Congratulations, AMHS Community! Once again Academic Magnet High School has been nationally ranked by US News and World Report. This year we are #7!

Thank you, teachers, students, parents and community members, for your support and encouragement during the past year. Together, we have maintained a high level of academic challenge and performance. Congratulations!

Let's celebrate together at the River Dogs' game Friday evening. This is a perfect event to come together, to celebrate the year's successes, and to enjoy a great sporting event. The AMHS Dirty Birds will be playing outside the stadium beginning around 6:30. As the ad says, "See you at The Joe." Friday, May 15th at 7:00.

This school year has been a successful one, and I hope that each student and faculty/staff member will remember the year as a positive and purposeful one. As we come to its close, please let us know if there are any questions or concerns that you may have. We want to continue our efforts to maintain the academic excellence and the sense of community associated with AMHS.

Thank you for your support this year; we look forward to the 2015-2016 school year with optimism and a strong sense of purpose.

Calendar: May

May 15:    AP Picnic and "Battle' of the Bands

                 Girls Varsity Soccer plays for the state title

                 AMHS Night at the River Dogs' Game

May 16:     Boys Varsity Soccer plays for the state title

                  Boys and Girls State Track Meet

May 15-20: Senior Exams

May 19- 21:  EOC Tests (English I, Biology and US History)

May 21 - 24: Senior Trip

May 26:        Student Academic Awards Assembly

May 28, 29:  Underclassmen Exams

May 31:        Baccalaureate 3:00 PM

June 1, 2:     Underclassmen Exams

June 3:         Graduation 2:30 PM

Please make a note of all these events. We will keep you posted with details as each activity comes up, but I wanted everyone to have an idea of some of the key events that lie ahead. I encourage you to check the AMHS Website calendar and to call the office if you have a question about any activity.

See you at one or more of the athletic competitions, year-end activities, or at the graduation. Thanks for your continued support of our efforts to offer the best possible academic program we can for our students.

Judith Peterson, AMHS Principal 

Please join PIE for a fun filled evening at the RiverDogs game on Friday, May 15th at Joe Riley Stadium. The fun will begin outside the gates where our own AMHS Dirty Birds will be performing. Cassidy Rindge, Student Council President, will be throwing out the first pitch.

Gates open at 6:00 with game time at 7:05. Group tickets can be purchased for $9 by clicking here for the group portal. Use the password AMHS15. Stick around after the game when our Seniors will be at home plate to start the fireworks show.  Hope to see you all at the ball game! (Seniors do not need to purchase advance tickets. They should listen for school announcements on how to sign up for their game tickets.) 

Academic Magnet's Victoria Stadtmueller's is the recipient of a full scholarship with room and board to Marymount University in Washington D.C.

She received the prestigious Clair Booth Luce Award for women studying in the sciences.

Congratulations Victoria!

Click here to see a list of rankings of the National Spanish Exam.  

Comedian Stephen Colbert announced Thursday that he would fund every existing grant request South Carolina public school teachers have made on the education crowdfunding website DonorsChoose.org.

Colbert partnered with Share Fair Nation and ScanSource to fund nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers at over 375 schools, totaling $800,000. 

We are still searching for thesis mentors. We are looking for experts in Social Media Marketing (the student is particularly interested in the fashion industry's use of SMM) and an expert in Grimm's Fairy Tales (the evolution of them over time). Please contact larissa_bortz@charleston.k12.sc.us with any leads. Thanks!

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