Green Ridge R-8 School District

Seniors and sophomores participated in the Reality Check event on Tuesday afternoon. This hands-on experience gave students a glimpse into real-world budgeting, financial management, decision-making, and handling unexpected expenses. We extend our sincere thanks to Central Bank for providing this valuable opportunity, as well as to the community members who volunteered their time to assist. During the event, students were assigned salaries based on real Missouri job data and given various life scenarios—such as being married or having children—which impacted their monthly expenses. Many students were surprised by the true cost of living and gained a deeper understanding of the many expenses involved in managing a household, including insurance, housing, transportation, childcare, clothing, groceries, salon visits, cell phone bills, internet, entertainment, and medical expenses.

GRL Baseball was back on the field Monday night at Warsaw. The Wildcats got on the board first with 3 runs in the bottom of the 1st. The Tigers answered with a run in the top of the second and blanked the Wildcats in their half. The Tigers went on to put up a run or more in each inning until the 7th when they were blanked once more. With Max Tylar on the mound having settled in after the first the Wildcats kept pace with the Tigers and at the end of 7 the game was tied at 7. Heading into extra innings the teams traded runs through 10 with the Wildcats finally getting the walk off in the bottom of the 11th inning with the final score being 11-12 in favor of the Wildcats. Tylar finished with 6IP. While the Tigers got production throughout the lineup the 4-8 hitters had the most production. With Wyatt Shireman leaving the game to injury, Brendan Homan stepped into the 4 spot, followed by Clay Goodman, Colten Pummill, Reid Hagedorn and Levi Lentz in those spots. The defense was solid throughout the night and was highlighted by several stellar catches from the outfield combination of Wyatt Crawford, Carter Bershears, and Jack Hoos. While a tough loss to take, it was a great game to watch or be part of. The Tigers are back in action Wednesday at Prairie Home for varsity only action, and Friday at Santa Fe for both Varsity and JV action.

GRL baseball opened the season with a 16-1 win at Crest Ridge on Friday night. The Tigers were led by Colton Pummills who threw all 5 innings for the complete game. Pummill was 2/2 with a walk and 2 RBI at the plate. Reid Hagedorn went 2/2 with 2 walks, 3 SB, and 1 RBI and scored 3 runs. Clay Goodman went 2/4 with 2 RBI and 2 SB, and Wyatt Crawford had 2 RBI and scored 3 times as well. In the JV contest the Tigers tied 3-3 behind 2 strong innings from Eli Breshears.

🎓 Senior Spotlight! 🎓

Twice a week, we’re celebrating amazing seniors from the Class of 2026! 🌟 Today, we’re featuring Hunter Mitchell—check out their journey, achievements, and future plans!

Show them some love and drop a comment to cheer them on! 🎉👏

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HS Baseball is headed to Warsaw this afternoon with first pitch at 5:00 p.m. Location of the Warsaw's baseball complex is at West Bledsoe Ferry Sports Complex (16609 Bledsoe Ferry Road).

HS Softball is traveling to Kingsville this afternoon for first pitch at 5:00 p.m.

HS Golf is at Clinton today. The boys started at 9:00 a.m. Good Luck Tigers!

Congratulations to Kayden Box for being nominated and recognized as our outstanding senior student at this month’s Rotary Luncheon. Kayden is a great asset to our school district. She is positive, helpful, hard-working, and thoughtful. Kayden is involved in National Honor Society, Student Council, where she serves as president, Basketball, Softball, and FBLA. Kayden has received numerous acolades for basketball and softball throughout her high school career. She has also won several awards and acknowledgements for FBLA, including being a state qualifier for her group's public service announcement project.

After high school, Kayden plans to attend State Fair Community College and major in Early Childhood Education. She then plans to continue her education to major in both education and business, and would like to teach and own her own daycare. She also looks forward to coaching in the future.

We are extremely proud of Kayden and her accomplishments. She has a bright future ahead, and we support her in all her endeavors.

Congratulations, Kayden!

The Running Tigers competed in their first track and field meet Saturday at UCM. It was a very hot day with stiff competition but we survived and finished well. The girls team finished 7th overall but were the top scoring team among the Class 1 schools. A number of our athletes achieved personal records (PR’s) and/or finished in the Top 8 in their event which is always a great way to start the season. Congratulations to Mya Edington who came home with a 1st place medal in triple jump and a 2nd place medal in the 800 meter run!

Meet Highlights:
Rylee Donaldson PR in javelin, finishing 8th
Aliya Edington PR in shot put, finishing 7th
Mya Edington: PR in triple jump, finishing 1st
8th place, 1600 meter run
2nd place, 800 meter run
4th place, long jump

Trenton Sawyer: 6th place, 1600 meter run

We had such a wonderful time celebrating Grandparents Day! 💛💜 Thank you to all of the grandparents who came out to spend time with us. Your presence made the day extra special, and our students loved sharing their school experience with you. We truly appreciate the love, support, and smiles you brought with you. It was a great day, and we’re so grateful you were a part of it! 💛💜

We are incredibly grateful to the Green Ridge Chamber of Commerce for their generous support of our students! Because of their kindness, every K–6 student was able to pick out a book at today’s book fair 📚✨ There is nothing more powerful than putting books into the hands of children, and today was full of smiles, excitement, and a love for reading. 💜💛

🎓 Senior Spotlight! 🎓

Twice a week, we’re celebrating amazing seniors from the Class of 2026! 🌟 Today, we’re featuring Landyn Miller—check out their journey, achievements, and future plans!

Show them some love and drop a comment to cheer them on! 🎉👏

#SeniorSpotlight #ClassOf2026

Please take a moment to provide us some feedback on our Title I programs.
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We’d like to give a huge shoutout to Tim Dove of Dove’s Donuts and our amazing Sunshine Committee for brightening our day with delicious donuts for the staff! 🍩

Your kindness and generosity don’t go unnoticed — it truly made everyone’s day a little sweeter. We appreciate all that you do to support our staff!

Congratulations to the Green Ridge High School UCM Art Show winners. Each of these 4 ladies placed 3rd in their prospective categories. Out of 530 entries only 173 were chosen and placed in this annual juried show. Congratulations again to Leah McCue, Angeleyes Morris, Rylee Donaldson and Kyndal Gilbertson.

Kaysinger Conference Middle School Math Contest 5th-8th grade students were able to attend the Junior High Kaysinger math contest, and our GR Tigers CRUSHED it!! We had serval student and team placing, awarding Green Ridge the 2nd place overall school! We are very proud of their academic toughness and the way they represented our school. These kids truly are GR8 💜💛 5th computation -5th Reegan -2nd Fredrick -1st Spencer 5th grade level -4th Fredrick -9th Spencer 6th computation -8th Kitlynn 5th grade team test -2nd Place! 6th grade team test -1st Place! Top 5th graders overall -2nd Fredrick -5th Spencer 7th grade Computation (no calculator) 3rd James Bohon 4th Tim Orlov 10th Oliver Garcia Computation (with calculator) 2nd Oliver Garcia 5th James Bohon 8th Tim Orlov Team Test 5th place 8th grade Computation (no calculator) 2nd Ethan Twenter 7th Julia Twenter 8th Jackson Davenport Computation (with calculator) 9th Ethan Twenter 5th place overall 8th grade- Ethan Twenter 4th place overall 7th grade - James Bohon Green Ridge Tigers: 2nd Place School Overall!!!

Green Ridge students did really well at the Kaysinger High School Math Relay on March 10th! Everyone worked really hard and did their best. Below is everyone who placed:

11th grade team
Wyatt Crawford, Max Tylar and Jack Hoos - 2nd place
Algebra 11
Max Tylar - 4th place
Word Problems 11
Jack Hoos - 3rd place
Geometry 11
Jack Hoos - 4th place

Hodge Podge 10
Evee Porter - 3rd place
Geometry 10
Miles Porter - 1st place

So proud of everyone who competed! Great job tigers!!!

Don't wait! March 28th
Get your tickets for Dessert & Dinner Theater!

Guess what?!?! HarMINI is back this year! There will be 3 different elementary groups performing with some of our Harmony members on songs that Harmony has taught them the dance to. It is sure to be cute!

There is also an awesome line-up of singing acts, instrumental acts, and even a few more dancing acts! A little something for everyone!

Mrs. Sleeper’s 5th graders kicked off their morning with movement and teamwork! 💡📚

Students worked through task cards while collaborating with classmates to practice comparing and contrasting character roles and functions. Lots of great discussion, critical thinking, and active learning happening in our classroom today! 👏✨

Get your baseball shirt here! Need order forms NLT end of day Monday 3/23. Checks payable to LaMonte HS!

Tonight's softball jamboree in Versailles has been cancelled due to weather. We are working on a possible jamboree, and we will update here if there is any new information. Thank you all.