EDUCATION
THE SUMTER ITEM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2016
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EDUCATION FROM PAGE C2 the United States, with Grandparents’ Day. The theme for National Catholic Schools Week 2016 was “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service.” During the past week, students participated in events honoring their families, grandparents, faculty and staff, the priests of the parish, each other and the whole community. St. Anne Choir, under the leadership of Linda Coyne, performed for the parents and grandparents in attendance.
SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE DINNER St. Anne School will hold a pancake dinner on Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday) beginning at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Tickets are $5 and are available at the school office. — Leah Kiernan, Eric Reisenauer
Clarendon School District 1 SUMMERTON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Eastern Star Silver Leaf Chapter No. 333 donated school supplies to Summerton Early Childhood Center on Tuesday, Jan. 26. This organization donates school supplies to the school every year. Mark your calendar for February 2016. • Feb. 15 — No School • Feb. 18 — Interim Reports • Feb. 25 — Spring Pictures • Feb. 25 — SIC/PTO (6 p.m.) • Feb. 26 — Black History Program Scott’s Branch Middle/High School
STUDENTS PREPARE SCHOOLWIDE EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY Martin Mburu, teacher at Scott’s Branch Middle /High School, knows how to motivate his students. The students are excited about a schoolwide documentary they are working on. This documentary is a digital journal of every strategy being used by the teacher to help them succeed. Strategies such as popcorn reading, schoolwide talent search, classwide learning competitions, job interview dramatizations and content expression are just a few of the ways Mburu is making learning “come alive” in his classroom. Mburu has taken traditional skills and given them new twists that are exciting and innovative. For example, in the Talent Search, students show skills that they consider unique and showcase how their skills enhance their ability to work with others, thereby increasing their overall performance. While students are demonstrating their talents, a classmate may videotape or take a photograph of his/her performance. The “green-screen” technology may also be used where students take pictures against a green background and change it to a background of his/her choice. Green screening allows students to be creative while learning across the curriculum. Every activity is part of the documentary. At Scott’s Branch, Mburu is giving his students “Wings to Fly.” — Beverly Spry
Lee County School District BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL Faculty, staff, students and parents celebrated our students’ accomplishments for the second grading period last week. Award ceremonies were held for each grade to recognize students who had outstanding achievements, perfect attendance, made significant progress and/or made the honor roll. BPS is proud of all of our students as they make progress and exceed standards. We also commend all of the hard work that teachers do to help all of our students grow and achieve.
BISHOPVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ANNEX At Bishopville Primary Annex, all students who made growth on MAP reading and/or math enjoyed a slice of pizza. These students enjoyed this treat before leaving for winter break.
LOWER LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL During Physical Education in Damian Days’ class, students have been working on gymnastics and tumbling. The students are engaged in lessons that consist of fundamental gymnastic
Eastern Star Silver Leaf Chapter No. 333 members are seen with supplies they donated to Summerton Early Childhood Center. PHOTO PROVIDED
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Bishopville Primary School Annex students enjoy pizza for showing improvement on MAP testing. exercises based on grade level standards. All of the students at Lower Lee Elementary School are having a great time interacting while they are studying gymnastics and tumbling in P.E. The fifth-grade students are practicing writing using sources of information as evidence to support the given topic. The students are doing a great job with their writing. Also, students wrote “I Have a Dream” reflections on how they dream of changing the world, their lives and communities. These beautiful inspirational writings are posted outside our classroom, room 103. Come read what our fifth-grade writers at Lower Lee Elementary School have to say. Victoria Windham’s second-grade class has begun the New Year in a great way. Student engagement has been high as they finished reading “How Chipmunk Got His Stripes” and mastered learning how to analyze characters. Students had a great time choosing a character and analyzing its behaviors, words and actions. Students also did a great job relating the characters to the whole story. In math, students are near mastery in borrowing in subtraction and carrying over in addition. Students have also made tremendous improvements in their mental math skills. Behavior in the classroom is also continuing to improve, and students are treating one another with kindness and respect.
WEST LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Students in Cheryl Seward’s kindergarten class received a special gift last month from Seward’s mother, Miss Gloria. She crocheted a stocking for each student and put “goodies” in them. Each student wrote a thank you letter to Miss Gloria, and Seward mailed them to her in California where she lives. Students located California on a map and counted the states between South Carolina and California. They also discussed the oceans that bordered each state and learned new vocabulary.
LEE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL During our 21st Century Morning Ritual Program, two sixth-grade students, Azariah Fullard and Tamonnie Floyd, read inspirational speeches that advocated for academic achievement and being “Determined to Succeed.” Azariah encouraged students to take their test seriously so that they can make the school and community a better place. Tamonnie asked all students to be determined to succeed and focus on their goals at all times. She also said, “We can learn from one another by watching how the students who are on the Honor Roll conduct themselves as they prepare for tests.” The students created the speeches in preparation for upcoming Benchmark Assessments. The Lady Stallions of Lee Central Middle improved to 7-0 on the season with a 37 to 17 win over CE Murray. Tashanna Harris and Kendra Lesane scored 12 points each to lead the team in scoring. Lee Central Middle boys’ team improved to 10-0 on the season with a 48 to 20 victory over CE Murray. Daveon Thomas led the Stallions with his 4th triple double of the season. Thomas had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 steals. K.J. Holloman added 12 points, five assists and four steals. Javontae
Price grabbed eight rebounds to go along with five points, and Kendrick Cook added three blocked shots.
DISTRICTWIDE The February School Board meeting is scheduled for Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Sumter School District OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM BEGINS Sumter School District will participate in an Open Enrollment program for the 2016-17 school year. The purpose of the program is to increase students’ access to public school K-12 educational opportunities within their school district. Enrollment opportunities will be based upon the capacity of each school. Student-teacher ratios will not change, and schools will not be overcrowded by this program. Requests for student participation will be handled through a lottery if requests exceed available slots. Pre-kindergarten students are ineligible for the program. Students who are zoned to attend a particular school and wish to attend there are not required to submit any application. In addition, students who are attending a school through the Open Enrollment program do not need to send another application. This program is designed only for students who wish to attend a school outside of their attendance zone and have not already been approved. Separate applications are not required for Open Enrollment students to move from Oakland Primary to Shaw Heights Elementary to High Hills Elementary schools. Applications are available in all Sumter School District schools, the district office at 1345 Wilson Hall Road and online at www.sumterschools.net. Applications must be received or postmarked by Friday, March 18, and may be returned at any of the schools or at the district office. If mailed, the address is Sumter School District, attention Mrs. Maria Thomas, 1345 Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Parents will be notified by mail of approval or denial by May 6. If chosen for participation, the parents must provide transportation to and from the out-of-zone school. A student approved for enrollment in a nonresident school is entitled to remain in the school until completion of the final grade within that school without submitting additional applications. Other rules and considerations are covered in a flyer sent home with every student. The information is also available online.
FBLA WINNERS Sumter School District students excelled at the South Carolina FBLA (formerly Future Business Leaders of America) District III Leadership Conference held Jan. 30 at West Florence High School. Eighty-three middle and high school students placed in the competition. More than 480 members and advisors from 27 South Carolina schools attended the conference. At the middle school level, first-place winners from Alice Drive Middle School were Abigail Tower, Keyboarding Applications I, and Morgan Ivey, Keyboarding Applications II. From Bates Middle School were Taviondre Hawk, Career Exploration; Jalecia Jackson, Introduction to Business Communication; Danesia Carter, Aaliyah Cousar and Precious McFadden, team, Computer Slide Show. First-place winner from Ebenezer Middle School was Kiera Brown, Business Math Skills, and first place from Hillcrest Middle School were Kimberly Deas and Tyler Riley, team, Web Page Creation. Second-place winners at the middle school level were, from Alice Drive, Devin Billie, Keyboarding Applications I. From Bates, second place went to Sydney Brownlee and Madison Howell, team, Desktop Publishing Application; Aisha Budden, FBLA Facts; Savanna Smith, Keyboarding Applications II; Kamarii Walters, Keyboarding Fundamentals; Ayceea Simmons, Public Speaking; and Kendall Houck, Jaden James and Vance Ragin, team, Web Page Creation. Sofia Martinez from
Ebenezer won second place for Spreadsheet. From Hillcrest, second-place winners were Kiersten Hollin and Jazmyn Taylor, team, Computer Slide Show; and Joi Conyers, Introduction to Business Communication. Third place from Alice Drive went to Thomas Bellinger, Public Speaking. From Bates, third-place winners were Parker Miles and Lauren Moody, team, Computer Slide Show, and Frankie Crank, Desktop Publishing Application. From Chestnut Oaks, Ke’Andre Cumming took third place in FBLA Facts. From Ebenezer, third-place honors went to Kaylan Sanders, Business Math Skills; Landan Withers, Desktop Publishing Application; Adreon Clea, Introduction to Business Communication; Maniya Dawson, Keyboarding Applications I; and Katrina Simon, Spreadsheet. From Furman, thirdplace winners were Nicole Moran, Career Exploration; Kaleeya Bolger, Introduction to Computers; and Faith Harris, Keyboarding Fundamentals. From Hillcrest, Fionna Garry placed third in Desktop Publishing Application. The fourth-place winner at Bates was Rayven Titus, Keyboarding Applications I; from Ebenezer, Titianna Boozer took fourth in FBLA Facts, and from Furman, Brianna Gipson took fourth in Keyboarding Fundamentals. At Hillcrest, Jamiera Taylor won fourth in Public Speaking and Shaleria Bradley in Spreadsheet. Fifth-place honors went to Ra’Shidah China-Muha in Introduction to Computers and to Zayd McColgin in Keyboarding Applications I, both from Bates. From Ebenezer, Shakeema Kinlaw, Computer Slide Show, and Titan Wright, Public Speaking, took fifth. Other fifth-place awards went to, from Furman, Selena Hopkins, Business Math Skills, and Tytianna China, Career Exploration; and from Hillcrest, Mya Hayes, Intro to Business Communication. At the high school competition level, Crestwood High School took first place with Kimberly Mosquero and Andrew Smith, team, Publication Design. Second-place honors went to Jermecia Rouse, Client Service; Heidi Conyers, FBLA Principles and Procedures; Jariya Taylor, Health Care Administration; Erica Caldwell and Knayjah Miller, team, Hospitality Management; and Jaleeyah Dow, Public Speaking I. Third place was earned by Jaylen Hill, Tyra Holmes and Jordan Owens, team, Graphic Design; and D’Andre Young, Sales Presentation; fourth place went to Shonique Howard and Kiara Jackson, team, Website Design. Lakewood High School student Matthew Rodgers was awarded first place in Database Design and Applications. Second-place honors went to Austin Martinez, Personal Finance, and Katie Morris, Spreadsheet Applications. Logan Singleton placed fourth in Public Speaking I, and Corleshia Sinkler took fifth in Cyber Security. From Sumter High School, the team of Myance Green, Justin Powell and Morgan Pringle took first in Business Ethics. Alexander Leasure took first in Business Law. Nakayla Westley took first in Intro to Business Procedures. Additional first-place winners were the team of Quanjanae Broughton, Tremont Green and Shadae Spann, Marketing; and Matthew Brayboy and Jaden English, team, Sports and Entertainment Management. Second-place honors went to Destiny Hester, Cyber Security, and Whitney Barrett and Tobias Favor, team, Publication Design. Third place went to Devon Witherspoon, Business Communication. The top five winners will have the opportunity to compete at the state conference March 11-12 in North Charleston.
BOARD TO MEET Sumter School District Board of Trustees will meet Monday at Crestwood High School, 2000 Oswego Road, at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend, and those wishing to address the board are asked to sign up in the lobby before the meeting begins. — Mary Sheridan