GR8 Admin team treated our GR family to dinner. We just finished week #4 and we thought we'd celebrate! It's a great day to be a 🐅!
Tiger Soccer Opens up their Home schedule tonight at 5:30 against Crocker! The Varsity Tigers are looking to improve their record to 3-3. Tonight is a Varsity only evening. We will not have a concession stand, so please plan accordingly. Good Luck Tigers!
Green Ridge Volleyball will open up Kaysinger Conference play this evening at Windsor! The order of contests will be Junior High "A", Junior High "B"- Junior High will play a total of four sets, Junior Varsity, and then Varsity. The first match starts at 5:00 p.m. and all matches will be in the High School Gym. GO TIGERS!
Our GR8 8th grade students are learning about symbolism in Ms. Tylar's class. They are working on a symbolism project. Families with 8th grade students, ask your student what they are learning about symbolism!
Parents, guardians, and students:
We have some news! There have been recent discussions about hats being worn in school. Students and teachers have both weighed in with their opinions on the issue. Therefore, after much deliberation, we have made the decision to allow students to wear ball caps, stocking caps, and beanies to school and during school. With this exciting news, we have a few rules for students to follow. First, students' ears should always be visible to teachers throughout the day--the hat cannot cover the ears. Second, students may not wear hoods. Third, hats worn cannot be a disruption to learning. If the hat becomes a distraction to the student or others they will be asked to remove their hat for the day. Lastly, teachers may occasionally ask for students to remove their hats for various reasons, including during the Pledge of Allegiance. If asked to remove their hat, students should oblige.
Enjoy wearing your headgear!
Reminder: Boys & Girls Club is CLOSED on Monday, September 12 for their professional development.
Our GR8 volleyball team is on their way to Cape Girardeau for the Dig for Life Tournament! GO TIGERS! You make us proud!
Green Ridge Soccer opened their season with a 5-3 loss to the host Clinton Cardinals in the Clinton Invitational tournament.
Raul Rameriz opened the scoring for Green Ridge on an assist from Shane Meyer on a direct kick. Lucas Mason netted 2 goals for the Tigers on assists from Kamryn Hoos and Ryan Hagedorn.
The Tigers will play St. Pauls on Friday, and Paseo Academy Saturday to wrap up tournament play.
Junior Varsity couldn't get the momentum rolling in their favor to start the night with a 2-set loss 22-25, 14-25. Sophomores Jellisa Atwood and Abby Warner each served for 2 aces a piece in the match that didn't see much Lady Tiger offense.
Varsity Lady Tigers were dealt their first loss of the season by Santa Fe Lady Chiefs. Chief's offense pounded the ball from all areas of the net keeping our Lady Tigers scrambling in the 3-set loss 16-25, 17-25, 15-25. Senior middle hitter Kelsey Buxton played a finesse match leading the Tiger's offense and defense at the net with 4 kills and 3 blocks. Junior outside hitter Nevaeh Washington chipped in 5 kills. Senior Matti Mergen finished with 3 aces, 6 assists, and also led the defense with 12 digs.
Lady Tigers travel to Crest Ridge Thursday night to continue the fight. Then they will be leaving Friday morning for the Dig For Life Tournament in Cape Girardeau where the Varsity Lady Tigers will battle it out with 44 other teams! Hey Rah Tigers!
Green Ridge Soccer Opens their season tonight at the Clinton Tournament. The Tigers will be playing against Clinton at 7:00 p.m. The soccer field is located at Clinton Middle School- 600 E Clinton St, Clinton, MO 64735. Good Luck Tigers!
Road work on Hwy 52 starts today, and we will need to take a different route to Clinton for the Soccer tournament. Green Ridge High School will be taking Hwy 2 (west) to Route J (south) into Calhoun, then west on 52 to Clinton. Thank you all.
Athletic Update for the week of 9/6:
9/6
Volleyball travels to Santa Fe for JV and Varsity Matches. JV starts at 5:00 p.m.
9/7
Soccer travels to the Clinton Tournament to play Clinton. Game time is 7:00 p.m.
9/8
Volleyball travels to Crest Ridge for a JV and Varsity night. Game time for JV is 5:00 p.m.
9/9
Soccer travels to Clinton to play St. Paul Lutheran. Game time is 5:00 p.m.
Volleyball travels to Cape Girardeau for the "Dig for Life" Tournament. First game is at 5:20 p.m.
9/10
Cross Country is at Knob Noster for the Knob Noster Meet. Running starts at 8:30 a.m.
Soccer plays Paseo at the Clinton Tournament. Game starts at 10:00 a.m.
Volleyball is at "Dig for Life".
Good Luck Tigers!
White Out night ROCKED the gym Thursday evening for the Lady Tigers as they faced the Knob Noster Panthers. Junior Varsity battled back from a 1st set loss 14-25, to a thriller of a second set, but ended with a loss 24-26. Sophomores Abby Warner and Mallory Reed led the offense with 4 kills a piece and sophomore Jellisa Atwood added 3.
That thriller 2nd set of the JV matched fueled the fire for the Varsity match! Lady Tigers attacked from the service line with aggressive well-placed serves to take the win in 3 sets 25-19, 25-22, 25-21. Senior Kayley Goodman's new jump serves and Senior Matti Mergen's line-drive floaters resulted in 6 aces each to keep the Lady Panthers on their heels. Junior Nevaeh Washington added in 3 of her own aces. Kayley and Nevaeh led the attack at the net each finishing with 7 kills followed by sophomore Sydney Gordon with 6 kills and senior Kelsey Buxton with 5 kills for the night. Matti Mergen set up the offense finishing with 12 assists and Sydney continued her contribution with 7 assists as well. Kelsey combined forces with freshman Emery Cannon at the net with each of them finishing with 2 blocks. Defense continued in the back court with a balanced effort! Neveah with 13 digs, Kayley with 12 digs, Sydney with 10, :Matti with 6, Freshman Sanata Rivas with 6, and Emery finishing with 4. Tiger Defense was getting it done!!!
Exciting night of volleyball with a great crowd cheering them on! Lady Tigers will take a rest over the Labor Day weekend and return to the court Tuesday taking on the Santa Fe Chiefs in Santa Fe.
Green Ridge Volleyball will play their home opener this evening against the Knob Noster Panthers. The Junior Varsity contest will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Varsity match. It's "White Out" night, so please dress in white to cheer on the Lady Tigers! Good Luck Tigers!
Green Ridge Volleyball clawed their way to victory in both Junior Varsity and Varsity matches in Sweet Springs Tuesday evening.
Junior Varsity started the night winning the 2-set matchup 25-19, 25-18 with an impressive serving game behind sophomore Miley Hayes' 6 aces. Sophomore Mallory Reed and freshman Kayden Box served for 3 aces each and sophomore Jellisa Atwood added in 2 aces as well. Sophomore Abby Warner led the offense with 4 kills while Kayden and Jellisa each swung for 2 kills in the win.
The Varsity powered through a tough and scrappy Greyhound defense to take the WIN against Sweet Springs in a 5-set thriller! 18-25, 15-25, 25-6, 25-15, 15-13. Sophomore Miley Hayes served for 3 aces early in the match, but the Lady Tigers couldn't put the ball down on a relentless defensive effort from the Greyhounds. Set 3 changed it all with some adjustments in serving strategy combined with a lineup adjustment to stabilize the Tigers defense. Freshman Emery Canon got in a groove from the service line, serving for 6 aces, and fellow freshman Santana Rivas took the Libero spot to strengthen the passing game. From there, Lady Tigers found their fight. Senior outside hitter Kayley Goodman used a variety of placement shots to finish with a team high 13 kills for the night. Middle hitters Neveah Washington, a junior, and Kelsey Buxton, a senior, added to the offense with Neveah getting 10 kills and Kelsey 6 kills along with 3 blocks. Senior setter Matti Mergen and sophomore setter Sydney Gordon each finished with 13 assists. Lady Tigers were behind 3-10 in the 5th and final set and fought back with that Tiger Pride that we all know and love! Congratulations Lady Tigers!!
GR parents and guardians, we still do not have all students' updated enrollment information. Enrollment can be completed via paper packet that was sent home at open house, or the online enrollment option. If you choose to do the online option, there are still a few papers you will have to fill out by hand. Look for the brightly colored papers. Please get all enrollment information completed as soon as possible. Students will not have access to chromebooks until all their enrollment papers are completed and turned in to the office. Thank you for your help in this matter.
Some GR8 teachers and students during our first week of school.
Our first week back, and we're back in the groove of learning!
Activities update for 8/25:
JH Soccer practice starts today at 4:00 p.m. (at the soccer field)
"Meet the Tigers"/"Tigers are Back" will start at 7:00 p.m. in the Big Gym. All Fall Activity participants are encouraged to participate (HS/JH Volleyball, HS/JH Soccer, HS/JH Cross Country, HS Girls Golf, HS/JH Band). Come out to celebrate the start of Fall Activities and our participants.
GO TIGERS!