Rock Hill School Board October Business Meeting Notes

These are my notes from the October 24, 2011 Rock Hill School Board Business Meeting.

The following action items were passed with 7-0 votes:

• Approved previous month's minutes, personnel recommendations, use of facilities by two churches, and 4 overnight field study requests.
• Approved the following policies for first reading: EBBA,JLCC, JICFAA, ADB, JICG, ADC, and BCB,.
• Approved the following policies for second and final reading: GBEA, GBED, GCO, JBCC, BG, BGC/BGD, and BIA/BIB.
• Approved for up to three board members to be delegates to the South Carolina School Board Association's Business meeting in December.

The board voted 6-1 (Vining against) to give District administrators and support staff a 1.5% cost of living raise and to give teachers who did not receive a step increase a $500 bonus.

In other business at the meeting the board heard the following:

• Citizen Don Belk explained to the board the difficult business situation and high tax climate that people were experiencing in Rock Hill.
• Three students from Rawlinson Road made a presentation on what they have been doing in school.
• Principals from Sullivan Middle School, Dutchman Creek Middle School, and Mount Gallant Elementary  School talked about Technology, Leadership, and Collaboration. They made several comments about the use of twitter for professional development and collaboration. This was a 'mini' presentation from one given during the summer.
• The administration reported on efforts to sell ads on vehicles and the rental of facilities.

The board recognized the following:

• Northwestern Purple Regiment Band for their first place finish in the 4A Upper State Championship this past Saturday.
• Rock Hill High School Band for their second place finish in the 4A Upper State Championship this past Saturday.
• South Pointe High School Band for their 7th place finish in the 3A Upper State Championship this past Saturday.
• The most recent Rock Hill Education Foundation Grant Winners.
• The Distinguished Climbers for October.
• The 4 Rock Hill School District Social Study teachers of State-wide Distinction. There were only 44 chosen in the state and Rock Hill had 4.

Money Management 101

Click here to go to an interactive web site which helps children learn about money.

South Pointe High School Athletics Helping Community

The Stallions have teamed up in hopes to collect as many non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products in order to donate them to the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen and help their community.

The football team will be taking up donations and Collection Bins will be located on the campus of South Pointe High School as well as the Main Gates during home football games.

Food Items:                                                                                                       Paper Products:                               

-          Canned tomato products                                                              -  Paper towels

-          Canned vegetables                                                                           - Napkins

-          Canned soups                                                                      - Plates

-          Canned beans                                                                      - Plastic Utensils

-          Canned fruits                                                                        -  Cups (hot and cold)

-          Catsup and Mustard                                                          - Large foil baking pans

-          Sugar

-          Seasoning: salt, pepper, dried onions                                      Personal Hygiene Products:

-          Coffee creamer (powder)                                                              - Deodorant               - lotion

-          Oatmeal                                                                                               - Toothpaste/Toothbrushes

-          Pasta                                                                                                  - Soap

  - Shampoo

                                                                                                  

Northwestern Band Wins Upper State Championship

The Northwestern High School Purple Regiment Band won the South Carolina 4A Upper State Championship on Saturday. This marks the 3rd upper state championship in 4 years.

The band will compete for the State 4A Championship this Saturday at Spring Valley High School in Columbia. The band's performance time is 2:30 pm. Congratulations to all students, staff, support staff and parents of the the Purple Regiment!

Something For Halloween

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For more ideas on creating spooky Halloween effects with dry ice, visit our Halloween Science page.

New Way For Teachers To Text Students and Parents

Remind101 from remind101 on Vimeo.

After watching the short one minute video,  click here to get started and sign up for your free account.  You'll also love that they've included a PDF file you can print off to send directly home with student's so that parent's can register, for free. 

Teachers Collaborating Online

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