
First Grade Helpful Hedgehogs sharing their LAD Fair entries and results that were published in the GLS Newsletter earlier in March. LAD is the Language Arts Department of Southeast Missouri. The LAD Fair is a contest that celebrates Kindergarten through Twelfth grade students writing and artistic expression.


First Grade Helpful Hedgehog Clara Phillip’s grandparents, David and Julie Peck, presented about a recent trip to celebrate Clara being student of the week. The Peck’s, known as Baba and Dawdy to Clara, started in Amsterdam and ended the river cruise in Switzerland. Students sampled cheese from a dairy farm in Switzerland. Clara walked around and shared a large cowbell with students and presented each classmate with a ‘cow” themed pencil. After viewing the presentation students asked terrific questions. Thank you for sharing about such a wonderful adventure with our class and celebrating Clara.





Pictures of 7th grade students asking each other and Mrs. Barnhouse’s students survey questions!



The 3rd, 4th and 5th grades shared their musical in the community at The Montclair, Springfield Rehab and The Manor at Elfindale. We met 2 Greenwood Alumni/Graduates.
Diane Collinson a 1958 graduate and Stephanie Flanders a 1980 graduate.






Greenwood Girls on the Run raised $328.60 at their Lemonade/Iced Tea Stand today for their Community Impact Project! The girls brainstormed, compromised, and agreed that they wanted to help animals and chose to donate the proceeds to the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri. We’re so proud of these young ladies and a big thank you to everyone who supported the girls efforts today.


Aliza Hassan is our next senior spotlight! She will be attending the University of Missouri! We are so glad that you are part of our Bluejay Family!


Zoe Lutomske is our next senior spotlight! She will be attending Stetson University to study Business. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!


3rd, 4th and 5th grade sing in the summer with their musical Summertime, Please Come Soon!!!






3rd, 4th and 5th grade sing in the summer with their musical Summertime, Please Come Soon!!!








The First Grade Helpful Hedgehogs created magical crystal hedgehogs. The formation of the crystal spines takes 3-4 days. The hedgehogs glow in the dark after exposure to the sunlight or a flashlight.
Students selected their color of hedgehog based upon their own hypothesis of which hedgehog would grow more crystals. We were surprised to see that some of the hedgehogs did not form the crystals, while others did. Students decided after observation that the red hedgehogs grew more crystals than the other two colors, green and blue.





Nhi Hoang is our next senior spotlight! She will be attending Knox College to study Pre-Engineering. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!


Heath Jeffreys is our next senior spotlight! Heath will be attending Missouri State University to study Theater. Thank you for being such a big part of our Bluejay Family!


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!


2023-2024
