Recent Southwest Achievements:

Summer Beginning Band Camp Images

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Southwest would like to congratulate our Teachers of the Year, Classified Employees of the Year and Friends of Education from each building. Thanks to all these folks who represent a great staff and awesome community:
Crosby - Maria Beatty, Pat Scheer and Missy Rechel
Hooven - Gene Williams, Leigh Ann Carr and Susan O'Connor Miamitown - Joe Ludwig, Jim Loos and Dolores Upchurch
Harrison Elementary - Nancy Herzog, Amy Kinnett and Amy Baglien
Whitewater Valley - Sarah Ard, Linda Lawler and Chris VanLuit
Junior School - Deb Jones, Marsha Baker and Ron McAdams
High School - Greg Zuleger, Jenny Pierce and Wendy Leppert


May 27th
Harrison High School Academic Signing Ceremony Images and Senior Slideshow.

Showcase Southwest 2010 Images!
Thanks for your participation and for showing everyone how great Southwest really is!

 Mr. Brickner's Harrison High School Ohio Energy Project students were selected as Senior Level School of the Year in Ohio and invited to Washington D.C.!

The William Henry Harrison High School Alumni Association invites all alumni to their 128th annual meeting and dinner on June 5th, 2010
Full Details and Registration Form 
 
High School Graduation

Mr. Baird's Cincinnati History Class visits downtown!
See the photos!

 


May 27th
Harrison High School Academic Signing Ceremony Images and Senior Slideshow.

Attention all former Harrison High School Athletes who played sports in college!  Find out how to be HONORED in our weight room by clicking here!

We congratulate
National Merit Scholar Finalists
Sara Swartout and Ben Wilder

 

High School Band Trip to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 

Mr. Robinson's rock band aka "Billy Hank and the Cat House Crooners", at the OMEA convention, proving that rock music is just as important as the rest. There they received a standing ovation and many positive responses to a rock band being a credited class in high school.   

Ohio Music Education Association
State Conference Performance / Clinic
January 29, 2010
Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati

 

 

 

 

 

 Congratulations to the following track and field athletes who have advanced to the Regional Track Meet in Dayton (District place in parentheses):  Zach Lonneman (Shot Put - Champion), Ed Lehrter (Pole Vault - 3rd), Brandon Fisher (Long Jump - 3rd), Annie Robben (Pole Vault - Champion, 300m Hurdles - 2nd), Emily Adams (400m Dash - 2nd), Brittany Hall (400m Dash - 4th), 1600m Relay (Sammy Cliffe, Annie Robben, Emily Adams, Brittany Hall - Champion in a thrilling finish!) 
Harrison High Senior Annie Robben has broken 6 school records during her career in Track and Field!  Annie's vault sets a new school  and district record. 

 

Annie Robben won the regional championship in the pole vault with a vault of 11' 0". 

 

 

Southwest Local and Harrison Jr. High are proud to announce that, to date, we have collected over $3,300 for Honor Flight!  That will send ELEVEN WORLD WAR II VETS to DC!  We will continue to accept donations on their behalf for a few more weeks.   Contact Janelle Sowders at janelle.sowders@southwestschools.org with any questions.  Thank you to all who have helped support our heroes!

We congratulate
National Merit Scholar Finalists
Sara Swartout and Ben Wilder

 

 Jake Rivera and Mickayla Kowalski, second graders at Hooven Elementary, report the weather daily on Hooven’s Facebook page. Tuesday they will be on the radio! At 8:30 am, they will be reporting the weather on The Eagle 99.3 FM. They get to be on the air for about an hour to an hour and a half with Bubba Bo. Tune in and give them a listen.


"Mr. Schiering escorts the 
leading scorer of the DonkeyBall Team."
Donkey Basketball After-Prom Fundraiser
March 8th @ 7:00 pm in the Activity Center Gym
Tickets are $6.00 presale available at all school 
building offices/$8.00 at the door. 
Looks to be a cross-corn rivalry vs. Ross this year!

 

Want to see Mr. Meibers take a pie in the face? Mr. Tracy take a freezing plunge? Go to
http://mrsams.wikispaces.com/High+School+Videos

The Harrison Junior School cheerleaders competed on Sunday at the regional cheer competition in Mason. They are now headed to the state competition in January. They took 1st place for Junior High Non-Mount division.

 

Congratulations to the Harrison High School Cheerleaders; they placed first in this past weekend's Cheer of America competition at Wright State University.

High School "Empty Bowls" project is Thursday, Dec. 10th.
 Wm. Henry Harrison High School will hold their fifth annual “Empty Bowls” project soup dinner on the evening of December 10th Profits will again be donated to the Harrison Mayor’s fund.  Students, faculty and staff will design soup bowls. This will take place in the Activity Center Lobby/Bistro area from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. prior to the Christmas concert.  Tickets to the event will be $10.00 for adults, children under 5 eat free but do not receive a ceramic bowl.  Tickets must be purchased pre-sale at the High School office. Customers will choose a bowl which will be filled with unlimited soup; beverages and desserts will also be available.  Guests will keep the bowl as a reminder of the many empty bowls around the world.

Physics is Phun!!
 Once again, the Harrison High School Physics is Phun club entertains hundreds of kids at the library.

 

 


Congrats to the Harrison Girls Volleyball Team. They were DISTRICT Champions this season and Regional Semi-Finalists. They ended the season 22-4 this season! OUTSTANDING! Congratulations to Coach Amy Berwanger and all the girls.
 

Congratulations to Ben Wilder and Sara Swartout, Harrison's latest National Merit semifinalists!

Southwest Local School District Students Achieve National Merit Status
Ben Wilder and Sara Swartout, both seniors at William Henry Harrison High School, have been named National Merit Semifinalists. This is an honor that allows them to advance to National Merit Finalist status and opens the door to scholarship offers.
Sara is the daughter of Jeff and Linda Swartout and Ben is the son of Mark and Diane Wilder.
Senior Julie Warders has also achieved “Commended Student” status of the National Merit Scholarship Program.  Julie is the daughter of Glenn and Mary Warders.
About 230 Greater Cincinnati high school seniors are among the 16,000 semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
More than 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Sara and Ben scored better than 99 percent of all the Ohio students who took the PSAT test in their junior year.
Nationally, the semifinalists represent less than 1 percent of high school seniors.

 


Awesome! Harrison High Senior Brittany Wilson-Farley has earned First Place at the state track meet in the shot put with a throw of 45' 5" . She is a State Champion! Congratulations to the track staff of Scott Menze, Greg Zuleger, Nick Roth, Jon Motsinger, Steve Kucera and Jayme Light.

 

The first Super Summertime Send Off was a GREAT SUCCESS!

Over 70 Kindergarten and 1st grade students and their families from across the district attended the event held at Harrison Elementary on June 2.

Our teachers taught the families how to do reading and math activities/games at home during the summer and the families were given huge bags full of math and reading resources.   Hotdogs, chips and drinks were provided also free of charge.

Thank you to all the elementary staff and administrators who came to help! 

 

 

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The Track & Field State finals will take place this Saturday June, 6 at 3:00 P.M at The Ohio State University. Harrison is very proud of our two young ladies that will represent the Wildcats .

Brittany Wilson-Farley: Shot Put
 -3rd trip to state
-Holds the school record
-Holds the league record
-Holds the District Record
-FAVC champ
-District Champ
-Regional Champ
-Best throw 45’ 0”

Annie Robben: Pole Vault
 -1st trip to state
-2nd time FAVC Champ
-2nd place Districts
-3rd place Regionals
- 10’ 6” was her qualifying jump 

Best of luck Ladies!!!

 

 

The Harrison Wildcats Baseball Team has defeated Oak Hills 6-5 for the District Title!  Congratulations Coach Sowders and the guys for this excellent win and title. Harrison will move on into the state regional tournament; keep it rolling!

 

 


Congrats to Mr. Brickner's students on being awarded 1st place at the Ohio Energy project Senior division and earning National Finalist recognition for the National Energy Education Development Project.

 

Congratulations to the Harrison High School students that helped raise over $4000 and the Harrison Junior School students that raised over $2000 in the "Pasta for Pennies" program this Spring benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.


Congratulations to the entire cast and crew for their rendition of The Wizard of Oz this past weekend!  We are all so proud of the fine young men and women involved in this incredible performance.
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Recently Harrison Junior School Principal John Hamstra and 4 HJS students went to the Ronald McDonald House and donated almost 100 pounds of aluminum pop tabs.

 

It is with great pride that I have the honor of announcing three students that have earned the distinction of being ranked in the top 1% of all high school students in the nation.  At the minimum, these three students will all be honored with National Merit Commended Student honors. These students will now wait until September to see if they are awarded National Merit Scholar honors. Congratulations to Sara Swartout and Ben Wilder, who both attended Whitewater Valley Elementary and also to Julie Warders, who attended St. Johns. We could not be more proud of you and we thank you and your parents for bringing such great honor to our district.     


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Congratulations to Harrison Head Baseball Coach Shawn Sowders for his first official victory as Varsity Head Coach . He led the Wildcats to a 12-3 win over highly ranked Elder! Great job Wildcats. All that hard work does pay off!
Congratulations to Harrison High School Senior Josh Bass whose ceramic artwork "koi on a stick" won a Governor's Award of Distinction as one of the top 25 pieces of high school art. His artwork will be displayed with 275 other finalists at The Governor's Youth Art Exhibition in Columbus. There were over 12,000 entries statewide!


Six artists from the high school had their art work selected for final state competition in Columbus this past weekend!! Drawings from Paige Broughton, Eric Turner, and Greg Potter, Photos from Thomas Edison and Bridget Rowe and two Ceramic Sculptures by Josh Bass. Congratulations!
Congratulations also to Harrison's Science Olympiad team for placing fourth out of 25 high schools at regional competition on Saturday March 7th. This allows the team to compete at state level on April 18th at The Ohio State University. Congratulations to the following medalists: Astronomy-4th place Stef Abt and Corey Schmogrow Egg-O-naut-4th Nicole Caldwell and Cody Baird Electric Vehicle-2nd Nick Draffen and Kevin Geisler 3rd Stef Abt Elevated Bridge-2nd Cody Baird and Ryan Doerzbacher 4th place Kyle Schallenberger Fossils 3rd-Eric Suthoff and Thomas Rolfes Junkyard Challenge 1st-Nick Draffen and Kevin Geisler Picture This-2nd Hillary Crosley, Sarah Focht, Holli Mueller Remote Sensing 1st-Stef Abt and Ryan Doerzbacher Technical Problem Solving 2nd-Nicole Caldwell, Holli Mueller Trajectory 1st-Nick Draffen and Kevin Geisler

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Our 4th Wrestling State Champ!

 Congratulations to Andrew Tumlin, he is the Ohio Division I 189 lbs. State Champion Wrestler.


Miamitown's MathCounts Team


HJS MathCounts Team

Last weekend Amy Poettker, Cindy Benson and Bruce Markewicz, along with our great parent volunteer Ron McAdams, took a number of our students to the MathCounts competition at the University of Cincinnati. Looks like they made it a lot of fun!