Miss Pauling's and Mrs. Seibert's friends "flew" off to Mexico to learn about the history of Cinco de Mayo. While on board, they learned about Mexico City, the Aztecs, the Mayan Ruins, a school day, tradition food, music, and much more! They wrote post cards back to their families with all the facts they learned.
First grade teamed up with Mrs. Pontius to learn about the benefits of dairy farming. They researched cows on their IPads and collected numerous facts to creat a nonfiction writing. One day, they even virtually toured a dairy farm! Mrs. Pontius quizzed us at the end of the week! She also brought Bessie, the wooden, cow for our kiddos to practice milking. We were fortunate enough to be able to meet Kansas, the cutest three month old calf!
First grade had some amazing presenters this past week! The kiddos worked hard all week learning about the life cycle and benefits of bees. Mr. Varner and Mrs. Comp taught us all about their beekeeping ways! They were able to see a LIVE comb as well! They were thrilled when they were able to identify the queen! To top it off, Mr. Varner shared a little bit of his honey!
Pop Tops Contest
Today our Elementary students were wowed by an awesome performance from GHS's Out of The Blue! Thank you Mrs. Davis and crew for bringing us such a great experience. The songs were stuck in our heads all day!
Fifth grade students were able to take part in a special 3D printing project during library classes! Thank you Pennian Bank for helping to fund our project!
Ryan and Evan Duffy are participating in a dairy innovation tour today at Oakleigh Dairy in Mercersburg. They are leaning about advancements in the dairy industry on this fully automated farm.
Mr. Bratton from Bratton Insurance spoke to the Entrepreneur class about insurance coverage and costs for their small businesses that these students are creating. Expert Learning!
Here are some upcoming changes to the Elementary lunch Menu. All alternatives are the same. The online menu is updated as well.
Friday 4/21-
Pepperoni Stuffer
Corn Dog Nuggets
Monday 4/24-
Chicken Nachos
Fish Sticks with Bread Slice
Tuesday 4/25-
Macaroni & Cheese
Popcorn Chicken
Wednesday 4/26-
No Changes
Thursday 4/27-
Hot Dog on Bun
Fish Sticks with Bread Slice
A group of 2nd graders accepted the challenge to learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube. They partnered with a group of middle schoolers from Newport and over the last 2 weeks spent time learning the algorithms from them over Zoom and practicing on their own. Today the middle school students visited Greenwood and continued to guide them through the algorithms. Amazing to see these second graders take on this challenge. After all this hard work and determination their smiles say everything! Thanks to Mrs. Rumberger and Mrs. Foor for setting this up and to a very helpful group of Newport middle school students!
Elementary Aluminum Can Day
April 21st
On Friday, the Middle/High School enjoyed a ROAR Recognition Rally to celebrate many student and staff accomplishments from the last couple of months. Students and staff also enjoyed some competitions and a dance party. Congrats to the student winners as well as the stellar staff volunteers who were worthy competitors in every game! Thanks to our Renaissance team and leadership for planning and helping!
Miss Pauling and Mrs. Seibert hosted an astronaut day on Friday. They studied features of outer space all week, then put their knowledge to the test! First they drafted applications to become astronauts. Then, they soared through space completing phonics centers based on their fundation skills. They tested their comprehension with space themed fill in the blanks. During math, they created space graphs and interpreted the data they collected. They also created their own constellation math word problems! For STEM, they studied the properties of light by creating constellations out of paper plates!
Congratulations to the Greenwood Middle/High School 3rd Marking Period Students of the Quarter!
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Today first grade took a field trip to the Whitaker Center. They got to experience so many hands on STEM based projects! The kiddos loved seeing some of their favorite book characters in an interactive display called The Questioneers. They also got to experience different storm simulators, which was a huge hit! They also watched a 3D documentary about journeying to space. It was a great day!
Students in Mr. Moyer's agribusiness class are hard at work prepping for the FFA greenhouse sale! Sale dates are May 5th from 2-7pm and May 6th from 8am-12pm. Stop by to pick up your bedding flowers, hanging baskets, veggies, and houseplants!
Elementary Aluminum Can Day
Friday, April 21st
A group of second graders used little robots called Ozobots to code. Students used color combinations to move the Ozobot on a path from one location to another.
Elementary Pop Top Collection Drive
Spanish 1 students played Guess Who by using their current vocabulay to ask yes and no questions!
