Blue Jay News

Greenwood Students and Families:

Recent communication regarding the water testing has generated some questions:

• When will the water be re-tested? The re-test of the areas that tested above limits is scheduled for April 16, 2024. As a reminder, the area in question was the kitchen and all faucets have been replaced.

• Are all water fountain stations safe for consumption? YES, all tested within acceptable guidelines.

The recent leak in a chilled water pipe has been resolved. There was a mis-step that occurred in the process of switching over to air-conditioning (A/C) in the building that caused the water to leak. The water that spilled was colored with green dye and NOT toxic. The move to A/C continues to progress and the damages from the spill (i.e., insulation, ceiling tile, etc.) are being corrected. We want to give compliments to our campus maintenance and custodial crews for the timely response to our chilled water leak. The response minimized the damage.

Attendance contracts for 2024-25 will be in the mail soon. Once received, each family has 10 days to return the contract with the minimum payment noted on the contract. Please be diligent in this process as we have many interested families wanting their child to attend Greenwood.

The 7th grade class finally got to experience their Jefferson City field trip on Thursday this week! After missing out on this annual 4th grade event due to COVID, the group had a great time yesterday touring the Capitol, the Governor’s Mansion, and the Missouri Supreme Court. A big thank you to Mr. Loren Broaddus and the GPA for their help sponsoring this field trip!

Students and staff enjoyed the solar eclipse this week and we want to give a big shoutout to Ms. Gilmore for organizing and taking students to Popular Bluff to enjoy a once in a lifetime experience of totality. Thank you to Mr. Anderson and Mr. Madsen for going, too, we appreciate our staff members that give the effort to provide such impactful opportunities.

We want to congratulate Ally Johnson for setting the school record in the 300 hurdles, congratulations, Ally!

Have a great weekend!

Ron & Jeni

NEXT YEAR SCHEDULING:

GLS Administration is making decisions regarding the master schedule. Progress is being made!

See Mrs. Ewing for details on registering for precollege courses for this summer or next fall. This process must be completed before students will be able to register for precollege classes beginning April 22.

Summer Courses:

1. Here is the link to the online registration site for the Greenwood 2024 Summer Online Courses. The online registration site is open now. If you prefer to use a paper copy, contact Mrs. Ewing.

2. Mrs. Ewing will register you for summer courses to be taken through SPS Launch. Communicate with her your summer course intentions.

Contact Mrs. Ewing with any questions at 417-836-5950 or CoyeatteEwing@MissouriState.edu.

Area Opportunities:

Drury University will host juniors on their campus April 19, 9a-1p. They would love for Greenwood juniors to come. Register using the following link: Jr. Visit Day, Friday, 4/19.

University of Washington - Calling all high school juniors! This University of Washington virtual event is designed exclusively for students who will be submitting their college applications in the fall of 2024. Join the University of Washington for Junior Dawg Day, where 2025 Seniors will learn more about the application process, holistic review and the steps they can take now to prepare to apply this fall. Current students will be on hand to talk about what it’s really like to be a Huskie.

What: Junior Dawg Day Junior Dawg Day – Office of Admissions (washington.edu)

When: Wednesday, April 24 / 5–6 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Where: Online

Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services – Club Z offers learning and academic solutions with tutoring, test prep, and study skills customized for your student’s needs. 417-714-4880; kevinbaker@clubztutoring.com; In Home Tutoring & Online Tutoring - Club Z! Tutoring of Springfield, MO (clubztutoring.com)

Class101 offers several events to assist students with ACT Prep.

The 101 Scholarship is BACK Class 101 is awarding four high school students with a $3,000 scholarship! If you have a passion for making a difference in your community apply between February 15th - April 15th, 2024.Visit Class101.com/101scholar for more information.

High School Prep 101: Empower your middle schooler for high school success! Our tailored course imparts essential life skills and knowledge, from time management to goal setting. Join us on the journey to personal growth and academic excellence. Enroll now and set the stage for a successful high school experience. High School Prep 101 - Class 101 Southwest Missouri

Summer ACT Power Camp for June or July tests:
Monday, June 3rd - English; Tuesday, June 4th - Math
Wednesday, June 5th - Reading & Science
$450* Register Here

Free ACT Practice Test: Saturday, April 13th, 9:00 – 12:30 PM Register Here Students will receive a detailed score assessment and a strengths and weaknesses report in a parent/student meeting following the test. Tell your friends! This practice test is open to any high school student who has not taken a practice test with us in the past 12 months.

Class of 2025 - Jump Start Meetings College applications open for the Class of 2025 in less than 5 months! From choosing colleges to test prep, essay writing, and applying for scholarships, preparing for college can be overwhelming. Class101 will guide you every step of the way. Schedule your free Junior Jump Start meeting now with one of their college planning experts.

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES: Various summer enrichment & leadership programs are offered in Missouri and across the nation. Participating in these programs provides students with invaluable curriculum enhancement, leadership experience, and contributes to the strength of college applications. Mrs. Ewing will send out notices as she learns of any summer program opportunities. You may also check out various programs listed on the Counseling page of the Greenwood website. Counseling Department | Greenwood Laboratory School (missouristate.edu). You will also find other opportunities through your own research and networking. Continue reading for this week’s focus programs:

DRURY Summer Gifted Camps – See application at this link

Gifted Summer Camps Application.pdf

WASHINGTON WEDNESDAYS – Starting June 26, this summer-long live webinar series is designed to help students get a jump start on their University of Washington freshman application. Check out this year’s schedule. Keep watching; registration opening soon.

Georgetown University Precollege Courses – Georgetown University will offer two college credit-bearing courses as part of their Pre-college Online Program. High school students with a passion for biology or psychology can earn college credit from home by taking one or both courses. Each course will feature dynamic video lessons taught by renowned Georgetown faculty. Learn more about these opportunities at this link: Georgetown Pre-College Program | Online College Credit Courses (precollegeprograms.org)

MSU Sports Medicine Camp - The camp will feature skills and speakers from a variety of health care professions. The event is designed as a high school camp, but they believe Greenwood 7th and 8th graders will fit in nicely as well. See dates and registration info at this link: https://phsm.missouristate.edu/camp.htm

MSU CSI Summer Camp – See the link for information: CSI Summer Camp Flyer--2024.pdf

West Point’s Summer Leaders Experience (SLE). West Point seeks to develop Leaders of Character. They are looking for high-achieving young people who are in great standing with their school and community, and who want to challenge themselves.

SLE is a one-week program for current Juniors (High School Class of 2025) to visit West Point in June. Students: spend the week with West Point cadets, live in the barracks, and eat in the mess hall; learn about West Point’s world class academics through 17 academic workshops; complete two military days including rappelling, Zodiac boats, combatives (like Jiu-Jitsu) training and more!; challenge themselves physically through the Candidate Fitness Assessment; complete their admissions interview with a cadet; spend the week making friends with other students from all over the US who are applying to West Point. Applications will be accepted until April 15. SLE is competitive and not all who apply are offered to attend. Learn more: https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/summer-program Apply now- https://apply.westpoint.edu/portal/candidate

SCHOLARSHIPS & College Resources: In addition to the scholarship information posted on the website’s Counseling page, Mrs. Ewing will highlight specific scholarship programs and resources in future newsletters.

Scholarship Essays Worksheet - Check out this great resource to help you identify what makes a great scholarship essay, how to write a strong essay of your own, and how to ask for letters of recommendation. Student Worksheet: Essays and Letters of Recommendation - Going Merry

3 Senior Spring College Decision Handouts

College decisions bring a mix of emotions. Some students get into their dream schools while others may not get any acceptances at all. These handouts may help you through the next steps:

• Got into College: What to Do Next
• Rejected from Top-Choice College
• Not Accepted to Any Colleges

Below are two great links that contain a current list of many scholarships with approaching deadlines. The first is for current seniors; the second is for current juniors:

1. https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-grade-level/high-school-scholarships/scholarships-for-high-school-seniors

2. https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-grade-level/high-school-scholarships/scholarships-for-high-school-juniors

You will find a list below with other local and area scholarship opportunities. Pay attention to each application deadline:

1. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS (Various Scholarships) – CFO’s scholarship season is open, as of Jan 1! The application deadline is now Sunday, April 14. Seniors should use their personal email to set up an account. CFO has moved to a Universal Application process allowing students to apply for all CFO scholarships for which they qualify through one comprehensive application.

Students will create an account and answer several eligibility questions in the UA. Based on their answers, they will receive a confirmation page which will list the scholarship opportunities that they were found eligible to be considered for. Some scholarship opportunities will require answers to supplemental questions.

Specific criteria information can be found on the “Scholarship Criteria Preview” page on CFO’s website: https://www.cfozarks.org/resources/scholarship-criteria. See step by step instructions on the following pdf: “How to Apply for Scholarships” How to Apply for Scholarships.pdf NOTE: Due to the unprecedented and unfortunate series of challenges with the FAFSA this year, the Community Foundation of the Ozarks has removed the FAFSA-SAI number requirement from its scholarship applications for this year. Students will no longer need to include that information in their applications.

2. Soroptimist Lollar Scholarship – The Soroptimist International of Springfield offers a scholarship of $1500 to a deserving, qualifying senior planning to attend college or vocational school in the fall of 2024. Applicants must demonstrate financial need. See Mrs. Ewing if interested in applying.

Applications must be postmarked before April 28.

Due to the generosity of Greenwood Parent Association (GPA), forty Greenwood High School science students, plus teachers, traveled to Poplar Bluff, MO on Monday, April 8, 2024, to experience the total solar eclipse. The cosmos aligned to produce a once in a lifetime show!

First, the moon was at perigee (closest in orbit to Earth), second , the sun was at highest activity in its 11-year cycle, and third, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and Mars were on display. Combined, this meant four minutes and eight seconds of totality, and visibility of solar flares and prominences.

Thank you, GPA and Administration, for this unique and amazing opportunity!

Congratulations to our amazing State Science Olympians! Our students have studied, practiced, worked on builds, developed logs, tested, and created binders for competitions over the last 7 months. The 23-24 season ended with our scientists competing against 62 teams and almost 1000 of the top students from across the state on April 6th.

B Division finished 9th in the State. Individual celebrations go to Cullen Burch and Jack Lindsey - 2nd in Air Trajectory, Cullen Burch and Nikhil Nannapaneni - 6th in Crime Busters, Ilyaan Khan and Taaha Khan - 6th in Disease Detectives, Kate Lindsey and Jack Lindsey - 3rd in Ecology, Cullen Burch and Jack Lindsey - 6th in Forestry, Ilyaan Khan and Taaha Khan - 3rd in Microbe Mission, and Dylan Lee and Kate Lindsey - 4th in Write It, Do It.

C Division individual celebrations go to Joaquin Parada and Matthew Whitworth - 6th in Detector Building, Sunny Slater and Anya Soni - 5th in Disease Detectives, Ethan Duff, Gyan Grewal, and Tristan Khoshyomn - 6th in Experimental Design, Gracelyn Rothwell and Kai Schaefer - 5th in Geologic Mapping, Matthew Whitworth and Nathan Wu - 5th in Optics, and Roman Redden and Sunny Slater - 6th in Wind Power.

Wonderful job Ladies and Gentlemen!!

On April 10, twenty-one Greenwood students competed in the 52nd annual Pummill Math Relays at Missouri State University. This year, approximately 400 students represented 21 schools from across the state competing in a variety of team and individual events. The Algebra 1 team consisting of Adam Abdalla, Cullen Burch, Connor Manzardo, and Madhav Nair earned 2nd place recognition in our division. The Geometry team consisting of Egan Asay, Hadassah Fong, Thomas Lin, and Harrison Slater earned 1st place recognition in our division. The 4th Year Mathematics team consisting of Jesse Davies, Tay Lee, Joaquin Parada, and Anya Soni earned 2nd place recognition in our division.

In addition to the team events, we had several students place in the individual competitions! In the individual competitions, students compete head-to-head against approximately 40 students from across the state. Adam Abdalla earned 4th place in an Algebra 1 individual competition. Tay Lee earned 4th place in a Geometry individual competition and earned 5th place in a 4th Year Mathematics individual competition. Gary Zenhui earned 1st place in an Algebra 2 individual competition. And Matthew Whitworth earned 2nd place in a Mathematical Reasoning individual competition, where emphasis was placed on solving unique and challenging problems!

Additionally, our students earned Greenwood 3rd place recognition out of all participating schools in solving the Challenging Problems, a series of extremely challenging and difficult problems to which they all contribute solutions.

Mrs. Burch & Mr. Anderson are extremely proud of all of the students who participated in the Pummill Math Relays. Congratulations Greenwood Mathletes!

Composer and MSU Professor of Music Composition, Dr. John Prescott, worked with Band 7 this week on a piece he composed for the Greenwood Band in 2018 while his daughter was a member of the 8th grade band.

"Monster at the Drive-through Window" will be performed on the Spring Band Concert on Wednesday, May 1 at 7 PM.

Last week ICC continued their annual tradition of culture fair where students k-12 get to learn about cultures from around the world, as well as play games and try food from other countries.

Mrs. Flanders used the Cricut that was donated by the GPA to make safety masks to ensure we kept our eyes safe from the harmful rays of the sun. 2nd graders then decorated their masks. What a fun day of learning!

Greenwood Students who will be in 4th-12th grade next school year, 2024-2025, and are interested in Archery:

Bluejay Bullseye Archery Camp

June 3-6

9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Monday-Wednesday

10:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday

4th, 5th, 6th grade and new archers: 9:00-11:00 AM

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

7th-12th grade who participated in archery last year: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

All archers: 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Thursday

The Daily Court (Practice Gym)

Fee for each Student: $120

More details to come in next week’s newsletter. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Jon Ewing, 417-569-8698 or j.e.ewing@att.net

At the District MathLeague Competition, Dylan Zheng won 1st place in Target, Sprint, 2nd place in Number Sense, and achieved the highest score among all the students including 6th graders in the SW Missouri area. He will be going to the state competition in May in Columbia, MO. Way to represent Greenwood, Dylan!

The last day of school celebration for elementary students will be May 9th.

K-1 students will celebrate in the event center from 9-10. 3-5 students will celebrate from 10-11. There will be inflatables, games, and Andy’s. Be on the lookout for more information and a parent sign up in the coming weeks.

Anyone who is interested in serving on Greenwood Parent Association (GPA) Board next year may contact Blair Usery about this oppotunity at sbusery@gmail.com or 417-861-7114.

There will be an informational meeting for current fifth grade parents on Wednesday, April 17 beginning at 8:30. This 45 minute meeting is an opportunity for communication regarding the transition to sixth grade/middle school. Parents will hear strategies for success from current sixth grade parents and teachers.

We look forward to seeing you there!

We need recipes submitted by March 11, 2024

Submit to greenwoodgpa@gmail.com

Submit to Greenwood Office Attn: GPA

Active link in weekly newsletter:

SUBMIT RECIPE HERE - CAN SNAP A PHOTO AND SUBMIT

Reach out to Brooke Evans with any questions.

417-844-6363 or blevans@murney.com

We are a laboratory school for students in Kindergarten - 12th grades. We are part of the College of Education at Missouri State University.

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