Greetings Greenwood Families!

Our second week of I Love to Read Month is almost complete! As a school we have read 155,285 minutes! Our 2nd graders are leading the way with 63,365 minutes read! Scan the QR code to record your minutes! You can also visit this link: https://forms.gle/qkvNtggoBrpijxPz5

We are looking forward to our last night of conferences for the 24-25 school year tonight! We appreciate your partnership in your child's education. We also want to throw out a shout out for our amazing PTO for feeding our hardworking staff during the long days of teaching and then conferences!

Stay warm and have a wonderful weekend, Greenwood families!

Mrs. Skappel

Feb 20: Parent Teacher Conferences- Sign up HERE

Feb 20: Book Fair 4-7:30 pm

Feb 27: 4th Grade Music Concert 11:00 am

Feb 28: Sock Hop - Still need 10+ Volunteers! Sign Up HERE

Mar 3: PTO Meeting

Mar 6: Books and Breakfast 7:45-8:30 am

Mar 6: Popcorn Popping

Mar 7: Popcorn Friday

Mar 17-20: Spring Break

📙 Yearbook Order Form

🏫 Report an Absence

🛝 Greenwood Outdoor Recess Dress

🍿 Greenwood Popcorn Prep

🍪 Staff Treat Wednesdays

📸 Yearbook Helper Volunteer

💃🕺Sock Hop Volunteer Sign-Up 13 volunteers still needed!

📘Greenwood Book Fair, Spring 2025 2 volunteers still needed!

Message from Trinity's Mom and Dad

Most Proud of: Her genuine kindness, her incredible maturity, how capable she is, her insanely good handwriting, and her phenomenal writing.

Favorite elementary memory: Dad's favorite memory is building a robot with her for a project. Mom's favorite memory is of hearing about all the times she went out of her way to help other students.

Message from Odin's Mom

Most Proud of: What makes me most proud about Odin is his outlook on life. He's one positive guy who loves socializing with others. Odin is a kind friend to everyone. He's also one athletic guy! It's hard to narrow which sport he's best at since he's good at them all! Lastly, Odin is a complete math whiz who beats me a chess every time.

Favorite elementary memory: My favorite memory of Odin at GW is during his 3rd grade concert because he was smiling pretty much the entire time! I couldn't help but smile too because I could see how much fun he was having playing the xylophone and boom wackers :).

Message from Zoey's Mom

Most Proud of: Zoey genuinely cares for everyone and wants everyone to be successful.

🪩🎶Sock Hop is coming up! 🎸🍭

It is a fun family event hosted by PTO with FREE admission. Volunteers are essential to put on this event for our students and families. We would love for you to be a part of it!

Please sign up to volunteer for a shift at the link below:

💃🕺Sock Hop Volunteer Sign-Up

Heads up! PTO is planning to host a FAMILY SLEDDING EVENT with Hot Cocoa, Cookies & Restrooms/Warming Shelter at Hoffman Park.

Date: TBD hopefully February!

Be on the lookout for more info about it!

Parents who come to the PTO meeting can enter their child’s teacher(s) in a drawing for $50 in PTO Bucks to be used in their classroom. We’ll draw 2 names at each meeting!

Don’t miss your chance to win!

The time is here! Sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences. They will be held on Thursday, February 20th from 4:00-7:30 pm. Please sign up with the link below or call McKenna in the office at 715-425-1810 if you need assistance.

Parent Teacher Conference SIGN UP HERE

Dear Families,

Get ready—the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! This is a great opportunity to connect with your child over the thrill of bringing home new books to dive into again and again. Studies show that kids read more when they choose books for themselves. A love of independent reading boosts academic success, plus children who read more frequently also report improved mental health.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Book Fair:

Dates: February 20 from 4-7:30pm

Location: Greenwood Library Media Center

When you fund an eWallet, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a giving initiative called

Share the Fair™. Your contributions directly support our students who need help buying books

from the Fair.

Many of us still remember the rush of finding the perfect book at a Scholastic Book Fair. I hope you’ll join your child at our school’s Fair and share a reading experience they’ll remember forever.

February is I Love to Read Month, and we have some exciting events planned for Greenwood!

Some things your students can look forward to this month are:

• Mystery Readers during morning announcements
• Student Book Recommendations
• “I Love to Read” Swag
• Grade level competitions
• “Caught Reading” photos
• Scholastic Book Fair (Feb 18 & 20)

Additionally, we will be having a school-wide reading challenge for February.

• Grade-level classrooms will compete against one another for the most minutes read. At the end of each week we will have small surprises for the leading classes and students.
• Starting Monday, February 3 you or your student can log reading minutes whenever is convenient for you by filling out our simple form.
• At the end of February, the winning classrooms will receive an awesome prize!

We look forward to month full of fun and celebrating our love of reading!

Mrs. Skappel and Mrs. Desvousges

Calling all 2025-26 Kindergarteners! Join us for our Kindergarten Round Up on Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. All registration will be online but come to meet the Greenwood staff, learn about Greenwood and get more info on registration.

Community Education Youth Classes Hands-on learning with Young Engineers!

Date: March 1, 2025

Time: 9 - 10:30 am

Location: RFHS

Ages: 6-10

Cost: $30

Register through River Falls Community Education

Review Perseverance as a family! Remember that Perseverance is pushing yourself to work through challenges and obstacles. Here’s a fun challenge: Can you fit your whole body through an index card? While it sounds impossible, with the correct folding and cutting technique, you can make it happen! Give each family member a 4x6 index card and a pair of scissors. Ready for the answer? You can find the directions and solution online by searching: “Fit Your Body Through an Index Card.”

Greenwood got a brand new, beautiful kiln installed this fall! Our previous kiln was manufactured in the 1970's and required manual temperature adjustments. It was also not very energy efficient. Our new kiln is all installed and ready to go for our clay projects!

Join the Greenwood PTO Facebook Group! http://www.facebook.com/groups/greenwoodpto