Ms. Schmidli had an engaging lesson on the importance of writing specific, clear directions when creating a "how to" writing. She had students write directions to make a stick person. Then, she tried to follow their directions! The results were humorous, but she made her point! One student had FABULOUS directions! He earned a prize!
1st grade had a visit from two members of the American Legion. These special guests shared their love of our country, provided historical information, taught our students proper flag etiquette, and even left flags for each student to take home! Thank you for spending time with our students, and thank you for your service!❤️🇺🇸
Mrs. Miller's 7th graders surprised her with an early birthday party today! One of the girls made a special red velvet cake, and another girl made cupcakes for the class.
"I might have had watery eyes for a few minutes. I am so blessed to be in these children's lives."----Mrs. Miller
The Tiger soccer team played a heart stopping game tonight in the district final vs Stover. Unfortunately, the Tigers fell to the Bulldogs in the overtime thriller! Thanks for a great season!
Caught some independent readers in 3rd & 4th grade and some Kindergarteners too!!! Our students are strengthening their reading stamina!!!
Mrs. Hammers passed out mirrors to elementary classrooms today to support phonological awareness activities. Mrs. Lamar's students were using their mirrors to help them see their mouth position in order to correctly pronounce letter sounds.
The teacher's small group reading table is truly where the magic happens! Lots of GR8 learning happening today!!!
We had TWO Running Tigers qualify for State! We sent them off in style today to prepare to compete on Friday! Rylee Donaldson & Weston Crawford walked the halls to cheers, claps, and high fives from the entire school before embarking on their adventure!!! Thank you to our drum line and GR8 Tiger Nation Flags for helping celebrate our athletes!
The Soccer Tigers are playing for the District Championship this evening in Stover. The Tigers will play the Stover Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. at the Stover Soccer Field and entrance to districts is $6/person. Head down to root on the Tigers. Go TigerNation.
HS Soccer is playing their first round of districts this afternoon in Stover. The Tigers are battling Smithton at 4:30. Good Luck Tigers, the Green Ridge variety! Go tigernation
CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. WARNERS FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM!
THEY WON OUR FIRST ANNUAL GR8 PUMPKIN CONTEST. THE PUMPKIN RAISED 140 DOLLARS ! FANTASTIC JOB! THEY WON A PIZZA PARTY! THE PROCEEDS FROM THE PUMPKIN CONTEST WENT TO MID MO HONOR FLIGHT. THE TOTAL RAISED WAS 1,100 DOLLARS! THANK YOU TO OUR GR8 COMMUNITY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
Congratulations to Rylee and Weston who both qualified for State today! They will represent the Running Tigers at the State cross country meet at Gans Creek in Columbia Friday.
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!
