South Middle School Raises $2,200 for American Heart Association

South MS raised $2,200 for the American Heart Association and since the students met their goal Mrs Schaar, Mr Plessinger and Mr Roll were taped to the wall and sprayed with silly string as promised!

Light Up The Night

The community is invited May, 10^th at 9pm to help Light Up The Night – a benefit Corynna Strawser.  With 400 beautiful lighted lanterns glowing on the City Park pond you won’t want to miss the opportunity to simply join us that evening as we show our love and support to this amazing young lady.

Corynna Strawser, a Greenville teen, has suffered from an incurable gastrointestinal illness the majority of her life as well as mitochondrial disease. Over the past two years Corynna’s illness has become more severe and she cannot do the things she used to be capable of. Because of Corynna’s medical needs it has become necessary for the family to make their home more accessible for Corynna to live only on the first floor as she can no longer walk.  They need to build an addition to provide her with a bedroom and bathroom on the first floor.

This amazing young girl has gone through multiple surgeries and pain that no one could ever imagine with rarely a complaint.  As a community, it is our time to come together to help the Strawser family by Lighting UpThe Night. 

We are asking for the community to help by purchasing the paper lanterns for $3.00  through any donation they are able to make to this worth cause.  In kind donations of labor as well as donations of supplies are also being accepted.  Please stop by Furniture Express on Wagner Avenue or at American Title on Broadway to make your donation to help Corynna!  Lanterns will be sold in the high school lobby from 11 to 12:30 during the first week of May.  

The event will be held in the Greenville City Park on May 10^th at 9pm at the two center ponds and anyone is welcome to come set up and light the lanterns at 8pm on that date. The scheduled rain date is Saturday, May 11^th.   We plan to launch 400 lanterns for the Strawser family to show our support. For any questions please contact Dara Buchy at dbuchy@greenville.k12.oh.us or by calling 5484188 (career tech office). Please join us for this amazing event!

 

SCM Helps Community Employment Services

Supply Chain Management students from Greenville High School recently completed a marketing project for Community Employment Services a program within the Darke County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

This fall Tamala Marley, Job Coordinator for CES, approached the Greenville Career Tech Center for assistance in designing a new tri-fold brochure to enhance their marketing program.  The SCM students offered their services and the collaboration began.

Ms. Marley came into the SCM classroom and shared her ideas and goals for the project. The students in both the Junior SCM class and the Senior SCM class got to work in teams of two creating their personal brochure as they understood the goals.  After completion the students reviewed all of the projects and voted on the top three options to submit to the CES program for review.  The winning brochure was selected and a few small revisions made. Ms. Marley’s Team was excited for the creative outcome and look forward to using it to increase awareness for the program in the community.

Senior SCM student  Adam Hickerson, explained, “It was nice to work for a business in our community. The experience taught us how to take others ideas and guidelines to create something that is appreciated and can have a positive impact on the community.”

 The senior SCM students recently toured Wayne Industries to see the how the facility functions and how the brochure will benefit the workers.   While on tour, the students had an opportunity to speak with a Wayne Industries employee. He explained to the students he enjoys working at  both Wayne Industries and Arby’s.  His job at Arby’s is part of the Community Employment Services program!  Jobs like this allow the workers the opportunity to be more self sufficient and successful!  “I enjoyed experiencing the job site of Wayne Industries.  It was neat to see the employees working, but made me realize even more how important this brochure is to allowing them to  make more money and support themselves,” said Brian Bailey after the tour.

Tara Guillozet, the creator of the chosen brochure shares, “Having the opportunity to work with Tamala Marley with CES and create this brochure has given me real life experience. She knew what she wanted. We made it happen!”

Supply Chain Management is a two year program offered at Greenville High School Career Tech Center.  The students study all aspects of logistics, procurement, customer service, and marketing. The program welcomes community involvement and invites area business owners to share their experiences in the classroom. If you are interested in speaking to this group of students please contact, Dara Buchy 93-548-4188 or dbuchy@greenville.k12.oh.us.

FFA NEWS

The Greenville FFA chapter Agronomy judging team placed high at Wilmington judging invitational.

The team consisted of Alyssa Garber, Patrick Garber, Brady Garber, Bradley Garber, and Patrick Schmitmeyer. The team placed 2^nd overall in the contest. High-scoring individuals were Patrick Garber (left), placing 3^rd overall and Alyssa Garber (right), placing 2^nd overall.

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.