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GCSD Superintendent Douglas Fries
Welcome to the
2016-2017 School Year
Welcome to the 2016-2017 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 new K-8 facility is nearing completion with the hope of
moving in during winter break. The high school has also had
renovation work since last May that includes a new front parking lot,
many sidewalks, cleaning of terrazzo floors, and adding technology
access points. I hope you all share the same excitement and
enthusiasm I have about our new and upcoming enhanced school facilities
prepared for twenty first century education and learning.
At the K-8 facility the masons are nearly complete, short the brick and
block work at the front entrance and back dumpster areas. They
also have some rubbing of block and patch work to complete on the
interior. Around the outside of the building perimeter drainage
progresses including downspouts and boots. Concrete walks, curbs,
playground pads have been developed. Likewise, two courtyards and
exterior perimeter walls have been installed. Soon asphalt
walking paths and parking lots, as well as entrance drives will be
beginning. The green metal roof panels continue to advance.
Storefront glass and entrance doors also continue to be
installed. Many of the exterior windows have been set. On
the inside of the facility, finishes are advancing. The wood gym
floor is going down in one gym. Gym equipment and baskets have
been installed, as well. The kitchen cooler, freezer and hoods
are installed. Hallway terrazzo floor is being installed, grinded
and polished. Ceramic tile is going down in restroom areas.
Casework, lighting and plumbing fixtures are being installed in several
areas of the building. Drywall finishes and ceiling grid progress
throughout the building. Two elevators have been set, one on each
end of the building. The painters are working on block fill,
first and final coats of paint in various parts of the complex.
Hallway lockers and music room cages are on site being put together and
installed. The perimeter of the building will be totally secured
shortly and a major push to complete interior furnishings and final
exterior parking lots will progress through November. We
sincerely appreciate the hard work and dedication of all the
contractors working hard through the heat of the summer on our new
state of the art K-8 facility.
We continue to enjoy our experience with Shook Touchstone Construction
Manager at Risk and Garmann Miller Architects and Engineers as we move
toward the final phase of the construction project. We also
continue to post construction site pictures on the home page of our
website at www.greenville.k12.oh.us.
Our district will participate in two approved waiver days this
year. These are non-instructional days for students that allow
for additional professional development for our staff. These two
days are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, January 9th and 10th,
2017. These days come at the end of our extended winter break
this year which is December 17th, 2016 through January 6th, 2017.
We also have a staff work day scheduled for January 11th, 2017.
Therefore, parents can plan now for an extended winter break with the
scheduled first day of school in our new K-8 facility set for January
12th, 2017.
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 also jobs of tomorrow in a global economy.
Curriculum implementations our district is continuing with at the
elementary level this year include our one to one iPad technology
initiative at grades Kindergarten through second grade, as well as our
ESpark program. Likewise, at all elementary and junior high grade
levels we are participating in Measurement of Academic Progress (MAP)
testing ongoing 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 second year with the College Credit
Plus program, as well as our high performing Career Tech
programs. Some of our high school classes will also participate
in MAP testing and we also will be involved in required state end of
course exams and American Institute for Research (AIR)
assessments. This year’s junior class will also be required to
take the ACT test in the Spring. This is scheduled presently to
be a paper version of the test.
Our district is on a rotation basis to purchase textbooks and
supplemental materials beyond the required College Credit Plus textbook
purchases. This year our district purchased many new English
Language Art textbooks and materials and are piloting some supplemental
language art materials at some elementary levels, as well.
The district has added many new wireless access points at the high
school to improve the technology delivery. The district has added
staff to the technology department to help manage all the new
technology and online testing. We are looking to increase our
curriculum supervision personnel to help oversee our testing
achievement data and provide additional help to our instructional
delivery process and involvement with our coordination in the Ohio
Improvement process.
This Fall we will 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 begin traveling to all
elementary buildings and ultimately end up at the new K-8 facility when
it opens. The SRO’s will assist us with safety and security, but
also provide educational programming.
We look forward to our Advanced Manufacturing labs being used by our
Career Tech program this year as well as some adult programming held in
the evening coordinated by a joint agreement between Edison State and
Greenville City Schools.
Please join me in welcoming the following 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.
Stephanie Shafer – School Psychologist
John Lestinge – School Psychologist
Ryan Borowske – K-8 Resource Officer
Kristi Homan – CT – Marketing at the High School
Kathleen Kubander – English at the High School
Jessica Sommer – Family & Consumer Science at the High School
Dustin Yingst – Athletic Director
Tracy Andrews – English at the High School
Kyle Joseph – Athletic Support Services at the High School
Erin Eberwein – Assistant Principal Secretary at the High School
Derek Sumner – Intervention Specialist at the Junior High
Jinna Walters – Language Arts at the Junior High
Jon Tipton – Intervention Specialist at South School
Shelby Rehmert – Intervention Specialist at Woodland Primary
Kathy Unger – Bus Driver – Part Time
Andrew Grasty – Transportation Supervisor
Nichole Sommer – Enrollment Secretary at Memorial Hall
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. I can be reached by
email at dfries@gcswave.com. Let’s all work together to make
2016-2017 an outstanding school year and keep Greenville Schools a
great place for students to learn and teachers to teach.
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