🍎 Teacher of the Year Nominations Are Now Open! 🍎
Do you know a teacher who goes above and beyond for their students? Now is your chance to recognize them!
Teacher of the Year nominations are now open through Inter-State Studio. Check out the information in the picture below for details on how to submit your nomination.
Let’s take a moment to celebrate the amazing educators who make a difference in the lives of our students every day! 📚✨
Rylee gave the devotion, Kaelyn brought the cinnamon rolls and we all enjoyed a game of Ninja at FCA this morning.
🏫 COMMUNITY FACILITIES INPUT MEETING 🏫
Help Shape the Future of Our School Facilities
📅 March 12, 2026
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 School Cafeteria
Our schools are a source of pride for our community — and your voice matters.
We are inviting parents, staff, students, alumni, and community members to participate in a collaborative meeting focused on developing a prioritized list of facility improvements and maintenance needs.
The goal is to identify projects that:
• Enhance student learning environments
• Improve safety and infrastructure
• Strengthen community pride
• Protect our long-term investment
The evening will include:
✔ Brief facility overview
✔ Small group brainstorming sessions
✔ Opportunity to prioritize improvements
✔ Open and respectful discussion
This is an input-gathering meeting — no decisions will be made that evening.
Your ideas and perspective will help guide the next steps in planning for our school’s future.
We hope you will join us on March 12th at 5:30 PM in the cafeteria.
Help Shape the Future of Our School Facilities
📅 March 12, 2026
🕠 5:30 PM
📍 School Cafeteria
Our schools are a source of pride for our community — and your voice matters.
We are inviting parents, staff, students, alumni, and community members to participate in a collaborative meeting focused on developing a prioritized list of facility improvements and maintenance needs.
The goal is to identify projects that:
• Enhance student learning environments
• Improve safety and infrastructure
• Strengthen community pride
• Protect our long-term investment
The evening will include:
✔ Brief facility overview
✔ Small group brainstorming sessions
✔ Opportunity to prioritize improvements
✔ Open and respectful discussion
This is an input-gathering meeting — no decisions will be made that evening.
Your ideas and perspective will help guide the next steps in planning for our school’s future.
We hope you will join us on March 12th at 5:30 PM in the cafeteria.
No power, no problem. Just means its a great day for reading by flashlight under the desk or in your favorite comfy chair by the window. Maybe we could go on a Kindergarten "bear hunt" to practice our call & response and rhythm or play a game of memory with vocabulary. We are truly blessed with GR8 teachers capable of turning ruined lesson plans into unforgetable memories.
🎓 Senior Spotlight! 🎓
Twice a week, we’re celebrating amazing seniors from the Class of 2026! 🌟 Today, we’re featuring Kiley Gilbertson—check out their journey, achievements, and future plans!
Show them some love and drop a comment to cheer them on! 🎉👏
#SeniorSpotlight #ClassOf2026
Twice a week, we’re celebrating amazing seniors from the Class of 2026! 🌟 Today, we’re featuring Kiley Gilbertson—check out their journey, achievements, and future plans!
Show them some love and drop a comment to cheer them on! 🎉👏
#SeniorSpotlight #ClassOf2026
Harmony had an early start to their day. Headed to Hollister for probably our favorite competition of the season. Lauren Reedy, Hollister Choir Director, started this competition 3 years ago with small schools in mind and it just keeps getting better.
We placed 4th in prelims and came back to take 3rd in finals.
On another note, the Kaysinger Conference was well represented today by 3 schools : Smithton Legacy, Cole Camp Encore, and Green Ridge Harmony. All performed well and all were present to support each other throughout the day.
Congrats Tigers!
Waiting on awards (I have a good feeling). What a great performance by Harmony!
Mrs. Underwood's 4th Grade Science Class, students put their sense of taste to the test! 👅🦋
Students explored how animals use their senses to survive — specifically how taste can help butterflies avoid being eaten by birds.
We started by observing two mystery “butterflies” (Cup A & Cup B) and recording our observations in a Venn Diagram. Students compared what was the same and different before tasting each one.
Then came the fun part… taste testing!
• Butterfly A represented the Viceroy butterfly — sweet and tasty, making it a favorite snack for birds.
• Butterfly B represented the Monarch butterfly — not so sweet! Monarchs taste bad and can make birds sick (without harming them), so birds learn to avoid them.
Students discovered that Viceroy butterflies survive by looking almost identical to Monarchs — an amazing adaptation called mimicry!
To wrap it up, students became “birds” and had to decide which new mystery cup (C or D) they would eat based on their experience. They recorded their thinking and used evidence from their senses to justify their choice.
Hands-on learning + critical thinking + a little bravery with taste testing = a science lesson they won’t forget! 🧠✨
Students explored how animals use their senses to survive — specifically how taste can help butterflies avoid being eaten by birds.
We started by observing two mystery “butterflies” (Cup A & Cup B) and recording our observations in a Venn Diagram. Students compared what was the same and different before tasting each one.
Then came the fun part… taste testing!
• Butterfly A represented the Viceroy butterfly — sweet and tasty, making it a favorite snack for birds.
• Butterfly B represented the Monarch butterfly — not so sweet! Monarchs taste bad and can make birds sick (without harming them), so birds learn to avoid them.
Students discovered that Viceroy butterflies survive by looking almost identical to Monarchs — an amazing adaptation called mimicry!
To wrap it up, students became “birds” and had to decide which new mystery cup (C or D) they would eat based on their experience. They recorded their thinking and used evidence from their senses to justify their choice.
Hands-on learning + critical thinking + a little bravery with taste testing = a science lesson they won’t forget! 🧠✨
Congratulations to the Lady Basketball Tigers for their District Championship win last night! The Lady Tigers will now battle Hume High School on Monday, March 2nd. This contest will take place at Butler High School and tip off will be at 6:00 p.m. Gates will open at 4:45 p.m. There will be assigned seating: Green Ridge fans will sit either behind the team bench or directly across from the team bench. Green Ridge will be the Home team on the scoreboard, and will wear their White uniforms.
All tickets will be via digital ticketing, and the price is $10/ticket. You can purchase your tickets here:
https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/mshsaa/L2VtYmVkL2V2ZW50LzQyNjE%3D
Butler High School is located at 420 S. Fulton St., Butler, MO 64730
Good Luck Lady Tigers!
📅 Looking Ahead to the 2026–2027 School Year! 📅
We’re excited to share the Green Ridge R-8 School District calendar for next year! From the first day of school to holidays and special events, you can see all the important dates in one place.
Check out the picture below and start planning for a successful school year!
#GreenRidgeR8 #SchoolCalendar #PlanAhead #EducationMatters
We’re excited to share the Green Ridge R-8 School District calendar for next year! From the first day of school to holidays and special events, you can see all the important dates in one place.
Check out the picture below and start planning for a successful school year!
#GreenRidgeR8 #SchoolCalendar #PlanAhead #EducationMatters
💯Yesterday, Mrs. Lamar’s kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school in style! From creative projects to fun activities, our students showed off their excitement and hard work as they reached this big milestone. 🎉
We are so proud of all they’ve learned and accomplished in their first 100 days. Keep up the great work, kindergarten! 🍎📚 #100DaysStronger #GRTigers
We are so proud of all they’ve learned and accomplished in their first 100 days. Keep up the great work, kindergarten! 🍎📚 #100DaysStronger #GRTigers
Mark your calendars for Grandparent's Day! More information will be coming in the next few weeks.
🎓 Senior Spotlight! 🎓
Twice a week, we’re celebrating amazing seniors from the Class of 2026! 🌟 Today, we’re featuring Rylee Donaldson—check out their journey, achievements, and future plans!
Show them some love and drop a comment to cheer them on! 🎉👏
#SeniorSpotlight #ClassOf2026
Twice a week, we’re celebrating amazing seniors from the Class of 2026! 🌟 Today, we’re featuring Rylee Donaldson—check out their journey, achievements, and future plans!
Show them some love and drop a comment to cheer them on! 🎉👏
#SeniorSpotlight #ClassOf2026
📚🎉 Happy Birthday to Mrs. Zimmerschied! 🎉📚
Help us celebrate Mrs. Zimmerschied today! 🎂🌎
As our high school social studies teacher, her passion for history, civics, and helping students understand the world makes a lasting impact every day. 💜💛
Drop a 🎈 or 🎉 in the comments to wish her the happiest of birthdays!
#HappyBirthday #WeAppreciateYou #BestTeachers #SocialStudies
Help us celebrate Mrs. Zimmerschied today! 🎂🌎
As our high school social studies teacher, her passion for history, civics, and helping students understand the world makes a lasting impact every day. 💜💛
Drop a 🎈 or 🎉 in the comments to wish her the happiest of birthdays!
#HappyBirthday #WeAppreciateYou #BestTeachers #SocialStudies
Our top sellers powered up in more ways than one! ⚡
The PTO treated our highest fundraiser participants to a celebration at Power Up to recognize their outstanding effort. Their leadership and dedication help make amazing things happen for our school community. Way to represent and show your school pride! 💜💛
The PTO treated our highest fundraiser participants to a celebration at Power Up to recognize their outstanding effort. Their leadership and dedication help make amazing things happen for our school community. Way to represent and show your school pride! 💜💛
We Are GR!
In first grade Melvin Ficken and Bob Woolery from the Forty and Eight VFW visited the first graders today to teach them about the American Flag. They presented them with information about the history of the flag as a symbol, how to respect, honor and protect it. Each student was then presented with a small flag and coloring book.
There is no Boys and Girls Club after school on Friday, February 27, 2026
⚾ Shout out to Ronnie and Bobby for putting in the hard work to get the softball fence ready for the upcoming season! Their time and effort help make sure our athletes have a safe and great place to play.
We appreciate everything you do behind the scenes to support our students and programs. Thank you, Ronnie and Bobby! 💜💛
We appreciate everything you do behind the scenes to support our students and programs. Thank you, Ronnie and Bobby! 💜💛
Harmony is looking for donations & sponsorships for the Dessert & Dinner Theater on March 28th.
Dessert & Dinner Theater is an annual event for Harmony (Green Ridge Show Choir). This event raises funds to help pay for all show costs (music & licensing, choreographer, costumes, etc.) for the season and keep student fees overall at $0. Funds raised also help pay for out of state or overnight trips for students in Harmony.
Any support is greatly appreciated!
