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Need a Tutor or
a Place to Do Homework? |
Tutors from GE are available
after school from 4:00 until 6:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays to
help any student
who needs it.
Thanks to GE's
generosity, mini-computer labs are open either before school
or from 3:30 until 5:30 each day in room 202, 209, and 225
for people who need a place to do homework, work on computers,
or study.
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Closing
the gap!
 Southside High School To Get More
Students Ready For College Thanks To $100,000 GE Fund Grant
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here - pdf to see a presentation on the project.
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GREENVILLE, SC- (January 31, 2002) Representatives from GE Gas
Turbines and Greenville School
District's Southside High School launched a new program today to help
the increase the number of
Southside graduates going on to post-secondary education, with the
help of a GE Fund $100,000 grant.
"Southside has developed a comprehensive approach, with a focus
on incoming freshmen, that will be extremely effective in preparing
its students, in some cases first generation college-bound seniors,
for college and instilling an interest to go beyond high school and
reach their full
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| TI-83 calculators
were purchased so that calculators would be available for all students
on the state-mandated end of the year Algebra I test. |
potential," said Greenville School District Superintendent, Dr.
William Harner. "We are extremely grateful for the partnership
between GE and Southside. This effort is critical in reducing the
number of ninth grade dropouts, and plays a major role in goal one of
our Education Plan, which
is to improve student performance."
The program includes a week-long summer camp for incoming freshman,
shorter summer camps for students in grades 10-12, state-of-the-art
staff development for helping at-risk students and applying
hands-on-teaching methods, vertical teaming with middle school
teachers, and increased tutoring and mentoring from GE volunteers.
Part of the Fund grant will also be used to upgrade computer equipment
and provide graphing calculators to better prepare students for the
state exit exam.
"We have had a long standing relationship with Southside, with a
number of dedicated GE employees who serve as mentors and tutors"
said Jon Ebacher, vice president of power generation technology for GE
Power Systems. "As a business that thrives on intellectual
growth, we understand how important it is to encourage as many
students as possible to pursue higher education."
The GE Fund, the philanthropic foundation of the GE Company, invests
in improving educational quality and access and strengthening
community organizations in GE communities around the world. All told,
GE, the GE Fund and GE employees and retirees contributed over $100
million to community and educational institutions last year.
November 29-30, 2004, GE
sponsored and SHS hosted a 2-day Virtual Trade Mission.
Participants included 24 students (10-12 grade) and speakers from North
Greenville College, the South Carolina World Trade Center, HiTek, Pacific
Rim Partners, the International Trade Division of SC Department of
Commerce, the SC Port Authority, Fluor Daniel, BMW, and Research
Technologies, Inc.
During the two days,
students learned about international business and trade from speakers and
hands-on activities. Students worked in teams to research
the big emerging markets; to conduct an export challenge during which they
planned how to export either a basketball tournament, a music concert, or
a sports vehicle to one of the big emerging markets; and to actually
simulate a trade mission. Students had the opportunity to learn about
career options in international business from experts in the field.
Virtual Trade Mission Power
Point Presentation - pdf
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