The Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest celebrates handwriting and showcases student’s manuscript and cursive skills. Greenwood Laboratory School grade-level winners qualify to move on to state, then national levels, competing to be named one of nine Grand National Grade-Level Champions. Each national champion receives a cash prize and a special trophy!
Congratulations to the 2023 Greenwood Laboratory School Grade-Level Winners:
Kindergarten: Arna Sadhukhan- Mrs. Lowe
First Grade: Zuheir Chowdhury- Dr. Hammerschmidt
Second Grade: Beverley Yu- Mrs. Flanders
Third Grade: Harper Burch- Mrs. Gray
Fourth Grade: Norah Chowdhury- Mrs. Broaddus
Fifth Grade: Channing Bland- Mrs. Martin
We love our GOTR program! It inspires and empowers girls through physical activity. Thank you to Kamille Schultz, Amy Pinegar, and Jamie Seagrave for organizing, coaching, and running with the girls! This is a wonderful opportunity
The GLS Spring Spirit Wear Sale is live! Choose from hundreds of designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days! You'll save 25% off the entire site! New product lines include Nike and Adidas! Shop at https://1stplace.sale/51829
Marshfield Music Festival
Congratulations to our many middle school band students who performed in solos and ensembles at the Marshfield Music Festival on Saturday, March 4.
Greenwood performed 25 entries and earned twenty two I ratings and three II ratings! Well done musicians!
First Graders celebrated 100 Days of First grade with fun activities in the classroom. Students dressed up like they were 100 years old or how they would have dressed 100 years ago. Those are some pretty cute 100 year olds!
First Graders have celebrated Read Across America and Literacy with Mystery Readers! Dr. Ron Snodgrass read to the class on Tuesday and President Clif Smart read to the class on Wednesday. We will have three more guests Friday morning. Thank you to all of our Mystery Readers!
In the chemistry lab, it is sometimes necessary to experimentally determine the concentration of an acid or base solution. A procedure for making this kind of determination is called an acid-base titration. Ms. Gilmore’s Advanced Chemistry class demonstrates this valuable lab.
Kindergarten celebrated 100 days of learning and growing together by making shirts with 100 items on them! They also celebrated by jumping for 100 seconds, writing about what they will be like when they are 100, a snack with 100 items, and of course, counting to 100!
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Mr. Pfeil is pleased to report that the following students will be going to Columbia for the State National History Day Championship:
Abigail Ryan, Anya Soni, Zain Saquer, and Josie Matkowski will be performing a skit entitled "The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Crossing into a New Frontier"
Laila Ozturk wrote a 2nd place history paper (9 pages as an 8th grader) entitled "From Feudalism to Mercantilism: An Economic Frontier"
Gracelyn Rothwell (one of our first-year students) won 2nd place for her individual exhibit entitled "The Rise of Education and Literacy: A Frontier in African-American Slave History
If you see these students, please congratulate them! To view their work, come to Mr. Pfeil's room (GLAB 406) on open house night. Outstanding job Bluejays!
Mrs. Lowe's kindergarten and Dr. Hammerschmidt’s 1st grade were dressed to impress today for their annual Tea Party. They had fruit trays, sandwiches, cookies, and tea of course! This was a great opportunity for the students to practice their manners while having fun with peers. Cheerio!
Congratulations to the 1977, 1978, 1979 Greenwood Girls Track and Field Teams for being inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. Once a Bluejay, always a Bluejay! Congratulations to these athletes, thank you for your representation!
Kindergarten celebrated literacy with Book Character Dress-Up Day. Look at those amazing costumes!
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Congratulations to Dr. Ron Snodgrass for being inducted into the Southwest Missouri Basketball Officials Association Hall of Fame! What a well-deserving honor!
Dr. Melinda Hammerschmidt’s first grade class collaborated with Dr. Chloe Bolyard’s ELE 410, Teaching and Learning in the Elementary Classroom, students who surveyed, planned, and conducted small group lessons. The teacher candidates visited today to meet students and get to know them using icebreaker activities. In May, the ELE410 students will return to Greenwood to teach students a first-grade social studies learning standard lesson!
Congratulations to the Class of 2023 Valedictorians and Salutatorians! We are very proud of these Bluejays for their academic achievements, and can't wait to see what they will accomplish in the future.
Valedictorians: Ansley Arquitt, Jamie Alford, Eleanor Hilotin, and Reagan Winegar
Salutatorians: Caroline Dugal and Nyah Dogwiler
Kindergartners love learning about animals with monthly visits from the zoo! Today’s visit was about nocturnal animals. Students met a tarantula named Ginger and a sugar glider named Boomerang!
Congratulations to Eleanor Hilotin and Keerti Vittalam for being named NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS! This is an incredible honor, There were only 15,200 students named with this honor in the ENTIRE country! Greenwood has two! These wonderful students have worked hard and we are proud of their accomplishment. Congratulations Eleanor and Keerti!
Congratulations to the Greenwood High School Girls Track Teams of 1977, 78, and 79 for being inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame! The ceremony will be held on March 1st at the Oasis Convention Center from 11 AM- 1 PM. For tickets and more information, contact frgraham@spsmail.org.
