Green Ridge R-8 School District

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!

Don't forget, Picture Day is coming next week!!!!

Congratulations to Lane Fox!!! Lane Fox from the Green Ridge High School class of 2024 was awarded a rootEd Alliance Undergraduate Scholarship of up to $12,000, renewable for up to five years, to support his pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. Lane’s selection is particularly noteworthy given this year’s application cycle was by far the most competitive in the 5 years we have been administering the scholarship. We hope you will join us in celebrating this fantastic news

"Mrs. Nevels’ reading students are learning about visualization. She had them draw a scene from the last book they read and then tell the class about what they drew."

Students in 8th grade Social Studies enjoyed stations where they learned about ancient Mayan and Aztec civilizations. The focus was primarily on their culture and geography.

Hs Volleyball is traveling to Santa Fe tonight with a JV start time of 5:00 pm. HS soccer is going to Clinton for a 6:45 pm start time against Clinton. Good luck Tigers.

August birthdays were recognized today, with everyone choosing a book!

Varsity:  25-6, 25-12, 25-11 JV:  25-10, 25-12 Lady Tigers Volleyball finished the week last Friday sweeping the Leeton Bulldogs in both the JV and Varsity matches.  Varsity won in 3 sets moving to 2-1 for the season.  Senior Sydney Gordon powered the team from the service line with 13 aces and added 7 digs to keep the Lady Tigers rolling.  Sophomore Aliya Edington and Freshman Alayna Brosch each finished 7 kills and Senior Abby Warner chipped in 4 kills and 4 aces of her own. Senior Mallory Reed ran the offense finishing with 11 assists and Brosch dished out 7 assists.  Brosch and fellow Freshman Emma Larimore also scrambled on defense to each add 4 digs. The JV team got their first win on the season led by Edington's 5 kills.  Larimore swung for 4 kills as well.  Freshman Elyse Cooley shut down the Bulldog hitters with 3 blocks and fired back at them for 3 kills; and freshman Kynleigh Tyler led from the service line finishing with 4 aces. Lady Tigers Volleyball will take the court again tonight (Tuesday 9/10) travelling to Santa Fe to start off a busy week of volleyball!  They then travel to Crest Ridge on Thursday 9/12 and will head to Columbia Hickman on Saturday for an all-day tournament.   Let's Go Tigers!