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MR. GRANT PETERS, PRINCIPAL

September 2015 Volume 10 Issue 1

GCHS Newsletter 812-663-7176 www.greensburg.k12.in.us

Calendar of Events

September 7

Labor Day

September 8

School Board Meeting

September 9

College Fair

September 18

Homecoming

September 29

County Music Festival

Inside this issue:

Guidance 2

Resource Officer

Letter

3

Recipe from FACS 4

Cafeteria Flier 5

FFA News 6

Conexus Award 7

Mission Statement 8

Ag Sales Team Photo- Agriculture

Sales Team: From left to right, Payten

Ewing, Brandon Ketcham, Wyatt Case,

and Alden Westhafer.

Photo- DSC 99 State Degrees

Winners: From left to right:

Renae Kramer, Andy Dashiell,

and Connor Cuskaden, not pic-

tured, Stephanie Bruns

State Agricultural Research Fair Winners:

Madeline Schroeder and Renae Kramer. Not

pictured, Lauren Koester

See page 6 for a full FFA article

Ag Team Fairs Well

At State

Competition

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GCHS Newsletter

It is a great opportunity for students and parents to come discover

the variety of options for after high school graduation. There will be

representatives from Indiana Colleges and Universities, as well as

from the surrounding states. Take advantage of this great opportunity

to get all of your questions answered. Students of all ages are wel-

come & encouraged to attend! It is never too early to begin explor-

ing your options for the next chapter after high school!

**BIG BLUE BOOSTERS – CALL OUT MEETING**

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH at 6:30PM (Auditorium)

FOR ANY PARENT, PIRATE FAN/SUPPORTER WHO WANTS

TO GET INVOLVED IN HELPING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

This year's County Music Festival will be held on Tuesday, September 29th at 7pm in the GCHS Gymnasium. Tickets will be

sold at the door for $5. Greensburg native, Mr. John Wenning will be conducting the choirs, and Mr. John Huntoon from Ander-

son University will be conducting the bands. Come enjoy a wonderful night of music performed by North Decatur, South Decatur

and Greensburg's Bands & Choirs!

Music News

Show Choir Alumni...All GCHS show choir alumni are once again invited to sing the National Anthem at this year's Homecom-

ing football game on Friday, September 18th. We will rehearse in the HS Choir Room (room 103) at 5:30pm, then meet on the

track before the start of the game to sing! The rehearsal is not mandatory, but helpful! If you have any questions, please contact

Mrs. Heather Simpson at [email protected]

GCHS Newsletter

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From The Desk Of

THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER

Greetings,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back for the 2015-16 school year. I hope everyone had a safe and en-

joyable summer break.

My role as School Resource Officer is diverse in the school community and has many duties and responsibilities. A School Re-

source Officer is defined as a sworn law enforcement officer assigned to schools on a long-term basis trained to perform four ma-

jor roles: law enforcement officer, educator, counselor, and school safety specialist.

My office operates year round and most summer days are spent updating our school safety plans, working with our transportation

and maintenance departments, preparing safety trainings for our students and staff, working with Emergency Responders who

service our schools and closely working with our building administrators on various projects along with normal SRO activities.

This summer our school safety team has updated our building and corporation safety plans while working closely with our Emer-

gency Responders, finishing upgrades to our CCTV systems and have installed new electronic door access systems throughout

the corporation. We are very fortunate that grants from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security have been available to fund

these initiatives. Our visitor/student management system, Raptor, has been in use since the second semester of last school year.

This system allows for an additional layer of security for our students and staff.

As a reminder when entering the building, you must press the button to alert the office staff that you are at the door. Cameras are

located in the entrance to help the staff identify you. Visitors will be asked to provide identification to scan into the Raptor sys-

tem. Subsequent visits will require visitors to use the Kiosk systems at each building. The staff will then buzz you into the build-

ing, where you will proceed to the office and state your business.

When looking at student safety, another place we continue to have a concern is student drop off in the mornings and students be-

ing picked up in the afternoon. Our goal is to separate our school bus traffic away from our automobile traffic. Busses and cars

should not drop off and pick up in the same location.

∙ Busses drop off and pick up students in the south parking lot off of East Central Avenue at door #1S. At no time should parents

drop off or pick up students at this entrance.

∙ Parents should drop off students in the morning (no sooner than 7:10 a.m.) in the North parking lot at door #11N. In the after-

noon, students will get picked up ONLY at door #5W in the West parking lot off of Big Blue Avenue.

The safety of our students is a priority! To ensure our students are safe and our school busses can get in and out of the building

areas safely we ask that you help us out in this process.

If I can ever be of assistance to you or your family, please do not hesitate to call or stop by my office at Greensburg High School.

Sincerely,

Bruce N. Copple

School Resource Officer /

GCS/GPD

812-663-7176 Ext 1037

[email protected]

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GCHS Newsletter

Cheesy Southwest Grains and Chorizo Zucchini Boats

Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with olive oil. Set aside.

2 Cook and cool southwest grains mix as directed on box. Meanwhile, in 10-inch skillet, cook chorizo, crumbling it as it cooks. Remove from skillet, and drain on paper towel-lined plate. Cool slightly; mix with southwest grains mix.

3 Cut each zucchini in half lengthwise; scrape out middles with spoon, leaving about 1/4 inch on bottom and both ends of each zucchini to form a boat. Place boats in baking dish; sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Stuff each boat with chorizo mixture; top with cheese.

4 Bake about 30 minutes or until zucchini is just tender, but not raw or soggy, and cheese is bubbly. Serve warm with cilantro

and hot sauce.

Ingredients:

1 box Betty Crocker Suddenly Grain Salad Southwest Grains

Water and oil called for on southwest grains mix box

2 fresh links chorizo sausage

4 large zucchini

Salt and pepper

1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (6 oz)

Fresh cilantro, as desired

Hot sauce as desired

Recipe provided by Deb Sellers

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School Name: Greensburg High School

Breakfast Time: 7:15

Prices: $1.30

Location Served: Cafeteria

Other info: Join us!

Recipe provided by Deb Sellers Page 5

Greensburg FFA Chapter Members Wins State

Championships, Captures Top State Degrees

Greensburg’s FFA Agricultural Sales team of Wyatt Case, Payten Ewing, Brandon Ketcham, and Alden Westhafer took first

place in the state competition and will make a run at the national title in October at the National FFA Convention.

In the State FFA Agricultural Science Research Fair, juniors Renae Kramer and Madeline Schroeder capture second straight state

title in the food science division of the agriscience research fair while sophomore Lauren Koester won in the agricultural mechan-

ics division. The two teams will follow the agricultural sales team in competing for the national title in October. Chapter mem-

bers Aaron Bell, Case, Nick Cline, Connor Cuskaden, Andy Dashiell, and Bryna Ferrara, and Joanna Fruchtnicht finished in the

top four in their respective divisions of the agriscience research fair as well.

Stephanie Bruns, Cuskaden, Dashiell, and Kramer were recognized at the convention for earning their state degrees, joining a

select group of FFA members from Greensburg FFA to do so. To earn their state degrees, members must demonstrate proficien-

cy at a high level in their supervised agriculture experience programs, leadership, and community service.

The purpose of the FFA Agricultural Sales Career Development Event is to evaluate skills that are essential for an individual to

be successful in the agricultural sales field. The process of selling agricultural products is essential for production and marketing

of agricultural products. By competing in the contest, students develop verbal, written and interactive communication skills, pre-

pare a pre-call sales sheet, demonstrate knowledge of proper product use, and show understanding of the basic business structure

necessary to sell and deliver a product. In this year’s competition, students were required to have an understanding of irrigation

systems, develop a pre-call document, and perform a face to face sale with vegetable and corn growers needing irrigation systems.

This marks the second straight year that Greenburg has won the state agricultural sales and last year’s team went on to finish 15th

in national competition.

The FFA Agriscience Fair is an exciting opportunity for students interested in scientific principles and emerging technologies in

the agricultural industry. The National FFA Agriscience Fair provides middle and high school students the opportunity to achieve

local, state and national recognition for their accomplishments in agriscience. This program also gives students a chance to

demonstrate and display agriscience projects that are extensions of their agriscience courses.

In the agricultural research fair competition, Koester’s winning research project compared the strength of drywall screws to nails

for attaching horseshoes to horse’s hooves. After a third place national finish last year, Kramer and Schroeder’s research attempt-

ed to isolate the exact ingredient in an insecticide created last year to eliminate insect infestation of food storage containers com-

monly used in Somalia where one third of all food harvested is lost or damaged due to insects.

Thirteen members of the Greensburg FFA attended the 86th State FFA Convention June 15-June 18thth at Purdue University. In

addition to career development events, FFA members attended leadership sessions where they got the chance to listen to several

inspirational guest speakers. The Convention also provides an opportunity for FFA members serve the Indiana FFA Association

through courtesy corps and delegate positions and to attend leadership training workshops from state and national leaders. Kra-

mer and Cuskaden served as chapter delegates while Aaron Bell, Case, Dashiell, Ewing, Schroeder, and Weshafer served in the

courtesy corp. In addition, Ferrara served as the state convention’s photographer.

Greensburg FFA was re-established in 2010; since that time the FFA has grown to 39 members with members actively involved

at the district, state and national level. The advisor for the chapter is Rich McGown who is the agriculture teacher at Greensburg

Community High School.

GCHS Newsletter

Article provided by retired Ag teacher and FFA leader,

Rich McGown Page 6

Greensburg Community Schools Earns 2015 Conexus Indiana

Hire Tech Launch Award

School Personnel pictured from left to right in picture above: Principal Grant Peters, Susan Burbrink, Mike

Lebo, Mike Novak, Superintendent Tom Hunter, Sue Auffenberg, and Keith Hipskind.

Mike Novak receiving the Conexus Award in picture below.

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School Mission Statement

To prepare students for success within an academically challenging

environment using evidence-based curriculum and instruction.

Greensburg Community High School

1000 East Central Avenue

Greensburg, Indiana 47240

Phone (812) 663-7176

Fax (812) 663-8911

Www.greensburg.k12.in.us

2015-2016 Cafeteria Breakfast/Lunch Prices

Student Breakfast $1.30

Student Lunch 2.25

Adult Breakfast $1.70

Adult Lunch 3.25

NO SCHOOL MONDAY

SEPTEMBER 7th

In honor of

LABOR DAY

Get updated news, events and

information on our new school

website.

www.greensburg.k12.in.us

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