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Holiday Performances

•  Dec. 6 – Third-graders at Northside Elementary School of the Arts will present "Pirates: The Musical" at 7:00 p.m. in the Sullivan Auditorium.
•  Dec. 6 – South Pointe High School's Music Department will present a "Concert for HOPE" at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. The chorus under the direction of Beverly Laney; the orchestra under the direction of Heather Turner, and the band under the direction of James Turner will be featured. Admission will be two canned goods that will be donated to Project HOPE.
•  Dec. 6 – Saluda Trail Middle School will hold its band concert at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. The concert, which will be free, will be directed by Myra Amler.
•  Dec. 6 & 7 – The Rock Hill High School Chorus, under the direction of Jonathan Hall, will present its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. General admission will be $5.
•  Dec. 7 – Rawlinson Road Middle will present its Dance Winter Concert at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium. 
•  Dec. 8 & 9 – A selection of sixth- and seventh-grade choral students from Castle Heights Middle School will participate with Carolina Voices Mainstage Choir in all performances of the 58th Annual Singing Christmas Tree in Ovens Auditorium. Performances on December 8 will be at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; the performance on Dec. 9 will be at 3:00 p.m.
• Dec. 9 – The Elementary Honors Choir, comprised of auditioned fourth- and fifth-grade students districtwide, will present its Winter Concert at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Oakland Baptist Church. Becky Sanderson (York Road) is the director, and Gwen Colter (Independence) is associate director and accompanist. There will be no admission charge.
•  Dec. 11 – The bands at Rawlinson Road Middle School will present their Winter Concert at 6:00 p.m. and again at 7:00 in the auditorium.
•  Dec. 11 – The chorus at Saluda Trail Middle School will perform in concert at 7:00 p.m.
• Dec. 11 – Dutchman Creek choral performances, led by Jeri McGuffin, will be held at 2:30 and again at 7:00 in the auditorium. There will be no admission, but donations will be accepted at the door.
•  Dec. 11 – Sullivan’s chorus, led by Lisa Pecarina, will perform in concert at 7:00 p.m.
•  Dec. 13 – Saluda Trail will present "Last Stop Til Christmas...and Other Stories" at 7:00 p.m. The play will be directed by Lauren Yon.
•  Dec. 18 – The Strings Program at Rawlinson Road Middle School will present its Winter Concert at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium.
•  Dec. 18 – Second-graders at Northside Elementary School of the Arts will present "A Holiday Concert" at 8:30 a.m.
•  Dec. 18 – The Sullivan Middle School Beginning Band, directed by Paul Guzewicz, will perform in concert at 7:00 p.m. 

Open the Door to Reading this Holiday Season

If you need to give a gift to someone "who has everything," or if you want to pay tribute to someone special, why not sponsor a child for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and give the gift of reading to a child! Click here for a printable form.

Master Calendar 2013-24

Two calendars are being developed for the 2013-14 school year: a traditional calendar where school begins following the third Monday in August and a calendar that begins in early August which allows the first semester to end before the winter holidays. A calendar committee is being formed for Rock Hill Schools to provide input on both calendars. Any calendar that has students starting school before the third Monday in August to allow for  the first semester to end before the winter holidays will require a waiver from the S.C. Dept. of Education. Approval is iffy, but the four school districts in York County will join together to request a waiver.

 

Congratulations to Old Pointe

Old Pointe Elementary School has been notified by the Walmart Foundation and Facility #4593 that it has been selected to receive a $500 grant through the Local Community Contribution Program. Old Pointe was cited for doing important work for the communities it serves.

 

Noteworthy

• Third-grade art students of Dy English at Lesslie have created a non-objective piece of art using geometric and organic lines and shapes.  After the third- graders created the piece, other students were invited to add the color.  Third-graders then finished the project by writing about their experiences. To view Installation Art 2012, go to http://web.photodex.com/view/pc94m28.  

 

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