We were thrilled to celebrate our incredible 2023 Teacher of the Year Ms. Moore! She was even cheered on by her students as the Limo picked her up for her TOY luncheon.
Big congrats to our staff member of the week Mrs. Nelson!! Thank you for everything you do! ⭐️
Today Mrs. Lobus's class designed hurricane proof houses using paper clips and tape as tools! The goal was to improve the house design to keep the roof from blowing away! Then they tested the designs using wind makers!
Big congrats to our staff member of the week from last week Ms. Shabazz!! Thank you for everything you do! ⭐️
Save the date!
Mrs Miles class held March Madness in Science Class this week! Students were challenged to collaboratively use the Engineering Design Process to design a catapult that would successfully shoot a ping pong ball into the basketball hoop. Congratulations to our tournament champions, JoKorie and Xavier!
The third grade team celebrated learning about Maryland and Maryland
symbols by trying our state dessert, Smith Island Cake!
Exact path winners from the month of February got to go bowling!
3rd grade families I have attached the permission slip for the field trip to the Maryland Zoo In Baltimore.
**MUST have permission slip returned by April 12th -- No exceptions!!**
2nd grade families I have attached the permission slip for the field trip to Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore.
**MUST have permission slip returned by April 5th -- No exceptions!!**
Good evening Greenwood families! We first want to again thank all those families that came out for our second annual Escape Room. It was just wonderful seeing so many smiling faces! Taking a look at the week ahead, Mrs. Blevins' and Ms. Laman's classes will travel to Teackle Mansion on Monday. Wednesday is School Spirit Day so students can wear their GES shirts with pride. Our 4th grade GT group will travel to SCTHS to compete against Woodson and Deal Island to see who made the best recycled materials car. There is also a Stop Bullying assembly for students on Wednesday. Mrs. Humphreys' class travels to Teackle Mansion on Friday. We will also have Snack Cart and it is a free casual day for students since it is the last Friday of the month. Please remember that GES students do not wear jeans with rips, tears, or holes in them. Thank you all for be so supportive! We appreciate you all!
Meet our 2023-2024 Somerset Teacher of the Year Candidates! SCPS will announce the Teacher of the Year on March 31, 2023 at the Somerset Teacher of the Year Banquet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZZ7MAcFPQ
Have you met our 2023 Teacher of the Year candidates? Our 8 School Teachers of the Year are competing for the Somerset Teacher of the Year title. Winners will be announced on Friday, March 31, 2023. Click the link to meet our candidates!
https://www.somerset.k12.md.us/page/toy
Very proud of our students today at the GT Challenge. They have won second place in their challenge for the county!! Mrs. Skrzat has been awesome, encouraging and supporting our students with STEM. Thanks to all the parents that went to celebrate our students!!
#GESRocks
CANCELED: March 21, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Somerset Board of Education
The Somerset Board of Education was unable to reach a quorum for today's public meeting. The next Regular Meeting will be April 18, 2023 - 4:00 p.m. Closed / 6:00 p.m. Open
Good evening Greenwood families! Let's take a look at the week ahead at GES. There is a school board meeting on Tuesday at 6:00. All families are welcome to attend this meeting at the board of education. Wednesday is School Spirit Day so students can wear their Greenwood shirts with pride. Thursday night is our Escape Room Math and Reading event, which will be held from 4:30-6:00. Ms. Moore and Ms. Matthews' classes will travel to Teackle Mansion on Thursday. Since we are hosting the Escape Room on Thursday night, after-school tutoring will be cancelled. We will close out the week with Snack Cart on Friday. Thank you all for your continued support and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Rainbow Stem Challenge 🌈
Ms. Bakewell's 2nd grade class and Mrs. Blevins 4th grade class got together to make rainbows!
Our students loved creating their very own rainbows!!
The Greenwood Elementary GT Program meets once a day and the students participate in some sort of critical thinking challenge. These amazing students are hard workers and go above and beyond what is asked of them in the classroom! Today they designed and constructed airplanes to see which groups airplane would fly the farthest. The GT students competed today to see which team would represent our school in the elementary competition against Woodson Elementary and Deal Island elementary that will be on March 22nd.
Please congrats our winners Caidyn and Keenan!!
Our Greenwood Eagles tried to trap a leprechaun! They may have been a little dissatisfied that those sneaky leprechauns got away, but they were all smiles celebrating with one another! Creativity and imagination are important at Greenwood Elementary!
Big congrats to our staff member of the week Mrs. Guy! Thank you for all you do!! 🌟
