Rock Hill Schools Update For Thursday, June 3, 2010

Rock Hill Schools will soon honor the members of the Class of 2010 Retirees, which is the largest class ever.  A luncheon will be held in the Palmetto Room in downtown Rock Hill on Wednesday, June 16,beginning at noon.

Noteworthy:

• Wilson Mew (Saluda Trail Middle School) who has been selected by the S. C. Council for the Social Studies as an outstanding social studies teacher. Wilson will be honored at a luncheon during the SCCSS conference in October.  
• Christi Beard (Ebinport Elementary School) who has been awarded the 2010 Dr. Elizabeth Gressette Professional Development Scholarship. Christi will use the $1,300 toward her advanced degree. 
• Independence Elementary on raising the most money of District Three schools for the recent Dolly Parton Imagination Library bowl-a-thon. Northside Elementary School of the Arts was a top "Battle of the Pins" award-winner. The $41,000 raised county-wide will provide 1,366 York County children with 16,392 books for a year.                
•  Haley Whyte, varsity cheerleading coach at Rock Hill High School, will offer a Bearcat Cheer Camp this summer. Click here for details.  
• Head Coach Mitch Walters and his assistants will offer a baseball camp at Northwestern High School for ages 7-14 during the mornings of June 7-10. Contact Mitch or Christopher (Cory) Hyslop for more information. 
• Calvin Hudgins, head track and cross county coach at Northwestern High School, is proud of former athletes Atyan Kennedy who finished 5th in the National Junior College Track and Field championships and Mary Kate DuBard and Emily Smith who have qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals.  
• The South Pointe High School Stallions will hold a basketball camp June 14-17. Click here for details.