This year Stratford Theatre Performing Knights went to the South Carolina Speech and Theatre Association High School Competition for the first time. We brought 11 students, 1 placing good, 2 placing excellent, and 8 placing superior and moved into the finals. From there we placed overall in the competition in these categories:
1st place- Comedic Musical Theatre Solo: Sofi Unsworth
2nd place- Musical Theatre Duet: Tyler Goodhall & Sofi Unsworth
2nd place- Dramatic Duet Scene: Tyler Goodhall & Mia Stone
3rd Audition Monologues: Chloe Errigo
We also won the Newcomer Award, earning us a free spot in next year's competition.
Don't forget to come to our upcoming production of Grease, April 12-13 and April 19-20.
Get some pizza AND support Stratford Renaissance!!
Our Stratford High School Chamber Orchestra performed in the 2024 South Carolina Orchestra Division Concert Performance Assessment at Lucy Beckham High School last Thursday (03/14). We made SHS Orchestra history--- Receiving a score of Superior with Distinction! This is the highest honor that can be given to a performing group, where ALL adjudicators unanimously rated our performance as Superior.
We always feel lucky to teach our incredible students! Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Monday, March 25th all juniors will take the WIN career assessment. Please be on time and bring with you a charged Chromebook.
School Day SAT is Wednesday, March 20th. If you signed up to take the SAT during the school day with your counselor please see the room assignments posted outside Mr. Faulks Office on the main hallway for your testing locations. Please remember to be on time and have a charged Chromebook for testing.
Mr. Buck and Mrs. McCombs took 22 Real TV students to the SIPA Regional competition and convention last weekend in Columbia and took home several awards.
Best Overall, Anne Withers & Maggie Parker (they only had about 12 hours to complete a news package about the presidential election from start to finish – not an easy task but they killed it!)
Best Visuals:
1st place Human Interest - Jaylen Yom (pkg on Jayden Moreno)
1st place Promos - Jaylen Yom, Ashton Parker, Aubry Collins (Chess Club)
2nd place Promos - Kylee Arroyo (Theater Performing Knights)
2nd place Anchor - Serenity Pearson
2nd Place Reporter - Kelsey Goings
2nd place Sports Coverage - Anne Withers (pkg on SHS 40 Years of Sports)
2nd place Videography - Anne Withers (Marching Band community show)
2nd place NATS package - Gracin Greene (pkg on Miracle League)
3rd place NATS package - Sierra Soriano (pkg on Noah Nichols)
A NATS package is one where there is no voiceover, only interviews and natural sound from the broll, or video to tell the story.
Come on out to Stratford! We are here until 2PM! Be entered for prizes when you show us that you completed the Parent Climate Survey. Need help completing the survey? We can help with that too!
Our school social workers do a tremendous job supporting our students! The pearls of wisdom they provide to our school communities are invaluable. Be sure to thank a school social worker this week for the difference they make in BCSD! #SSWWeek2024 #makingapositivedifference
Happy Friday! We wanted to give a special shout out to Claire Ansell, the owner of Business Powerhouse and business consultant specialist, for coming to speak to our students. Claire's visit, which took place on Monday, February 26th, was truly inspiring for all who attended.
During the session, Claire led an engaging discussion centered around the theme of career readiness through identifying one's unique abilities or "superpowers." Her insights provided invaluable guidance to our students, empowering them to recognize and leverage their strengths as they embark on their professional journeys.
Juniors and Seniors: Mark your calendars!! Stay tuned for more information!
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
Having trouble with Rooms? Join us at Westview Middle next Tuesday, February 27, from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. to have your questions answered and connection issues resolved by Rooms experts!
Stratford DECA members competed this past week (Feb. 15 - 17) at the State Career Development Conference in North Charleston, SC. Our students competed in written and individual events.
This conference was the largest in SC DECA history with over 2,220 students in attendance and our Knights were #AllIn! All of the students that competed were finalists in their events this year!
Johnson & Wales University Scholarship Winner:
Tammy Le, $1000 renewable scholarship
Our DECA Glass recipients:
Business Finance Series - Grady Redmond, 1st Place (Eligible to compete at the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA in April)
Integrated Marketing Campaign for Service - Tami Le, 3rd Place
Our top 10 finalists:
Accounting Applications - Deanna Broadwater
Automotive Services Marketing - Darius Dash
Marketing Communications Series - Dylan Le
Our top 16 finalist:
Principles of Finance - Joe "Hudson" Stewart
Advisors Chrystal Bryant and Tara Stevens are so proud of how well our students did this year! Also, a huge thank you to our own Cristine Burnette and Jessica Galati for helping judge events during the conference!
Reminder: BCSD schools and offices are closed tomorrow, February 19, in honor of Presidents' Day.
Help support both our Stratford Renaissance program as well as one of the newest businesses in Goose creek. Friday 2/16 from 4:30-7:30pm.
This past Saturday 6 of our Mu Alpha Theta students competed at the annual College of Charleston Math Meet. This meet is an extremely rigorous competition with tough competitors from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Alabama, and we were the only public school from the Lowcountry. Alexander Johnson, Nathaniel Johnson, Mitchell Lord, and Anthony Guadagno competed in a Physics Brainstorm team test, and they won 3rd place! A big thank you to their physics teachers, Mr. Hawthorne & Dr. Greene. And Aeisha Smith and Kaylin Byrn completed the challenging all-day sprint KenKen puzzle.
#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
Stratford Betas competed this weekend (Feb. 9-11, 2024) at SC State Beta Convention at Myrtle Beach, SC. Our students competed in academic, art, and talent competitions. We also participated in several team competitions: Engineering, Living Literature, Marketing & Communications, Musicology, Robotics, and Service Learning Showcase.
There were over 2, 000 Betas in attendance, and our Knights were #AllIn.
Our winners were:
Agriscience, 10th grade—Hailey Bryant, First Place
French, 11th grade--Grady Redmond, First Place
Musicology--Madeleine Connor, Tempe Gillespie, Bailey Clark, Mackenzie Johnson, First Place
Painting, Division I--Alyssa Hinton, Third Place
Recycled Art, Division I—Isabella Montoya, Third Place
Science, 9th Grade—Dylan Le, Second Place
Science, 12th Grade--Brady Hurd, Second Place
Service Learning Showcase--Hailey Bryant, Anna Pooser, Mason Hoffman, Grady Redmond, Second Place
Solo, Duo, Trio Performance/Instrumentalist—Mia Stone, Second Place
Spanish, 10th Grade--Isabella Montoya, Second Place
Speech, Division II—Grady Redmond, Second Place
Woodworking, Division II—Brady Hurd, Third Place
All of our winners are eligible to compete at the National Beta Convention in Savannah, GA this June.
Our sponsors—Connie Moak, April Hunt, Melissa Rooney, and Brandy Brown—were also officially recognized as John W. Harris Educators in Excellence by Beta's Chief Executive Officer, Bobby Hart.
We want to thank Coach Tuuk for being our bus driver.
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
