Mike Hamra, Zack’s dad, visited first grade today to share about how businesses work.
The Hamra Family own Wendy’s and Panera franchises in several states.
Students asked great questions and were treated to Wendy’s French Toast Sticks, Potato Wedges, or Oat Bars!
A Tasty Treat to begin our Friday.
First Grade Snowmen Houses
First Grade Students learned about Snowflakes and how they form when water vapor travels through the air and then condenses on a particle. A slowly growing ice crystal turns into a beautiful snowflake! Each snowflake is unique however they are all symmetrical and have six-fold radial symmetry. The first grade unit of study has included writing creative snow stories, reading snow stories, making snowflakes, glister galore snowmen and creating snowmen houses.
Thank you to our construction crew (the wonderful parents) who helped make the culminating activity possible.
More from the Winter Program!!!
Holiday Vibes!!!
The elementary holiday music performance was a hit!!!
Wishing Ms. Lisa a happy birthday! She does so much for everyone at Greenwood. We appreciate her so much!!!
Congratulations to the group of Greenwood debaters who competed last weekend at the Lebanon Invitational Speech and Debate tournament. 24 schools from across Missouri participated in the competition. The Greenwood team of Mary Gabriel and Tristan Khoshyomn defeated teams from Willard, Springfield Central, Classical Christian Academy, and Parkview on their way to a 2nd place finish overall in Varsity Policy Debate. Tristan also finished 1st in Original Oratory and 2nd in International Extemporaneous Speaking! Tristan earned all #1 rankings from 8 different judges during the competition in Original Oratory and this was his second championship finish in the event in a row. Mary was also a semi-finalist (Top 12) in Informative Speaking.
In the novice division, Kai Schaefer and Anya Soni placed 4th in Policy Debate. Kai was also a semi-finalist in novice Informative and novice International Extemp. Anya was a semi-finalist in novice Informative.
Additional semi-finalist recognition went to Gyan Grewal in varsity Informative Speaking and International Extemp and Mohan Grewal in novice International Extemp.
An amazing team effort is what created this success – special shout out to Amore Pennella for dedication to this weekend’s accomplishments. The team will be back in action this weekend in Bolivar!
Gearing up for Christmas around here!!!
2nd graders continued the 18 year tradition of making gingerbread houses. They also compared the similarities and differences in stories based on the original gingerbread tale.
Yunay's mom D. Ichha Sethi, a family practice physician, talked to the class today for Yunay's student of the week presentation. Many students discussed wanting to be a physician when they grow up.
Yunay treated the class to doughnuts!
First Grade students started the Winter Holiday Season December 1st by wearing comfy clothes or PJs and bringing stuffed friends for read and writing time.
Amy Yen, Esther’s mom, and Dandan Liu. Daniel’s mom, provided hot chocolate and a huge selection of toppings for a toasty treat. Students watched the Magic School Bus Holiday Special to further their knowledge of recycling and the importance for our earth.
Greenwood will join the Greater Ozarks Conference starting in 2024-2025! See more information at https://www.greenwood.missouristate.edu/page/athletics
Service Society members Anna McQueary, Sunny Slater, and Minal Khan accompanied Ty Mwengi to present to the Elementary classes. Ty and his family will be traveling to Kenya this Winter and Ty has organized a fundraiser to provide school supplies and books to 2 primary schools in Kenya. He created a presentation for the elementary classes.
Sustainable Service and Peer2Peer adopted 30 children from the Fairbanks for Christmas. Students wrapped the presents on Wednesday and will take them to the Fairbanks on Monday for their Christmas Party.
Fun lab in 6th grade science!
Many thanks to our Excellent Elves that helped assemble the frames for our gingerbread house.
Fun DIY! Parents came in to help build the beginning stages of gingerbread houses for the 2nd grade class!
5th graders culminated our unit on the 50 states with a research and creative project. They each chose a state and found specific facts to create a float and then presented their findings to the class. They did an exceptional job on the entire assignment.
Thank you to Mike Blake, Love Phillips, and a crew of parents for spreading holiday cheer throughout the hallways of Greenwood!
Jack loving his ice cream reward!
Thanksgiving Assembly 2023
Kindergartners are Thankful! Kindergarten students listened to the book “Balloons Over Broadway,” which is about the puppeteer who invented the balloons for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. They created their own “balloons” and had a Thanksgiving parade. Kindergarten students also celebrated with a “Charlie Brown” style Thanksgiving feast, complete with toast, popcorn, jellybeans, and pretzels. They learned that Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey… it’s about being grateful, and spending time with family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving!
