First grade students wrote a book report after reading a favorite book. In class students have worked on characters, setting, plot, point of view, and writing a synopsis. Pumpkin Characters were created to represent the character that the student liked best from the book. Students presented the book report and characters to their classmates. The first grade fall tradition encourages academic and creativity!
Interested in going to Washington, DC? The Enrollment Metting is Tuesday, November 19th at 6pm. Check out the graphic to register and for more information!
Elementary students had fun learning about fire safety with the Springfield Fire Department! They got to tour a firetruck, learn best practices for preventing fire, what to do if there is a fire, and all about the firemen's protective suit. Students even got to hold a firehose and sit in the truck!
The First Grade Helpful Hedgehogs have been learning about elections. After reading several books, our Scholastic News article “Hip, Hip, Hooray! It’s Election Day!”, and watching videos students voted on their favorite candidate, Mr. Pretzel or Miss Goldfish. Students learned about running for office, identifying a candidate they could agree with or liked, polls, secret ballot, casting a vote, ballot box, voting booth, tallying votes, and election results. The outcome of the election and the winner for the Favorite First Grade Snack November 5, 2024, is……… Miss Goldfish!
The final tally was Miss Goldfish received 17 voted and Mr. Pretzel received 9 votes.
Dr. Teresa Mabary, Berkeley’s grandmother, was our guest speaker for her Student of the Week presentation. After spending 30 years in public education as a teacher, principal, and superintendent, Dr. Mabary decided her retirement would consist of opening a ceramic shop. Her passion for creativity, along with her motivation to create socialization in her hometown motivated Dr. Mabary to circle back to something she enjoyed early in her life. Students learned how ceramics are poured, cleaned, and painted. They even got to paint their own ceramics! Student were treated to Goldfish and cupcakes. Each student took home a creation they painted in class. Thank you, Berkeley and Dr. Mabary!
50 days smarter! Kindergarten celebrated 50 days of learning by writing 50 sight words, counting to 50 in different ways, reading books published in the 1950s, the hand jive, and root beer floats!
Greenwood Debate Excels at Republic Tournament!
Last weekend Greenwood Debate competed at the Republic High School Invitational Tournament with 26 schools from across Missouri. The team returned with 4 tournament championships! Ilyaan Khan won TWO first place awards – Novice International Extemporaneous Speaking and Novice Informative Speaking! Tristan Khoshyomn was the tournament champion in Varsity International Extemp – for the third tournament in row! Tristan and Mary Gabriel were also tournament champions in Varsity Policy Debate!
We are especially proud that the Greenwood team set a goal and then worked together to win the Ethan Hansen Traveling Extemporaneous Trophy. The trophy is awarded at the Republic tournament each year to the school attending the tournament that earns the most points in Extemporaneous Speaking. Greenwood’s name will be forever engraved on this traveling trophy as a permanent reflection of this amazing performance.
Other Greenwood finalists included: Laila Ozturk (2nd Place Varsity Informative Speaking and 4th Place International Extemp), Ethan Duff (4th – Varsity International United States Extemp and 4th Varsity Policy Debate), Taaha Khan (3rd Place Novice International Extemp and 4th Place Novice Informative Speaking), Mary Gabriel (2nd Place Informative Speaking), Connor Manzardo (2nd Place Novice United States Extemp), Gyan Grewal(4th Varsity Policy Debate),and Tristan Khoshyomn (4th Place Original Oratory).
Top 12 semi-finalist awards went to: Ethan Duff and Mohan Grewal (Varsity Original Oratory), Karamjot Singh (Novice International Extemp), Gyan Grewal (Varsity International Extemp and Varsity Informative Speaking, Mary Gabriel (Varsity Informative Speaking), Connor Manzardo (Novice Informative Speaking).
Congratulations Blue Jays!
Congratulation to one of Greenwood’s 3rd grade students Arjun Amritphale for being a recent qualifier at Math League! Arjun will be going to districts in a few months and then (hopefully) state level which is held at St. Louis.
The test consisted of four rounds (number sense, sprint, target, and team.) The test was a timed three-hour long test online. He tested with students up to fifth grade. Parents can find more information about Math League on the link below.
We are Greenwood Proud!
https://mathleague.org/es.php
Proud of our Scholar Bowl Team's performance at the Republic Tourney! Varsity team of Mary, Laila, Minal, Kai S., and Joaquin placed 4th. JV team of Kai G., Ilyaan, Madhav, Katie, and Taaha placed 2nd. Ilyaan was 5th overall for JV teams.
First Grade Helpful Hedgehogs had lots of fun last week dressing up!
Last Tuesday, special guests Mr. and Mrs. Herschend spoke to 4th graders about energy, electricity, and how much it takes to run Silver Dollar City! Their great-granddaughter is student Lillian Herschend. Students had fun preparing and asking all sorts of questions for the Herschend's to answer about Silver Dollar City.
4th grade students had a blast the other day using static electricity to make paper ghosts fly!
Today Missouri State's Women in STEM presented the Greenwood Showcase! Students got to participate in various experiments in each field to encourage them to explore STEM in new and fun ways. Students had fun learning about rock classifications and how they happen by making their own "rocks" with Starburst. They learned about lungs, built structures with fall candies, and so much more!
2024 MHSGCA GIRLS GOLF ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
The Missouri High School Golf Coaches Association is pleased to recognize the following
student-athletes as 2024 MHSGCA Academic All-State recipients.
○ Katy Daugherty, Sr
○ Eva Heidemann, Sr
○ Anna McQueary, Sr
○ Emma Daugherty, So
○ Gwyndolyn Gelner, So
Hard work, determination, and commitment to excellence are required to attain a high level of success as both a student and athlete. These recipients embody these characteristics and are truly deserving of this recognition.
The qualification criteria and nomination information is provided to all Missouri high school
coaches, and recognition as Academic All-State is dependent on coach nomination and
verification.
● 3.5 Non-Rounded, Cumulative GPA OR 25 ACT Superscore OR 1200 SAT
● Sophomore, Junior, or Senior in good standing with their team/school
● Considered a Varsity golfer by the coach’s/school’s standards
Congratulations Girls Golf!
First Grade students have been studying about plants for 9 weeks. On October 18, students visited Gardner’s Bakery and Orchard Pumpkin Patch. Students were taken on a hayride and shown the crops that are grown in the orchard, learned about the seeds, soil, and the environment required to grow crops and plants successfully. We have read many books, written about plants, planted plants and Sprout Houses. How many seeds in a pumpkin? Written by Margaret McNamara guided students as they explored the pumpkins unique properties today at our Pumpkin Palooza. First graders measured, weighed, counted curved lines, and made predictions of how many seeds the pumpkins would have before carving. Thank you, parents, for helping make our culminating activity wonderful!
The Greenwood Speech & Debate team had an incredible showing at the Deana Butcher Classic Speech and Debate tournament held at Willard High School! 32 schools from across Missouri, including several from the Kansas City area and Columbia, attended the largest tournament of the season so far.
Once again, three teams from Greenwood advanced to the top 8 in Varsity Policy Debate. Mary Gabriel and Tristan Khoshyomn defeated teams from Central, Catholic, Rockbridge, and Kickapoo, among others to finish in 2nd place overall. Mary and Tristan’s current season record over 3 tournaments is 16 wins and 4 losses! The team of Laila Ozturk and Mohan Grewal finished the tournament preliminary rounds undefeated before losing in the semi-final round to finish 3rd. The freshman team of Ilyaan Khan and Taaha Khan advanced to the quarterfinal round in varsity competition and finished 4th overall!
Tristan Khoshyomn was also the tournament champion in International Extemp for the 2nd tournament in a row and a top 12 semi-finalist in Original Oratory! Laila Ozturk earned 5th place in Informative Speaking. Ilyaan Khan was also a top 12 semi-finalist in Informative Speaking. Ethan Duff was a top 12 semi-finalist in United States Extemp.
We were also so excited to have Greenwood Debate alum Dorian Khoshyomn join the team for the awards presentation!! The team will be competing at the Republic Invitational this weekend. Go Jays!
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!!
