Green Ridge R-8 School District

Lady Tiger Volleyball moves to 6-9-1 overall and 4-0 in Kaysinger! Varsity (Win):  19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 19-25, 15-3 Taking on the Otterville Eagles, our Lady Tigers clawed through 5 sets to take the win last night.   A balanced offense kept the momentum in the Lady Tigers' favor powered by freshman Alayna Brosch's 13 kills and 3 aces; and sophomore Aliya Edington's 9 kills and 4 aces.  Adding to the killfest was senior Abby Warner with 8 kills and 4 aces,  and freshmen Lanae Mason and Elyse Cooley each added 6 kills to the Tiger Win.   Brosch and Senior Mallory Reed dished out sets all night in the balanced attack with Brosch claiming 20 assists and Reed 15 assists for the night.  Freshman Emma Larimore led the defense with 21 digs and freshmen Kynleigh Tyler added 11 digs; Brosch finished with 10 digs; Warner added 8 digs; and Cooley scrambled for 6 digs of her own.  A great team defensive effort to keep the ball alive led to the WIN!  Lady Tigers will travel to Cleveland MO on Saturday to compete in the Midway Volleyball tournament.  They will match up with Midway(@11:00), Harrisonville(@1:00), and Archie(@2:00) for pool play.  Tournament play will follow based on records after pool play.  Kaysinger action will then begin again next Tuesday, October 1,  as the Lady Tigers travel to Lincoln. Hey Rah Tigers!

Mr. Tester's 8th graders watched a short 8 minute video about the Native Americans of North America. He stopped the video several times to give more background information or to ask questions. Students had to "Stop, Think, and Write" their responses on a half sheet of paper. This was followed by sharing and discussion. Some students were able to share that they have family members who have hunted and found arrowheads.

Every other Friday, Mrs. Flandermeyer's ELA students visit the library. With the time left in the hour, they are able to get their noses into their new books! Mrs. Flandermeyer participates too!

Mrs. Cooley's Ag. 1 students were playing a unique version of Bingo to review their vocabulary. Mrs. Cooley would read a definition, and the students had to mark the correct vocabulary word. When a student got a Bingo, they had to make an animal sound instead of calling out Bingo. Then, they had to say all of the definitions for the words they had marked! Fun twist and a GR8 review!

Mrs. Maxon's artists were mixing colors today to reinforce their work with primary and secondary colors!

Mr. Taylor decided to feature his content area on picture day! George Washington meets island teacher!

From Mrs. Zimmerschied: "American History is making thematic maps of Native American Regions and Food Sources prior to American Settlement."

Varsity soccer fell in two conference matches this week. On Tuesday evening Stover managed a goal late in the second half to break a scoreless tie and held off several late attempts by the Tigers to even the score. In Thursday night action the visiting Sacred Heart Gremlins took a 3-0 lead into half. After halftime they managed to score 1 more goal to finish with a 4-0 lead. The Tigers are back in action at the Moberly Tournament Friday and Saturday.

Lady Tiger Volleyball marches on! The Lady Tigers continue the battles on the court this week losing to Osceola Monday with these scores:   Osceola Varsity (Win): 18-25, 14-25, 21-25 JV (Loss):  4-25, 7-25 Alayna Brosch finished with  2 kills and 1 ace in the JV Match.   Brosch continued her contributions in the varsity match with 6 kills and only 1 hitting error and scrambled for 7 digs.  Senior Mallory Reed Mallory added 11 Assists, 7 digs.  Senior Sydney Gordon finished the night with 3 aces and 7 assists.  Senior Abby Warner added 7 digs and Junior Emery Cannon finished with 7 kills In Tuesday night's match, the Lady TIgers battled a very scrappy LaMonte team coming out with a win to move to 5-9-1 overall and 3-0 in the Kaysinger. LaMonte Varsity  (Win): 25-20, 27-25, 25-21 JV (Split):  22-25, 25-16 In the JV match, sophomore Aliya Edington finished with 6 kills, freshman Alayna Brosch added 4 kills, and freshman Kynleigh Tyler gave a balanced effort adding in 5 digs, 4 aces and 3 kills. In the Varsity match, Brosch continued her offense leadership with 10 kills.  Emery Cannon chalked up 4 aces and senior setters Mallory Reed and Sydney Gordon each added 11 assists.  Setters also led the way defensively with Gordon finishing with 19 digs and Reed 13 digs. Lady Tigers return to action tonight traveling to Otterville to take on the Lady Eagles in their 4th Kaysinger match of the season. Let's Go Tigers!

Each month faculty at GR VIII nominate their peers for Terrific Tiger Teacher/Staff of the month. September's Terrific Tiger Staff are: Mr. Bobby Brown, Mr. Ronnie Roark and Mr. Barry White. GR VIII's grounds and buildings have not looked better! Thank you for your efforts and PRIDE in our District! #Tiger Nation

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: This Month's Staff Spotlight is Blake Underwood. Blake is GR VIII'S Technology Director. Blake is doing an amazing job teaching coding classes and keeping us up and running here at school. Thank you Mr. Underwood! You are appreciated!

#Tiger Nation- It is our plan to start a new way to connect to our community. On Thursday's we want to honor our traditions and past and post some pictures! #THROW BACK THURSDAY! If you see yourself or folks you know please comment and interact with us!

From Mrs. Maxon: "8th grader, Myka Wheaton, with her oil pastel drawing that earned her 1st place and Best in Show for the whole conference contest!

From Mrs. Maxon: "8th grader, Rayleigh Williams, placed 1st with her marker drawing."

From Mrs. Maxon: "7th grader, Ester Pakhnyuk, placed 2nd with her water color painting."

From Mrs. Maxon: "8th grader, Leanna Sidorov, placed 2nd with her charcoal drawing."

From Mrs. Maxon: "8th grader, Ella Kondratyuk, placed 4th with her colored pencil drawing."

From Mrs. Maxon: "All of the middle school Green Ridge artists did an amazing job at the Kaysinger art contest held on September 24 at the Missouri State Fair grounds. This is at the end of the group competition in which Green Ridge placed 4th."

From Mrs. Anderson: "Yearbook students designing the yearbook cover with the graphic designer at their workshop today!"

We ❤️ positive office referrals! Chase Shoop was recognized for his hard work and focus on a math test. He didn't let other students wreck his determination and focus, and it all paid off with an outstanding grade! Chase, keep being GR8!