Upcoming Events for March |
March 5-7 Voyagers Camp Kanuga
March 7 Battle of the Brains
March 9 and 12 No School due to weather make-up days #2 and #3
March 16 Model UN Mtg.
March 17 St. Patty's Day 5K Run
March 19 PTSA Full Board Meeting 1 PM - 2 PM
March 23 Student of the Month Celebration
March 23-30 Book Fair
March 27 Hughes Family Fun Night 6 PM - 8 PM
March 30 Honor Roll Party |
SC Junior Book Award Program |
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The Media Center is pleased to announce that the South Carolina Junior Book Award Program for 2011-2012 is complete and was successful. One hundred eighteen Hughes students participated in this year's program, and eighty-two qualified to attend the luncheon and vote for their favorite nominee. Hughes Academy students voted "Skeleton Creek", the eerie mystery by Patrick Carman, as their school winner. The Junior Book Award Winner at the State level will be announced in mid-March. The Junior Book Award nominees for 2012-2013 have been released, and more information about the new nominees will be posted on the Media Center website in the near future.
We wanted to thank Toby Bacot and our friends at Salsarita's Fresh Cantina at Greenridge for donating our delicious nacho bar luncheon. And we especially want to thank Jill Rothstein and our wonderful PTSA volunteers who donated their time and brought us prizes, drinks and tasty desserts! Thanks to all who helped make the South Carolina Junior Book Award Program for 2011-2012 a great success!
6th grade teacher, Jennifer Rice, visits with students during the SC Junior Book Award luncheon.
Hughes Academy principal, Dr. Patrick Mark, visits with students during the SC Junior Book Award luncheon.
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5K on St. Patrick's Day |
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 Have you ever thought to yourself, "I sure would like to see Coach Campbell run since he makes us run in PE!", or "I wonder if I can beat Coach Campbell in a 5k race?" Well your chance is at the St Patty's Day 5k on March 17th, 8am at Flour Field. Coach Campbell will be running and you can too! The school with the most participants gets a $1,000 worth of PE equipment. Let's see if we can get fit and also help our PE department. Sign up at http://go-greenevents.com/StPattysDay5k or see Coach Campbell for a flyer. When it asked "who are you running for?", fill in Hughes Academy!!!
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Battle of the Brains |
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The Hughes Academy Battle of the Brains team beat Florence Chapel Middle School 70-64. They advance to the final four which will be on Wednesday, March 7. Hughes will play Blue Ridge Middle from Greenville County and qualifies for $250 in cash prizes.
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Math Counts |
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The Hughes Academy Math Counts team recently competed at the Math Counts Competition held at Clemson University. Thomas Sanders won first place overall. He also won second place in the Math Countdown Round. The Hughes Team placed fourth out of 17 teams. Team members pictured from left to right are Rowan Crowley, Kadir Holman, Thomas Sanders and Ashley Dobson.
Thomas Sanders competed in the state competition at Coastal Carolina this past weekend. He placed 10th overall and and made the top 8 for the countdown round. Congratulations Math Counts Team! |
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Hughes PTSA Full Board Meeting |
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The March PTSA Full Board Meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, March 19 from 1:00--2:00 at the school. The meeting was previously scheduled for March 12 which is now a school holiday. Please join us for this important meeting. We will be voting on the proposed slate of PTSA officers for the 2012-2013 school year.
Proposed Slate of Officers
Co-Presidents: Michelle York, Heidi McCarl
President-Elect: Heidi McCarl
Secretary: Melissa Byrne
Co-Treasurers: Heidi Putnam, Sherry Tate*
SIC VP: Brooke Culclasure
Co-VP's Public Relations: Teresa Smith, Angela Hope
School Support VP: Jill Wolf
Co-VP's Ways and Means: Carole Flaspoehler, Allison Roach
*Recently added to the Proposed Slate of Officers by the PTSA Nominating Committee
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PTSA Volunteer Hours |
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PTSA Volunteers:
Please continue to keep track of your off-campus volunteer hours for the PTSA. We will ask for a tally of these hours in May. Many of us work on projects benefiting the PTSA/School from home or the office. It is important for us to keep records of these hours for many reasons, particularly since they have such a direct impact on potential grants, awards, etc. Thank you!
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Washington Center's Walk and Roll |
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Hughes Academy PTSA encourages you to support our friends at The Washington Center, our neighboring school serving students with severe mental disabilities. Please join us as we Walk and Roll on April 14th at 9:00 AM.
Click on the following links for more information and registration.
Washington Center Walk and Roll Letter.pdf
Walk and Roll Reg.pdf |
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Please make your reservation NOW for the free hot dog dinner. Call 271-1818 or email us at hughesacademyptsa@gmail.com.
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