Please make your reservation NOW for the free hot dog dinner.  Call 271-1818 or email us at hughesacademyptsa@gmail.com.

Carole Flaspoehler, Co-Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, has been named Hughes Academy's PTSA Volunteer of the Year.  She has also been nominated for the SCPTA Outstanding Volunteer of the Year Award.  Carole has been an active volunteer at our school for 6 years and has had a major impact on the growing success of our PTSA.  Through the leadership roles she has embraced, she has inspired and motivated others to become involved at the school.  Whether it is spirit wear, magazine sales, morning biscuits, parent parties, student dances, or other fund raising events, Carole is enthusiastic, creative and always willing to go the extra mile to ensure success.  She volunteers willingly, selflessly and with an incredible spirit that has earned the respect of her peers, the faculty, administration and students of Hughes academy.  Congratulations, Carole!

The final payment for the spring trip is due tomorrow, March 21. There are 17 students who have not turned in payment. If you need extra time, please notify Mrs. Merck at merck@greenville.k12.sc.us and let her know when to expect payment.  

Also, the third nine weeks service hours need to be turned in to Mrs. Merck on March 27. Report cards are issued that day.

Shay Knight, Ph.D.
Hughes Academy of Science and Technology

Guidance Counselor 6th grade

Last Name N-Z 7th Grade

864-355-6204

The Hughes Academy Battle of Brains team beat Florence Chapel Middle School to move into the semi-final round of the competition. In this round, the team lost to the eventual champion, Blue Ridge Middle School. Battle of the Brains is a competition of seventh and eighth grade students from 36 Upstate middle schools, including nine GCS middle schools, who go head-to-head to answer on-the-spot questions. Hughes Academy earned a spot in Elite 8 round again this year and competed for prize money and the championship. As one of the eliminated finalists, the Hughes Academy team received $250.

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Vote in Primary Election on June 12

Primary elections will be held on Tuesday, June 12. A state senator and a state house member represent you in the state legislature.   Both of these positions as well as some county elected offices will be on the Republican and Democratic primary ballots.   All of the candidates will be known as of the March 31st filing deadline.

The primary election is often more important than the November election in determining your state legislators. This is because many state senate and house districts are heavily Republican or Democratic. In these districts the person who wins the majority-party primary will very likely win the November General Election.  

You can vote in either the Republican or Democratic primary and you do not have to register as a Republican or a Democrat in order to vote.  

In a primary election if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote (which can happen in races with three or more candidates), the two candidates with the most votes will compete in a run-off election two weeks later on June 26.   You are eligible to vote in a run-off election as long as you did not vote in the other party's primary.

Due to redistricting you may be in a new state senate and/or house district (as well as county council district). At www.scvotes.org you will be able to find your senate and house districts for the upcoming election, the candidates for those districts and where to vote.   It is expected that voter districts will be updated by May 1 and possibly sooner. Call the county election commission at (864) 467-7250 if you have questions.

If you are not registered to vote, you have until May 12 to do so.   The registration form and instructions can be found at www.scvotes.org. If you need assistance, again call the county election commission.