Rock Hill Schools News for April 2, 2009

Upcoming Events
®Willy Wonka, Jr.
Presented by: Rawlinson Road Middle School Musical Theatre Department
Directed by: Elise Archie and Brooke Rice
7:00 p.m. April 6 and April 7
Tickets: $5 for adults and $2 for students
®Finley Road Elementary School Art Show
Coordinated by: Vivian McMoore
6:00-8:00 p.m. April 9 in cafeteria
Note: Artwork, matted /framed, will be for sale.
®The Wizard of Oz (non-musical version)
Presented by: Rock Hill High School Theatre Department
Directed by: Stephanie Daniel
7:30 p.m. April 9 and April 10
Tickets: $7 for adults and $5 for students.
Note: Students from RHHS, Northside and Independence will perform.
®A Trip Around the World (song and dance)
Presented by: Finley Road Elementary School
Directed by: Terri Westphal
7:00 p.m. April 23
Location:  South Pointe Auditorium
Tickets: Donations will be accepted.

Summer Camps
®Rock Hill High School  will host a developmental volleyball camp for girls ages 10-14 from 8:30-noon, June 15-18 at a cost of $100 which includes a t-shirt.

®Northwestern High School  will host the "Little Trojan" Football Camp the mornings of June 22-26 from 8:30-noon for $75. Interested parents should contact Coach Jimmy Wallace or Rose Baker at 981-1231.

Congratulations to . . .
®Elise and Will Archie and the Cadet Guard, comprised of students from Rawlinson Road Middle School, Dutchman Creek Middle School, and Castle Heights Middle School, on placing first and being selected as the  Cadet Class Champions at the March 28 Carolina Winter Ensemble Assn.'s  winterguard competition in the Winthrop Coliseum.

®Marsha Gross and the Northwestern High School  Chamber and Masterpiece Chamber orchestras for earning superior ratings at the S. C. Concert Festival.

®Beverly Laney and the South Pointe High School  Stallion Corral Concert Choir on receiving a superior rating at the state choral concert on Mar. 27. South Pointe placed 5th in the state in the AAAA category with a score of 200 out of 300 and third in the state for sight-reading. Five of 6 schools in York County placed in the top six in the state, including all high schools in Rock Hill.

®Kim Le and the Rawlinson Road Middle School Eighth Grade Orchestra on earning a superior rating at the S.C. Concert Festival.

®Heather Turner and the South Pointe High School orchestra on its recent performance at the S.C. Music Educators Conference. The orchestra earned a superior rating, and the judges awarded them with a perfect score.                                          

Noteworthy
®The Northwestern High School  Athletic Dept. is proud to announce a new promotion sponsored by Clinton Family Ford called Drive 4 UR School. For every person who test drives a new Ford/Lincoln/Mercury in the NHS gym parking lot on April 4, the athletic dept. will receive $20 for its programs. Test driving will take place between 10:00 and 5:00.

®Students of Sullivan's Valerie Sims, computer teacher, and Starr Lee, home arts teacher, are collaborating with Winthrop students (in a free enterprise program) to create a small business to market, create jobs, and raise money for a charity selected by Sullivan. Stormy Clark, career specialist, states that Sullivan is having a friendly competition against Rawlinson Road Middle School  students and that the Sullivan sale (ice cream) will take place April 8.

®The York County Legislative Forum, with Mike Fanning from the Old English Consortium as speaker, will be held from 5:30-8:00 p.m. April 9 in the Cyber Cafe at the Rock Hill Flexible Learning Center.

®Independence Elementary School  raised over $4,100 for the American Heart Assn. through their "Jump Rope for Heart" project