Ferguson Hall gives a survey to all students called the "My Voice" survey. It asks students to give an honest appraisal of the culture of our building. 87% students reported feeling supported and accepted at school which is a tremendous accomplishment. We will continue to strive to reach the 13% of students who feel disconnected. 90% of students feel like there is a trusted adult in the building they can go to with a problem. We take pride in the connections we make with our students and will continue to try to reach the 10% who feel like they cannot come to staff with problems.

Physical Science students spent the first semester of the 18-19 school year learning several chemistry topics including the periodic table, chemical reactions, and bonding. Students experienced demonstrations with dry ice, Mentos and diet coke, elephant toothpaste, and flaming whoosh bottles. Many hands-on lab activities were completed with the periodic table, corrosion, and hydrogen labs among the students' favorites.

In Scholarship, students created prototypes, trial ran, made modifications on, and eventually displayed their air cars and comeback cans for their quarterly projects. In second semester, we will be concluding our chemistry portion of the year and moving into physics.

Ms. Egan's Scholarship Biology students have been eagerly studying biochemistry, everything about cells from structure & function to photosynthesis and cellular respiration and now mitosis.They have had fun building cell membrane models, and fine tuning their microscope skills. Second semester will be the units of genetics, biodiversity and evolution. Students will be taking the AIR assessment for Biology in the Spring.

On October 5th, the Special Education Department participated in Manufacturing Day 2018.

Manufacturing Day has the goal of affecting the public’s perception of manufacturing with the goal of inspiring more people to pursue manufacturing careers. It is intended to correct the idea that manufacturing involved repetitive, unskilled tasks that happened in dark, dirty factories — a ridiculous idea to anyone who has actually worked in manufacturing — and show people what manufacturing really looks like.

The fact is, today’s manufacturing jobs are highly skilled. Not only that, but they take place in some of the most exciting, innovative work environments anywhere.

The thought behind MFG DAY was therefore: Bring the public to real manufacturing environments and let them see for themselves. What better way to overcome any lingering negative stereotypes than to expose them for the misrepresentations that they are?

We visited Kodak, Noble Tool Corporation, and GEMCITY Engineering and Manufacturing. Student encountered printer jets that can fill a swimming pool with ink in seconds; robots that remove improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for the military; and engineering and design solutions for gauges, fixtures, special machines, automation & controls, and PLC & PC software development. Students left convinced that manufacturing provides careers that are interesting and rewarding.

P.E. classes finished up the semester with the last set of fitness tests. The students showed great improvement throughout the semester. On their exam, students explained how the social, mental and physical benefits are utilized by an activity they enjoy participating in individually or in a group. We had fun playing many different activities and learned how to include others while we played.

Health classes learned many things that will help students to make better choices. We have a variety of community organizations that come to our classes to share knowledge and give students resources that are available outside of the school setting.

9th grade students will take their state assessments from April 8 through April 11. The testing schedule is posted below.

This schedule is different than Beavercreek High School's testing schedule. Almost all 9th grade students take one math and one English test, each spread over two days. The rest of the schedule aligns to BHS's schedule so there is minimal disruption between buildings. Encourage your child to get good sleep in the week leading up to these important tests.

Any special circumstances will be communicated through your child's teacher and will only affect a handful of students.