On Friday, October 21, our high school students participated in various community service project locations throughout the Miami Valley for their "Project M-pact" day. They divided into eight different teams under the direction of our high school teachers volunteering for the following projects:
•Clean up and some tree planting up at the Sugar Creek, Twin Creek and Wegerzyn Metro Parks
•Played with the children at the Catholic Social Services (CSS) Day Care Center
•Assisted with the CSS fund raising mailing project
•Did yard work around the CSS main office building

All in all the day was quite successful as was evident by some very tired but nonetheless enthusiastic students. This service project outreach is coordinated by Ken Knudsen, SVA Chaplain, in conjunction with The United Way of the greater Dayton area. He shared that it is always a blessing when we can see that our kids truly do make a difference in our community at large. Team participants included:

CSS Daycare - Ms. Moller
Deji Adio, MacKenzie Brockman, Emily Haag, Zachary Johnson, Joanna Jones, JoAnn Lindfors, Miranda Loesche, Hannah Odenthal, Alexandra Papaioannou, Ted Wininger

CSS Come Grow With Us - Ms. Galloway
Karli Black, Michael Briley, Helena Carmon, Victoria Carmon, Matthew Doucette, Amber Henderson, Kelsey Klipfel, Aliane Kubwimana, Alexus Ramey, Treon Sherrod, Cheyenne Silvers, Kerstin Smith, Sullivan Vaughn, Lexi Wininger, Jimin Yu

CSS Yardwork - Mrs. Dice
Ryan Bovee, Jamya Cannon, Trevor Cassell, Lindsey Conkle, Jenny Jackson, Isheunouya Mazani, Sean McCartney, Daron Raynor

Neighborhood Yard Work - Mr. Shull
Anthony DeFranco, Spencer Harris, Natalie Hotz, Elisabeth Schell, Alec Velasco, Jason Wolfer

Sugar Creek Metro Park Clean-up - Mr. Ross & Mrs. Boddie
Eriq Boykin, Cameron Burton, Misael Castro, Price Cathey, Ariana Gaton, Victor Nyachieo, Justin Oh, Sophia Papaiouannou, Roemello Reeves, Davian Ross, Bryce Splawinksi, Premkush Wilson

Sugar Creek Metro Park Tree Planting - Ms. Bulgin
Robert Bacheller, Karina Beebe, Nicolas Chaij, Martin Clayton, Alicia Dulan, Nancy Kardos-Moldovan, Katie Lawrence, Siqi Li, Michelle Nieb, Taylor Peebles, Aleyah Ramey, Kenzie Richardson, Toni-Ann Ross

Twin Creek Metro Park Clean-up - Mrs. Briley
Ahjenae Cathey, D'Shauna Edwards, Hannah Harris, Alexia Jacksonm David Kao, Tony Kao, Timothy Liggins II, Eric Lindfors, Dayton Shanahan, Byron Shelton

Wegerzyn Metro Park Clean-up - Mrs. Baldwin
Taylor Bartram, Austin Cassell, Thomas Dodds, Joey Eugene, Lindsey Haffner, Isheanesu Mazani, Jonah Odenthal, Asron Oglesby, Zachary Pauls, Greg Scheuermann, Rachel Shields, Morgan Smith, Caleb Wright
 

This year our students in the middle school and high school divisions joined their efforts in a "Giving Project" for the Holidays. This was accomplished by having a coin drive to benefit needy families in the community whose names were provided by The United Way organization. Our goal was to collect $600 so that the students could spend $100 on each of the six children they "adopted" for Christmas and we're happy to announce that goal was reached with a total of $781.54!

The students excitedly loaded the buses headed to Target and Walmart where they shopped for their "adopted" kids until each child's gifts were purchased. Once they returned to the school they began wrapping and tagging all the presents which students couldn't help but embrace the festive spirit of Christmas joy. Mrs. Sharon Williams, 6th Grade Teacher, shared, "This project is both a lot of fun and easy to manage. The students are quick, savvy shoppers and the whole day runs like clockwork. We truly hope this holiday will be one of blessings and cheer for these families!"