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Greenville City Schools
Welcome to the
2018-19 School Year
Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year. Our administration and
staff are eager to begin another year with the students, parents,
grandparents, and community members throughout our district. We
hope to have everyone work together to make this another successful
instructional and enjoyable year for all.
I trust each of you have had a relaxing and enjoyable summer with your
family and friends. I hope your vacations, special trips, and
family gatherings have been fun, safe and educational. As
September is upon us, I hope all of you are looking forward to another
exciting and rewarding school year. As you return to school,
notice the newly re-sealed parking lots at the K-8 and high school
facilities. Also, the new parking lot next to Memorial Hall, as
well as, new concrete at the front entrance.
Likewise, at the K-8 the playground painting has been corrected, as
well as, the terrazzo floors re-sealed. At the high school there
is a new kitchen floor and the football stadium has been painted.
All the gymnasium floors have been cleaned and re-varnished. At
Memorial Hall we are also preparing to install new windows in the rear
of the building. We thank the community for your ongoing support
of our facilities.
This fall our district will participate in two approved waiver
days. These are non-instructional days for students that allow
for additional professional development for our staff. These two
waiver days will take place on Monday, September 24, 2018 and Monday,
October 29, 2018. Parents can coordinate now for these two days
the students will not be in session. The staff will be
participating in professional development related to the new curriculum
mapping, upgraded instructional technology, Twenty First Century
teaching skills and updated safety training. All these sessions
will promote a current curriculum and safer environment for our
students.
Greenville Schools has a tradition of excellence and we certainly are
working to continue the excellence. The entire district wants to
lead the way by making sure our students are ready for higher education
and jobs of tomorrow in a global economy. To promote this
tradition, this year all our students and teachers will have access to
one to one iPads for instructional use. This is a major area of
our instruction emphasis this year.
The district has almost completed the abatement and demolition of all
our older buildings. Woodland Heights has now been closed/sold to
Greenville Township. The Junior High parking lot and green space
is almost complete. The parking lot is now open to public
use. The district is also coordinating to sell both the old East
and South school grounds using Midwest Auctioneers and Realty, Inc.
services. The auction is tentatively set for Tuesday, September
25th at 6:30 p.m. in the Anna Bier Civic Room.
Our elementary through tenth grades will continue to participate in
Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP) testing to continue throughout
the year to keep a close measure on our alignment to end of year
required state assessments. At the high school, we will continue
for the fourth year with the College Credit Plus program, including
again Edison State and Sinclair, as well as, adding an Educational
Program with Urbana. We also look forward to continuing with all
our Career Tech programming at the high school and the Careers with
Children Program expanding this year to include an additional
instructor that will expand to a Teaching Professional program in the
future. The junior class will continue to take the required ACT
test for all junior students this Spring. This test is scheduled
to be the paper version.
The district would like to highlight the Greenville High School FCCLA
program for earning the following awards during National Competition in
Atlanta, Georgia during June/July. These include: 2nd place
– Laura Fields and Taryn Cooper in Advocacy; 3rd Place – Maddie Shepard
in Digital Stories; 4th Place – Hayley Zeller in Interpersonal
Communications; and 5th Place – Brooke Stachler, Mackenzie McMiller,
and Alexa Snyder in Digital Stories. They brought home 4 gold
medals, 5 silver medals, and a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place
overall. You are all a source of pride for Greenville City
Schools. Congratulations to Amy Schoen for her instructional
leadership of this program.
Our district continues to be on a rotational basis to purchase
textbooks and supplemental materials beyond the required College Credit
Plus textbook purchases. This year our district purchased many
new social studies textbooks and materials. Next year we will be
purchasing science materials.
This Fall we will continue to contract with the City of Greenville to
provide us with two school resource officers. One will continue
to be housed at the high school while the other will be at the K-8
facility. These SRO’s will assist us with safety and security,
but also provide educational programming. They have done an
outstanding job for the district and it is a pleasure to work with the
City to staff these positions.
Reminder that lunch at the high school will continue to be closed this
year to all students. As we begin a new year, remember to travel
slowly on Ohio and Main Street and observe the speed limit when
students are present and particularly during drop off and dismissal
times at the K-8 complex, as well as, the high school. Always
slowdown in the parking lots and follow marked traffic flow to keep
everyone safe. At the K-8 complex in front of the building the
first row of parking on both sides will be reserved for visitors.
Staff members assigned to these buildings will not park in these
areas. Likewise, staff parking at Memorial Hall will now be
assigned to the new side lot leaving the front circle open to visitors.
I would like to share some facts about the upcoming 2.0 mill permanent
improvement renewal levy. On both May 17, 2018 and June 21, 2018,
the Greenville City Board of Education unanimously approved resolutions
to place a 2.0 mill permanent improvement renewal issue on the November
6, 2018 ballot. The Greenville City Schools Board of Education
has utilized a permanent improvement levy since 1989. This
permanent improvement levy has been renewed by the school district
voters ever since. Funds generated from this levy can only be
used for improvement to buildings and grounds, equipment purchases such
as technology, computers, textbook purchases or other assets having an
estimated life of 5 years or more. Other examples would be roof
repairs, window repairs, parking lots, boilers, track resurfacing, turf
replacement, classroom carpeting, new bleachers or additional pole
lighting. Permanent improvement monies cannot be utilized for
salaries and benefits or consumable items.
This 2.0 mill permanent improvement renewal issue would result in NO
NEW TAXES and would continue to provide the district with an annual
amount more than $450,000 for building improvements. The issue is
a request to renew an existing levy and will result in NO additional
millage. The issue will cost you no more than you pay
today. School buildings are a major investment that require
ongoing maintenance and upgrading. The Board of Education
continues to operate within the constraints set forth by the permanent
improvement budget and demonstrate prudence and accountability with
your tax money. If you have any questions about the levy or any
other school issue, don’t hesitate to call the
Superintendent/Treasurer’s Office at 937-548-3185 from 8:00 am to 4:00
pm.
Please join me in welcoming the new employees to the Greenville School
District. We look forward to working with each of them in our
educational delivery and are glad they have joined the Greenville
School District team. The following is the list of new employees
at the time of this release:
Memorial Hall: Bernadette Meyer (Curriculum Secretary); Lindsay
Peltz (Psychologist)
High School: Christopher Andres (Vocal Music Accompanist); Ashley
Beaty (Social Studies Teacher); Chris Boroff (Guidance Secretary); Sara
Bretz (Intervention Specialist – MD); Kristalyn Bush (Para Professional
– Study Hall); Lisa Maher-Strawser (CT Teaching Professional Teacher);
Lindsey McGlinch (Nurse – Half Time); Shane McKinniss (Social Studies
Teacher); Catharine Oder (Math Teacher)
Middle School: Kailey Guillozet (Guidance Counselor – Half Time); Kelly
Holmes (Intervention Specialist)
Elementary School: Taylor Borchers (Intervention Specialist;
Susan Dankworth (Assistant Principal); Kailey Guillozet (Guidance
Counselor – Half Time); Cody McKenzie (Intervention Specialist); Krysta
Rinderle (1st Grade Teacher); Elizabeth Shuman (Art Teacher); Ginger
Aldora (Para Professional – Latchkey)
Transportation: Mary Rodriguez (Transportation Supervisor); Glen
Etter (Bus Driver)
Food Service: Melissa Wentworth and Diana Shaffer
This year the board of education and district has made a conscious
effort to improve and provide additional guidance and counseling and
social skills support. The district has added an additional K-8
guidance counselor and continued a previous community connections
social skills program that was previously funded by an Ohio Department
of Education grant. This year the board of education felt it was
important to continue this mentoring program at the middle and high
school level another year by funding the program, although the grant
was discontinued.
I invite everyone in the community to attend and support our students
in the various extracurricular activities that take place throughout
the school year. Your attendance is appreciated by the students
and the school system.
Remember, the entire Greenville School faculty and staff is here to
assist you – our students, parents and community. If we can be of
assistance, please feel free to contact our principals or myself.
I can be reached by phone at 937-548-3185, or by email at
dfries@gcswave.com. Let’s all work together to make 2018-2019 an
outstanding school year and keep Greenville Schools a great place for
students to learn and teachers to teach.
We look forward to seeing you at school right after the Great Darke
County Fair. Go Wave!
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