DOUG BODEY, Director of High School Programs ~ Zachary Chiles, a Welding and Fabrication junior from Wapakoneta, working on an attachment for an utility vehicle. Colt Freeman, an Automated Manufacturing Technology junior from Bluffton, working on a CNC HAAS mill.
Left/right: Building Maintenance juniors, Michael Dobbs (Perry) and Dwayne Brown (Elida), installing a brace. Willie Harris III, a Building Maintenance junior from Perry, is hanging drywall for the new classrooms.
The following pictures are the new walls for the swing space for Floral Design/Interiors and Print and Graphics classrooms.
Carpentry juniors (l/r), Zackery Holycross (Elida) and Zachary Florence (Wapakoneta) installing closet shelving in the Apollo house. Hayley Motter, Cosmetology senior from Allen East, is practicing for State Board.
RICK TURNER, Director of Adult Education Programs ~ As part of our Light Commercial Residential Maintenance program, students study the fundamentals of HVAC. Here the students are recovering HVAC chemicals from old appliances. Scrap metal will be donated to benefit the Lima Warriors fundraiser.
Honda of America s Lindsay Rippingale, Recruiter and Mike Hoyng, Staff Engineer spoke for well over an hour to about 60 Diversified Industrial Training students during professional development. The students were all ears as Honda explained their new Co-op program for full-time certificate students and predicted the company will have at least 200 full time positions in the next ten years due to attrition. The Honda spokespeople said these are all high-tech positions and starting salaries for an entry level employee are about $52,000 plus benefits annually.
Area daycare representatives attend Prevent Blindness Ohio training at Apollo. The program enables daycare centers to train to be able to screen preschool children s vision. The turnout was very strong.
It was the final few days of class for our latest group of Nurse Aide students. Here they are reviewing proper technique when moving a patient from their bed into a wheel chair. Students practiced using both Sara Lift and mechanical lift equipment. It was moving day for Apollo ABLE/GED staff. As construction gets ready to begin, Adult Education has moved the ABLE/GED day classes to Forest Park United Methodist Church in Lima
Students of our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) enjoying a carryin lunch as this marks their last class in the Adult Resource Center for at least a couple of years due to upcoming construction! Early Childhood Education student Connie Green conducts story time for a group of young children as part of her course requirements. Meanwhile, ECE student Dondra Mills is demonstrating blow painting with children. Left is ECE student Karen Matthews singing with her young students.
BRUCE JOHNSON, High School Instructional Supervisor ~ BPA State Qualifiers: students are from Administrative and Medical Office Technology, Computer Information Support, and the Multimedia Technology programs.
Tangela Poindexter, Administrative and Medical Office Technology senior from Perry, qualified for the BPA National Competition in Indianapolis in May! Administrative and Medical Office Technology students left/right: Aubrey Williams (Elida senior), Rikki Nichelson (Liberty Christian junior), Jeremiah Tippie (Wapakoneta junior), Cierra Robbins (Wapakoneta senior), and Tangela Poindexter (Perry senior) placed in the Top 10 at BPA State Competition!
Health Careers juniors (l/r), Haylee Fowler (Shawnee) and Audrey Bowsher (Spencerville), were preparing for their Junior Project presentations. Health Careers juniors (l/r), Monica Delgado (Columbus Grove) and Krista Rehling (Shawnee) are practicing sterile techniques.
Culinary Arts juniors (l/r), Rachel Hensley (Shawnee) and Megan Leedy (Wapakoneta) were preparing to open the Garden Café. Rammses Vega-Ortiz, Automotive Collision Technology junior from Bath, is masking a vehicle for paint.
Automotive Technology juniors (l/r), Tyler Gladfelter (Allen East) and David McKinney (Allen East) are repairing a vehicle. Brandon Hemry, Construction and Equipment Technology junior from Bluffton, is repairing the light on the dump truck.
DAVE HOCHSTETLER, High School Instructional Supervisor ~ Cafeteria 51.9 % on free or reduced lunch 581 Total Students 234 - Free 68 - Reduced 2013/2014 Enrollment Count Week: 615 Currently: 581 See attached enrollment report for detailed numbers. This is the picture of the stage at the awards ceremony for the 2014 BPA State Leadership Competition held at the Franklin County Veteran s Memorial Center. The awe from the students is so evident as the curtain slowly opens and they see in another way how important this event is. The top ten students in each competitive event are called to the stage by name where each winner receives an award ribbon. The top three receive trophies. All students should be proud to make it to state, but to win and attend nationals is a bonus. Apollo BPA is always well represented.
Austin Cunningham is our Student of the Month for March. He is an Elida senior in the Early Childhood Education program. Austin is pictured receiving his award from Mr. Bodey.
PAM DOWNING, High School Instructional Supervisor ~ Academic News: Kim Hawk: Social Studies Students are giving their Late Adulthood presentations in Psychology class. Students were assigned a prevalent late adulthood disease and specific living situation and had to research both and present in character. Ashley Schmerge, Early Childhood Education senior from Wapakoneta. Christopher Staup, Construction and Equipment Technology senior from Perry.
Mrs. Dickey: Math Students in Integrated 4 are participating in a scavenger hunt practicing trig functions. (l/r) Cody Daroma, Print and Graphics senior from Shawnee; Alan Tyrrell Jr., Welding and Fabrication senior from Elida; and Tyler Burden, Welding and Fabrication senior from Elida. (l/r) Jessica Howard, Spa and Esthetics Technology senior from Columbus Grove; Tricia Cain, Spa and Esthetics Technology senior from Bath; and Kayla Edgington, Floral Design/Interiors senior from Bluffton.
Straight A Energy Grant News: Mrs. Stein and Mrs. Brown The Straight A Energy Grant is a grant through the Ohio Department of Education. The lead school for this grant is Springfield Clark Career Center. There are five other participating schools from the Dayton area. There are two lead teachers and two student leaders from each school. One important part of this grant is training students through peer interaction. They are taught by the student leaders from the lead school. The grant was designed to bring energy awareness education and efficiency back to the community and schools. The student leaders are provided with the equipment and knowledge to educate others. The grant is sponsored by The Energy Optimizer Company, which is located in Troy, Ohio. They will do an audit for each school s HVAC and lighting in April. Each school will also receive a classroom full of high efficiency LED lighting. Health Careers juniors (l/r): Dustin Hamilton (Wapakoneta) and Deshun Little Jr. (Elida).
Satellite News: Keisha Larimore, Family and Consumer Science, Elida High School The Elida FCCLA/Apollo Career Center Chapter competitors at Regional FCCLA Competition on March 1. Students are: Tristan Edwards, Christian McCarthy, Eddie Aguirre (who all competed in Food Innovations, Senior division-placing 1st and qualified for state), Dylan Holcomb, Logan Alexander, Joey Glick (who all competed in Sports Nutrition, Senior divisionplacing 1st and qualified for state), and Karina Aguirre (who competed in Food Innovations, Junior division- placing 2nd and is an alternate for state).
Media Center News: Lila Whyman, Media Center Specialist Sheryl Maier has been busy writing short summaries of books and putting them on the Media Center Face Book page. She has also taped them on the book on display in the Media Center. The students seem to like them! They have been checking the books, with the summaries, more frequently. Below is a sample of a Face Book post.
Student Council News: Courtnee Morris, Early Childhood Education Instruction/Student Council Advisor Members of Student Council are creating a skit about bullying to share with the student body. In the picture below, they are developing the skit format. From right to left: Victoria Briggs - Floral Design/Interiors junior from Bluffton Joseph Beair - Welding and Fabrication junior from Shawnee Racheal Love - Health Careers senior from Elida Ryan Plokhooy - Computer Information Support senior from Shawnee Brooke Long - Cosmetology junior from Ada Taylor Brown - Cosmetology senior from Elida Alexis Houston - Administrative and Medical Office Technology junior from Bath (you can t see her face) Zackery Holycross Carpentry junior from Elida The student in the way back, Katie Closson (Bluffton senior), is one of my students and not in Student Council.
Yearbook News: Darla Krites, Advisor Dylan Green, Administrative and Medical Office Technology senior from Bath, and Victoria Cress, Early Childhood Education senior from Columbus Grove, are critical to the creation of this year s yearbook. The final book draft is due on Monday, so we are at major crunch time trying to wrap everything up! We have sold about 90 books so far and hoping to end up with about 120 books sold. Below are sample pages for the 2013-14 Yearbook: