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Get Your Tickets Today for AMHS Athletic Banquet
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The Booster Club would like you to mark your calendars on Wednesday, May 21st at 5:30 for our Annual Athletic Banquet. We have a great night planned featuring a Food Truck Rodeo, three new awards, including the "Heart of the Lion" Award, and guest speaker Coach Mike Houston of the Citadel.
Log onto the Booster website at amhsboosterclub.org to RSVP and order tickets in advance.
Help us celebrate with the Athletes of Magnet and be a part of a great evening of fun....we will see you Wednesday, May 21st in the cafeteria.
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Sakamuri Receives Jefferson Award for Music Project
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 AMHS Junior Sashank Sakamuri and Ian Kent received an award for "Most Outstanding Lead360 Challenge Service Project " from South Carolina at the Charleston City Hall from Mayor Joe Riley on Tuesday, May 13th during the City Council meeting.
The Jefferson Awards Lead 360 Challenge :
Lead 360 Challenge was started in 2010 and partnered with the US Conference of Mayors with 200 Mayors already signed up to highlight youth volunteerism in their communities.
Sashank Sakamuri and Ian Kent are two Mount Pleasant 11th grade musicians who created a music outreach volunteer project at Franke @ Seaside called "Music Mission: Elder Outreach" .
These two are passionate about their music and their project, Music Mission. They play therapeutic banjo and cello music every week to elderly "shut-ins" and in hospice care, and those facing numerous limitations due to dementia. Founded in 2012, they have logged over 300 service hours of compassionate outreach.
The music is the magic that holds us all together.
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Math Department News
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Spring is the time when Math Season heats up! Mu Alpha Theta members Josh McDermett, Ethan Cohen, Bertran
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Bertrand Zhang, Vaibhav Mohanty, Ethan Cohen, Josh McDermett
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d Zhang and Vaibhav Mohanty spent 14 hours on a Sunday at Magnet working to solve the problem of school lunches as posed by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and funded by the Moody Foundation.
These four young men received an Honorable Mention for their paper and won $1000 in scholarship money. This national competition produced 1,152 papers this year, of which only 53 received this honorable mention.
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Online Parent Satisfaction Survey Available April 23 to May 23
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"Charleston County School District is committed to being a premier school district in the state of South Carolina and the nation. To continue to move forward in this journey to excellence, the district is continuing to gather data from stakeholders to determine where we are as a district and to set realistic, measurable goals for continuous improvement.
The Parent Satisfaction Survey allows parents to provide input on parent engagement for each school. The Parent Satisfaction Survey will be open from April 23 to May 23."
Click here to access the survey.
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Senior Project looking for Applicants
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Interested juniors who are first-generation American or come from a multi-cultural background should apply for The Senior Project: a weeklong college preparatory program at the College of Charleston for rising seniors. Click here for more information.
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Galapagos Islands
Spring Break 2015
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We are headed to the Galapagos
 Islands during Spring Break 2015! The cost of this 8-day adventure is $3,535 (student) and $3,870 (adult).
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School Calendar
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AP Picnic and Battle of the Bands
May 16
Senior Exams
May 16-21
End of Course Tests for Grades 9, and 11
(English I, Biology I, US History)
AMHS Sports Banquet
May 21 @ 5:30 PM
Sr. Class Trip
May 22-25
Underclassmen Exams
May 29 & 30, June 2 & 3
Graduation 11:30 AM
June 4
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Raptor Report
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Faculty, students, and parents are encouraged to submit articles and/or pictures of AMHS events, honors, and needs.
Please email your information to
by the Tuesday preceding the Thursday publication date.
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Click on this link to receive the Raptor Report.
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Congratulations to
Pi Day Winners
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Pi Day, March 14th was a huge success. Every Magnet student put their best foot forward and submitted some wonderful poetry, art, shot some great baskets, ran some great races, memorized hundreds of digits of pi, etc. This year's competition winners were:
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3.14159 Relay Male Winners: Hayden DiBona, Kyle McGue, and Will Bridgham with a combined time of 19:00.
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3.14159 Relay Female Winners: Irene Cheng, Sierra Zardus, and Jes Wright with a combined time of 26:35.
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 Recitation Winner: Viabhav Mohanty with 457 digits.
 Card Contest: Jesslyn Park  Pi Point Shooting Winner: Tyre Moore  Live Song: Zach Zuber  Recorded Song: Charlotte Lucas  Costume Winner: Kai Bauer and Micah Norton as Pi
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Not pictured:
Poetry Winner: Connor Pizii and Poster Contest: Selina Pi.
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Senior Trip Announcement
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Permission slips are due to Ms. Hooffstetter by Friday, May 16, 2014. Click here for a copy of the permission slips.
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AMHS Students Perform at First Flush Festival
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Please come out to see sophomore Haley Mae Campbell and Ben Sewell perform on Saturday, May 24th at 4:30 pm as part of the 8th Annual First Flush Festival featuring the Avett Brothers:
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PIE Officer and Committee Positions Available!
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Would you like to get involved with helping the staff and students of AMHS? Would you like to play a part in helping us achieve and remain one of the BEST High Schools in the Nation? PIE is a vibrant, energetic organization filled with caring parents. Meetings are monthly, the dates and times will be determined by vote of the next seated Board.
Available Positions:
President
Vice-President
Convocation/Thinkers in Residence Chair (can be "Co-Chairs")
International Dinner Chair (can be "Co-Chairs")
"Celebrate Magnet" Event Chair (can be "Co-Chairs")
Grocery Store Partnerships Chair
Hospitality Chair
Teacher Meetings Chair(to coordinate snacks for the Teacher Meetings)
Student Volunteer Opportunities Chair
Please submit your nominations (you can nominate yourself!) to Cheryl Roberts (PIE Secretary) at cheryllr@aol.com.
If you have ANY questions about any of the positions, you can write Christen at amhspie@gmail.com.
Please respond ASAP!
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Mentors Still Needed for Thesis Topics |
There are a few students who have not yet been matched with a mentor, and we need your help! Please review the following topics. If you or someone you know would be able to serve as a mentor for one of these projects, please email Holly Mitchell (jmitchell172@comcast.net). Your information will be forwarded to the Thesis Committee and appropriate Thesis Advisor. Thank you for you consideration.
1) The Effect of Lifestyle on the Marketing of Automobiles
2) Mini wind turbines that generate energy from wind generated by vehicle traffic
3) Australian Aboriginal Mythology in Geology and Geography (I know this advisor has searched high and low for a mentor!)
4) Portrayal of the Apocalypse in film Akira
5) Designing a Curriculum for Green Construction in Underdeveloped Nations
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Students...
Do you need community service hours?
Click on the link above for a list of community service opportunities. If you choose to participate in a community service project, remember to take the Community Service Project form and have the event sponsor sign it for you.
If you know of an opportunity that needs to be added to the list, forward that information to Sarah Winters at
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Check here for PIE events and information. The link will remain all year, so be sure to check for updates.
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QUICK LINKS
AMHSClick here to go directly to the school website.
PIE Board 2013-2014 Board Members and Committee Chairs Raptor Report Archive Access back issues of the Raptor Report here. (Note: Due to digital storage limitations, pictures may not display in older issues of the Raptor Report.)
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Remember to pick up a Publix keychain card at the AMHS visitor desk, and give it to the cashier each time you shop at Publix
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Click on the logo to link your REDCard. AMHS School ID is 118136
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