Greenwood Laboratory School

MSHSAA District Music Festival Results: William Chenevert - Gold/Exemplary Mary Gabriel - Gold/Exemplary Mollie Scher - Silver/Outstanding Carys Argueta - Silver/Outstanding Gabriel Parada - Silver/Outstanding Sophia Assmann - Silver/Outstanding GLS TRIO: Allie Foresee, Mollie Scher, and William Chenevert - Silver/Outstanding Congratulations to William Chenevert and Mary Gabriel for advancing to State, which will be held on April 28th, and congratulations to EVERYONE on an outstanding job!

Let the countdown to graduation begin! Over the next few weeks, we will be doing a special shoutout to each one of our Greenwood Seniors as they announce their post-graduation plans. It has been our pleasure to know each one of these students, and we can't wait to see where life will take them!

Science Olympiad and HOSA had a great week last week! Congrats to our students, their families, and our science faculty. Please take a look at our students' accomplishments:

The Greenwood band program was well represented last Saturday at the MSHSAA District Music Festival at Glendale High School. Our soloists did an outstanding job on their pieces, earning high ratings. Freshman Elif Benzer qualified for State Music Festival of her clarinet solo, to be held on Friday, April 28 at University of Missouri-Columbia! We are so proud of the hard work and dedication of these musicians! Congratulations to Isabel Herrin, flute; Anna Le, piano; Gabriel Parada, tuba; Elif Benzer, clarinet; Kelby Agnew, trumpet; Joshua Putty, trombone; and Jacob Putty, double bass.

Congratulations to our LAD Fair Winners! The mission of LAD, or Language Arts Department of Southwest Missouri, is to improve the teaching of language arts, to develop appreciation in education and lay circles for the teaching of language arts, and to stimulate growth and professional development in the field of language arts teaching throughout Southwest Missouri. Students could be entered into many different categories of writing, where their works were then voted on by a panel of judges. Great job to all of our Bluejays!

First Grade Students created colorful 3D prints using sand and glue. Students learned about “additive manufacturing” as they built parts by adding new material, one layer at a time. The process is similar to binder jetting, creating a solid three-dimensional part made from sand and glue.

6th graders mining for fossils and minerals in Science class

Dr. McClure, Banyan’s mom, came to talk to first grade students for Banyan’s Student of the Week presentation. Students had a special surprise visitor, a 5 day old newborn baby goat. Students learned how a veterinarian takes care of animals.

Congratulations to our 2023 Fair and Sir Greenwood: Caroline Dugal and Griffin Litherland!

Kindergarten and first grade students had a "wild" time on their field trip to the Stephen Fite concert at the Gillioz Theatre! They learned about animals of the jungle and rainforest, while integrating music, movement, math, science, and literacy.

First win of the tennis season! Greenwood 7, Aurora 2. Good teamwork and grit for everyone. Coach Madi and Coach Alex are proud of this team.

Please congratulate the following students on a job well done last Friday at the MSU Showcase for the Modern Languages Department! There were several categories in which students could compete, and our Greenwood students placed in EVERY SINGLE ONE! Students had to present in Spanish to multiple judges. Please pat these students on the back and tell them “buen trabajo!” Jesse Davies- Culture Bowl (2nd Place) Vocabulary (2nd Place) Gabriel Parada- Culture Bowl (2nd Place) Vocabulary (1st Place) Anna Le- Skit (1st Place) Amore Pennella- Skit (1st Place) Hadassah Fong- Skit (1st Place) Laila Ozturk- Poetry Slam (1st Place) Poster (1st Place) Anya Soni – Diorama (1st Place) Poster (1st Place) Tristan Khoshyomn- Culture Bowl (2nd Place) Abby Ryan- Spelling Bee (2nd Place) Madhav Nair- Diorama (2nd Place) Nikhil Nannapaneni- Diorama (2nd Place) Cullen Burch- Culture Bowl (2nd Place) Diorama (2nd Place)

GLS Science Instructor Presents at the National Science Teacher Association Annual Conference

The high school boys played their first tennis match of the season on Monday. Greenwood 2, Mount Vernon 7. Although the score doesn't reflect the close individual matches, we're proud of you all. We (Coaches Madi and Alex) love seeing you all enjoy the greatest sport. Your camaraderie, sportsmanship, integrity, and grit are admirable. These pictures are of the Seniors and the team and a link with more pictures https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1uuiq1hwhrf68a5/AADd16oUB9JMSH3gCzmlHzDQa?dl=0 The team plays again today (Tuesday) at home against Aurora at 4:30.

Congratulations to Coach Mike Percival for being selected to be inducted into the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame! Saturday, April 22, 2023 1:00pm Doubletree Hotel in Springfield, Missouri Tickets and congratulatory statements can be found HERE: https://mo.nhsbca.org/events/2023-hof-banquet-form

Kindergarten Pet Detectives! Fourth grade students helped their kindergarten reading buddies do research for the non-fiction books they are writing about pets.

Our own Emma Daugherty, 8th grader, has won the annual Sons of the American Revolution brochure contest. She received 1st place at the regional level and 2nd place at the state level for her brochure about the impact and significance of the United States Constitution. For these accomplishments, Emma was also given a cash award! Way to go Emma!

Showcase is next week! Plan to join us!

We already knew we were awesome, but now we have a ranking to prove it! Greenwood was named as one of the best private schools in Missouri in a recent article by the Kansas City Star. Schools were scored based on academics and grades, but other factors included culture and diversity, health and safety, clubs and activities, resources, and surveys of parents, teachers and students. We are also the only private school in our area mentioned. It's great to be a Greenwood Bluejay! Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article273231275.html

Congratulations to Turner Crockett for being the first Greenwood archer to compete in the State Tournament which was held last week in Branson! Score: 266 Tens: 7 Middle School Boys Rank: 173 7th Grade Boys Rank: 56 Overall Boys Rank 578 Great job Turner!! 761 Elementary Girls and Boys 1483 Middle School Girls and Boys 1327 High School Girls and Boys 239 Schools participated. Hillsboro won both the High School (3454 - 288 AVG) and Middle School (3362 - 280 AVG) Divisions (12 archers score for a team). We will have practice Tuesday mornings from 7:30-8:00 AM on "The Daily Court" the remainder of this school year. "Stay tuned" for information regarding the 2023-2024 Greenwood Archery Season. Thank you!