Greetings,

Happy Mother’s Day! Hope all of you have a wonderful day.

Last week was busy with the start of state testing, but everyone had a great week. We’re proud of our students for doing their best and remaining quiet for an extended period of time. Although this can be a stressful and exhausting time for teachers, students and parents, please remember that state testing is a short period of the school year and will be over just as quickly as it starts. We’ll finish our state testing this week! Take a few minutes to watch a video of Testing Miss Malarkey with your child(ren) to ease testing anxiety. 

As we continue supporting Mental Health Awareness Month, please check out the image below for informative comparisons between Mental Health and Mental Illness. From this same counselor, see the Self Care Tracker to use yourself and/or with your student(s). Making sure we do things for ourselves makes it easier to care for others. Just like you need to put the oxygen mask on first in an emergency on an airplane, you need to take care of yourself first so you can be the best for your child(ren). 

(((HUGS))),

Ms. Carr and Ms. Teague

Hello Pride!! I would like to start by thanking everyone for all of their assistance with testing this past week. Our students did a fantastic job.

As a reminder we have additional testing this week in the middle school and ninth grade:

• Tuesday May 16: SC Ready Math for grades 6-8
• Wednesday May 17: EOC for Algebra 1 students 
• Thursday May 18: SC Pass Science for 6th grade

On Friday, the 8th graders had their end of the year picnic. The students were well behaved and they had a great time. Thank you to Katie Robinson for planning this event for our students! As a reminder 8th grade families of the promotion ceremony on May 24 at 6:00 pm located at Eastview Baptist church. Please remember that students need to arrive by 5:40 and should be dressed in their “Sunday Best” for this momentous occasion. 

Please remind your student that they need to be checking Powerschool this week to make sure all work is completed. We have one full week to go, so time is getting short! 

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns. Thank you for trusting us with your student.

Warmly,

Dr. Dempsey 

Happy Sunday Lions!

I am so proud of our students who came in this week and crushed testing. Tuesday morning, many came in nervous for what was ahead of them for the day. I strived that morning to remind them that they would do their best, and wouldn't even remember the test a couple days from then. I know they worked to their full potential. We also had our 2nd college tour field trip for this year on Thursday to Lander and Anderson. While I was unable to join them, I heard it was a nice time. I did attend the first trip and had so much fun! 10th-11th graders...please sign up for our last trip on May 15th. It is lots of fun to go as a group and allows for you to see what college life could be like!

Things to note:

-9th graders, make sure you are getting your attendance recovery sessions in! If you do not make up the time, you WILL NOT receive credit for the course!

-10th and 11th graders, sign up for our last college tour on May 15th!

Quote of the Week:

"Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us."

-Susan L. Taylor