The Greenville County College Fair is held over two days, Sunday, October 23th and Monday, October 24th, 2011.

• We had 130 institutions attend last year.
• Advertising, tables, chairs, and pipe draping are included in the $150.00 registration fee that covers both days and refreshments.
• Greenville County is the largest county by population in SC – 14 High Schools and 4 Charter High Schools with approximately 4,192 rising seniors and 4,770 rising juniors – 50th largest school district in the nation.  Nine Greenville County high schools have been recognized as America’s Best High Schools by Newsweek magazine.
• Greenville County students beat the national average of 21.0 on the ACT with average scores of 21.4 (state average was 19.7) and students beat the average state SAT of 1443 with 1469.
• 90% of Greenville County graduates pursue some form of higher education and $89.5 million in college scholarships were distributed last year.
• Greenville County is also the home to the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities
• Private Schools—such as Southside Christian, Hampton Park Christian, Christ Church Episcopal, Shannon Forest Christian, Saint Joseph’s Catholic, Bob Jones Academy as well as several other private schools
• 11 Upstate Home School Associations will also be invited
• Greenville’s award-winning downtown delights visitors with its array of restaurants, art galleries, theatres and specialty boutiques. Downtown the Peace Center hosts NY style Broadway productions year round and the Bi-Lo Center sports and entertainment arena is one of the top 50 venues in the world. The West End district downtown features the new Liberty Bridge and Park, in addition to the new baseball stadium reminiscent of Fenway Park in Boston.

 

Greenville Committee:

Linda Schulz, CCES (co-chair)

Bill Dingledine, Educational Directions (co-chair)

Joinne Ruff, Furman

Jeny Kerscher, Furman

Judy Benedict, Giraffe Web Development & Design

BJ Lindley, Greenville County School District

Sue McCalmont, Greenville County School District

Rob Rhodes, Greenville County School District

India Fulkerson, Greenville Tech

Esther Pinckney, Greenville Tech

Jewel Whitney, Greenville Tech

Will Gregg, Greenville Urban League

April Ridgeway, Princeton Review

Kara Viola, St. Joseph’s Catholic School