The cafeteria TEAM is all ready to celebrate Christmas- GRINCH STYLE!
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released its Annual Performance Report (APR). Green Ridge R VIII has reason to be proud:
đź‘ŤTop Score in The Kaysinger Conference
đź‘ŤRanked in the TOP 56 K-12 Schools in the State
At the heart of Green Ridge R- VIII School District's commitment to student success lies in our exceptional staff, the driving force behind our academic excellence. Our teachers and support staff play a pivotal role in shaping young minds.
#TIGERNATION!
Tiger basketball will be in action tonight in Prairie Home. Tonight's contests are varsity only, and the girls will tip off at 6:00 p.m. Good Luck TigerNation!
We're gearing up for Thanksgiving break, but I have to mention these GR-8 students! Spencer and Katheryn were recognized for being GR-8 and working hard in their classroom. Keep it up Tigernation!
Mrs. Donaldson's seventh grade science class had fun simulating competition for resources in an ecosystem using Fruit Loops!
Congratulations to Mallory Reed for being nominated and recognized as our outstanding senior student at this month’s Rotary Luncheon. Mallory is a great asset to our school district. She is a positive, energetic, helpful, and hard-working young lady. Mallory is involved in numerous activities including the National Honor Society, FBLA, FFA, Volleyball, FCA, and Harmony. Mallory has received several recognitions for her FBLA activities and is also serving as a FBLA state officer and was selected to serve on a national FBLA council. These activities take many hours of planning outside of school. Mallory also has a part time job and recently became the 2025 Missouri Hereford Queen. Following graduation, Mallory plans to attend the University of Missouri to study International Business with a minor in Spanish.
We are extremely proud of Mallory and her accomplishments. She has a bright future ahead of her, and we will support her in all her endeavors.
Congratulations again Mallory Reed!
From Miss Dailey:
"Our A+ student, Miss Nicole, read There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey to us and led a group activity!"
Mrs. Miller's Culinary Arts class started a unit on eggs. Today, they learned about the various parts of the egg. They will also be learning about factors that affect the selection of eggs, principles & methods for cooking eggs, how to cook eggs correctly for breakfast menus, and how to use eggs as ingredients in other recipes.
Mrs. Nevels had a classroom full of students working on slope, y intercepts, and equations.
From Mrs. Sleeper: "Second grade has been working hard on segmenting words into syllables, so we took that skill and used it on Thanksgiving themed words. The students read the word, counted the syllables, then put it in the correct column. They read through all the words again afterwards and drew a line where the syllables separate. We even practiced our next skill as we took the words back down and counted the individual sounds in each word together."
GR VIII had our GR8FUL Feast Today- The FEAST is for our community, teachers, staff and students to all eat together in appreciation & thankfulness for each other and our community!
Green Ridge basketball opens their season tonight with 2 quarters of JV boys, Varsity Girls, and Varsity Boys contests. Tip off for the JV contest will be 5:00 p.m. Good Luck Tigers!
Lamberts' Style lunch at the GR Feast with the thrown rolls!
Lila Rupe and Emelina Oliferchuk were caught being GR-8! Both of these girls have shown their kindness to others by giving of themselves. Thank you for being GR-8!
Mrs. White’s LA2 students made Bloom Balls after reading The Fall of the House of Usher. The various pieces of the ball had very specific directions that required students to cite, order, identify, or summarize passages. Then, the students had to add illustrations to the pieces as well. Finally, the pieces were put together into the amazing Bloom Ball!
From Mrs. Anderson:
"This week, students played Build Your Stax. This is an investment simulation, the game simulates the stock market in a 20 year period. Students learn about savings interest, CD's, Index Funds, Single Stocks, Government Bonds, and crop commodities. The students compete against each other to see who has the best investment portfolio by the end of the 20 year period. At the end of the game it shows students what years the game simulates and the companies they were investing in if they invested in single stocks."
From Mr. Underwood:
"Students were working on creating and placing sprites (characters) in code. The goal at the end of our unit is for students to be able to take their sprites and place them into a video game that they have created."
Today is FFA Greenhand Initiation Day! Our first year FFA members will receive their Greenhand Degree tonight! The Greenhand Degree is the first degree given to FFA members.
Miss Dailey's students continue to make progress in small group reading!
#Tiger Nation- It is our plan to start a new way to connect to our community. On Thursday's we want to honor our traditions and past and post some pictures! #THROW BACK THURSDAY! If you see yourself or folks you know please comment and interact with us!
