The students persisted through three days and almost 40 hours of competition to earn the qualification bids to attend the national tournament. Twenty-three area schools and around 320 individual competitors participated in the competition. Only the top 3 or 4 students in each event qualify for the national competition.
Two Greenwood teams qualified to represent the district in Policy Debate – Tristan Khoshyomn/Ethan Duff and Ilyaan Khan/Taaha Khan. Tristan is a four-time qualifier for the National Tournament. The Ozark District of NSDA is one of the strongest districts in the country, and it is generally tough to qualify for nationals in any year. It is an absolutely incredible achievement to do it four years in a row. Only around 100 students across the country achieve this honor in any year. This will be Ethan’s second appearance at NSDA Nationals in Policy Debate.
Laila Ozturk is a national qualifier in Informative Speaking! Laila won 7 different tournaments this year in Informative Speaking and is also a repeat qualifier in the event. Connor Manzardo will be making his first appearance as a sophomore at Nationals in US Extemporaneous Speaking.
We will be competing at the Congressional Debate District tournament in April and hope to add more students to this impressive list.
Good luck at nationals! Go Jays!
Check out the latest with our Outdoor Adventures Club!
"We explored Sequiota Cave by John boat, wading through waist high water, crawling through muddy passages on our hand and knees, shimmying through tight spaces on our bellies, and tromping through knee-deep mud. It was messy, wild, and completely unforgettable!" --Mrs. Fearing
Results:
Adam Abdalla: 1st Place Computer Science Category, MSU scholarship, State Qualifier
Gyan Grewal: 1st Place Microbiology Category, ISEF 1st Alternate, MSU scholarship, US Air Force Certificate of Achievement, MSU Biology Departmental Award, Regeneron Biomedical Science Award, Schneider Foundation Award and Smith-Glynn-Calloway Foundation Award cash prize, State Qualifier
Nikhil Nannapaneni: Honorable Mention Medicine and Health Category
Vivaan Pawar: 1st Place Biochemistry Category, Grand Prize Award Winner, MSU scholarship, Schneider Foundation Award and Smith-Glynn-Calloway Foundation Award cash prize, State Qualifier
Karamjot Singh: 3rd Place Computer Science Category, Yale Science and Engineering Association Most Outstanding Exhibit in STEM
Dylan Zheng: 2nd Place Behavioral and Social Sciences Category, Naval Science Award, State Qualifier
Sarina Zheng: Honorable Mention Behavioral and Social Sciences Category
Scattegories All Levels
1st Place - Sam Williams
Madhav Nair
Jack Lindsey
Cullen Burch
Aryan Chowdhury
Culture Bowl Level I-II
4th Place - Kathryn Lipscomb
Elliot Long
Katelyn Matz
Arjun Jayarao
5th Place - Ella Robinson
Ian Lee
Elena Wu
Isabella Jayarao
Culture Bowl Level III-IV
!st Place - Cullen Burch
Madhav Nair
Aryan Chowdhury
Jack Lindsey
2nd Place - Amalie Altrup
Grace Yen
Kate Lindsey
Sarina Zheng
Students were treated to doughnuts and some paper money!
Thank you Levi, Mom and Dad!
The students of Greenwood Laboratory School delivered a stellar performance at the Greater Ozarks Conference Math Competition held at Marion C. Early today, March 11, 2026. Demonstrating exceptional analytical skills across all levels, Greenwood secured several top honors in both individual and team events. Congratulations to all of our competitors!
• 7th Grade Mathematics
o Individuals
1st Place – Nina Alex
3rd Place – Waylon DeBoef
o Team
3rd Place – Harper Burch, Arjun Jayarao, Elena Wu
• Pre-Algebra
o Individuals
1st Place – Ian Lee
3rd Place – Ella Robinson
o Team
2nd Place – Ty Mwengi, Alton Trombold, Colin Williams
• Algebra 1
o Individuals
1st Place – Rishabh Singh
• Geometry
o Individuals
1st Place – Nikhil Nannapaneni
2nd Place – Connor Frazier
3rd Place – Kaylee VanRhein
o Team
1st Place – Connor Frazier, Nikhil Nannapaneni, Kaylee VanRhein
• Algebra 2
o Individuals
1st Place – Dylan Zheng
3rd Place – Madhav Nair
o Team
2nd Place – Adam Abdalla, Cullen Burch, Jack Lindsey
• Advanced Mathematics
o Individuals
2nd Place – Egan Asay
3rd Place – Gary Shi
o Team
1st Place – Jesse Davies, Tristan Khoshyomn, Gary Shi
Great job to our sponsors: Jacob Anderson, Joe Black , Abby Burch, & Gina Green!
The team will be competing at NSDA Districts this weekend for a chance to compete at Nationals in Richmond, Virginia this summer.
So proud of these Blue Jays!
More mystery readers from our 3rd grade classroom! Every time someone came to read, it was so much fun, and it's great to see the students engaged and exciting about reading. Thank you so much to those that have read aloud to our elementary students!
Kate Lindsey, Amelie Altrup, Sarina Zhen, and Courtney Richards won 1st place in group performance with their "Fighting for the Defenseless: the Work of Dorthea Dix"
Binisha Pokhrel won 1st place website with "Reformers, Power, and the Loss of Native Culture"
Ella Englert won 3rd place in the paper category (very competitive category) with "Dorthea Dix and Mental Health Reform"
Cale Leavitt won 2nd place individual exhibit with "Protection and Care for the Mentally Ill"
Aarav Chowdhury won 3rd place exhibit with "The Hill That Changed Everything" (that is, Bunker Hill)
Easton McQueary and Andrew Owen won 2nd place group exhibit with "Transportation Revolution"
Nolan Bailey & Rishabh Singh won 2nd place documentary with "Smallpox Inoculation: A Revolution in Science"
Musical: Circus, Circus
Performed by our wonderful 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders
Wednesday, April 8th, 6:30 pm
