• Terrific Kids assembly will start at 8:15 a.m. Nov. 16 in the cafeteria
for grades K-2 combined. They will receive their first quarter awards
in the classrooms.
• First quarter awards assemblies will be Nov. 17 for grades 3-5.
The schedule is 8:15 a.m. for fifth-graders, 9 a.m. for third-graders
and 9:45 a.m. for fourth-graders.
• Chick-fil-A Spirit Night is Nov. 17.
• Thanksgiving lunch is Nov. 17. Orders must be preordered and prepaid.
A form may be found in the Bell’s By-lines.
• Coffee with the Principal is Nov. 18.
• Exchange Day is Nov. 23.
• Congratulations go to Tiffany Jajack for being chosen volunteer
of the month.
• Thanks go to the William’s family and Soby’s Restaurant
for donating the red ribbons used for Red Ribbon Week.
• Thanks go to Karin Gomaa and Tesa Tape for donating packing tape
and binding tape for various project.
• Thanks go to Jamie and Kathryn Hunter (Dynamic Exhibits) for donating
the signs for Spirit Nights and the PTA.
• Coffee with the Principal will begin at 8:15 a.m. Nov. 18.
• Ident-A-Kid make-up day is Nov. 22.
• Progress reports will be issued Nov. 30.
• The School Improvement Council meets at noon Nov. 30.
• Parents are reminded to collect the usual box tops. Soup labels
are no longer being collected. Call Sandy Galyer at 234-0612 or 561-2755.
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111 Bethel School Road
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967-1866
Principal: Paula Ely
• Congratulations go to all students and staff for being the winners
of the Wear it, Sign it, Send it campaign for all of the Greenville County
schools during Red Ribbon Week. The school was recognized Nov. 10 during
a ceremony at the Bi-Lo Center and will receive a gift from Bi-Lo and
Greenville Family Partnership. The campaign was to see which school could
collect the most red ribbons during Red Ribbon Week with a signature or
a drug-free message on the back. The school collected more than 10,500
ribbons. Thanks go to Jennifer Ginn, Karen Padgett and Judy Munn’s
fourth-graders for collecting more than 8,000 ribbons. They will be honored
by the PTA with a pizza party.
• The Community Leaders as Readers Program will begin with a reception
at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 17 in the lobby. Community leaders will read in each
classroom following the reception. Business people who want to participate
can contact Charlotte Wells at 355-4100.
• The School Improvement Council meets at 9 a.m. Nov. 17.
• The Cardinal Chorus will perform Nov. 22 during the Greenville
Grrrowl game.
• The Cardinal staff meets from 2:30-3:15 p.m. Nov. 17.
• The Art Club meets from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
• Planet Protectors meets from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Nov. 22.
• Minds in Motion meets from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Nov. 22.
• First-graders planted bulbs during Red Ribbon Week to show their
support of a drug free America. The bulbs will bloom in April, which is
National Alcohol Awareness Month.
• Thanks go to county Councilman Eric Beddingfield for reading a
book about bats to Leeann Fant’s third-graders.
• Third-graders read “The Keeping Quilt,” by Patricia Polacco.
Meredith Prince in LeeAnn Fant’s class and Sandra Prince in Susan
Gilliam’s class shared a family quilt that is about 100 years old.
The students shared family traditions with their classmates.
• Third-graders are beginning their studies of early South Carolina
cultures in the new planner “Lend a Helping Hand.”
• Michael P. White, illustrator of “The Library Dragon,”
will visit the school Nov. 18.
• Denise Alexander’s, MJ Burke’s, Erin Keck’s and
Joanna Mullin’s third-graders will travel to Charleston Nov. 29 to
learn more about life cycles and early farm life.
• Second-graders will start their next planner “Money makes
the World Go Round.” They will learn about money from around the
world, visit Flowers Bakery and run their own business.
• Congratulations go to the students who earned IB attitude awards
for the first nine weeks: Appreciation – Nicholas Taylor and Aveen
Zakholi; Commitment – Kristen Langley, Kylie Cook, Laurel Shell,
Traevon Black, Jessica Hall, Christopher Stewart, Abby Palmquist, Nathan
Keller, Joran Sweeney, Cory Keller, and Morgan Brown; Confidence –
Gavin Stringer and Estefany Salgado; Cooperation – Knollin Langston,
Trent Black, Max Slezak, Susan Othman, Michaela Chapman, Megan Trombini,
Karen Mabry, Kaylea Scalzitti, Austin Suratt, Taylor McIntyre, Andrew
Lawhorn, Allison Pierce, Dane Cook and Hannah Blocker; Creativity –
Becky Dansereau, Brandon Ross, Chaba Szabo, Amanda Dendy, Donte Bolds,
Joseph Litts, Alex Domain, Darren Hunt, Harrison Shirley, and Ethan Hendrix.
Curiosity – Khadijah Evans, Bailey Keck, Buddy Brewer, Patrick Alexander,
Carley Padgett, Bernetha Davis, Morgan Masters, GiGi O’Neal, Chandler
Murray, Ariel Littleton and Dakota Cooper; Empathy – Dakota Telson,
Erica Foulkes, Lora Lollis, Jack Kruszka and Brittany Woolar; Enthusiasm
– Kayla Taylor, Steve Launchbaugh, Bunny Lemons, Joshua Picillo,
Claire Griffith, Lucas Farmer and Halley Smith; Independence – PJ
Berry and Michael Bowman; Integrity – Kyle Garrett, Anna Katherine
Hale, Ryan Stockton, T’Andre Smith and Alex Hammeran; Respect –
Nick Launchbaugh, Haley McCoy and Tyler Steele; and Risk Taker –
Kaleb Strange and Ben Ternes.
• The Running Club meets from 2:45-3:15 p.m. Mondays. Students must
have a signed permission slip to participate. Students will meet in the
gym with the club sponsors. Parents are encouraged to help. Pick up your
child in front of the school and not at the YMCA.
• Second-graders will welcome Garden Club visitors Nov. 16.
• American Education week ends Nov. 17.
• The PTA needs volunteers for the following: serve drinks at the
grandparents lunch; help at the schoolwide Mega party; the Memory Tree
Ornaments; making the Gingerbread House and working in the Gingerbread
House. Call 355-5166.
• PTA membership are $5 each.
• Bruster’s Ice Cream will sponsor a Fountain Inn Night at 4
p.m. the first Wednesday of the month.
• Arby’s Night is from 4-9 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday
of the month.
• Frodo’s Pizza is sponsoring a Fountain Inn Night every second
Wednesday of the month.
• Fountain Inn Night at Beef O’Brady’s is from 4-9 p.m.
the third Wednesday of the month.
• Gary Sutton is collecting box tops, Ruth Mason is collecting Campbell
soup labels and Sheila Kamp is collecting soda can tabs.
• Students will sell Coupon Cards throughout the year.
• The Good News Club meets Mondays after school. Sign up in the office.
• The homework helper program meets from 2:45-3:45 p.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays.
• Yearbooks cost $12. Yearbooks can be personalized for an extra
$2. The order deadline is Nov. 18.
• The School Improvement Council will meet at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 17.
• The Good News Club meets from 2:30-3:45 p.m. Mondays. Sign-up sheets
are in the office.
• American Education Week ends Nov.18.
• Fifth-graders will celebrate Immigration Day on Nov. 22.
• Wendy Postich is selling Chick-fil-A calendars for $5 to help pay
for taking her class to the Special Olympics. Contact her personally to
purchase one.
• Volunteers are needed in the library and office. No experience
needed. Contact Tina Pringle.
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• A $200 fee is due Nov. 15 for students and chaperones who plan
take the April field trip to Washington, D.C.
• Congratulations go to Amy Greenwell’s and Jennifer Enten’s
classes for having the most Accelerated Reader points in October.
• The caterpillars have arrived in the second-grade classrooms. Students
have placed the caterpillars in small containers with food and are monitoring
their growth.
• The food drive ends Nov. 21. Place food in boxes in the front lobby.
The boys and girls are competing to see who donates the most. They are
collecting canned vegetables, canned fruits, canned meats, pasta, rice,
spaghetti sauce, canned soups, Ramen soups, cereal and peanut butter.
The food will be donated to the Golden Strip Food Bank.
• A third payment of $20 is due Dec. 2, a fourth $20 payment is due
Jan. 27, and a final $20 payment is due Feb. 4 from fourth-graders who
will visit Camp Greenville March 22-24.
• Ann Monroe’s and Annissa Armstrong’s kindergartners will
celebrate Thanksgiving by cooking “Sharing Soup.” Each child
will be asked to bring two cans of one of the soups ingredients. One can
will be used for the soup and the other will be donated to the school
food drive.
• The book fair ends Nov. 18.
• Spirit Day is Nov. 18.
• Chick-fil-A Night is Nov. 29. Mention the school when ordering.
• Progress reports will be sent home Nov. 30.
• Brenda Smith and Marie Gambrell’s classes will travel Dec.
12 to Roper Mountain Science Center to see “Simple Machines”
and “Cycles of Life” programs.
• For student safety, only right-hand turns can be made on Holland
Road from 7-8:30a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m.
• A parent workshop, “Teaching Your Child to Read at Home,”
will be from 8-9 a.m. Nov. 29 in the Media Center.
• Aluminum cans, batteries, cell phones, six-pack rings, plastic
grocery bags and ink cartridges are being accepted for recycling.
• Translation services are needed for parent-teacher conferences
throughout the school year. Contact Carole Ward, ESOL teacher, at 355-7192.
ESOL stands for English for speaker of other languages.
• School Spirit Wear is available. “Feelin’ Groovy”
shirts are $15. Other Spirit items are notepads for $2 and car magnets
for $1.
• Yearbooks cost $22 each.
• The School Store is open from 7:30-8:15 a.m. Mondays-Thursdays.
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• Congratulations go to the students who were the Boxtop/Campbell’s
winners for October: Mary E. Coker, Chase Briggs, Lauren Utley, Ally Briggs,
Abbigail Duncan, Haley Amick, Jada Irby, Luke Bohnenberger, Hanna Towe,
Tyler Dundinger, Amanda Grosskoff and Sydney Hiott. Michelle Chapman’s
kindergartners were the classroom.
• Second-graders are learning about different categories of animals.
Each student will make a booklet with a separate page for mammals, reptiles,
amphibians, birds, insects and fish. Each page will include characteristics,
examples, habitats, food and life cycle. They will receive a grade for
the booklets.
• Sandra Riddle’s third-graders will begin a unit on money by
using play money to act out the book, “Alexander, Who Used To Be
Rich Last Sunday.”
• The PTA is selling tickets for Roper Mountain Holiday Lights at
the Roper Mountain Science Center. The lights will be from 6-10 p.m. beginning
Nov. 24 and continue through Dec. 30. Tickets are $7 per car, van or SUV
or $10 at the gate. PTA will donate $1 from each ticket to the Goza Giving
Tree. Tickets are sold in the PTA room mornings and afternoons.
• American Education Week ends Nov. 18.
• Yearbooks are on sale for $22 until winter break and then increase
to $25. Contact Michelle Chapman.
• The Goza Giving Tree is in the library. The tree is sponsored by
the PTA to assist local families by providing Christmas for deserving
children. Participates sign out an ornament and the ornaments designate
requested gifts.
• Pizza Hut Night is Nov. 17. Mention the school when ordering.
• Ident-A-Kid pictures will be taken Nov. 18. The program is available
to students and siblings. Volunteer and teacher badges also will be made
at that time. Call Michelle Anderson at 862-8801 or 967-0216.
• Progress reports will be issued Nov. 30.
• Beef O’Brady’s Night is Dec. 1. Mention the school when
ordering.
• Library volunteers are needed, no experience is necessary. Contact
Angela Kay in the library.
• The Select Chorus will rehearse in the music room from 7:20-8 a.m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays in November and December. The chorus will perform
at the Greenville Grrrowl game Nov. 29.
• The Dulcimer Club meets from 2:30-3:15 p.m. Mondays. The club is
open to fifth-graders who own a dulcimer and studied with Dean Eades.
• PTA memberships are $4 per person. Every class that reaches 100
percent membership will be eligible for prizes and their teachers will
participate in the Ruby Red challenges.
• Parents are reminded to save Box Tops, Tyson Project A+, Campbell
Soup labels, UPC’s, ink cartridges, cell phones and pop-tabs. The
tabs are collected for Ronald McDonald House in Greenville.
• The school phone number has changed to 355-8300.
• The School Improvement Council luncheon will begin at noon Nov.
17.
• Correction: Family Fun Night third- and fourth-graders begins at
6 p.m. Nov. 17 at gatti-town.
• Progress reports will be issued Nov. 30.
• The deposit of $160 for the fifth-grade field trip is due Nov.
30. Contact the school for more details.
• Student directories are available for $5 each.
• The school has collected 8,525 box tops for the first part of the
year. Parents are reminded to continue to collect box tops and Tyson chicken
labels.
• Congratulations go to Lamont Walker for being the school’s
top seller with $638 in sales for the Reader’s Digest fundraiser.
All the top sellers won a limo ride for three hours at Frankie’s
Fun Park.
• The Chippery Gourmet Cookie Dough PTSA fall fundraiser ends Nov.
16. Money and order forms must be turned into homeroom teachers.
• Parents are invited to attend Lunch and Learn at 11:30 a.m. Nov.
17. Take a brown bag lunch. Information will be given about the new MAPS.
MAPS means Measuring Academic Progress Inventory.
• The sixth-grade chorus will perform Nov. 28 during the PTSA meeting
in the auditorium. Also, the Booster Beats will hold a meeting following
the meeting. Band and chorus parents are encouraged to attend.
• The Junior Beta Club will compete Dec. 8-9 in a variety of activities
at the State Junior Beta Club Convention in Myrtle Beach.
• Seventh-graders will participate Dec. 12-16 in a Sexuality Education
Program at Roper Mountain Science Center.
• The Holiday Band Concert will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 13 in the auditorium.
• All choruses will perform “Christmas Time is Here” at
7 p.m. Dec. 15 in the auditorium.
• The Art Club meets from 2:30-4 p.m. Thursdays.
• PTA memberships are $4 each.
• The Band and Chorus Booster Club is selling car magnets for $5
each to benefit the Bryson Middle Bulldogs.
• The Beta Club meets from 3:15-3:45 p.m. the first Thursday of the
month.
• Madelyn Shedd’s French students celebrate National French
Week, La Semaine du Francais. They are forming a French Club, Le Cercle
Francais, and making signs to label their classes and offices with French
names. Jeremy Mage, a French student who is attending the school this
year, described French schools and the daily life of French teenagers.
• Congratulations go to Brandon Brown and Cameron Bagwell for receiving
a positive referral.
• Congratulations go to Laurel Blackburn’s students of the week:
Lynn Marroquin, Savannah Inglesby, Rebekah Clyborne, Christian Jackson
and Zachary Singleton.
• Student of the Quarter Ice Cream and Sundae Social sponsored by
Kemet Electronics is Nov. 16.
• The eighth-grade Character Parade is Nov. 17 in celebration of
Children’s Book Week.
• Eighth-grade Awareness Day starts at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 18 in the cafeteria.
• Eighth-grade Parents Awareness Night begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 21.
The computer lab will be open at 6:15 p.m. for career information. Awareness
events will have guest speakers from the high schools, magnet schools,
career centers, fine arts department and the Governor’s School for
the Arts and Humanities.
• A teacher workday is Nov. 23.
• Progress reports will be issued Nov. 30.
• Volunteer speakers are needed for Career Day from 8:30-10 a.m.
Dec. 2. Contact guidance at 355-6114.
• The new phone number is 355-6770. Parents will be notified of other
specific office numbers as soon as they have been assigned. The old numbers
will continue working for a few weeks more.
• Award Assemblies for sixth- and seventh-graders is Nov. 16. Congratulations
go to the many students recognized for their hard work and exceptional
attendance records. Sixth-graders being honored include 70 on the all
A’s honor roll; 223 on the B honor roll; 2,218 with perfect attendance;
and 11 students recognized by their teachers for being the most improved
for the nine-weeks. Seventh-graders honored include 57 on the all A’s
honor roll; 226 on the B honor roll; 203 with perfect attendance; and
13 most improved.
• American Education week continues through Nov. 18. Thanks go to
Carol Ann Anderson, LeJerik Cannon, Jamie Holcombe, Wendy Poff and Darrell
Wilson for arranging lots of fun and informative times.
• Patrick Husted’s, Heather Perry’s and Keith Finch’s
students will attend the Greenville Grrrowl Education Day Hockey game.
• Gale Owen’s social studies students are studying geography
in unique ways. Recently they followed “Where in the World is Matt
Lauer?” from the Today Show. Each day students tracked his travels
and learned about places they had never heard of before.
• Eighth-grade science students will travel to Roper Mountain Science
Center at the end of November. They will learn about creating light and
have a chance to visit the planetarium and learn how planetary astronomers
explore the planets using robots.
• The Get Smart Team will speak to sixth- and eighth-graders Nov.
21. After the assemblies, teams of two will spend time in seventh- and
eighth-grade social studies students. Thanks go Yvette Kinlaw, Carroll
Luck and Linda Mills in the guidance department for arranging the program.
• Congratulations go to the winners in the Pumkinpalooza contest:
first place – Morgan Tracy for Pumpkin Tut; second place – Jordyn
Hughes for Slinky Dog Pumpkin; third place – Bayley Hutson and Meredith
McVay for Cinderella’s Pumpkin Ride; and fourth place – Becky
Cibulskis, Tiffany Fillion, Stephanie Grah and Meredith Head for A Tale
of a Beheaded Pumpkin.
• Parents are invited Nov. 21-22 to the school to preview the sexuality
education materials the students will use this year.
• Eighth-grade Parent Night will be from 6:45-8 p.m. Nov. 28.
• Students and parents can submit yearbook photos online. The Web
site is portal.jostens.com. The user ID is 1054136. The password is mauldin.
The deadline is Jan. 31. Contact Shay Osteen or Christy Batson at 213-1141
with questions.
• Send in Box Tops for Education and Campbell soup labels. The goal
is to raise $1,300.
• Call Jostens at 800-972-5628 to order a yearbook.
• Corinthea Jones’ sixth- and seventh-grade students will present
performances of eerie Readers’ Theatre scripts. Eighth-graders will
showcase their bewitching short plays and a humorous Readers’ Theatre
script full of dry humor and puns. Related arts classes will be invited
to see the performances.
• Dresses for the Advanced Choir have been ordered and will be in
within the next few weeks. The chorus will perform the “National
Anthem” Jan. 20 at a Greenville Grrrowl game. The chorus will receive
40 percent of all ticket sales from that night. Seventh- and eighth-grade
general music students has finished a study on “Fiddler on the Roof”
and rewrote the ending. It will be posted soon on Liza Manuel’s Web
site.
• Congratulations go to the eighth-graders who participated with
the Woodmont High School Marching Band for receiving a second place finish
Oct. 15 at Mauldin High School.
• For students who are considering J.L. Mann as an option for next
year three parent-student information sessions will be held. The dates
are Nov. 16, Dec. 7 and Jan. 11. The sessions will all begin at 9 a.m.
with an overview of application process and a question-and-answer session.
After a tour of the school, parents can meet and talk with the principal
and the athletic director. Students will shadow a Mann student for two
classes and experience lunch with the Patriots. Parents may pick up their
child at 12:45 p.m. Reservations are required and space is limited. If
shadowing and lunch spots are not available, parents and students may
attend the information session and take a tour. Applications will be available
Dec. 6 at the middle schools, central office reception desk and at the
main office at J.L. Mann. Contact Debbie Howard at 281-1155 Mondays or
Wednesdays.
• James Earle, a motivational speaker, will speak Nov. 22 to eighth-graders
during periods 2 and 3.
• Select Schools Information Night will be from 5-7 p.m. Jan. 12
at Haywood Mall in the lower area near Belk.
• PTSA program for rising ninth-graders and prospective magnet students
will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 23.
• The deadline for completed applications packets is 4 p.m. Jan.
31.
• Decision letters will be mailed Feb. 7.
• Save Box Tops for Education and send them to the school. .
• Congratulations go to senior Lindsey Edge who will represent the
HHS Dance Team in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. She is a co-captain
of the Dazzlers Dance Team.
• Congratulations go to the following Terrific Teens for the month
of September: Justin Surber, Chastity Logan, Valerie Streck, Sandra Gallego,
Monique Perry, Ashley Swoap, Whitney Henderson, Aimee Moody, Jason Loaiza,
Amanda Prince, Camden Worthington, Darius Herbert, Morgan Poston, Lance
Sullivan, Rachel Clyborne, Caroline Christ, Taylor Woods, Dezmon Rogers,
Daniel Robinson, Samantha Prince, Nick Skorzewski, Scott Case and Erin
Nelson. Their names will be listed with their graduating classes on the
Raising the Bar on Character Education display in the commons. Congratulations
go to Lance Sullivan for being selected in a drawing to receive a $15
O’Charley’s gift certificate.
• PTSA memberships are $4 each.
• Class pageants will begin at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17-18 in the auditorium.
Admission is $5 per person at the door.
• Hillcrest High Night At The Grrrowl will be Nov. 29 sponsored by
the Student Council. Tickets are $10 per person and may be purchased from
any Student Council member or by calling Georgia Brown at 355-3545, or
Georgia Lash at 355-3553. The fundraiser requires tickets be purchased
through HHS and not at the Bi-Lo Center. All money will benefit the Student
Council projects.
• The deadline for the Jan. 28 SAT is Dec. 22; the deadline for the
Feb. 11 ACT is Jan. 6. Registration packets are available in the guidance
office.
• Bi-Lo Booster cards are in the main office. Pick one up and use
it while shopping at Bi-Lo to raise money for the school.
• The Fine Arts Department will present “The Wizard of Oz”
at 7 p.m. Nov. 17-18. Tickets are $5 per person. For tickets call 355-6589
or contact Pam Mayfield.
• An informational meeting for anyone interested in trying out for
the girls soccer team will be at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 17 in Coach Kevin Czar’s
room (B-013).
• Student Council is collecting items through Nov. 22 for its annual
Christmas in Iraq project. Requested items include shoe boxes, socks,
T-shirts, 1-2 gallon plastic bags, sunglasses, Frisbees, Nerf balls, hacky
sacks, hand-held games, trail mix, raisins and nuts, beef jerky, magazines,
books, stationery, pens (black ink only), word puzzles, joke books, board
games, footballs, soccer balls, cocoa, lemonade, Kool-Aid mixes, tea,
breakfast or granola bars, envelopes, paper, notebooks, batteries, cards
and dice. All donations should be dropped off at the front office.
• SAT session one prep course will be Nov. 26-Jan. 26 and session
two will be Feb. 7-March 30. Both sessions are from 7:15-8:15 a.m. The
cost is $25 per person. Sign up in the guidance office during lunch.
• Juniors vs. Seniors Powderpuff game will kickoff at 6 p.m. Nov.
28. Tickets are $2 per person and $1 for Maverick Maniacs. Hot chocolate
will be available.
• Congratulations go to the 11 members of the Speech and Debate Team
who competed Oct. 28-30 in the Blue Key National Tournament at the University
of Florida. The following students broke the semifinals (top 12) in their
events: Jamal Burt and Celeste Gray in dramatic interpretation; Stephyn
Duck and Matt Ungar in duo interpretation; and Drew Everson in domestic
extemp. Bob Sipes and Mackenzie Thompson made it to octafinals (top 8)
in public forum. Megan Novak and Don Bailey made it to the finals in public
forum and won second place. Stephyn Duck made the finals in humorous interpretation
and won third place, and Drew Everson made the finals in foreign extemp
and won second place.
• Chic-fil-A Night at the Woodruff Road location is from 5-8 p.m.
Dec. 8, Jan. 5, Feb. 2, March 2, April 6 and May 4. Mention the school
when ordering and MHS will receive 20 percent of the total sales from
the receipts.
• The Drama Department needs old umbrellas to use in “The Wizard
of Oz.” Drop off umbrellas in Mari Ramler’s room, F-104.
• Students may order a yearbook before school and during lunch through
Nov. 18 and Dec. 5-9. in Beth Ward’s Room B136. The final book count
is due Dec. 15. The cost is $55 for underclassmen and $60 for seniors.
• The PTSA needs volunteers to help with holiday baskets for MHS
staff and faculty. Contact Victoria Boone at my3sonz@charter.net or Kirsten
Church at chuckchurch@charter.net.
• Military recruiters schedule at MHS include National Guard –
the first and third Mondays of the month; Army – the first and third
Tuesdays of the month; and Air Force – the second Tuesday of the
month.
• Digital cameras are needed for Jaycn Cox student newspaper staff.
Items should be dropped off at the front office.
• The media center needs old magazines for classroom projects.
• The First Priority Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays in the chorus
room.
• Students who wish to apply to the Residential High School Program
for the Arts and Humanities should see Greshan Charlton in the guidance
office.
• Free tutoring sessions are Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students must
be prompt and are required to stay for an hour. They may choose a seventh-period
session in room D111 or an after-school session in the Media Center. Teachers,
Beta Club and National Honor Society students will tutor.
• MHS has its own CrimeStopper number: 355-6662. Any information
submitted will be confidential and available only to the school’s
School Resource Officer.
• Congratulations go to Nathan Salley, Justin Stewart
and Heather McMillan for being accepted for the Winthrop Invitational
Band Clinic. They are the first Woodmont students to be accepted.
• The annual Powerderpuff Football Game starts at 6 p.m.
Nov. 18 at Whitt Memorial Field at Wildcat Stadium. After a class champion
emerges, students will take on the faculty in the ultimate grudge match.
• Congratulations go to the WHS cheerleading squad for winning
third place Oct. 29 in the 3A Varsity division of the Hurricane Classic
competition.
• A free S.A.T. workshop will be Nov. 19 at Augusta Road
United Methodist Church. Contact Kathy Jones in the guidance office.
• The next academic awards assembly will be Nov. 17.
• Practice times and dates for the mock trial competition
are 3:30 p.m. Nov. 17, 22 and 29.
• Youth Court will hold an organizational meeting after school
Nov. 17 in Room 215. Contact Sally Eastman for more information. Youth
Court hearings start at 6 p.m. the third and fourth Thursdays of the month
at the Summary Court on Augusta Road in Piedmont.
• The band will march Nov. 30 in the Fountain Inn parade,
Dec. 4 in the Simpsonville parade, and Dec. 10 in the Piedmont parade.
• The band and chorus are sponsoring a Madrigal Dinner on
Dec. 2-3.
• Tutoring schedules for teachers are available online.
• Ninth- or 10th-grader who has not already signed up to
participate in the homework center should pick up an application from
Anita Guthrie in the guidance office. Students are encouraged to participate.
Transportation will be provided.
• Tenth-graders who want to pursue intensive study in creative
writing, drama, music or visual arts are encouraged to apply to the South
Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. There are
summer programs available, as well as the Residential High School Program
in Greenville. Applications are available wwwscgsah.state.sc.us or contact
Marsha Huebner in the guidance office. The application deadline is Jan.
13.
• Tenth-graders interested in the advanced study of science
and math are encouraged to apply to the South Carolina Governor’s
School for Science and Mathematics, a public residential high school in
Hartsville. Visit www.GSSM.k12.sc.us or see Marsha Huebner in the guidance
department. The deadline is Feb. 1.
• The computer lab, supervised by a faculty member, is open
from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Applications for the SAT and ACT tests are available in
the guidance office. The cost of the SAT is $29.50 for the October-January
test dates and $41.50 for the March-June test dates. The cost of the ACT
test is $28. Before applying check the college catalog or college handbook
to see which is required by the college. Counselors are available to assist
in completing the forms.
• Volunteers are needed in the A Few Good Men Mentoring Program.
Contact Will Gregg at 355-8625.
• All college applications should be completed and mailed
by Dec. 1. Applications may be obtained in the guidance office or by writing
or calling the admissions office of the college.
• A free SAT workshop will be Nov. 19 at Augusta Road UMC.
Contact Kathy Jones in the guidance office for eligibility information
and to sign up.
• Sandra DeYoung’s students will sell Chic-fil-A calendars
in support of Special Olympics. Stop by Room 209 and purchase one for
$5.
• School will be dismissed at noon Nov. 22 for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
• Fourth-graders will celebrate Colonial Day Nov. 22 by dressing
in costume and participating in a morning of chores such as candle-making
and butter-churning. Thanks go to the parents for organizing the day’s
activities.
• The Parent-to-Parent workshop series will meet from 12:30-1:30
p.m. Nov. 17 in the Middle School library. Because of the interest, a
second group is meeting Tuesdays. A discussion about parenting young adolescents
will meet from 8:15-9:30 a.m. Nov. 22 in the Cochran Dinning room. All
Middle School parents are invited to any and all sessions.
• Reading days for seventh- and eighth-graders will be Nov.
17. They will be dismissed at noon. Exams will be Nov. 18-22.
• Reading Day is Nov. 16 for Upper School in preparation
for exams. Exams will be Nov. 17-22.
• Congratulations go to senior Mary Beth McCall for being
honored for excellence in music Nov. 2. She became the 16th recipient
of the Chris Ferrell Scholarship Award, given annually in memory of Chris
Ferrell (Class of 1989) to sophomore, junior or senior students demonstrating
outstanding gifts and performance in the Fine Arts. A reception followed
in the Art Gallery.
• Congratulations to the girls tennis team for winning the
Class A State Championship Nov. 5.
Pleasant Grove Christian
1279 S. Frontage Road
Fountain, S.C. 29644
862-7793
Administrator: Dr. George Hopson
• Congratulations go to the first-graders who read a total of 2,057
minutes in the month of October for Book It: Jasmine Abrams, 135 minutes;
Georgia Moore, 140 minutes; Brianna Vaughn, 177 minutes; Erika Plumley,
185 minutes; Ty’Azjhia Sherman, 195 minutes; Sydney Kirk, 200 minutes;
Trevor Vaughan, 410 minutes; and Mary Catherine McAlister, 615 minutes.
• Grandparents Day is Nov. 22. Classes will be dismissed
at noon.
• School is closed Nov. 23-25 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
• The boys basketball team will sponsor a fundraiser from
5-9 p.m. Nov. 28 at Pizza Inn on Woodruff Road. Mention the school when
ordering.
• Progress reports will be issued Dec. 1.
• A Christmas program will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 8.
• Christmas break is Dec. 19-30.
• Yearbooks cost $40 each.
• Parents are encouraged to use their Target Redcard or Target
Visa as Target will make a donation to the school. The school identification
number is 122988.
• Parents are encouraged to present the Publix Partners card
at the checkout counter when they shop at Publix. The school will receive
a cash percentage of the total grocery bill. The cards are free; extra
cards are available at the office.
• Parents are reminded to send in box tops. A prize will
be given to the class that has collected the most box tops.
Shannon
Forest Christian
829 Garlington Road
Greenville, S.C. 29615
288-0436
Headmaster: Brenda Hillman
• The Shannon Players will perform “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream,” by Shakespeare at 7 p.m. Nov. 18-19 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 17
in the activity center. Tickets are $3 per student and $5 per adult if
purchased in advance, or $5 per student and $7 per adult at the door.
Call 678-5107 for ticket information.
• Crusader Cookbooks cost $10 each. Proceeds will benefit
the SFCS Missions fund for next year’s trip to Barrier Island. Cookbooks
are available in the Lower School or main school offices.
• School will be closed from Nov. 23-25 for Thanksgiving holidays.
• Congratulations go to the students who received medals
at the Fall Sports Awards Ceremony.
Varsity football: Most Christlike – junior Ryan Kirkland; Most Improved
– senior Jerre Schweigert; Coach’s Award – senior Scott
Bagwell; Hustle Award –junior Michael Walpole; MVP-defense –
senior Nick Gambrel; MVP-offense – senior Lancen Halbert; MVP-special
teams – senior Jared Nagelkirk; and Team Award – senior Andrew
Sparks.
JV football: Most Christlike – freshman Ben Giddens; Most Improved
– seventh-grader Matt Kirkland; Hustle Award – freshman Will
Gladden; MVP-defense – freshman Tyler Halbert; MVP-offense –
eighth-grader Craig Huffman; MVP-special teams – eighth-grader Brandon
Nicholson; and Team Award – freshman Chandler Backman.
Girls Varsity Tennis: Most Outstanding Player – sophomore Nikki Miller;
Most Inspirational Player – freshman Renee Anderson; Hustle Award
– senior Katey Gray; and Coach’s Award – freshman Julia
Reich.
Varsity Volleyball: Most Outstanding Player – senior Eryn Wilson;
Most Inspirational Player – senior Annie Gray; Hustle Award –
junior Morgan Dacus; Coach’s Award – senior Sara Benanti.
JV Volleyball: Most Outstanding player – freshman Julie Jackson;
Most Improved Player – eighth- grader Hannah Humanchuk; Hustle Award
– freshman Meghan Coates; and Coach’s Award – freshman
Kelsey Davis.
Girls’ Swimming: Most Valuable – junior Lauren Fairbanks; Hustle
Award – freshman Sydna Howard; Most Inspirational – junior Julia
Plourde; and Coach’s Award – freshman Addie Carne.
Boys’ Swimming: Most Valuable – junior Garrison Carpenter; Most
Inspirational – sophomore Stephen Fessler; and Coach’s Award
– senior Ben Williams.
Girls’ Cross Country: Most Outstanding – junior Shari Huffman;
Most Inspirational – junior Kirtley Theisen; Most Improved –
freshman Kirsten Wortkoetter; and Coach’s Award – seventh-grader
Rebecca Gallion.
Boys Cross Country: Most Outstanding – sophomore Michael Ring; Most
Inspirational – sophomore Ben Wofford; Most Improved – seventh-grader
Zach Flathmann; Coach’s Award – junior Mackenly Bennett.
• “Sherlock Holmes,” adapted by Tim Kelly from
the stage comedy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Gillette, will
be performed at 7 p.m. Nov. 17-18 in the Fine Arts Center. Tickets are
$5 per person and can be reserved by calling 234-7575, Ext. 1650.
• Second quarter progress reports will be posted Nov. 17.
• The Academic Quiz Team, under the direction of Don Woodward,
will participate in a tournament Nov. 19 at Brookwood High School in Snellville,
Ga.
• Grandparents and Family Day will begin at 9 a.m. Nov. 22
with a reception and light refreshments in the Fellowship Mall. Guests
may visit the students from 10-10:30 a.m.
• Congratulations go to the girls varsity volleyball team
for defeating Johnsonville High School Nov. 5 and winning the 2005 Class
A State Volleyball Championship. The coach is Greg Mosely.
• SCS will host an information session and tour of the school
beginning at 9 a.m. Nov. 21 and again Dec. 2. Call 234-7595.
• The Youth In Government group will travel to a Youth In
government Legislative Conference at the State House in Columbia Nov.
30-Dec. 3. Laurie Loper is the sponsor.
• NJHS and NHS clubs are looking for names and addresses
of people who might be in need of a food basket at Thanksgiving. E-mail
any information to bjones@southsidechristian.org.
• Moms In Touch groups meet at 8:30 a.m. Mondays, Tuesdays
and Thursdays. To join contact Brenda Bagwell at 963-2694 or Marie Simon
at 627-0930.
St.
Joseph’s Catholic School
100 St. Joseph’s Drive
Greenville, S.C. 29607
234-9009
sjhigh.org
Principal: Keith Kiser
• Congratulations go to sixth-graders Hayley Arquette, Claire
Capelle and Adam Sullivan for being elected class representatives.
• Congratulations go to the middle school winners of the
All Saints Day Saints Alive Contest: John Dutch, first place; Bernadette
Wersinger, second place; Austin Leavitt, third place; and Theresa Krupka,
fourth place. The winners received Barnes & Noble gift cards.
• The high school Student Council is sponsoring a canned
food drive through Nov. 18 for Loaves and Fishes and the Community Food
Bank of the Piedmont.
• The Christmas Poinsettia Sale order forms and payment are
due Nov. 16. The poinsettias will be delivered to the school the week
of Dec. 5.
• Complete basketball schedules for the junior varsity and
varsity games are on the school’s Web site.
• The Fine Arts Department will present “It’s A
Wonderful Life” at 7 p.m. Nov. 18-19 and at 3 p.m. Nov. 20. Tickets
are $10 per adult, and $7 per student, senior citizen and child. Tickets
may be reserved in advance by calling 234-9009, Ext. 386.
• Thanks go to the those who helped build the school’s
new stage: Louis Beck, Zachary Beck, Brian Burnley, Kaitlyn Eppinger,
Chris Herman, John Hill, Brelyn Holmes, Sally Cade Holmes, Mike Kayse,
Andie Keyser-Baker, Jim Lawler, J.K. Lawler, Maryjoy Lepak, Michael Mancini,
Dan McClintock, William McClintock, Shannon McCall, Daniel McDonough,
Bruce Menghini, Bryan Menghini, Debbie Menghini, Luke Mosely, Ben Novotny,
Judy Novotny, Neil O’Connor, Matt Polowczuk, Drew Porter, Hannah
Sagedy, Simon Sheldon, Brian Sleeman, Joe Sleeman, Danielle Statuto, Zach
Svec, Will Swoyer, Matt Terry, Margo Toney, Jessica Vinesse, Kate Witowski,
and two special friends from Michelin, Marshall & Mike, who were visiting
for the weekend from Nova Scotia. Thanks also go to Ann O’Dea for
helping procure the materials for the project.
• Senior Fine Arts Department members recently sponsored
a program about respect, responsibility, charity and caring featuring
characters from the “Wizard of Oz.” Thanks go to Sally C. Holmes,
Brian Burnley, George P. McLeer, Josh Smith, Juliane Laskowski and Matt
Polowczuk. Costumes were provided by the South Carolina Children’s
Theatre. Theater students also participated in the “Trick or Treat
So Kids Can Eat” program, a new national community service program
for ITS member schools to collect canned goods for local charities. Congratulations
go to students for collecting 80 pounds of canned goods in October for
the St. Vincent DePaul Society at St. Mary Magdalene Parish.
• Eighth-graders will travel Nov. 28 to Roper Mountain Science
Center. They will attend Ring World at 9:30 a.m. and The Wonders of Light
at 11:15 a.m.
• The 11th annual St. Joseph’s Catholic School Holiday
Lucky Drawing is underway. The prize package represents more than $75,000
in prize choices. Tickets are $100 each. Prizes will be awarded during
the 2005 Knight Before Christmas Auction Gala Dec. 3 at the Greenville
Marriott. Call Dawn Arquette for Holiday Lucky Drawing tickets at 234-9009,
Ext. 129 or call Juliana McLellan at 234-9009, Ext. 106 for tickets to
the Auction Gala or to provide assistance in securing auction items for
both the Silent and Live Auctions.
• The annual admissions open house for fall 2006 enrollment
starts at 1 p.m. Dec. 4 on the campus. Applications for the 2005-06 school
year will available. The event is open to middle school and high school
students and their families. Contact Barbara McGrath at 234-9009, Ext.
104 or e-mail bmcgrath@sjcatholicschool.org.
• St. Nicholas Day will be celebrated Dec. 6 with a visit
from St. Nicholas and his assistant. The event is sponsored by the French
Club.
• Foreign Language Honor Society members and National Honor
Society members will sing Dec. 9 at Haywood Estates in French, Spanish
and English.
• The final round of the Middle School Spelling Bee will
begin at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in the chapel. Parents are welcome. The winners
will compete Jan. 12 at the South Carolina Independent Schools Association
Regional Spelling Bee.
• An Advent Day of Reflection will be Dec. 8. Classes and
Advent activities will be held for all students. Mass will be celebrated
and dismissal will be at the regular time.
• Semester one exams for eighth-graders and all high school
students will be Dec. 12-16. Sixth- and seventh-graders will have a modified
schedule. Parents should check the November school mailing for details.
• A large Christmas tree is needed for the Student Council’s
“Christmas Tree for the Make-A-Wish Foundation” fundraiser that
will soon be underway. Proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation,
which grants wishes to children who are suffering from fatal diseases.
Send an e-mail to mcarr@sjcatholicschool.org to donate a tree.
• The Fine Arts Department needs several items for several
productions: men’s and women’s vintage clothing (1920-60), especially
women’s suits and men’s and women’s winter coats from the
1940s, and women’s heels (any color) from the 1940-60s. The department
also needs vintage Converse high tops and men’s Keds, along with
men’s blazers, straight-legged jeans and black denim pants. Call
234-9009, Ext. 112.
• The school is collecting Box Tops for Education from selected
General Mills products to raise funds for the school. Students should
turn the box tops into their household dean. A list of qualifying products
is available on the Web site under Bringing It Home.
