Celebrate Magnet: 7 Volunteer slots are still open

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Please join us for the wine and cheese work party at the home of Coleman Legerton (545 Marshgrass Blvd., Mt. Pleasant) on Wednesday, March 20 (TODAY!) at 6:00. We need help preparing bid sheets, name tags, folders, etc. You can also enjoy a preview sale of selected items at full value while you help raise the measure of school participation on the thermometer!


PURCHASE TICKETS, DONATE FACULTY TICKETS OR MAKE A DONATION ONLINE HERE

 

 

In January, AMHS Seniors competed in the American Academy of Science's Junior Symposium of Humanities and Sciences.Matthew Hunter came in third in his division, Environmental Science.Ana Lanier came in third in her division, Medicine and Health.Kaydren Orcutt came in third in her division, Mathematics.Megan Hunt came in third overall with her paper on The Effect of Sphingosine 1-Phosphate on the Development of Atherosclerosis. She won a trip to the National JSHS conference in Dayton Ohio.Ms. Katy Metzner-Roop was also named one of two JSHS Teachers of the Year.

 

These students will be competing again very soon.Tuesday, March 28 is the Lowcountry Science Fair and Saturday, April 13 is the South Carolina Junior Academy of Science research paper competition. We look forward to their continued success!

 

 

 

Saturday, March 16, the Science Club competed in the South Carolina Science Olympiad at Newberry College.The team placed 5th overall out of 20 teams.Individual winners were:

Jamisen Collier & Vivian Song - 4th in Experimental Design

Timothy Corder - 5th in Forestry, 6th in Rocks & Minerals

Leotie Hakkila & Kilbey McCormick - 3rd in Chemistry

Dawn Jensen & Whitney Su - 5th in Geology, and 5th in Fermi Questions

Jacob Lairson & Kilbey McCormick - 2nd in Circuitry

Jacob Lairson & Anna Miller - 7th in Remote Sensing

Steven Lu & Vaibhav Mohanty - 2nd in Genetics, 6th in Gravity Vehicle

Vaibhav Mohanty & Zoe Norris - 5th in Forensics

Zoe Norris & Sashank Sakamuri - 4th in Write It, Do It

Lincoln-Douglas Debate: Coleman Richards and Edward Leber

Public Forum Debate: Matthew Martin & Matthew Borland; Harsh Sharma & Jackson Carter; Tyler Rodgers & Zo� Seaman-Grant

AMHS sailing team won first place in the Gold Cup Qualifying Regatta this past Saturday. This regatta is the championship of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia high school sailing teams. Therefore, the AMHS Raptors sailing team is currently ranked as the best team in those four states. The following competitors brought home first place in both divisions: Peter Hogan, Margaux Bacro-Duverger, Ian Duffy, John Seibels, and Katie Hogan. The team has now earned the chance to compete this April in the southeastern district championship in Miami against teams from Florida and the US Virgin Islands, for a spot in the national high school sailing championship.

 

 

 

 

pass the word...share the wealth...give the goods!

Let's roll up our sleeves; ask friends and neighbors; and gather school tools for kids!

Donations will be sent to Lowcountry Orphan Relief and Charleston County School District.

• Quality backpacks
• Binders - 2 inch
• Pocket Folders
• Filler paper
• Pencil pouches
• Pens
• Pencils
• Pencil sharpeners
• Erasers
• Rulers
• Crayons
• Glue sticks
• Scissors
• Markers - washable
• Spiral and Composition Notebooks
• Page dividers with tabs
• Index Cards

Mission: School Tools also could use: gym shoes in all sizes; jackets in all sizes; school uniform items in all sizes; monetary donations for purchasing supplies.

 

All checks can be made out to Mission: School Tools

 

Please bring donations to Ms. McIntyre's classroom!

Questions?

Email mission.schooltools@gmail.com, talk to Mary Sullivan Beckley at school,

The student activities committee will be hosting another Multi cultural day on Friday March 22. We are looking for parent volunteers who would like to bring in food that represents their cultural heritage. We are offering this as a free event. Tables will be set up, and the students and faculty will be able to sample food from around the world.


Please contact Maria Kelly, maria_kelly@charleston.k12.sc.us, if you have any questions.