THE RAPTOR REPORT
Mark the Date for the AMHS International Dinner Oct. 18

Pease join us for the AMHS International Dinner, October 18th from 6-8 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students, and includes a tasting tour of 13 countries, beverage, and live music performed by the AMHS piano club!
 

Enjoy fantastic food from the following countries:

 
United States   France   Greece
India   Italy   Ireland   
Honduras   Portugal   Nigeria  
 Nicaragua/Venezuela  Ethiopia
Lithuania   Bulgaria   Russia
Germany  China

Calling all COOKS: five cooks (students, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles welcome!) to assist existing International Dinner country tables. Lithuania is in need of three volunteers to make a simple recipe; Ireland needs two volunteers. Volunteers can bring food directly to the International Dinner or coordinate delivery with country table host.
 
For more information contact
Simone Howe, International Dinner Chair 
AMHS Volleyball Senior Night is Tuesday, October 14

  

Senior Night for the

Varsity Volleyball Team

Game time is 5:30 -6:00.
Please come to support our seniors:
Gwyneth Bradley, Sara Piling,
Becca Bosch and Chris Sacha
Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming School Representative Visits

October 10 1:45  Boston University
October 10 2:30  USC-Columbia
October 13 6:30 pm  University of Virginia -Lecture Hall
October 20 1:45 Presbyterian College
October 20 1:45 University of Alabama
October 22, 2:30  Tulane University
October 23, 1:00  Sewanee University
October 29, 2:30  Wesleyan University
October 30, 1:00  USC-California
October 30 1:45  University of Richmond
October 31 1:00  Clemson University
 

Booster Club Update

It was great seeing all the Raptor Fans at the tailgate party on Homecoming night! Even the heavy rains couldn't drown out the AMHS School Spirit! Many, many thanks to the volunteers, Coach Hoffman, and Mrs. Peterson who helped make the tailgate party a success! It was the beginning of a successful night as our team went on to beat North Charleston.

 

Next week, JV and Varsity Volleyball, and Girls Tennis are at home. October 11th the Swim team is at the State meet and both Football and Cross Country are away. Go to www.amhsboosterclub.org or find our link on the school's website, under Quick Links, for game dates, times and locations and directions.

 

We are looking for a volunteer to help with our website. Please email us at info@amhsboosterclub.org if you are interested.


 

School Calendar
front doors
International Dinner
10/18
 
Teacher Work Day
10/24
 
Report Cards
10/29
 
Election Day - Schools Closed
11/4
 
Thanksgiving Break
11/24-11/28
 
Winter Break
12/22-1/2
 
MLK Day - No School
1/15-1/19
 
Presidents Day - No School
2/16

AMHS Prom
4/25
 

Raptor Report

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Faculty, students, and parents are encouraged to submit articles and/or pictures of AMHS events, honors, and needs.


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 LEVERAGING SUCCESS

Dear AMHS Community,

 

With your help, the Academic Magnet Foundation - a 501(c)3 Public Charity solely for the benefit of Academic Magnet High School - is "Leveraging Success" for AMHS!

 

Last year over half of you took part in our first-ever fundraiser, "Leveraging Success for AMHS." That strong participation enabled the Foundation to fund entirely new programs for AMHS, such as:

  • A Multi-year, College-level Chinese Language Program(taught here on the AMHS campus by a College of Charleston professor);

  • A 4-day, Academic "Orientation" for All Rising Freshmen - the "Summer Scholars Institute." This first year, the Foundation partnered with PIE as a joint-support-group effort to fund "Summer Scholars." (We now seek corporate sponsorships to help fund the long-term commitment to this outstanding program.) AMHS faculty designed "Summer Scholars" to enhance the success of all new students, especially in "STEM" programs (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).  

Our 2nd Annual "Leveraging Success" Fundraising Campaign is just getting started! With more of your support, we can aim higher! Our goals are to strengthen AMHS's Foundation with:

  • 75% participation from within our AMHS Community; and

  • $75,000 dedicated solely for the benefit of academic enrichment at our school.

     

Please participate!   ANY amount meaningful to you will be meaningful for AMHS.

Please remember! Business & "matching" contributions are key to Leveraging Success for AMHS!

PS: Our next meeting - & "Phone-a-Thon" - are set for this Monday, October 13th @ 5:30pm in the AMHS Media Center. As always, all are welcome to participate!

 

Thank you for your support!
 

 

The Student Perspective...by Jennie Schaaf

Any stranger walking onto the Magnet campus on any given day last week would have been in for a shock. There is simply nothing quite like a group of 6 or 7 hundred students who dress unabashedly for a new theme each day with equal enthusiasm for the day's activities. The teachers at AMHS had their hands full with everything from camo-sporting hillbillies to grumpy senior citizens who partied between the bells and came into class riding on school spirit.

 

The Magnet spirit was contagious throughout the entire week and it carried into the Homecoming game Friday evening. We won again, continuing our longest winning streak in Magnet history of 5-1. The entire week was a great celebration of the personalities of our Magnet family and the perfect party leading up to our football team's victory over North Charleston.
 

Jennie Schaaf,AMHS Senior 
 

 
 

Friends of Charles Towne Landing
Support the SC State Park at Charles Towne Landing
Rob Powell
(843) 852-4200
Volunteers needed to collect toys for the animals, maintain habitats in the Animal Forest, work at events like movie nights and 5k runs and special history days.  Contact through website for upcoming events.

Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure
October 18, 2014
Family Circle Stadium, Daniel Island, SC
Volunteers play a vital role in the Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure�. Their passion and commitment is what makes our Race successful. Today, thanks to more than 100,000 survivors and volunteers/activists, Susan G. Komen� is the world's largest, most progressive grassroots organization fighting breast cancer.

There are two ways you can volunteer for the Race:
We are always looking for volunteers to help with pre-Race planning, organization and marketing. If you are interested in helping us pre-Race, please contact volunteer@komenlowcountry.org.  It takes hundreds on Race day to provide the best experience to our participants. If you are interested in volunteering on Race day, please check back in August to view Volunteer shifts.


Students...
Do you need community service hours? Click here 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 Becky and John Dornisch

amhs.volunteer@dornisch.org. 

Magnet's Live News Feed

Keep up with the latest at Magnet with the official news source on Twitter

@birdseyelive1

2015 AMHS Prom

April 25, 2015

South Carolina Aquarium
7:30 pm - 11:130 pm
Ticket Prices:  Single - $35.00; Couple - $65.00
Theme:  TBA
 
Yearbook Information

Interested in yearbook deadlines?  Need a parent recognition advertisement form? Confused about the deadline for Senior Pages? Like the AMHS Yearbook Facebook page for all this information and more! Questions? Contact larissa_bortz@charleston.k12.sc.us

QUICK LINKS 

AMHS
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publix
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 
 
harris teeter
Click on the logo to re-link your Harris Teeter card & help the school raise funds. AMHS code is 4626 
  
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