York Tech to Host Sophomore Scholars Day

ROCK HILL—For the sixth year in a row, the Olde English Consortium (OEC) will host its regional tenth grade Junior Scholars Day (a day of integrated fun and learning) at York Technical College.

On Friday, March 9, approximately 275 tenth-grade Junior Scholars from surrounding public schools will come to York Technical College for the annual Junior Scholars Day, sponsored by the OEC. These students have been identified as Junior Scholars by their school district and the state of South Carolina. They will spend the day at York Tech in order to (a) be recognized for exemplary academic and extracurricular achievement (b) participate in a day of learning and critical thinking, and (c) be exposed to both a college campus and college professors. The day will begin at the Baxter Hood Center with refreshments and an address by the leadership and administration of York Technical College. At 9:40 a.m., the tenth graders will be divided into groups and attend separate critical thinking workshops/sessions across the York Tech campus (approximately 9:45 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.). These sessions will focus on using technology to solve real-life critical issues. At the conclusion of the sessions, the students will come back to the Baxter Hood Center for a time of sharing. The day will conclude with the Junior Scholars eating lunch at the Baxter Hood Center.

This year's topics include Who is the Real You?; Lights, Camera, Action; Properties and Applications of Light in Chemistry; Money Makes the World Go Round; Spinning A Yarn; Payroll Pay Out: CSI: Murder At York Tech; Weighing the Truth; Don’t Let Your Career Go Down the Drain; Let’s Get Wired; Not Rocket Science, but Could Be; Can You Find It?; Drunk Driving; Catapulting Math; A Beautiful Molecule; Impromptu Speaking; Happy Teeth; Let’s Keep those Vehicles Running; Programming Fun; Your Medical Rotation Is…; and How to Build.

The Olde English Consortium is an educational collaborative seeking to promote excellence in education through collaboration. Founded in 1976, the OEC’s members include the Cherokee, Chester, Clover, Fairfield, Fort Mill, Lancaster, Rock Hill, Union and York school districts as well as the University of South Carolina—Lancaster. The OEC has also enjoyed a long, successful collaboration with York Technical College.

A goal of the OEC is to bring all educational stakeholders together to improve education in the region and throughout South Carolina. The consortium serves approximately 70,000 students, approximately 7,000 educators, and thousands of our region’s honorable citizens.

For more information, contact Mike Fanning at (803) 817-6637 or FanningOEC@comporium.net.

York Technical College . 452 S. Anderson Road . Rock Hill, SC 29730