GS Dominates Titan Challenge
Five teams of Greensburg Salem High School students are headed to
the state-level Junior Achievement Titan Challenge thanks to their stellar
performances at both fall and spring competitions. Working in teams of two or
three, these students participated in local business-simulation competitions to
qualify for the state contest. Teamwork, adaptability and cooperation are key
as the students work together as a business entity. Within the simulation they
juggle price, production, marketing, research and development, investment,
and charitable donations. The student-led companies face the same economic
challenges and marketplace changes as real companies. Teams are judged
on their corporate decision making abilities. Participating in at the state-level
are Colin Barry, Isaac Briggs, Marielle Davis, Alyssa DeCarlucci, Ryan Downs,
Coby Jobkar, Mary Markle, Maura Merritt, Joe Moyer, Anthony Nalevanko, Nick
Nicassio, Justin Pellis, Chris Schrecengost, and Matt Wagner.
Women in Science Awards
Three GS eleventh grade students received Seton Hill University’s Women in
Science Award. Pictured (l-r) are Kellie Lynch – Mathematics, Tiffany Santone
– Chemistry, and Emma Cribbs – Biology. The students were each nominated
by a GSHS teacher in their area of expertise, Mrs. Julie Firmstone, Mrs.
Tammy Elliot, and Mr. Alain Toret respectively. Each awardee was also given a
scholarship voucher worth $60,000 to be used if the student chooses to attend
Seton Hill upon graduation from high school.
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Teams of GSHS students took to the water as they built Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) as part
of the Navy’s SeaPerch underwater robotics program. Working during advisory period, as well as
before and after school, the students used a kit comprised of low-cost, easily accessible parts. They
followed a curriculum that teaches basic engineering and science concepts focusing on ship and
submarine design, naval architecture and marine/ocean engineering principles. Kits were provided
by the Navy and a teacher-grant from the Greensburg Salem Education Foundation.
Four teams competed at the Greensburg YMCA with the winning team advancing to the regional
competition at Carnegie Mellon University. The winning team of ninth graders included D’Angelo
Cain, Andrew Chung, Grant Hoffer, and Ben Miller. At CMU they presented an informational poster
on their “bot” including the design process, ROV features and complications, and then competed in
a series of tasks through an obstacle challenge and a finesse challenge.
The obstacle challenge
consisted of navigating the bot through a course of underwater hoops
as quickly as possible. The finesse challenge consisted of opening
compartments and releasing balls of varying sizes and weights and
transporting them across the pool and placing them in the designated
container. Points were earned by the number of balls placed in the
proper bucket.
Competing against a field of 21 schools, 14 of which were in the high
school classification, the GSHS team earned a second place in both
the finesse and obstacle challenges, missing first place in the obstacle
challenge by only 3 seconds. Other competition categories included
most creative design, school spirit, and community outreach.
Greensburg Salem
There is a New Fish in the Waters
Around GSHS – a SeaPerch.