South Middle School News

The group of Micah Light, Jacob Mikesell, Tess McClure, and Kassie Cline work on their roller coaster. Sixth grade students recently completed a unit that dealt with energy and force. The amusement park rides are a way to show off that they have learned. The roller coaster, for example, must have enough potential energy at the top of the first hill to over come the friction and wind resistance and still have enough kinetic energy to reach the end of the track. Knowledge of mass vs volume (density) also plays a roll in selecting materials better suited to provide enough energy to reach the end of the track.

Middle School Students Visit Edison

South Middle School sixth graders went on a field trip to Edison Community College in Piqua through the Bridges to College program.

CT Marketing 11 and 12

Marketing 11 and 12 have been very busy this school year.   All of our students are taking academic/business classes in the Greenville Career Technology Center, while some also play high school sports and hold down a marketing internship averaging 12-15 hours a week.  

Currently, 93% of our Marketing students are employed by local businesses through out the Greenville community, and in several instances, students are holding down two internship jobs at the same time.  We have students interning with business partners such as Versailles Health Care Center, Brethren Retirement Community, Scott D. Rudnick Law Firm, Splash and Dash, First Rate Industries, Greenville Technology Incorporated   and Specialized Castings Industries.  Other students are interning at our local food service establishments:  McDonald’s, Arby’s, Bob Evans, Fairlawn Steak House as well as retailers:  Furniture Express, Readmore’s Hallmark and COPES Distributing. 

Ninety-one percent of Senior Marketing 12 students are planning on attending College or Technical School upon graduation this spring.  We are also excited that we have become part of Tech Prep which is partnered with Sinclair Community College.   This allows our senior students to become eligible for a $3000 college tuition scholarship to study business in Sinclair‘s College of business.   Our students can then further develop their business skills and in many cases, continue their current employment.    Its been a very exciting school year in Marketing for students as they continue to develop academically, gain valuable work experience, and develop skills in our community while they earn money.  

If you are an employer looking for part-time employees for afternoons, evenings and weekend hours, feel free to contact Reed Mikesell, Marketing Coordinator, at 937-548-4188 ext 848 or email   Rmikesell@greenville.k12.oh.us for more details,   and we will try to help you fill your employment needs.

GREENVILLE FFA PLACES

The Greenville FFA Agricultural and Industrial Diagnostics judging team of Brady Garber and Patrick Schmitmeyer  placed 5th at Darke County contest.  The contest was held at Koenig Equipment and employees of Koenig’s ran the contest for teams from Darke County FFA Chapters.

The Tractor Troubleshooting contest involves a team of two members.  The team had 4 tractors that were bugged with problems and the team had to identify the bug and then fix the problem.  Examples of problems that can be found in the tractors are bad fuses, broken electrical wiring, blown lights, safety switches disconnected, obstructed air flow, and others.  It challenges the team members to work in a systematic method to troubleshoot the problem, utilize computers to help in identifying the problem and to correct it. The team members also have a written test to take concerning similar topics.  Members have 20 minutes to complete each of the stations of the contest.

  Brady and Patrick advanced on to the District 5 Agricultural and Industrial Diagnostics judging contest on February 23rd at  the Koenig Dealership in Anna, Ohio.  They placed 5th out of 18 teams in the District contest.  Special thanks go to Koenig Equipment for setting up the contests and practices for the local chapters.

Welding Demonstration Given to Greenville Welding Students

On January 25^th, Chad   from Schmeltzer Lefelds Supply and Rental, demonstrated how to use a MIG welder to Greenville FFA students who are enrolled in a welding and fabrication class. Three classes of welders got to participate in this demonstration.

Origami at South Middle School

South Middle School students in Miss Petry's class have been reading about origami with Mrs. Myers in the library. After reading, they made origami cats and dogs.

Greenville CT - To Hold Open House

Greenville Career Tech Center will be hosting a community/parent open house Wednesday, February 6 from 5:00-6:30
For a look at all Career Tech Programs please visit:
http://www.greenville.k12.oh.us/CareerTech.aspx

Today we spotlight two programs with two new instructors for this school year who have their programs and kids preparing for the future: Please see the below post for their videos.

Emily Powers: Med Tech
Dara Buchy: Supply Chain Management

Greenville Career Tech Center: "Where Kids Matter and Success Happens"