Green Ridge R-8 School District

HS Volleyball schedule for tonight against Appleton City will be as follows: Varsity first at 5:30, followed by JV. Tomorrow night (9/17) 5:00 pm start with GR vs. Chilhowee (best 2 out of 3), followed by Chilhowee vs. Sacred Heart (best 2 out of 3), followed by GR vs. Sacred Heart (best 3 out of 5). JH volleyball will play Sacred Heart starting at 5:30 in the little gym.

Green Ridge JH volleyball team played in the Lincoln Tournament today: This team worked hard all day! They won 7 out of 8 sets in pool play which put them in 1st place in our pool. They went on and won both games in tournament play, bringing home the first place trophy!!! We are so proud of their defensive passes, offensive hits, communication on the floor, and all around team work. What a great start to our season! #Lincolntournamentchamps

Varsity soccer lost a hard fought game to St Paul's to wrap up Clinton Cup play. The defense played extremely well and Matteo Rivas was excellent in goal with 24 saves. The Saints held a 1-0 lead at halftime but tacked on a second goal almost 5 minutes into the second half on a PK. Goal number 3 came on a PK with just over 5 minutes left in the game. The last goal came with just under 3 minutes remaining on a loose ball that was poked in. The Tigers return to action Tuesday at Lone Jack.

3rd graders are are digging in and making gains already!

1st grade students are learning how to practice skills independently while the teachers prepare to work with small guided reading groups.

Lots of hard work happening in 2nd grade!

Mrs. Bates has a SPOOKTACULAR Harmony group this year!

From Mrs. Piscopo: "Mrs. Piscopo's kindergarten class practice their names, letter recognition, abc order, and reading during their literacy centers."

Varsity: 20-25, 15-25, 25-23, 20-25 JV:  21-25, 14-25 Lady Tigers Volleyball sprung into action last night in Crest Ridge putting on a scrappy defensive show, but couldn't fight off the high-powered offense of the Lady Cougars in the 4-set loss.  Junior Emery Cannon led with 19 digs and right behind her were senior Abby Warner with 13, freshman Emma Larimore with 11, freshman Lenae Mason with 8, and senior Sydney Gordon with 8.  Freshman Alayna Brosch powered the offense leading with 7 kills, 6 service aces and 2 blocks.  Gordon and Cannon each added 5 kills, and sophomore Aliya Edington and freshman Elyse Cooley both added 3 kills. The Junior Varsity team put up a good fight in their 2-set loss.  Freshmen Larimore and Kynleigh Tyler had 7 and 6 digs respectively.  Brosch, Cooley, and Larimore each added 3 kills in the match. Lady Tigers will travel to Columbia Hickman's tournament on Saturday to play Father Tolton, Battle, DeSoto, and Fatima.  Results from pool play will determine if the Tigers advance to the tournament bracket on Saturday afternoon.  Then - the team is back on the court Monday taking on Appleton City at 5:30pm at home!  Monday's home game will be "Adam Sandler" theme, so let's see those shirts! Hey Rah Tigers!

Mrs. Zimmerschied's American History students watched a short video that detailed some "brutal" pieces of our country's history. Students noted facts and observations on individual white boards. The month of September has had lessons on both what has divided our country and what has united it.

Mrs. Flandermeyer's 8th grade ELA students were practicing fluency and comprehension by reading a short text followed with questions. They underlined and highlighted text evidence to support their answers. Finally, they discussed the answers and text evidence as a whole group.

King Hrothgar is a character in the Old English poem Beowulf. Mrs. White gave her British Lit. students an engaging assignment today. They imagined that King Hrothgar commissioned them to design "wanted posters" for the beast, Grendel, to distribute through the village. There was a lot of creativity flowing in her room today!

Varsity soccer got a 4-1 win in the Clinton tourney vs Paseo Academy. Jack Hoos netted 3 goals in the first half for his first hat trick. Wyatt Crawford had 2 assists and Trent Sawyer had an assist. Matteo Rivas scored the loan second half goal. The Tigers will face St Paul's Saturday to wrap up tourney play.

From Mrs. Lamar: "Reviewing for our math quiz with a write the room. I love how they help each other! I love the enthusiasm they had when they wrote the correct number!"

From Miss Dailey: "We made our own camouflaged moths to hide around our classroom! Students chose an object or floor or wall to match their moths to. We then searched around the room to see how many we found!"

From Miss Dailey: "On Friday, we tested what we knew about camouflaged animals by searching for hidden moths on trees around the room. The students then gathered data by counting how many moths they found."

From Mrs. Miller: "My Child Development girls, (Maggie, Kayden, Beth & I) went to Mrs. Shoop's 2nd grade class so the girls could read a book to them and then do an activity with them. The 2nd graders had a really good time, and the high school girls did a very good job reading to the younger kids. Our activity was a "feelings donut" that the youngers got to color any way that they wanted. The older girls went around the room asking the students about the colors of their donuts and talked to them about how important feelings are."

From Mrs. Maxon: "The 8th grade art class is currently working on a project about symmetrical balance."

From Mrs. Schreck: "In recognition of Patriots Day, Mrs. Schreck’s class read 'The Man Who Walked Between The Towers.' It is the true story of a tightrope performer who balanced on a tightrope between the twin towers. Before reading the story, students tried to balance their creatures on the “tightrope” in the classroom."

Varsity:  11-25, 16-25, 17-25 JV:  14-25 Lady Tigers volleyball moved to 2-2 for the season as they lost to Santa Fe in 3 sets.  Freshman Emma Larimore led the defense with 12 digs and Senior Sydney Gordon added in 9 digs.  Freshman Kynleigh Tyler stepped in to serve and challenged Santa Fe with a 2.17 rating and 1 ace.  Serve ratings are calculated by how good of a pass the opponent makes and Tyler's serves forced Santa Fe into an out of system offense.  The Lady Tigers offense was led by Junior Emery Cannon and Senior Abby Warner finishing with 4 kills and 3 kills respectively.  Gordon dished out 9 assists as she ran the 5-1 offense in the match. Junior Varsity played 1 set with Santa Fe.  Kynleigh Tyler led from the service line with 3 aces and Emma Larimore and sophomore Anna Guenro each added 1 ace as well.  Sophomore Aliya Edington finished with 2 kills and Freshman Elyse Cooley added 1 kill of her own. Lady Tigers travel to Crest Ridge tonight to take on the Lady Cougar Volleyball Team.  Hey Rah Tigers!