Celebrating our PTO Read-A-Thon success today with extra recess, lunch with teachers, snacks, popsicles, popcorn and a movie, and silly string! Over $8,600 was raised with this fund raiser. Funds will help pay for field trips, teacher appreciation, math and spelling bee shirts, and teacher supplies. Thank you to everyone who helped support our students! And...a huge shout out to our fabulous PTO!
5th grade students signed the Declaration of Independence. They absolutely loved being able to recreate the actions of our Founding Fathers. Students had the opportunity to use an authentic quill and inkwell. The novelty of it really made a memory for them!
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Earth Science students participated in a Water Shed Lab.
Bio 2 Owl Pellet Dissection was a hit!!!
Bio 2 Owl Pellet Dissection!!! This lab was awesome!
Thank you to Central Bank for donating pencils to our Junior High. The Junior high was in desperate need of pencils, and they delivered!
Happy Bus Drivers Day! Here at the Ridge, we are fortunate to have some of the best bus drivers around! Today we are letting them know we appreciate all that they do for the district and students at Green Ridge! Thank you Kenny Thomas, John Metzner, BoAnn Peck, Robert Tyler, and Harold Finke!
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Harmony left it all on the stage today!
Harmony traveled to Nevada to compete and came home with a First Place Win! They were down a member, several powered through sickness, and everyone came together to support one another and put on one of their best performances this season.
"It was a great day, productive clinic/critique," said Director, Ashley Bates. "And the judges were very complimentary of our small school and commented that we performed at a level they would expect from schools triple our size."
Dinner & Dessert Theater is March 11. Be sure to get your tickets!
Ms. Brown's Anatomy class sculpted brains, brain stems, and spinal cords with Play-Doh today! GR8 detail! Nice work!!!
Mrs. Sleeper's students are making progress with phonemes! This student has gained so much confidence using this multi-sensory approach. GR8 job!!!
Ms. Miller is such a positive presence at Green Ridge R8! As a FACS teacher, she teaches some of the most important life skills. Today, her students were learning strategies to cope with anxiety. She had them practice progressive muscle relaxation. As quiet music was playing, she talked the students through the process. Thank you, Ms. Miller, for all you do to help our students!
Ms. Bates and Ms. Allen provide live music for Harmony as they prepare for their next performance! Lots of talent in that room!!!
Ms. Z. has her students use individual whiteboards to keep her lessons interactive. Today, her American History class continued a study on how America built its empire. Today's focus was American diplomacy in China.
GR8 Jr. High teachers are already prepping for next school year by participating in eMINTS training for THREE new 3D printers funded by an eMINTS grant!!!
Kindergarten students were extremely motivated to practice their sight words today! Ms. Jayla let them use dry erase markers on the small group table! Markers are magical!!!
First grade had a flag presentation today from the 40 and 8 VFW in Sedalia. Mr. Bybee and Mr. Ficken taught the history of the flag, flag etiquette, how to fold the flag, and proper disposal of an American flag.
Second grade reading groups were in full swing today! Some groups focused on word work and decoding strategies for fictional text. Other groups learned how to use nonfiction text to create word webs for future writing projects. Keep up the GR8 work!
First grade is keeping busy with reading support today: small groups, independent reading centers, and progress monitoring! Make sure to have your little tiger cubs read to a family member each day! This is the time of year our first grade students really start to bloom! Your home support is so appreciated!
