The varsity cross country team wrapped up their season today at our District meet. Everyone tackled the tough course with 110% effort, crushing personal goals until the end! Congratulations to Rylee Donaldson for taking 17th and Weston Crawford 10th, qualify them both for the State meet Friday. We're all very proud of the season this Running Tigers team has had.
We'll miss Seniors Savannah and Weston next fall but look forward to watching them both run this spring.
Mrs. Sleeper had first grade students practicing sight words today with a fun activity called Sight Word Swat!
Red Ribbon Week put drugs in the past with Decades Day and looked to a GR8 future with our awards assembly this afternoon!
Our tigers are too smart for drugs! They enjoyed dressing nerdy today!
Tomorrow, we are leaving drugs in the past! Pick a former decade & dress from the past!
HS soccer match at home tonight is on. They will be playing against St. Paul's Lutheran, and kickoff will be at 5:00 pm. Go tigernation
Congratulations to Lane Fox for being nominated and recognized for our outstanding senior student at this month’s Rotary Luncheon. Lane is a great role model for other GR8 students!
Lane is involved in many activities including National Honor Society, math club, baseball, scholar bowl, archery, and a few others. His heaviest responsibilities are tied to FFA, where he serves as the GRHS FFA chapter president and as the Area 8 regional sentinel.
Following graduation, Lane plans on attending the Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he will pursue a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Following college, he would like to apply for an Aerospace Engineering job at NASA, SpaceX, or Boeing.
We are all proud of Lane and his accomplishments so far, and will support him as he pursues higher goals in his life.
Congratulations again Lane Fox!!!
Mrs. Manz, our LETRS Program trainer, was in the building today working with students and modeling lessons for teachers. Our teachers have been empowered with solid phonemic awareness and phonics instruction, and our students are already reaping the benefits! Thank you for spending the day with us!
Mrs. Johnson's students have been working hard in their guided reading groups--tapping out sounds, practicing fluency, working on comprehension, and so much more!
Kinder tiger stripes today for Red Ribbon Week!
JH Soccer game is playing this evening at 6:30 p.m. in Smithton. The Tigers are playing for third place in the Kaysinger Conference Tournament. Good Luck Tigers.
Mrs. Thompson has modeled several reading skills and strategies for her students this month. She is gradually releasing the responsibility to the students as they gain confidence to complete these tasks independently. Her students have been practicing reading the questions before reading their passages. They have learned to split their Chromebook screen, focus on one line of text at a time, and highlight text.
From Ms. Dailey:
"I am so proud of these first graders for working together and problem solving together so well. I wish you could hear their conversations!! They even know how to disagree respectfully!"
Mrs. Piscopo's class enjoyed a morning at the Big Bear Pumpkin Patch last week. Some of the activities included riding the zipline, jumping in the bounce house, a hay ride, playing bubbles, and sliding into the corn pit. They also got to pick out their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
GR8 Staff voted for Mrs. Brock & Mrs. Marriott as the Terrific Tiger Teachers for October.
GR8 is very thankful to have these two call Gr8 home.
Congratulations ladies- well deserved!
Congratulations to Evee Porter for placing a very impressive 37th in the State among 209 Class 1 & 2 runners at the Middle School Cross Country Championship today. The field was large and Evee finished near the top! đź‘Ź
Lily Viebrock ran her heart out too on this fun, but challenging, course at Lucas Oil Speedway. This closes the chapter on both Evee and Lily's Jr. High cross country careers. We're excited to see what high school has in store for both of them. Keep running Tigers!
Great day for the Marching Tigers at UCM Homecoming!
Tigers took 1st in class and 3rd overall!
Great job today Tigers!
Mrs. Lamar’s Kindergarten class went to Big Bear Pumpkin Patch! They had fun making memories playing in the bounce house, zip line, corn maze, corn pit slide, picking out a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch and so much more!
Lady Tigers 2023 volleyball season came to end Thursday night as they lost their Class 1 District 13 semi-final match in 3-sets, 19-25, 9-25, 12-25 to the Osceola Indians. Leading the Tigers in kills was senior Nevaeh Washington who finished the night with 8 kills, 1 ace, and 10 digs. Sophomore Emery Cannon scrambled on the baseline to lead the Tigers defensively with 16 digs and added in 3 kills for the night. Junior Mallory Reed dished out 8 assists and finished with 8 digs. Junior Sydney Gordon added in 4 kills, 1 ace, 11 digs and 7 assists. Communication and intensity from senior Alexas Stevens kept the Lady Tigers focused on the court. Senior Zakiyah Morse and junior Abby Warner held fast defensively taking some of the hardest shots of the season in left-back defense to finish with 11 and 9 digs respectively. Warner also found 2 kills, Morse added 1 kill, and freshman Aliya Edington added 1 kill of her own.
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The volleyball season is fast and furious, with no breaks for time off. Finishing 19-16-2 overall. They brought home a 1st Place Silver Bracket Trophy from Dig For Life to start the season. Battled the Kaysinger Conference teams to finish 7-3 and took the 3rd Place Trophy at the Kaysinger tournament. It was a fast and fabulous season – a job well done Lady Tigers. Can’t wait for 2024 Lady Tiger Volleyball!!!
5th and 6th Grade teachers attempting to lasso some GR8 students at our rodeo today!!!
Last week Ms. Jobson's junior high students gave "How To" presentations! Students used Google Slides and did an amazing job presenting in front of their peers! They even had a little time left over for some silent sustained reading!
