Rock Hill Schools Update for March 11, 2009

Back the Pack Fundraiser
A football autographed by Muhsin Muhammad, with the Carolina Panthers, has been donated to the The Employees' Fund at Williams & Fudge to be raffled off to benefit the "Back the Pack" program.  Tickets will be sold on Thursday, March 12, and Tuesday, March 17, by contacting Ana Glosson in Student Services. Checks payable to the Rock Hill School District Foundation will be accepted.

India Hook to Host Camp Invention
India Hook Elementary will host Camp Invention, a one-week nationally recognized summer science and creativity day camp for children (currently) in kindergarten through grade 5. The dates are June 8-12 and the cost is $180.

Noteworthy

English teachers Cindy Koon and Brian O'Shea, who serve as advisers to the South Pointe in the News (SPiN) staff, taught a session in review writing and one titled "How to Work with Your Principal" at the Southern Interscholastic Press Assn. (SIPA) annual convention in Columbia last weekend.

On Thurs. evening, March 12, at The Center for the Arts on Main Street, there will be a parent and student reception from 6:00-8:00 to display art-work entered in the Teachers Choice Showcase. Sarah Lynn Hayes, fine arts and gifted education director, states: "It never ceases to amaze me at the quality work our teachers and students produce."  The Northwestern Elite Chamber Orchestra, directed by Marsha Gross, will provide entertainment at the reception.

Stephanie Daniels, Rock Hill High drama teacher, whose students performed March 5 at the Showcase of the Arts, is proud to report that her students received top ratings at the recent Palmetto Drama Assn. Thespian Festival: 5 superiors, two excellent ratings, and one honorable mention.

The After Prom Committee at South Pointe is now accepting orders for Boston Butt pork roasts.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society recently received two more huge donations from our schools: $2,550 from Old Pointe and $2,162.39 from Mt. Gallant.

Congratulations to James Turner, director of the South Pointe Winter Drumline, which placed third in the Winter Guard International Spartanburg Regional Competition on March 7. Drumlines from S.C., N.C., Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida competed.