Rock Hill School District News For Wednesday, May 9, 2012

From Elaine T. Baker, Director of Information Services, Rock Hill Schools

Upcoming Performances

■ Northwestern High School Jazz Extravaganza - 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10, in the NHS Band Room; directed by Mark Yost; saxophonist Doug Henry featured guest artist; donations welcome for Jazz Scholarship Fund

■ Rawlinson Road Middle School Band - 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, in auditorium; directed by Michael Skellett; donations welcome

 

Congratulations to . . .

■Richmond Drive Elem. on raising over $5,000 for the Heifer Project International. The project is dedicated to ending hunger permanently by providing families with livestock and training so that they "can be spared the indignity of depending on others to feed their children." For more information, go to http://www.heifer.org/inside/mission.

■Director Michael Skellett, Elise Archie, Brooke Rice and the Rawlinson Road Middle School Band on placing first at the Festival of Music competition in Myrtle Beach in late April.

■Lisa Kania, choral director at Sullivan Middle School, and her students who recently were selected to All-State Choirs.

■Jennifer Molnar, from Rock Hill High, and Robert Hellams, from South Pointe High, whose Virtual Enterprise teams competed against 20 schools in the Annual Trade Fair in early May and returned to their respective schools with top awards.

■Kenneth Ball and his fifth-graders at Old Pointe Elementary School on becoming the S.C. state winner in the Sumdog Math (online) Competition. Almost 4,000 students statewide competed between May 1-5.  Mr. Ball's class answered over 29,000 questions for the highest average of any participating school.

 

Relay for Life

The American Cancer Society Relay for Life (York County East) will take place on May 18 at Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill. A Luminaria Ceremony will be held to recognize loved ones who are winning the fight against cancer and those who have left us. Thanks to Carie Hucks, asst. principal at Castle Heights Middle School and a volunteer for York County East, Information on purchasing a luminaria is below:

 

"In the Know"

It is important that district employees know as much as possible about Rock Hill Schools. In addition to all the information that comes from your school or the district office, please check out the district's Facebook page and website (note special tabs at bottom of page). It's true, the amount of information is overwhelming, but you need to be "in the know." And, if there's something on a district level that you want to know, and you can't find it, contact Information Services at 981-1005 or email Ebaker@rhmail.org.