Welcome/Who Is Mr. Grieve?

Welcome to Mr. Grieve's Economics blog! With our class sizes growing at DRSS, my goal for the 2014-2015 school year is to update this regularly with some of the cool stuff we're doing so that parents have an idea of what is happening in our Economics class. I also hope to use this blog to give some shout-outs to students who have done a great job on assignments or in their demonstration of comprehension throughout the year.

We have an exciting semester planned, and if you don't know anything about me, allow me to provide a brief bio:

• I've been teaching at DRSS since 2010 and am in my fifth year of teaching.
• I also teach Modern World History, so many of you already know me from last year.
• I teach the STEM On Wheels (biking) STEMmersion with Mrs. Curran. 
• I've been married now for 10 years to my wife, Amanda, and have a dog named Jetti.

  

  I'm on the left, next to wife Amanda. My dad is in plaid, who is also named Arch and is often a sub for me. My mom Tammie (also a teacher) and brother Patrick are also pictured along with their pugs.

• I'm an advisor for JCOWA, the Junior Council on World Affairs, which is a student organization that learns about world affairs and competes in two annual competitions. Last year we got to go to the national competition in Washington, D.C.! I hope some of you will consider joining, we have a lot of fun. Check out this student-produced video to see why others have joined!

  

  The 2014 Dayton JCOWA Team in DC for the national competition

• I'm a student at Wright State, where I'm pursuing two master's degrees, one in International and Comparative Politics and another in Public Administration.
• I'm a member of the Xenia School Board.
• You can learn more about me on my digital portfolio.

I encourage you to reach out to me with any questions or concerns you have throughout the year regarding your student's performance and/or the class in general. You can reach me at arch.grieve@wright.edu, and I am very responsive to email. I also hope you will subscribe to the blog so you can get the updates whenever we put out a new post. I'm looking forward to an exciting year!