Illyan and Taaha Khan won 1st place in the State National History Day competition with their presentation entitled "Boston Tea Party: 342 Crates to Freedom". This competition took place this past weekend on Saturday at the University of Missouri—Columbia. They will be representing Greenwood at Nationals in DC in June. This is the first time in 15 years that Greenwood has won a state history competition. Congratulations Illyan and Taaha.
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Joshua Putty is our next senior spotlight! He will be attending Texas A&M University to study Aerospace Engineering. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!
Carson Little is our next senior spotlight! He will be attending University of Missouri to study Mechanical Engineering. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!
First Grader Emelia Speer’s parents, Jason and Tiffany, celebrated Emelia’s student of the week by sharing about their Christmas Tree Farm. The Evergreen Fields Christmas Tree Farm is located in Republic, Missouri.
There are 8 growing zones in the United States and Republic is located in Zone 6 B. There are Canaan Fir Trees and Scotch Pine Trees growing on the farm. Each tree requires a half gallon of water every three days. The trees that are growing now need to grow for two more years to be harvested and sold for Christmas Trees. When the trees are 4-5 years old they begin to pull water from beneath the surface of the ground and do not require watering. Students completed a plants paper that had them categorize what plants are, what they need, and what they have as an extension of the lesson. Emelia provided a doughnut snack for a special treat! Each student and Dr. Hammerschmidt were presented with a Canaan Fir Tree to take home.
Chelsea Isackson is our next senior spotlight! She will be attending Colorado State University to study Pre-Veterinary Medicine. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!
First Grade students continued the Greenwood Tradition Friday April 19, 2024 with the Inspiring Americans presentation. Students researched an individual who has made a significant contribution that inspires others often in the face of adversity. Original Visual Language poetry was performed outlining how their person overcame adversity to become an inspiration. Students learned to conduct beginning research skills and how to disseminate important information while creating paper bag books. This year students portrayed authors, artist, sports figures, dancers, musicians, scientists, and inventors.
Outstanding job First Graders!
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Congratulations to Tristan Khoshyomn who earned All-State recognition in two events at the MSHSAA State Speech and Debate tournament held at Missouri State University last weekend!
Tristan placed 7th in the state in International Extemporaneous Speaking and 8th Place in the State in Original Oratory. 111 schools and 769 students from across Missouri participated in the competition.
Tristan’s performances were exceptional for a sophomore competing at this high level. Tristan will also be competing this summer in the NSDA National Speech and Debate tournament for the second time in his high school career. The tournament will be held in Des Moines, Iowa in June. Go Jays!
Cammie Parker is our next senior spotlight! She will be attending Missouri State University to study Pre-Veterinary. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!
Katelyn Schaller is our next senior spotlight! She will be attending Rockhurst University to swim and study Biochemistry. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!
5th graders celebrated Victoria Guo’s winning Arbor Day poster on Friday. A yellowwood tree was planted in Victoria’s name. Sorry that Victoria was unable to be there. We have special prizes for her return! Thanks for helping us make our outdoors better Victoria!
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Inspiring Americans!
Third grade celebrated their Night of Notables this week. This is a wonderful tradition where students research, write a biography, create a tri fold, memorize a speech, and present as that person for an evening event!
Night of Noteables from our 3rd grade class!
Today Hannah and Hallie taught a lesson on engineers. Students were divided into 5 groups, worked together to create a plan, and an illustration of a solution to a task. After deciding upon their solution students were given supplies to create the design and challenged to work as a team to construct their design. We love collaborating with MSU Education Majors.
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Join us for Friday Night Lights at the Ballfield!
4th grade had a great time on their trip!
