Beech Tree News Network

Butler County Middle School held its annual Career Day on Thursday, November 19, for 6th and 8th grades.  The event is sponsored by the Butler County Youth Services Center.  Melissa Glass was the primary coordinator of Career Day.
Several business leaders from the community took time out of their day to come to the school and discuss possible career options with students. 
The morning session was for 8th grade students.  The students had previously filled out a survey expressing their career intersts.  They were then group into categories that best reflected their individual survey results. 

Below is a list of business leaders who took part in 8th grade Career Day:
-Earl Beloin:  retired Plant Manager Casco Products
-Amy Phelps: Healthcare Administration Morgantown Care & Rehabilitation Center
-Chris Burden:  Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation 
-Hanna Southerland:  BCHS Guidance Counselor
-Krista Webster:  Physical Therapist Orthopedics Plus
-Mykel McCoy:  Morgantown City Hall
-Annette Jared:  Morgantown Chamber of Commerce
-Diane Dyer:  Beech Tree News  and WLBQ 101.5 FM
-Ty Brown:  Real Alloy (Aleris)
-Chad Tyree:  Engineer and Agriculture 
-Brad Baize:  Information Technology Butler County Board of Education
-Amanda Ray & Michael Vincent:  Butler County Protection and Permanency
-Captain Charles Swiney:  Morgantown City Police Chief
-Baker Gardner & Robbie Phelps: Sate Farm Insurance Agents 
-Eric Ingram:  Ingram Brothers, LLC

-Jeremy Hack:  Lock Four Productions and Beech Tree News

Below is a list of presenters for 6th grade Career Day:  
-Kaitlin Harrison:   Nutrition/Dietetics focused in Healthcare and Education and Butler County School Board Administration 
-Landon Hampton:  Meteorologist  WNKY 40 Bowling Green Morning Team  
-Major Robert Redmond:  (USMC Retired), Butler Co HS SNSI NJROTC, BCHS/MS Archery Coach, BCHS Academic Coach

"The success of career day was dependent upon the cooperation of the many professionals who volunteered their time and visited BCMS," said Melissa Glass.  "It was a pleasure to work with the group who presented this year.  We are so grateful for their enthusiasm and the time they invested in the students."

"We always look for ways to involve the community in the overall education of students at B.C.M.S," said Principal Tim Freeman.  "Career Day is one of the ways we do that and I really appreciate the hard work of our staff and leaders in our community who make events like these a success."