Surf's up with school breakfast! Did you know next week is National School Breakfast Week? For eating school breakfast, students will be entered to win daily and grand prizes from our child nutrition services team. #makingapositivedifference
Reminder: BCSD schools and offices are closed tomorrow, February 19, in honor of Presidents' Day!
We are on fire! For the third time this school year, our middle schoolers have captured the i-Ready Super School banner by having the highest percentage of passed i-Ready reading lessons out of all the district's middle schools this past month.
#DYK February is Love The Bus Month and this week is Bus Driver Appreciation Week? Our bus drivers and bus monitors play a critical role in ensuring our students get to school safely. Take a moment to thank them for their hard work this week! #makingapositivedifference #lovethebus
Our school counselors help our students succeed and always make a positive difference in our schools! Take a moment to thank a school counselor this week for National School Counseling Week! #NSCW24 #makingapositivedifference
Congratulations to Rell Cass on making 12th chair for Viola and Aiden Wells on making 5th chair for Bass in BCSD's Middle School All County Orchestra! Both students will perform with the rest of the musicians Saturday, March 9 at 3:00 p.m. at Cane Bay High.
Dr. Neal's Forensic Science classes started out the semester in the dark, solving a mystery by lantern light! The students used deductive reasoning skills and group communication to be able to solve the mystery and answer the following questions, using only the clues given to each student. They were not allowed to share there clue sheets, just communicate their clues verbally!
Who committed the murder?
What were the weapon(s)?
When did the murder(s) take place?
Where did the murder(s) take place?
Why was there a murder...what was the motive?
Mrs. McIntyre's kindergarteners recently spent time reading with their 7th grade buddies!
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Our teachers are LOVED! Dozens of our students asked to fill out thank you cards for their teachers tonight while we were at the SC Stingrays game!
Congratulations to our DIS spellers, Eva (Cate) Angle, Coleman Cawood, and Ryan Hand! All three represented our school well and two are moving on to the next level!
Both Cate and Coleman placed in the top 9 in the Berkeley County Spelling
Bee and will be going on the compete the LowCountry Spellbound! Bee.
We are so proud of all 3!
Our very own Eva "Cate" Angles won the district spelling bee last night after spelling "cauterize" correctly! She, along with the other top nine spellers from the district bee, will go on to participate in the regional bee in March. Best of luck, Cate!
The third, fourth, and fifth graders celebrated academic performance, exceptional kindness and character and iReady growth! The students were able to choose games and activities including a gaming truck, movie, Bingo, and a dance! What a great way to end the week!
Due to forecasts for continued severe weather resulting in area power outages, and concerns regarding impacts on roads and facilities throughout the evening, Berkeley County School District (BCSD) schools and offices will operate on a 2-hour weather delay on Wednesday, January 10.
There will be no before school care programs, but after school programs and athletics will resume normal operations on Wednesday.
Bus riders will report to bus stops two hours later than their regularly scheduled time. Information concerning school start times and bell schedules when operating on a 2-hour weather delay is available on the BCSD website here: https://www.bcsdschools.net/o/bcsd/page/school-bell-schedules.
District officials are continuing to work closely with the Berkeley County Emergency Management Department, local power providers, and law enforcement to monitor the weather and potential impact on the county. Officials are also receiving regular updates from the National Weather Service.
As safety and security is our number one priority, all decisions are made with the safety of students, staff, and families in mind.
Due to the potential for severe weather on Tuesday, January 9, Berkeley County School District (BCSD) announced that students will learn from home and complete eLearning Day assignments on Tuesday. All schools and offices will be closed Tuesday. Schools and offices will resume normal operations on Wednesday, January 10.
MORE INFO: https://www.bcsdschools.net/article/1398844
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Mrs. Anderson, Ms. Aarons, and Mrs. Evans tested gingerbread houses their classes planned and built as part of their severe weather STEAM unit. The houses were tested with earthquake, tornado, hurricane, and flooding simulations. Best of all, they were all still standing at the end!
Ms. Hardison's classes invited kindergarteners to take part in a Christmas tree challenge this week!
The seventh graders taught the kindergarteners the history of the Christmas tree around the world and then teams of seventh graders and kindergarteners put the information and their creative thinking to the test! The groups were challenged to build the tallest tree with only gumdrops and toothpicks.
What a great collaboration!
On December 6, Dr. Neal had a guest speaker for her 6th grade Forensic Science classes, Brady Vannoy, criminal defense lawyer at Vannoy Law Firm.
He spoke to the students about his career and background in becoming a criminal defense attorney and a part-time JAG office. He then presented the class with an overview of the different criminal courts, how court proceedings work, gave examples of evidence found at crime scenes and what his responsibilities are to his clients, who are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The students answered many of his questions, based on the lessons in class and were also able to ask Mr. Vannoy questions.
Ms. Boone's class read Call it Courage and then constructed canoes to sail Mafutu back to Hikeru as part of novel engineering. They tested their boats in water to see if they would sink or sail!
