Thank you, GPA, for the Zoo in the Room experience for first grade. Students learned about mammals. The special guest was a hedgehog!
The 3rd grade tradition of pumpkin carving was a hit! Thank you, parents for helping us make it possible!
Scarlett Raphael the first grade student of the week brought her dad, Dr. Steven Raphael, her sister Millie, and her uncle, Chief Warrant Officer Brandon Harmon, to celebrate. Brandon is a UH-60 Blackhawk Aeromedical Evacuation Pilot, UH-60 Maintenance Test Pilot, and Aviation Maintenance Experience with 18 years combined experience in the Marine Corps & US Army. Students learned about Blackhawk Helicopters and what it takes to become a pilot. Interesting fact, Chief Warrant Officer Harmon flew on Marine 1 with President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama. First graders are going to be surprised with a “playground flyover” during recess in the next few weeks! Scarlett gave students a sweet treat and books about helicopters. Thank you Scarlett!
CONGRATULATIONS, again to our Lady Jays!!!! The 2024 Greenwood Girls Golf team just finished a highly successful season by placing 3rd at the MSHSAA Class 1 State Golf Championships in Farmington, MO! The girls finished in a 3-way tie with Stover & Harrisburg but won the tiebreaker by virtue of their 5th player's score. Super exciting finish that literally came down to the last putt on the last hole of the last round!!! This is the second trip to the state championships as a team in the last three years and the second 3rd place finish! Dylan Lee & Eva Heidemann led the way with two-day totals of 191 and 194, respectively! Congratulations to Eva Heidemann, Katy Daugherty, Anna McQueary, Gwyndolyn Gelner and Dylan Lee!!
Students in Mrs. Montileone’s media class partnered with Mr. Broaddus to create a documentary in honor of Hill Hall’s 100th year celebration. Preston Davis, Hett Patel, Enzo Cricchio, Spencer White and Austin Parker-Kentner diligently worked on this project.
The documentary traces the history of Greenwood at its beginning, before Hill Hall was built, to when Greenwood moved out of Hill in 1966 to this present building. The film goes through each decade of Greenwood’s time at Hill Hall, from 1924 to 1966. Music by Loren Michael Broaddus and a reading of a passage from a 1944 Greenwood student done by Catherine Broaddus.
The film was shown at the Hill Hall 100th Celebration on October 19th. We are so proud of our student’s hard work!
We are super proud of our Girls on the Run girls for moving a mountain that they have been working towards all season - completing a 5k! The girls completed their practice 5k on Missouri State University campus last week.
The middle school soccer team finished their season this week with a winning record and are currently third place in the league. We are very proud, Go Bluejays!
The Speech & Debate Blue Jays have more amazing results to report from the Kickapoo/CCA Speech and Debate Tournament last weekend! Nineteen schools from across southwest Missouri competed in the tournament. Every student competing from Greenwood walked away with at least one trophy! The team also finished 2nd place in Overall Varsity Sweepstakes among all schools competing in the tournament – in a field including Central, Glendale, Parkview, Willard, Republic, Rolla, and more. The team will compete again this weekend at Willard.
Dr. Hammerschmidt and the 1st graders had so much fun on Friday! Thank you GPA, parents, and grandparents for making the day AMAZING! The students were fantastic and the weather was incredible. Lots of fun fall activities happening around here!
Mrs. Atkinson's 5th graders became "culinary scientists" and created their own pancake mixtures to wrap up the unit on matter, how deliciously fun!
Kindergartners visited the pumpkin patch after learning about the life cycle and characteristics of pumpkins!
Congratulations to our GIRLS GOLF TEAM! 3rd place at state!
Katy Daugherty
Eva Heidemann
Anna McQueary
Gwendolyn Gelner
Dylan Lee
Congrats to Coach Flood and Coach Wilson and our JH Boys basketball team -37-30 3rd place-GOC Conference Tournament!
CONGRATULATIONS! Our JH Girls basketball team wins the GOC conference tournament championship 34-25 to secure an UNDEFEATED season!! Congrats to Coaches Mike and Amber Percival and the players! Go Jays!
Get your tickets now for the Bluejay Bash!
Kindergarteners got crafty in art class and painted the pumpkin patch they visited on a field trip! How cute!
Spanish 3 and Art 1, 2, & 3 classes took a field trip to the Dickerson Park Zoo in Springfield the other day! They had a blast exploring, learning, and being inspired!
Thank you to our guest!
Congratulations Girls Tennis!!
The First Grade Student of the Week Rooslan Iqbal brought his dad Dr. Razib Iqbal to
school to celebrate. Dr. Iqbal is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Missouri State University. Students learned about electricity and the path it travels through to make items work by making simple circuits using batteries, wires and light bulbs. Rooslan provided his friends with a sweet treat of soft-baked cookies, which need electricity to bake! Thank you Rooslan and Dr. Iqbal.
