Ellyson Rainey is a senior at Greer Middle College. For her Senior Capstone, she had the privilege of producing an album. Ellyson takes a deep dive into why she got into music and the meaning behind the...
The Forge’s very own Ansa Thomas is now a published author at 17 years old. She is incredibly talented, creative, empathetic, and a truly amazing writer.
Her book of poems Belly flops don’t hurt...
On Saturday, March 30, 2024, I attended the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) Out of the Darkness walk for suicide prevention at Clemson University.
The Out of the Darkness walks...
Poets Corner at GMC is an encouraging club and is located in the art room at 4:00 after school.
Briasia Fowler (11) is the president and Mr. McCollum is their sponsor.
In Poets Corner, the goal of...
Every year, GMC seniors are required to complete a senior project or internship. The projects challenge our seniors and provide a significant learning stretch.
The Forge wants to highlight...
Anderson Kirkland is an English Education Major at Bob Jones University, and he wants to be an English teacher for high school students.
Kirkland initially wanted to go into journalism to write front-page...
This past November, GMC students went to the 2023 South Carolina YMCA Youth in Government conference in Columbia. I was fortunate enough to be among those few.
My YIG experience really started about...
As you see people walk in and out of the art room all day and sometimes after school.
You may wonder what people are putting their creative thoughts to and what it means for them to have others see...
GMC is beyond fortunate to have such dedicated and hardworking educators at our school. One such educator our publication wants to recognize is The Forge’s very own Justin Lowman.
Recently, Jostens,...
Every year, Katmai National Park and Preserve hosts Fat Bear Week.
Fat bear Week was celebrated for the first time in the fall of 2014. It was originally created as Fat Bear Tuesday but due to the popularity...
Tyler Wallace is a runner for our varsity boys’ cross-country team here at GMC. Not only is he on the varsity team, he is the only freshman on the team. Wallace has a personal record (PR) of 17 minutes...
Michael McCollum is the newest art teacher at GMC.
He graduated from Anderson University with a degree in art education. He took a small break before beginning teaching due to the start of COVID-19.
He...
