Clubs & Orgs

3DI Part 1: The Beginning

3DI Part 1: The Beginning

By: Alex Jenkins Before COVID hit, students were allowed to freely play games on the desktop computers in tech teacher Sonja Coble’s classroom. Here is how it worked: A student (usually junior/senior HS student) would host the game server on their computer. Then that student would shout out the server’s ip address for the other students to connect to that server and play. (And sometimes Coble would join in as well!) The games normally played were Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, and very rarely Counter-Strike: Source. “I was glad we started these clubs as they give students another place…
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BPA Region 2 Awards Ceremony Live Stream

BPA Region 2 Awards Ceremony Live Stream

Feel free to check out the results from this year's Business Professionals of America Region 2 Awards Ceremony. We have three members looking to see how they placed - and hoping to move forward to state competition in March. Who to look for: Alex Jenkins in Java Programming Ceil Thompson in Computer Modeling Cora "Sky" Roman in Extemporaneous Speaking The live stream starts at 10am on Thursday, Jan 13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBphuV0u2Kg While we aren't able to attend in-person - you can still cheer us on virtually!
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Local BPA Chapter Competes at Regional Competition!

Local BPA Chapter Competes at Regional Competition!

By C. Roman Federal Hocking’s Local Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter went to the region final competition this week. Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a nationwide CTSO (career and technical student organization) that focuses on “Giving Purpose To Potential”. As their tagline suggests, BPA was founded on the principle of providing learners with an outlet and recognition for ingenuity and technological prowess. The organization does this by offering contests at the regional, state, and national levels that allow secondary and post-secondary students to test their skills in finance, business administration, management information systems, digital communications & design, marketing…
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Last call for FFA cheese!

Last call for FFA cheese!

They have sharp cheddar, horseradish, chipotle, jumping Jack, mozzarella, Gouda, baby Swiss, Muenster, pepperoni, pepper Jack, and Colby.  $5 each.  Thanks to everyone who supported our sale.  See Mrs Pfeiffer ([email protected])
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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

by Stephanie Young A Christmas Carol is a play about a mean and selfish old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hates Christmas. This play has become a tradition for our school, and a nice thing about the play is it doesn't just have to be students from school, it can also involve community members.  “I am very excited to be doing A Christmas Carol again this year. Christmas is my favorite time of year, and I am really happy that I have been able to add a new tradition at our school. This year we will have an exciting new twist,…
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Club Days

Club Days

By Eden Haynes Club days come with many opportunities and choices for students to engage with the school to try something new or to enjoy what they take interest in. The purpose of these days is to connect students to the school as well as to make a student’s experience more pleasurable and fun. Due to the pandemic that is taking place, lots of students and staff have changed physically and mentally; so this is an opportunity to reconnect and share those changes to peers. Another purpose is to aid the clubs and the students within them, beforehand the clubs…
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FFA Food Science Teams Compete

FFA Food Science Teams Compete

Congratulations to our FFA food science teams who competed yesterday at Athens! Our high school team placed 4th with Emma Amlin placing 6th and Stella Gilcher placing 9th. Jacob Schneider and Sheridan Boyd were also on the team.Our middle school team placed 1st with Gracie King placing first and Ellie Barnhart placing second. Charlee Slaybaugh, Bo Gilcher, and Brooklyn Wade were also part of that team.Team members had to identify food manufacturing equipment, identify aromas, detect which of 3 food samples tasted different, complete some math problems, and identify sanitation issues.
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