Check out Science Olympiad! In total, our Greenwood Jays took home 115 medals from 56 events. They worked very hard and we the coaches appreciate their dedication and effort.
Here are the results from our medaling events:
High School (C-Division)
Gyan Grewal
1st Place Anatomy & Physiology
1st Place Experimental Design
Jesse Davies
1st Place Anatomy & Physiology
6th Place Dynamic Planet
Tristan Khoshyomn
1st Place Experimental Design
4th Place Designer Genes
6th Place Dynamic Planet
Anisa Pathak
3rd Place Forensics
4th Place Designer Genes
Cullen Burch
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
2nd Place Materials Science
2nd Place Hovercraft
Jack Lindsey
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
2nd Place Materials Science
2nd Place Hovercraft
Taaha Khan
3rd Place Disease Detectives
6th Place Water Quality
Ilyaan Khan
3rd Place Disease Detectives
6th Place Water Quality
Ethan Duff
1st Place Experimental Design
5th Place Circuit Lab
Austin Sears
3rd Place Boomilever
3rd Place Machines
Mohan Grewal
2nd Place Chemistry Lab
Egan Asay
2nd Place Chemistry Lab
2nd Place Bungee Drop
3rd Place Machines
3rd Place Boomilever
Oliver Frazier
1st Place Electric Vehicle
2nd Place Bungee Drop
3rd Place Engineering CAD
5th Place Circuit Lab
Adam Abdalla
2nd Place Robot Tour
3rd Place Forensics
3rd Place Engineering CAD
Karamjot Singh
1st Place Electric Vehicle
2nd Place Robot Tour
Gabriel Parada
6th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Isabel Herrin
2nd Place Forensics
6th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Lillian Johnson
2nd Place Forensics
Jacob Putty
1st Place Hovercraft
4th Place Chemistry Lab
Hursh Patel
4th Place Boomilever
Amore Pennella
4th Place Boomilever
4th Place Chemistry Lab
Ally Fowler
2nd Place Electric Vehicle
5th Place Codebusters
Alex Holden
2nd Place Electric Vehicle
Han Seo
5th Place Codebusters
Connor Manzardo
5th Place Codebusters
Joe Whitaker
1st Place Hovercraft
Middle School (B-Division)
Ella Englert
2nd Place Codebusters
4th Place Anatomy & Physiology
6th Place Disease Detectives
Adelaide Cimino
1st Place Helicopter
2nd Place Codebusters
4th Place Experimental Design
4th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Lillian Frederick
3rd Place Machines
6th Place Disease Detectives
6th Place Mission Possible
Maren Altrup
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
2nd Place Remote Sensing
4th Place Meteorology
Connor Frazier
1st Place Heredity
1st Place Metric Mastery
3rd Place Machines
Harper Burch
1st Place Hovercraft
1st Place Scrambler
3rd Place Water Quality
4th Place Write it Do it
Norah Chowdury
1st Place Scrambler
3rd Place Water Quality
4th Place Write it Do it
Grace Giesler
1st Place Helicopter
4th Place Circuit Lab
6th Place Mission Possible
Kate Lindsey
1st Place Crime Busters
4th Place Meteorology
Amelie Altrup
1st Place Crime Busters
2nd Place Remote Sensing
3rd Place Potions & Poisons
Elia Reed
1st Place Solar System
3rd Place Potions & Poisons
4th Place Experimental Design
Kaya Shah
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
1st Place Hovercraft
Nolan Bailey
1st Place Solar System
1st Place Metric Mastery
2nd Place Codebusters
4th Place Circuit Lab
Ian Lee
3rd Place Disease Detectives
5th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Binisha Pokhrel
3rd Place Disease Detectives
5th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Affaan Mian
2nd Place Meteorology
5th Place Hovercraft
6th Place Entomology
Asher Glenn
2nd Place Meteorology
5th Place Hovercraft
6th Place Entomology
Colin Williams
5th Place Experimental Design
6th Place Machines
Chance Smith
5th Place Scrambler
6th Place Machines
Easton McQueary
5th Place Scrambler
5th Place Experimental Design
Duke Newcomb
5th Place Meteorology
Ansh Thakker
5th Place Meteorology
Isabella Jayarao
5th Place Remote Sensing
Elena Wu
5th Place Remote Sensing
John Putty
2nd Place Metric Mastery
Dylan Zheng
2nd Place Metric Mastery
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As you can see, our day was full of so much fun and success. We are so proud of all of these amazing students.
Our next competition will be our State tournament on April 18th in Warrensburg, MO at UCM.
Feel free to come out and support us!
Here are the results from our medaling events:
High School (C-Division)
Gyan Grewal
1st Place Anatomy & Physiology
1st Place Experimental Design
Jesse Davies
1st Place Anatomy & Physiology
6th Place Dynamic Planet
Tristan Khoshyomn
1st Place Experimental Design
4th Place Designer Genes
6th Place Dynamic Planet
Anisa Pathak
3rd Place Forensics
4th Place Designer Genes
Cullen Burch
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
2nd Place Materials Science
2nd Place Hovercraft
Jack Lindsey
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
2nd Place Materials Science
2nd Place Hovercraft
Taaha Khan
3rd Place Disease Detectives
6th Place Water Quality
Ilyaan Khan
3rd Place Disease Detectives
6th Place Water Quality
Ethan Duff
1st Place Experimental Design
5th Place Circuit Lab
Austin Sears
3rd Place Boomilever
3rd Place Machines
Mohan Grewal
2nd Place Chemistry Lab
Egan Asay
2nd Place Chemistry Lab
2nd Place Bungee Drop
3rd Place Machines
3rd Place Boomilever
Oliver Frazier
1st Place Electric Vehicle
2nd Place Bungee Drop
3rd Place Engineering CAD
5th Place Circuit Lab
Adam Abdalla
2nd Place Robot Tour
3rd Place Forensics
3rd Place Engineering CAD
Karamjot Singh
1st Place Electric Vehicle
2nd Place Robot Tour
Gabriel Parada
6th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Isabel Herrin
2nd Place Forensics
6th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Lillian Johnson
2nd Place Forensics
Jacob Putty
1st Place Hovercraft
4th Place Chemistry Lab
Hursh Patel
4th Place Boomilever
Amore Pennella
4th Place Boomilever
4th Place Chemistry Lab
Ally Fowler
2nd Place Electric Vehicle
5th Place Codebusters
Alex Holden
2nd Place Electric Vehicle
Han Seo
5th Place Codebusters
Connor Manzardo
5th Place Codebusters
Joe Whitaker
1st Place Hovercraft
Middle School (B-Division)
Ella Englert
2nd Place Codebusters
4th Place Anatomy & Physiology
6th Place Disease Detectives
Adelaide Cimino
1st Place Helicopter
2nd Place Codebusters
4th Place Experimental Design
4th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Lillian Frederick
3rd Place Machines
6th Place Disease Detectives
6th Place Mission Possible
Maren Altrup
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
2nd Place Remote Sensing
4th Place Meteorology
Connor Frazier
1st Place Heredity
1st Place Metric Mastery
3rd Place Machines
Harper Burch
1st Place Hovercraft
1st Place Scrambler
3rd Place Water Quality
4th Place Write it Do it
Norah Chowdury
1st Place Scrambler
3rd Place Water Quality
4th Place Write it Do it
Grace Giesler
1st Place Helicopter
4th Place Circuit Lab
6th Place Mission Possible
Kate Lindsey
1st Place Crime Busters
4th Place Meteorology
Amelie Altrup
1st Place Crime Busters
2nd Place Remote Sensing
3rd Place Potions & Poisons
Elia Reed
1st Place Solar System
3rd Place Potions & Poisons
4th Place Experimental Design
Kaya Shah
1st Place Rocks & Minerals
1st Place Hovercraft
Nolan Bailey
1st Place Solar System
1st Place Metric Mastery
2nd Place Codebusters
4th Place Circuit Lab
Ian Lee
3rd Place Disease Detectives
5th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Binisha Pokhrel
3rd Place Disease Detectives
5th Place Anatomy & Physiology
Affaan Mian
2nd Place Meteorology
5th Place Hovercraft
6th Place Entomology
Asher Glenn
2nd Place Meteorology
5th Place Hovercraft
6th Place Entomology
Colin Williams
5th Place Experimental Design
6th Place Machines
Chance Smith
5th Place Scrambler
6th Place Machines
Easton McQueary
5th Place Scrambler
5th Place Experimental Design
Duke Newcomb
5th Place Meteorology
Ansh Thakker
5th Place Meteorology
Isabella Jayarao
5th Place Remote Sensing
Elena Wu
5th Place Remote Sensing
John Putty
2nd Place Metric Mastery
Dylan Zheng
2nd Place Metric Mastery
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As you can see, our day was full of so much fun and success. We are so proud of all of these amazing students.
Our next competition will be our State tournament on April 18th in Warrensburg, MO at UCM.
Feel free to come out and support us!
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Concession Stand Volunteers Needed 🍿
The Booster Club is looking for volunteers to help in the concession stand during the district games. Hosting additional home games means additional funds that directly support Greenwood students and activities, and we appreciate your help in making this possible.
Help us, help you:
• Volunteer hours count toward Civitas hours
• Clubs, teams, and organizations that assist will receive a portion of the profits
• No experience necessary — if it’s your first time, someone will be there to show you what to do!
We are looking for at least 1 adult and 2–3 students per game.
🏀 Congratulations to the Greenwood Girls Basketball Team!
Their fantastic season earned them the #1 seed in the District Tournament, which will be hosted at Greenwood on Feb. 23, 25, and 27. Come out and cheer on the girls as they compete for the district title! 🎉 Please, also come out to support the GW boys’ team in district play – Tuesday, Feb 24th 7:30 at Seymour.
🍿 Volunteers Needed – Concession Stand
Since we’re hosting the tournament, the Booster Club is looking for volunteers to help in the concession stand during the games. These additional home games help raise funds that directly support Greenwood students and activities.
Why volunteer?
✔ Civitas hours available
✔ Clubs/teams/organizations receive a portion of concession profits
✔ No experience necessary – we’ll show you what to do!
We need at least 1 adult and 2–3 students per game.
📩 To sign up:
Email mailto:tonahetzler@missouristate.edu with the time(s) you can help.
Concession Schedule
📅 Monday, Feb 23
• Game 1 – 4:45 PM
• Game 2 – 6:30 PM
• Game 3 – 8:00 PM
📅 Wednesday, Feb 25
• Game 1 – 5:45 PM
• Game 2 – 7:30 PM
📅 Friday, Feb 27
• Game 1 – 5:45 PM
Thank you for supporting Greenwood students and athletics!
Go Olyvia Beach! Olyvia qualified for finals in both events at state swimming! She qualified in the 200 IM. She qualified in the 100 breast. Both swims were lifetime best.
Dr. Xiang Guo, Yingying Li, and Olivia, a former first grader and current fifth grader, talked to the first-grade class about Chinese New Year 2026.
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, was Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Students learned about Chinese traditions, foods, and the Chinese Zodiac. This Year is the year of the Fire Horse. Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration that concludes with the Lantern Festival March 3, 2026. The Fire Horse year is associated with speed, ambition, and making a significant change.
Olivia read Celebrate the World: Lunar New Year, by Hannah Eliot, to the class. Dr. Guo presented and answered questions. Students were given a red horse that Olivia printed in her 3D printer. Students tried Chan pui mui a preserved plum candy, Bin Bin Snow Rice Crackers, and Choco Roll Milk Tea.
Thank you to Dr. Guo, Yingying and Olivia.
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, was Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Students learned about Chinese traditions, foods, and the Chinese Zodiac. This Year is the year of the Fire Horse. Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is a 15-day celebration that concludes with the Lantern Festival March 3, 2026. The Fire Horse year is associated with speed, ambition, and making a significant change.
Olivia read Celebrate the World: Lunar New Year, by Hannah Eliot, to the class. Dr. Guo presented and answered questions. Students were given a red horse that Olivia printed in her 3D printer. Students tried Chan pui mui a preserved plum candy, Bin Bin Snow Rice Crackers, and Choco Roll Milk Tea.
Thank you to Dr. Guo, Yingying and Olivia.
Game Day!
Miller Gradney is the First Grade Student of the week. Miller brought is parents, Megan and Steven, to celebrate.
Miller exemplifies a Helpful Hedgehog in the classroom. He is helpful to others and kind. Thank you, Miller!
Miller exemplifies a Helpful Hedgehog in the classroom. He is helpful to others and kind. Thank you, Miller!
The Fire Department came to Greenwood to teach K-5 important lessons in fire safety!
Congratulations to our Class of 2026 Winter Athletics and Activity participants!
Come support our seniors!
Congratulations to Elif!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Greenwood JH team placed 4th overall and 3rd in GOC!
Greenwood Black placed 17th overall and Greenwood Blue placed 13th .
Greenwood White- Henry, Miles, Kai S., Cooper J., Coen, and Adam placed 1st overall and 1st in the GOC!
Greenwood Black placed 17th overall and Greenwood Blue placed 13th .
Greenwood White- Henry, Miles, Kai S., Cooper J., Coen, and Adam placed 1st overall and 1st in the GOC!
Maya is the First Grade Helpful Hedgehog of the Week. Maya brought her dad, Dr. Arjit Chowdhury and her mom, Mausami Chowdhury.
Thank you Maya!
Thank you Maya!
FBLA!
Gannon Willis, from Beta Alpha Psi, an honor’s organization for accounting and finance students at Missouri State University, met with FBLA and DECA members today during lunch to discuss the importance of networking, etiquette, and communication in the accounting profession. The presentation was part of the Beta Alpha Psi’s commitment to chapter sustainability and to promote the accounting industry. Gannon is an intern at KPM Accounting.
Gannon Willis, from Beta Alpha Psi, an honor’s organization for accounting and finance students at Missouri State University, met with FBLA and DECA members today during lunch to discuss the importance of networking, etiquette, and communication in the accounting profession. The presentation was part of the Beta Alpha Psi’s commitment to chapter sustainability and to promote the accounting industry. Gannon is an intern at KPM Accounting.
Hard working students from the band program have been active representing Greenwood in a variety of Honor Bands this school year.
7-8 Honor Band:
Seven students were chosen to represent Greenwood in the 7th grade and 8th grade Junior High District Honor Bands in November. The students rehearsed with other top students in the district and gave a strong performance at Logan-Rogersville HS! Congratulations to Colin Williams, Waylan DeBoef, John Putty, Grace Yen, Grace Geisler, Sybil Campbell, and Elena Wu.
MSHSAA District Band:
In January, Elif Benzer and Olyvia Beach represented Greenwood in the MSHSAA All-District Honor Band, scoring top 16th and 17th. Clarinet. They performed with the top 100 musicians in the district in an outstanding concert at Nixa’s Aetos Center. This marks Elif’s 4th year and Olyvia’s 2nd year to be chosen. In addition, Egan Asay placed 8th alto saxophone but was unable to participate in the concert. We are proud of our District placers!
Conference Band:
This past Monday, seventeen 8-12th grade band students represented Greenwood at the Greater Ozark’s Conference Honor Band Concert. This was Greenwood’s first opportunity to participate, and we had 8 students place in the top 3! Ty Mwengi, flute; Nolan Bailey, clarinet; Lilli Frederick, trumpet; and Danna Yang, percussion ranked first in their section. Ruby Brothers, trumpet; Colin Williams, tuba; and Jacob Putty, percussion ranked second in their section and Gabriel Parada, tuba ranked third! Also pictured are Evelyn Putty, Gary Shi, Eli Lee, Henry Reinbold, Skoti Campbell, Evan Sanchez, Adelaide Cimino, Will Crockett, and John Putty. Congratulations to our students for representing Greenwood well!
Great job everyone!
7-8 Honor Band:
Seven students were chosen to represent Greenwood in the 7th grade and 8th grade Junior High District Honor Bands in November. The students rehearsed with other top students in the district and gave a strong performance at Logan-Rogersville HS! Congratulations to Colin Williams, Waylan DeBoef, John Putty, Grace Yen, Grace Geisler, Sybil Campbell, and Elena Wu.
MSHSAA District Band:
In January, Elif Benzer and Olyvia Beach represented Greenwood in the MSHSAA All-District Honor Band, scoring top 16th and 17th. Clarinet. They performed with the top 100 musicians in the district in an outstanding concert at Nixa’s Aetos Center. This marks Elif’s 4th year and Olyvia’s 2nd year to be chosen. In addition, Egan Asay placed 8th alto saxophone but was unable to participate in the concert. We are proud of our District placers!
Conference Band:
This past Monday, seventeen 8-12th grade band students represented Greenwood at the Greater Ozark’s Conference Honor Band Concert. This was Greenwood’s first opportunity to participate, and we had 8 students place in the top 3! Ty Mwengi, flute; Nolan Bailey, clarinet; Lilli Frederick, trumpet; and Danna Yang, percussion ranked first in their section. Ruby Brothers, trumpet; Colin Williams, tuba; and Jacob Putty, percussion ranked second in their section and Gabriel Parada, tuba ranked third! Also pictured are Evelyn Putty, Gary Shi, Eli Lee, Henry Reinbold, Skoti Campbell, Evan Sanchez, Adelaide Cimino, Will Crockett, and John Putty. Congratulations to our students for representing Greenwood well!
Great job everyone!
Greenwood Archery Continues Another Successful Season. Congratulations to the following Greenwood Archers:
Ranked Top Ten in the State, Elementary Division: Alex Cimino and Cora Shaw in both Bullseye and 3D.
Bullseye State Qualifiers: Alex Cimino, Cora Shaw, Grace Yen, Alton Trombold, Grayson Steiro, Adelaide Cimino, Emmett Tummons, Katelyn Matz, John Putty, Henry Siebert, Sam Tummons, Cullen Burch, Harper Burch, Hanna Coutchie, Juliet Englert, Michael Kirby
3D State Qualifiers: Cora Shaw, Adelaide Cimino, Alex Cimino, Sam Tummons, Cullen Burch, Grayson Steiro, John Putty, Ruby Brothers, Harper Burch, Katelyn Matz, Emmett Tummons, Michael Kirby, Henry Seibert
Academic Archers: Zimal Bashir, Ruby Brothers, Cullen Burch, Harper Burch, Adelaide Cimino, Alex Cimino, Hanna Coutchie, Turner Crockett, Juliet Englert, Ariya Glenn, Asher Glenn, Olivia Guo, Will Hayes, Lily Johnson, Vaneet Kaur, Bennett Kester, Michael Kirby, Katelyn Matz, Nikita Nannapaneni, Sam Seagraves, Cora Shaw, Lucy Shrimpton, Henry Siebert, Grayson Steiro, Alton Trombold, Emmett Tummons, Sam Tummons, Cooper Usery, Parker Usery
Greenwood has had multiple medal winners and personal bests so far and the Middle School Bullseye and 3D Teams have both met the Tier 4 State Qualifying Scores, working towards a higher tier as the season moves forward. Alex Cimino and Alex Trombold have joined Turner, Grayson, Lily, Cullen, Adelaide and Grace in the '50 Club,' archers who have shot a 50 for one end.
Greenwood will be competing in Crane this weekend and Willard next weekend. The next tournament in Springfield is at Gloria Deo, Friday, February 20, for anyone who would like to support them. Our flight times for that evening are at 6 PM and 7 PM. Thank you!
Ranked Top Ten in the State, Elementary Division: Alex Cimino and Cora Shaw in both Bullseye and 3D.
Bullseye State Qualifiers: Alex Cimino, Cora Shaw, Grace Yen, Alton Trombold, Grayson Steiro, Adelaide Cimino, Emmett Tummons, Katelyn Matz, John Putty, Henry Siebert, Sam Tummons, Cullen Burch, Harper Burch, Hanna Coutchie, Juliet Englert, Michael Kirby
3D State Qualifiers: Cora Shaw, Adelaide Cimino, Alex Cimino, Sam Tummons, Cullen Burch, Grayson Steiro, John Putty, Ruby Brothers, Harper Burch, Katelyn Matz, Emmett Tummons, Michael Kirby, Henry Seibert
Academic Archers: Zimal Bashir, Ruby Brothers, Cullen Burch, Harper Burch, Adelaide Cimino, Alex Cimino, Hanna Coutchie, Turner Crockett, Juliet Englert, Ariya Glenn, Asher Glenn, Olivia Guo, Will Hayes, Lily Johnson, Vaneet Kaur, Bennett Kester, Michael Kirby, Katelyn Matz, Nikita Nannapaneni, Sam Seagraves, Cora Shaw, Lucy Shrimpton, Henry Siebert, Grayson Steiro, Alton Trombold, Emmett Tummons, Sam Tummons, Cooper Usery, Parker Usery
Greenwood has had multiple medal winners and personal bests so far and the Middle School Bullseye and 3D Teams have both met the Tier 4 State Qualifying Scores, working towards a higher tier as the season moves forward. Alex Cimino and Alex Trombold have joined Turner, Grayson, Lily, Cullen, Adelaide and Grace in the '50 Club,' archers who have shot a 50 for one end.
Greenwood will be competing in Crane this weekend and Willard next weekend. The next tournament in Springfield is at Gloria Deo, Friday, February 20, for anyone who would like to support them. Our flight times for that evening are at 6 PM and 7 PM. Thank you!
Greenwood Debate traveled to Kansas last weekend to compete with 28 other schools in the Washburn Rural High School Invitational Forensics Tournament.
We got some first places from our blue jays, and every Greenwood student that attended appeared in a final round. Greenwood won 1ST PLACE in Sweepstakes as the TOP OVERALL SCHOOL in the tournament!!!
Let’s Go Jays!
We got some first places from our blue jays, and every Greenwood student that attended appeared in a final round. Greenwood won 1ST PLACE in Sweepstakes as the TOP OVERALL SCHOOL in the tournament!!!
Let’s Go Jays!
Come see the Boys Basketball team play tonight!
