By Angela Shepherd
GEVS
The annual community service day for McClain High School is approaching, and student organizers presented a little about what MHS Day means during the March 31 board of education meeting.
Always held in May, MHS Day began in 2015, initiated by then McClain Principal Jason Potts. In recent years, the McClain FFA has taken over the organization of the day, FFA members Toree Wareikis and Addison Goddard said.
They briefly discussed yearly projects – which include landscaping work, cemetery clean up, washing emergency vehicles, among other activities – as well as projects new to this year, like a fundraising car wash, reading to younger elementary students, and creating hygiene bags for the homeless shelter.
Goddard and Wareikis said they are still looking for ways for McClain students to help the community on MHS Day, and if anyone has some ideas, they are welcome to share them with them. They can be contacted via email at addison.goddard@greenfieldmcclain.org and toree.wareikis@greenfieldmcclain.org.
In other business, treasurer Brad Barber reported that a district-wide inventory will take place later in April. This work will happen after school hours so as not to disrupt the school day.
Barber also reported that this year the district will be awarding 55 scholarships, more than double last year’s 25. The board will have a special meeting later in April to determine the scholarship recipients.
In her report, Superintendent Quincey Gray said the performance of Disney’s Descendents will be this coming weekend, April 4-5, in the high school auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Prior to Saturday’s performance, G3 and Y-Gradale are teaming up for a fundraising event in the cafeteria. Beginning at 5 p.m., the Tunes & Stews Cook-off will offer soups, chili, and mac and cheese. While there is a competition among the cooks of the soups, there is also a kids-only competition for the best mac and cheese. You can check out G3’s Facebook page for all the information. All proceeds from the event will go toward the auditorium renovation project.
On a related matter, Gray reported that as of the last auditorium-related meeting on March 27, just shy of $100,000 had been collected through fundraising efforts for the auditorium renovation.
Student advisory council member Nicolas Alvarez, who graduates in May, spoke to the board about his time in the district. Alvarez and his family moved to the area from out of state when he and his brother were in elementary school, he said, and through all these years, the district has been like family. He talked about the friendships built, the memories made, and the young adult he has become, of being “part of something bigger” than himself, and of the foundation he has because of the community that has “been on my side” since coming here as a child.
In other meeting matters, student athletes were recognized at Monday’s meeting. Those are: girls swimming – FAC Champion team Jillian Arthurs, Laura Barber, Katelyn Barrett, Isabelle Clevenger, Claire Crago, Piper Davis, Melody Greene, Isabella Horton, Madi Knowles, Avery Murphy, and Allison Shope; Laura Barber – FAC champion in 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle; Madi Knowles, Allison Shope, Jillian Arthurs, and Laura Barber – district qualifier in 400 freestyle relay. Boys swimming – Sectional and FAC champion team Peyton Alexander, Nathan Alvarez, Nicolas Alvarez, Bryce Barber, Max Colburn, Gustavo Simas, Ethan Eakins, Cale Flowers, Eyan Hill, Hunter Lytle, Braylon Murray, Cade Raike, Zach Scales, Julian Swan, and Cole Walker; Zach Scales – FAC champion and district qualifier for 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle; Ethan Eakins – FAC champion and district qualifier in 100 backstroke and district qualifier in 50 freestyle; Ethan Eakins, Nicolas Alvarez, Cole Walker, and Zach Scales – FAC champion and district qualifier in 200 medley relay; Cole Walker – district qualifier in 100 butterfly; Eyan Hill – district qualifier in 500 freestyle; Ethan Eakins, Julian Swan, Cole Walker, and Zach Scales – district qualifier 200 freestyle relay; Peyton Alexander, Julian Swan, Eyan Hill, and Cole Walker – district qualifier in 400 freestyle relay. Girls basketball – FAC champion team Allie Burgess, Katie Cook, Brie Cummins, Anna Eikenberry, Larah Henson, Lindsey Hutchinson, Leah Lovett, Karlee McGlone, and Brenna Wright; Paisley Pryor – FAC All League, first team all district (District 14 Coaches Association), first team all district (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association), special mention all state (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association); Larah Henson – FAC All League, honorable mention all district (District 14 Coaches Association), second team all district (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association), honorable mention all state (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association); Anna Eikenberry – FAC All League, second team all district (District 14 Coaches Association), third team all district (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association); Brenna Wright – special mention all district (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association). Boys basketball – Zane Adams – FAC honorable mention, third team all district (District 14 Coaches Association), third team all district (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association); Jordan Bell – honorable mention all district (District 14 Coaches Association), special mention all district (Ohio Prep Sports Media Association). Boys wrestling – Zayne Knisley – district qualifier alternate; Josh Smith – district qualifier alternate;Isaac Shermin-Morgan – district qualifier alternate; Dalton Rowland – district qualifier alternate. Girls wrestling – KC Foster – FAC champion and district qualifier; Dayza Daugherty – FAC champion and district qualifier alternate; Lexie Burns – district qualifier; Sarah Kegley – district qualifier alternate. Girls bowling – Natalie Stroud – FAC all league Bowler of the Year.
Employment recommendations approved by the board were Brooke Beatty – first grade teacher at Greenfield Elementary; Wanda Carter – intervention specialist at Rainsboro; Meghan Homola – middle school math; Tammy Murry – preschool teacher at Rainsboro; Caden Wisecup – middle school intervention specialist; Andrea Boggs – cafeteria; Ethan Hurtt – Hi-Y adviser, half year; certified substitutes Colton Askew, Jennifer Fligor, and Jason King. Those approved for Summer Tiger Bites help were Melissa Trent – head cook; Jennifer Bunner, Brook Sykes, Trisha Hurley, Tracey Cokonougher, Racheal Roman, Erin Dreher, and Wendy Coonrod – cooks; and student Ava Hawkins – cook.
Consent agenda items approved by the board included the McClain FFA National Soil Team Precision Agriculture trip to Illinois and Iowa later in April, the band and choir trip to Disney in Florida next year, and the resignation of Melissa Thorne, cafeteria, at the end of the school year for retirement purposes.
The next regular meeting of the Greenfield Exempted Village School District Board of Education is scheduled for April 14 at 7 p.m. at Buckskin Elementary. To keep updated on what is going on in the Greenfield Exempted Village School District, go to the district website at greenfield.k12.oh.us or go to the district’s social media pages. The individual buildings also have Facebook pages. The district’s central office may be reached by calling 937-981-2152.
