercely! 💙🏃‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️👟💙 All athletes competed in the purple division which included class 1 and 2 schools. 5K race Liam DeBoef 23:39.21(7th) MS Boys-2 mile race Tyler Bossert 11:59.85 (1st) Sam Seagrave 14:10:48 Phillip Haseltine 14:39:31 Waylon DeBoef 15:49.17 Ansh Thakkar 16:17:37 MS Girls-2 mile race Sophina Bossert 12:56.63 (1st) Reagan Lindsay 14:58.57(10th) Stassi Aydelott 15:26.60 (11th) Stella Agnew 18:13.39 Next up FairGrove Invitational September 30th.

Art class had Fresh-Air Friday last week.
The weather is just too lovely not to take the classroom outside!

Picture Retakes are Friday, Oct. 2nd!

3rd grade fieldtrip!
Third graders enjoyed kicking off the beginning of fall at gardeners Orchard on Wednesday. They took in all the site sounds smells and tastes a fall, but most of all had the best time! Shout out to all of the parent chaperones that joined us. We couldn't do it without them.

Thank you to these sponsors of the BLUEJAY BASH! See you there on October 16th!

Congratulations to our JH Boys Basketball Team - TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!

CHAMPIONS - Part Two!!! You read that right!!! The Lady Jays Golf Team followed their tournament championship from this past Tuesday with another tournament championship today!!!! The girls edged Ozark by one stroke for their second consecutive first place finish at the Willard Invitational held at Greene Hills GC.  The girls carded a team score of 363 led by Ruby Brothers (86), Dylan Lee & Emma Daugherty (92), Gwyndolyn Gelner (93) and Anna Schultz (95)!! Ruby, Dylan & Emma finished in the top 15 for individual medalist honors! Awesome job ladies!!!

Let's Go Jays!

CHAMPIONS!!! What a day it was!!! Not only was it a beautiful day with much cooler temperatures, but it was a fantastic day for the Lady Jays Golf Team as they took 1st place honors at the Strafford Indian Golf Tournament held at Whispering Oaks GC in Marshfield.   The girls team score of 364 bested the 2nd place Strafford Indians by nine strokes who finished with a 373 team score!  Ruby Brothers placed 5th overall with a personal best round of 83!  Rounding out the rest of the scoring was Dylan Lee (89), Anna Schultz (93, personal best), Gwyndolyn Gelner (99) and Adelaide Cimino (117)! The ladies resume tournament action this Thursday at Greene Hills GC in Willard!!  Great job ladies!!

Running Bluejays competed at the Lebanon Invitational this morning.
5K results
Liam DeBoef 23:03.4
Olyvia Beach 24:09.8

2 mile race Middle School Girls
Sophina Bossert 12:52.5 🏅2nd place
Stassi Aydelott 15:23.9
Stella Agnew 17:46.2

2 mile race Middle School Boys
Tyler Bossert 12:15.8 🏅6th place
Will Hayes 12:31.0🏅9th place
Charlie Schneider 14:53.7
Ansh Thakkar 16:08.9
Alton Trombold 16:27.7
Ian Lee 17:50.0
Uhyun Oh 20:02.9

These athletes are working hard and learning how to race! So proud of the way they represented Greenwood!

Go GOC schools! GO Collaborate!

We are ready for tomorrow as we host our annual professional development day with the GOC schools! Let's GO Collaborate!

🔵 International Dot Week! 🔵
Our K–5 students celebrated in Library by exploring books by author Peter H. Reynolds, including Ish. Reynolds encourages students to just make a mark and see where it takes you!

Freshman Chloe Leavitt brought her game to the Republic High School Girls Tennis Tournament 🎾💙
She battled her way to a 2nd place silver medal and represented the Bluejays with pride. Great job, Chloe!

Picture retakes!

3rd grade had a wonderful Grandparent’s Day! Thank you to all of those who could make it!

Let's Go Jays!

Our freshman boys showed up and crushed it yesterday at the dual meet. With massive time drops and big finishes across the board these freshmen are making big waves in the pool. Cale Leavitt: shattered his time with a blistering 27.02 for 50 free (dropping a massive 3.27s for 4th!) and grabbed 2nd Place in the 100 Back with 1:16.84 Evan Sanchez: had an exciting 3rd Place finish in the 100 Breaststroke with a1:40.44! 200 Medley Relay: Cale Leavitt, Evan Sanchez, Skoti Campbell and Eli Lee 2:16.05(dropped 4.69 seconds) 200 Freestyle Relay: Skoti Campbell, Eli Lee, Urim Oh and Evan Sanchez came in 4th at 2:11.40 (dropping 4.55s)

What are you doing on October 16th? Oh, OF COURSE! The Bluejay Bash!!! See you there!