First Grade Candy Heart Science and STEM Exploration
First Graders discovered that the candy hearts would not dissolve in the liquids that they tried.
Students used clear carbonated drinks, lemon juice, vinegar, sugar water and cooking oil.
The lemon juice removed the message off of the candy hearts.
The candy hearts that were in the vinegar did not dissolve but they appeared to increase in size and their appearance changed.
Students also measured classroom items and stacked candy hearts.
7th graders got to dissect stingrays this week!
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February has been a successful month for Greenwood Debate!
The students competed at their last two ‘regular’ season competitions of the year at Rockbridge High School in Columbia, MO and at Springfield Catholic.
Tristan Khoshyomn was the tournament champion in Original Oratory at the Columbia Classic! He was also a semi-finalist in International Extemp. Gyan Grewal earned two significant trophies, as 5th place overall in International Extemp and 6th in Informative Speaking. Tristan and Mary Gabriel were the 5th place Champ Policy debate team. Gyan and Ethan Duff placed 6th in Champ Policy debate.
The Springfield-Catholic tournament was definitely a great way to end regular invitational season competition for the Bluejays. Tristan was the tournament champion in Original Oratory for the second competition in a row and he also placed 4th in International Extemp. Tristan and Mary Gabriel finished the Policy Debate competition as the 2nd place overall team. Mary also placed 2nd in Informative Speaking. In fact, Greenwood had 3 of the top 6 Informative Speaking entries in the tournament. In addition to Mary, Laila Ozturk finished 4th and Gyan Grewal was 5th in Informative. Amore Pennella was also a semi-finalist in Informative. Minal Khan earned 6th place in Original Oratory and also finished 4th in Policy Debate, with Laila. Ethan Duff also had his best performance of the year, so far, in US Extemp – finishing in 4th place overall and also as a semi-finalist in Original Oratory. Gyan and Laila were also semi-finalists in International Extemp.
The team will compete in MSHSAA and NSDA District competitions in March. Good Luck Jays!
First Grade Helpful Hedgehogs
We are having so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day!
We got to celebrate Mr. Jarvis's birthday yesterday! We are so grateful for him and all that he does for us at Greenwood!
Kudos to Gabriel Parada for an amazing job in the musical In The Heights with Springfield Little Theatre. Dr. Hammerschmidt loved watching such incredible talent! Congratulations.
Go Bears!! Some of the first and second grade boys got a behind the scenes tour by Coach Ford today at MSU.
Jay-Pic of the Week!
Annabelle’s mom and dad, Chris and Jen Wilson, celebrated her being student of the week in first grade by sharing about a family passion they have for horses. Hagale Family Arabians and Crishan Park is where it all began. Students learned about the chores that have to be done to take care of the horses, practicing, competing and their winning family experiences. Family is what it is all about! Students enjoyed a treat and were given an Arabian Horses coloring book.
Second cotillion!
Happy National Girls & Women in Sports Day!
We love spirit week! We enjoyed Dress Like a Teacher Day!
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This week is Gifted Education Week! We are so proud of our students who are apart of the WINGS program the Phelps Center!
Greenwood lost by 2 points in the championship game of the Mercy Warrior Classic; All Tournament Team included Collin, Garrett, and Logan
We are hoping this nice weather will stick around!!!
Mary Owen, Philip’s mom, is a Genetic Counselor at Cox. Today we learned many fun facts about Philip. He has ridden a mountain bike without training wheels since he was three years old, he loves sports and plays on two basketball teams and he has completed all the Cub Scout Badges. Mary talked to the students about things that we have in in common and how our DNA Code provides instructions to our bodies. Students learned that we each have 46 Chromosomes that represent our DNA.
Student created an edible DNA model using Twizzlers, Gummy Bears and Toothpicks. Thank you to Philip and his mom for providing a fun science lesson for his student of the week presentation.
The Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest celebrates handwriting and showcases student’s manuscript and cursive skills. Greenwood Laboratory School grade-level winners qualify to move on to state, then national levels, competing to be named one of nine Grand National Grade-Level Champions. Each national champion receives a cash prize and a special trophy!
Congratulations to the 2024 Greenwood Laboratory School Grade-Level Winners:
Kindergarten, Rooslan Iqbal, Mrs. Lowe
First Grade, Arna Sadhukhan, Dr. Hammerschmidt
Second Grade, Anunya Patel, Mrs. Flanders
Third Grade, Drisha Salana, Mrs. Gray
Fourth Grade, Harper Burch, Mrs. Broaddus
Fifth Grade, Kriti Bande, Mrs. Martin
