Senior Spotlight! Isaiah Remulla will be studying Molecular Biology at Missouri State University. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
FBLA State Competition was a huge success!
Our students represented us with excellence, and we’re thrilled to announce that Hursh Patel and Illyan Khan are headed to Nationals this June! 🏆✨
A big congratulations to all of our participants — we are so proud of your hard work and achievements. 💙
Go Bluejays! 💪
Check out the results below:
PRESENTATION:
Madhav - Data Analysis - finals (DNP)
Tristan - Electronic Career Portfolio - 5th
Kai & Connor - Financial Statement Analysis - 8th
Karam, Han, & Nikhil - Website Coding & Development - prelims
Taaha, Ilyaan, & Adam - Entrepreneurship - 6th
Ethan, Tristan, Gyan - Business Plan - 7th
Gyan - Public Speaking - prelims
Ilyaan - Intro to Public Speaking - 3rd
Mohan - Help Desk - 6th
TESTING
Connor - Economics - 8th
Adam - Accounting 1 - DNP
Anna - Intro to Business Communication - DNP
Ethan - Business Communication - 7th
Harper - Securities & Investment - DNP
Kai - Securities & Investment - 5th
Hursh - Personal Finance - 7th
Hursh - Financial Math - 3rd
Jesse - Healthcare Administration - DNP
Taaha - Intro to Business Communication - 7th
Competitive Fitness classes enjoyed playing handball over at the Dr. Tommy Burnett Handball Courts! Thank you to Coach Madsen and the Handball Bears for working with our students!
Today, the 3rd grade enjoyed a fun game of kickball with Dr. Snodgrass at the intermural field on campus. We thank Michelle DuMontier for purchasing this at the Blue Jay Bash this past fall.
Former First Grader Lucy Mckay and her dad Dr. Matthew Mckay visited the Helpful Hedgehogs last week. Dr. McKay is an Associate Professor in the Department: School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability at Missouri State University. Lucy and her dad brought Virtual Reality headsets, rocks, and a mineral collection. Dr. McKay shared a video of a volcano in Iceland that erupted when a group of Missouri State Scientist were present. Students learned that mineral form when water continually moves around and then crystalizes. The minerals then grow into shapes. Minerals can be identified by their color and shape. The chemistry of fossils is what scientist use to determine he age. Students got to see the various rocks, minerals and fossils. Then students each used the virtual reality headsets to explore volcanos in Iceland and Mount Saint Helens in Washington State that Dr. McKay has visited and explored. Dr. McKay has visited 6 volcanoes, his favorite one so far is Mount Saint Helens. We learned so much form Lucy and her dad. Thank you for sharing!
Congratulations to Arjun Amritphale! He has qualified in the district competition for Math League standing overall score FIRST amongst all third graders. He will be going forward to the state championship in Columbia, MO on May 10th. Good luck at STATE! We are Greenwood Proud!
Senior Spotlight! Sophia Sechler will be diving and studying Health Sciences at Drury University. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Reading Buddies from Mrs. Flander’s 2nd grade and Mrs. Martin’s 5th grade had some special visitors today. Mrs. Suzanna Lynne is an author who brought her “Stars” of the show to our school, Buddy and Winnie. Mrs. Lynne writes and illustrates her own books. She read one of her own books to us, spoke about bullying, and shared some tricks. This visit made our day “paw-some.”
Middle School and High School Vocal Music also had a concert last Wednesday! What an awesome performance!
Kindergarten, First and Second Grade presented the musical Down by the Water last Wednesday. They did a great job! We are so proud!
Senior Spotlight! Enzo Cricchio will be studying Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Senior Spotlight! Hett Patel will be studying Mechanical Engineering at the Missouri University of Science & Technology. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Senior Spotlight! Austin Parker-Kentner will be getting a degree in Film Studies at the University of Missouri. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Senior Spotlight! Bennato Pennella will be studying Business at Missouri State University. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Senior Spotlight! Ally Johnson will be studying Finance at the University of Georgia. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Senior Spotlight! Braden Nicholson will be studying Mechanical Engineering at Drury University. Thank you for being part of our Bluejay family, we can't wait to see all the amazing things you accomplish!
Mr. Madsen's high school physics students have spent the past few weeks creating a Rube Goldberg Machine to demonstrate energy transfer, simple machines, and conservation of energy. Students had certain design requirements that they had to adhere to such as a run time greater than 10 seconds, completing a final task, a certain number of steps in a limited amount of space, and a creative theme. First Grade Students were invited to watch the Rube Goldberg Machines in action. Physics students shared how the machines were designed, how they worked, demonstrated the process, and answered questions. First Grade students had a "ball" watching the machines and visiting the physics classroom. Thank you, Mr. Madsen and Physics Students, first graders were talking about how fun it would be to build their own Rube Goldberg Machines!!
How do you celebrate a year of great behavior in the library? With a PJ/Beach party day, of course! Sand bucket snacks and frozen lemonades with umbrellas made for a fun time. All grades had similar parties depending upon how they voted.
Six Greenwood Geography Club members competed at the Central Missouri Geography Bee held in Ashland, MO on April 5, 2025. Congrats to four who advanced to the National Geography Bee by placing in the top three of their age groups, including Salma Kaina and Sarina Zheng, who placed 1st and 2nd respectively in the 8th grade division and Dylan Zheng and Asher Glenn, who placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 6th grade division. Other Greenwood students competing included Danna Yang, who placed 5th in the 7th grade division, and Waylon DeBoef, who placed 4th in the 6th grade division. The Greenwood Geography Club is a new club this year and was founded and coached by junior Kai Schaefer, with Mrs. Nottingham as faculty advisor.
April 30 is the deadline to order yearbooks with personalized namestamps! Go to yearbookforever.com to get your copy today.
