Our 5th & 6th grade Science & Social Studies classes are engaging students with lessons about the Earth's oceans and States' Rights. Today, Mr. Doane's students were preparing for a test review of their science material with a football-themed game...very timely!
Upper level ELA classes are keeping things interesting! One of today's lessons involved evaluating an author's argument. Students learned about the impact of propaganda. Other classes were preparing for Evaluate assessments. We are having a friendly competition for the best scores...7th grade vs. 8th grade and 9th vs. 10th! We love seeing 100% effort!!!
Here is a small sample of some of our patriotic attire today for Spirit Week!
Kindergarten students are blooming and growing! Small group time with the teacher and independent reading work stations are a big part of this success! We are also grateful for our high school helpers! Keep up the GR8 work!
Senior Spotlight
It's National School Counseling Week! We are thankful to have Ms. Fox supporting our GR8 students! Her lesson today was about identifying things you like about yourself! Thank you for all you do, Ms. Fox! đź’śđź’›
80's spirit at Green Ridge R8 is totally awesome!
GR8 80's fun!
Our staff and students had GR8 80's spirit today!
It's Homecoming week!
The directors and students of the Green Ridge Music Department would like to invite any Harmony Alum to join us in singing the National Anthem at Friday's Homecoming game. We will gather in the corner nearest the Pep Band section to sing right before the Girls Varsity game tips off at 5:30pm.
If you are a Band Alum, we'd love for you to join us in playing Pep Tunes during the game as well!
Congratulations to our January students of the month Wyatt Crawford and Myka Wheaton! Wyatt is an eighth grader that was nominated by two of his teachers this month. His teachers say: Wyatt always comes to class prepared. He is respectful, kind, participates in lessons, takes notes, and completes his work. He asks questions during lessons, seeking to actually understand the learning, as opposed to simply wanting the answer. His grades are all A's or high B's, and he is very active in extra-curricular activities. Myka Wheaton is a sixth grader at Green Ridge. Her teachers say: Myka is a constant ray of sunshine. Her optimistic attitude is contagious to all. Not only does Myka work well with all students, but you can put her in any group or any spot and she will always find ways to motivate those around her. Her ability to hold herself and her peers accountable makes our job much easier. Her quick wit and sense of humor makes teaching even more fun.
HS boys and girls basketball will travel to La Monte this evening for 2 qtrs. JV boys, Varsity Girls, and Varsity Boys. Tip off will be at 5:30 p.m. The JH boys basketball team will be playing in Stover, against Lincoln, at 6:15 in the Kaysinger Conference Tournament. Good Luck Tigers.
Senior Spotlight
Harmony competed at the Show-Me Classic yesterday at Smith-Cotton High School. We had a great crowd come out to see us including some of our biggest and closest fans.
“The group worked really hard since our last competition to including some of the changes and improvements suggested by our last judges and clinicians,” said Bates. “We also had some visits and work with Mr.Holbert leading up to this one. His wisdom was also a huge help to us and I am very happy with the attitude and effort from all my kids.”
Harmony took 3rd place in their division and maintained a close score to other area schools. Their next time on the stage will be February 18th in Nevada, MO.
Photo Courtesy of Elizabeth Garrigus.
Come see Green Ridge Harmony perform tomorrow in Sedalia!
Harmony will be at the Heckart Performing Arts Center at Smith-Cotton High School to take the stage at 8am!
Come out and fill the seats!
Boys basketball won last night at the Kaysinger tournament against La Monte. The Vikings shot very well and put the Tigers in a tough spot by the end of the first quarter 23-9. The boys fought very hard in the second half, holding the Vikings to 5 points in the second half. The Tigers finished the night with the win 58-41. Weston Crawford led the way with 27 points and Mark Pavlioglo with 13. Nice Job Tigers, and good luck on Saturday! The Tigers are playing Windsor on Saturday at 1:30 at SFCC.
More GR8 news from Thursday, Feb 2nd.
The Jr. High Tiger boys basketball team capped off a great regular season schedule, moving to 8-1 with a 10 point win over Cole Camp on the road Thursday.
Last stop for the boys in the 2022-23 season, is the Kaysinger Conference Tournament, which kicks off on Saturday, Feb 4th in Stover. With the win over Cole Camp on Thursday, the boys have earned a first round bye going into the tournament as the #2 seed. The Tigers will open their Conference play on Tuesday night, Feb 7th at 6:15pm against the winner of Lincoln vs. Stover.
Come on out and support your Boys Jr High Tiger Basketball team!
The Green Ridge FBLA chapter traveled to UCM for the annual District Leadership Competition on Thursday, Feb 2nd.
The Tigers had a great showing as several teams brought home medals with many of those qualifying to move on to the State Competition in April.
Kamryn Hoos placed 1st in Networking Infrastructures and qualified for the State Competition.
Weston Crawford placed 2nd in Supply Chain Management and also qualified for state.
Ace Bodenhamer placed 5th in Job Interview.
Ava Needy, Kaelyn Ray, and Kali Young placed 5th in Public Service Announcement.
Grace Warner and Zakiyah Morse placed 5th in Social Media Strategies.
Kaydence Swaffword and Madisyn Lindsey placed 5th in Website Design.
Other Tigers who will competing at the state are 🏆🥇🚌:
Molli Mahalovich - Electronic Career Portfolio
Kayley Goodman, Kelsey Buxton, and Mattilyn Mergen - Local Annual Chapter Business Report
Evelyn Elwood, Ava Needy and Katelinn Soles - Mobile Application
Evelyn Elwood and Katelinn Soles - Community Service
Kaydence Swafford and Loralei Pauley - Digital Animation
Good luck to our GR8 Tigers moving on to state!
Attention:
CONGRATULATIONS! The 2022 volleyball team had six players qualify for Academic All State. To qualify, players must compete in 75% of the varsity matches and obtain a cumulative GPA of 3.6 or higher. Congratulations to freshman Emery Cannon and Santana Rivas and to seniors Kelsey Buxton, Kayley Goodman, Molli Mahalovich, and Mattilyn Mergen Well done!
