IN BRIEF | TECUMSEH

Board conducts district tours

The Tecumseh Local Board of Education conducts board tours annually over the course of two days. The members recently spent a day visiting the elementary schools in the district.

BOE members introduced themselves to the students over the morning video announcements, visited classrooms, toured the maintenance rooms to learn information about the HVAC systems and enjoyed lunch with the students in the cafeteria. In a couple of weeks, they will spend a day visiting the middle and high school. Board members take time away from their full-time jobs to glean information, first-hand about the schools.

First Opportunity Fair held

The Tecumseh High School guidance department recently held the first Opportunity Fair. There were over 25 local colleges and businesses, groups, and branches of the military in attendance to speak with students and parents.

This was a great opportunity for students and families to learn more information about the trade and business industry in the community, opportunities at area colleges, and explore potential careers in the military. Organizers expressed appreciation for the many external stakeholders who gave their time to attend the event and share valuable information.

Optimist Club visits residential center

Residents of the Mueller Residential Center in Springfield had a visit from the THS Junior Optimist Club prior to Valentine’s Day. The center publicized a request on social media to send Valentine’s cards to the residents, as they receive few mail deliveries.

The Junior Optimist Club decided to personally deliver the Valentine cards they made and to make a craft with the residents as well. The residents kept the vase of artificial flowers they helped create. It was a great experience for the students and the residents. The director of the Mueller Residential Center shared that they have few visitors from the outside, other than family, so this was a treat for them. The vision of the Junior Optimist Club is: To Make the District and Community a Better Place, One Service Project at a Time.

Students create mock trial

Students in Ms. Cremeans’ Advanced and AP Government classes took on the roles of judge, lawyers, witnesses and jury members as they recreated a trial involving a person charged with drunk driving. The different sides of the case are presented, and the members of the jury have to take all the evidence, then decide if the person on trial should have been driving and if he/she is at fault. This multi-day activity provides students with first-hand experience of how the different

parts of the judicial system work.

Students send nutrition packets to Lesotho

Working with Wittenberg University, the THS Student Council recently held an event with forty volunteers packed thousands of nutrition packets to be sent to Lesotho, a small country in southern Africa. Volunteers packed over 16,500 meals. Lesotho is a country of just over 2 million people and has an estimated 360,000 orphans. Also, an estimated 550,000 children face severe malnutrition and stunting. Each packet the volunteers put together contains 6 meals and costs only 15¢.