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Volunteers Needed for Concessions at Basketball Tournament this Weekend
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The Booster Club  is serving concessions at the AMHS gym this weekend, Feb. 20-22, during the 3 day girls' basketball tournament. Volunteers are needed to work concessions!
This is a great chance for students to get community service hours. (Students please bring your forms.)
Thanks again for all of your wonderful support! Click here to sign up!
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Ecology Club works to Keep Adopted Road Cleaned Up
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On Saturday members of the AMHS Ecology Club (and the Roop family) cleaned the stretch of 17 North that we adopted at the beginning of the year. In all, 2 bags of trash and 3 bags of recyclables were collected.
If you care about the environment, please join us A-day Mondays at lunch in room 7224. We do more than clean!
Pictured Left to Right: Jordan Roop, Vivian Song, Emily Rojas, Sarah Roop, Jamisen Collier, and Ms. Metzner-Roop.
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Dirty Birds to Perform at Upcoming Stingrays Game
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The Dirty Birds will be playing at the Stingrays  Game on Friday, March 20th. There will be discounted tickets available for AMHS.
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Athens and the Islands...
AMHS Spring Break 2016
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Trace the path of Ancient History! Experience the Acropolis, Delphi, the Temple of Poseidon, Santorini, Patmos, Crete, Rhodes, and Ephesus.
We have slightly revised the trip for Spring Break 2016. With consideration for getting the best value for our money without missing too much school, we are offering a 10-day trip to Greece and Turkey.
We offered a trip to Greece a few years ago, and it was a great success, particularly the islands! Please take a look at the itinerary online or send me an email if you would like a hard copy. You can also pick up information in my room or in Mr. McCormick's. If you would like to register for the trip, please go to www.eftours.com, then type in the tour number 1668155KK. The total price is detailed for you on line. You can sign up for the trip with a $95 deposit. When you sign up on line, you can choose to pay the company monthly or pay in full, 90 days before departure.
The earlier you sign up the less the monthly payment! We have also included 2 extra activities in the price-a Greek cooking class and a Greek Evening with food and music.
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If you are looking for summer programs for your student, please check the Guidance and School Counseling Department page on the AMHS website. We list programs as they come in, so check regularly if you are interested.
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PIE Presentation Page
For information on presentaions from PIE events, please visit the PIE tab on the AMHS website. Open the Presentation Page and look for the link for what you are interested in. If you have a contact you wish to include on the list please email AMHSPIE@gmail.com. Thank you Mrs. Susan Henley, AMHS Media Specialist, for helping to organize this new feature.
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School Calendar
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Talent Show
3/4 7 PM
Spring Break
3/27 - 4/3
AMHS Prom
4/25
Memorial Day - No School
5/25
Graduation Day
6/3
Last Day of School
6/4
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Raptor Report
| The Raptor Report is published weekly on Thursdays during the school year, except for holiday breaks.
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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Check out Magnet's new online newspaper!
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Click on this link to receive the Raptor Report.
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AMHS needs you! One way to help is to volunteer and help lead the Academic Magnet Foundation. We are a South Carolina non profit corporation, a public charity with 501(c)(3) tax free status. We focus on the future of AMHS - and we need volunteers to help lead the Foundation.
The Academic Magnet Foundation exists solely to help AMHS continue fulfilling its mission. We help AMHS identify and fund academic programs, opportunities and needs. While only in our 2nd year of operations, examples of changes the Foundation has already helped bring to AMHS include adding Chinese language instruction to the curriculum and adding the Summer Scholars program, the new 4-day "freshman orientation." In addition, we created a new outreach effort, connecting via Facebook with AMHS alumni and the greater community to increase both support and understanding for our school: Click here to access it.
Much of the Foundation's work is to develop funding for our school, both from within and beyond our school community, from individuals and from corporate and non-profit sources.
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AMHS's needs are not just from funding cuts, though those have been a huge challenge. For example, AMHS lost nearly $90,000 annually from cutbacks in state funding alone over the past ten years.
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AMHS needs funding to remain competitive, to remain among the top schools in the nation. Remaining among the best requires investing in people and programs - creating the best-possible opportunities in public education for our students here in Charleston.
We are seeking nominations for Board and Committee members. Please volunteer. Please take part at our next Foundation Board Meeting on Monday, March 9th @ 6pm in the AMHS media center. (All of Foundation board meetings are public and all can participate.)
If you cannot attend our March 9th meeting, please email us @ AcademicMagnetFoundation@gmail.com.
Please help us help AMHS! Thanks!
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AMHS Talent Show
Wednesday, March 4th at 7 PM
Rose Marie Meyers Theatre
Cost is $5
Come out and see all of the Talent that the Magnet student body has to offer!
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Are you interested in obtaining volunteering hours and walking for a great organization? Grace Gehlken, an AMHS student, has registered a team for the Walk for Water on March 21, 2015 under the team name Rejoicing Raptors.
Grace invites all interested students and family members to join her that day. To register, simply go to www.watermissions.org/walk and search for either Team name: Rejoicing Raptors or Team Captain: Grace Gehlken. Student registration is only $5 and includes a t-shirt. If inspired to do so, a $10 donation will provide clean water for an individual for life!
2015 Catch the Leprechaun 5K Run/Walk Benefiting Pattison's Academy, March 12th
Laing Middle School First Annual Pi Day Carnival, March 13th
Kids Exchange of Greater Charleston, April 22 - 25th, 2015 at the Armory Park next to The Danny Jones Pool. Email
Click here to get details about these events and additional 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.
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2015 AMHS Prom
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April 25, 2015
South Carolina Aquarium
7:30 pm - 11:130 pm
Ticket Prices: Single - $35.00; Couple - $65.00
Theme: TBA
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QUICK LINKS
AMHSClick here to go directly to the school website.
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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